Trump avoided the Kennedy Center Honors during his first term after artists said they would not attend out of protest. This year, the Republican president has taken over as the Kennedy Center’s new chairman and fired the board of trustees, which he replaced with loyalists.

The president will announce this year’s honorees this week. Employees say George Strait, Kiss and Michael Crawford are among the names being considered.

The city’s police and federal officials took the first steps Tuesday in an uneasy partnership to reduce crime in what President Donald Trump called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

Members of the D.C. National Guard have begun appearing on the streets of Washington after President Trump deployed approximately 800 guardsmen and assumed control of the District's police department for 30 days.

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen in recent years, while leaving out much of the context. Here’s a closer look at the facts: TRUMP: “It’s getting worse,