WASHINGTON - For the third month in a row, the unemployment rate in Washington D.C. is reported to be the highest in the nation. The District's seasonally adjusted jobless rate reached 6 percent in July, which is 2.2 percent higher than the nationwide unemployment rate, according to new data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"out of control." Advocates, lawmakers and many residents have pushed back on that characterization, which defies crime data. Republican governors have opted to bolster Trump’s forces by sending their own guardsmen to Washington beginning with Ohio,

Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined dozens of National Guardsmen for lunch at a Union Station burger eatery

Criminal culpability is not determined by the instruments people employ but by the intent and conduct of the actor.”

Jeanine Pirro instructed federal prosecutors in the district not to seek felony gun charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in the area.

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.

The DOJ launched an investigation into claims D.C. crime data was manipulated to show more favorable results, according to sources who spoke to Fox News.

Attorney General Pam Bondi declared Washington, D.C. “safer” after a federal crime crackdown led by the Trump administration netted 52 arrests—including an MS-13 gang member.

Federal agents and National Guard troops flood Washington after Trump calls for aggressive crime-fighting measures.