As President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC, continues, his Justice Department is launching an investigation into whether DC police falsified crime data.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth received a frosty reception in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration launched a federal takeover of the capital.

The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops at a Shake Shack where they bought lunch for the guard members.

Federal intervention in Washington DC leads to over 550 arrests and significant crime decreases, with 46% drop in robberies and 83% reduction in carjackings.

ICE typically operates with a much lower profile. Agents have been criticized for operating in plainclothes as they detain people in unmarked vehicles.

The U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, has instructed prosecutors in her office to not seek felony charges for individuals who carry registered rifles and shotguns in the district, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.

Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital will no longer bring felony charges against people for possessing rifles or shotguns in the District of Columbia.

The adult cartoon series "South Park" continued its season 27 focus on mocking Trump administration policies, with Wednesday's episode addressing the president's D.C. crime initiative.

President Donald Trump has called for a review of Smithsonian museums, saying they focus too much on "how bad Slavery was".

D.C.'s murder rate ran 169 percent higher than Louisiana's and an astonishing 523 percent higher than that of the average state.

Hurricane Erin may not be forecast to make landfall, but the sprawling Category 2 storm is still going to impact much of the East Coast as it tracks north this week. On Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency to prepare for the life-threatening rip currents and storm surge expected to affect the coastal region.