West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Saturday that he is sending 300-400 National Guard members from the state to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump's efforts to combat crime. Morrisey said he was requested to do so by the Trump administration.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.

Over the centuries, changes to the executive mansion’s scale and design have often triggered sensitivity. When Abraham Lincoln learned of the enormous cost overruns his wife, Mary, had incurred for furniture, carpets and drapes, he erupted in fury at what he called “flub dubs for that damned old house!”

Nearly 70 arrests were made on Saturday night during Trump's ongoing cleanup operation in Washington D.C., with charges including assault and weapon possession.

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.

On Social Security's birthday, Donald Trump made four specific claims about the system and his record. All four points were demonstrably wrong.