Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington in President Donald Trump's extraordinary takeover of the police department in the nation's capital. Now the Trump administration is moving to install its own emergency police commissioner,

House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s police department, part of an escalating effort to fight President Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital.

In Pew's poll, Trump's current job approval rating stands at 38 percent, with 60 percent of U.S. adults expressing disapproval of his performance. That is a modest decline from two months ago, when 41 percent approved. In January, his approval rating stood at 47 percent.

“Tariffs are making our Country Strong and Rich,” Mr Trump crowed on social media on August 11th. They also, however, guarantee that America will become steadily less important to its trading partners. That is one predictable consequence of an unpredictable presidency. ■

President Trump's approval ratings nationally are low, but in Indiana and about half the other states, more people approve than disapprove of him.

Hunter Biden is claiming Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania and Donald Trump, prompting legal threats from the first lady. How did Trump meet Melania?

First lady Melania Trump is demanding that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

Hunter Biden claimed in an interview that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced the first lady to her now-husband, Donald Trump, which the Trumps say is false.