An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing the bounds of executive power to reshape a city that once snubbed him.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.

By Tom Balmforth, Yuliia Dysa and Pavel Polityuk LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy flies to Washington on Monday under heavy U.S. pressure to agree a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine but determined to defend Kyiv's interests - without sparking a second Oval Office bust-up with Donald Trump.

MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart criticized overheard conversations about D.C. safety as Trump sent federal troops to patrol streets, resulting in over 240 arrests this week.

Washington is seeking an emergency restraining order to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department.

Thousands in cities including Washington and Austin joined protests against President Donald Trump's "takeover" on Saturday.

President Donald Trump is moving systematically to tighten his grip on Democratic-leaning big cities — the geographic center of resistance to his agenda — by undermining their autonomy and eroding their political strength.