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 efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital.

Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington DC as part of a crime purge that will also banish homeless people from the capital.

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Trump invokes federal control over D.C. police amid crime surge, with National Guard spotted leaving armory as authorities arrest 23 suspects.

Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.

As the first of 800 Washington, D.C., National Guard members activated by President Donald Trump to assist with law enforcement in the nation's capital began to arrive Tuesday, they were still waiting to hear from law enforcement what their mission would be.