Steps away from a YMCA, popular bakery and local pharmacy, a group of law enforcement officers across several agencies turned a busy intersection in a mixed residential-commercial area of Washington, ...

A traffic checkpoint set up by Washington, DC, police and federal agents drew community outrage on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police entered its third night.

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 14, 2025. It is shared here with permission. More than 100 protesters gathered late Wednesday at a checkpoint set up by a combination of local ...

A video captured protesters in Washington, D.C., yelling at police officers to "get off our streets!" as law enforcement set up a checkpoint along a popular nightlife corridor in the nation’s capital.