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Trump pledged to move homeless people from Washington. What we know and don’t know about his plans

President Donald Trump has announced plans to move homeless people away from the nation's capital as part of a crime ...
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Trump's purge of Washington's homeless encampments escalates

Federal officials in Washington, D.C. swept through a large homeless encampment Thursday and dismantled it. It's part of the ...

Federal law enforcement continue sweeps of homeless encampments in downtown DC

D.C.’s homeless population is anxiously anticipating what will come next, as the Trump’s administration’s crackdown on crime ...

Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps

It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day ...

National Guard troops patrol D.C. streets, sweep homeless camps

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald ...

US politics live: Trump administration begins crackdown on the homeless in Washington D.C., President prepares for summit with Vladimir Putin

Elsewhere, the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants continues, and in the American capital Washington D.C., where ...

How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data

For a city whose population is 41% Black, D.C.’s homeless population is disproportionately Black, at 82.5%. Compare that to ...

Trump’s plan to clear DC homeless camps could overwhelm local infrastructure and cost taxpayers money

President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard and clear homeless encampments in Washington, D.C. faces backlash ...