Washington, D.C., has not put to death someone since the 1950s, and the residents of D.C. voted against the death penalty in 1992, effectively abolishing it from being used. Pirro was asked about that and said it will ultimately be up to juries to decide whether someone gets put to death.

Trump made the remark at his Cabinet meeting. It is likely to ratchet up the already heated national debate about capital punishment.

President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims about crime in Washington, DC, during a series of Monday comments defending his takeover of the police force and deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital.

Federal prosecutors have failed to indict a man who was seen on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal law enforcement official in the nation’s capital.

"Sandwich guy" has become a symbol of Trump’s militarized takeover of the nation's capital, and posters memorializing him have appeared all over the city.

Federal authorities accused 37-year-old Sean C. Dunn of throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer deployed in Northwest Washington, D.C.

"This is a waste of public resources and a threat to public safety," the president said of the bail reform policy on Monday.

President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Monday aiming to end cashless bail in Washington and pressure other cities to also eliminate the practice, the latest effort by the White