WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation’s ...

The Department of Transportation has owned Union Station since the 1980s, but gradually ceded control through agreements with the Union Station Redevelopment Corp., a nonprofit tasked with preserving ...

Five new Amtrak trains will begin rolling out between Washington, D.C., New York and Boston at top speeds of 160 mph starting Thursday. The inaugural NextGen Acela ride is taking off from Washington’s ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) has released an audit of Metrorail’s control center and rail operations, identifying staffing shortages, training issues, and ...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation plans to reclaim management of the capital’s Union Station rail, subway and bus hub as part of the Trump administration’s increasing control of Washington ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: August 27, 2025 | Last updated: August 27, 2025 Here's what Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had to say about the move to take control of Union Station. Barr’s ...

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Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday giving control of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department back to Chief Pamela Smith, but it would still require the city to answer to the ...

Trump pledged to make Washington "crime-free." President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his ...

A provision of DC's 1973 Home Rule Act allows a president to take control of the police department during an emergency. Trump is the first to do so. Because of DC's unique status as the seat of ...

And Chicago, another city Trump has specifically threatened to put under federal control, doesn’t even crack the top 100. You’re roughly twice as likely to be the victim of a violent crime in Beaumont ...