City officials and advocates spent much of the day trying to clear the city’s dozens of homeless camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of expected federal raids.

As President Donald Trump looks to make good on his promise to clean up the District, city crews moved in today to clear out homeless encampments and it's expected to ramp up very soon. FOX 5's Sydney Persing is live now in Northwest monitoring the situation.

DC officials and volunteers began taking down a major homeless encampment Thursday amid President Trump’s crackdown on crime and push to beautify the nation’s capital. City crews and helpers were spotted clearing out a camp near the Lincoln Memorial and Kennedy Center after denizens were warned Wednesday to move on.

A man who worked for the Department of Justice was charged after allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, DC, amid President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police and increase in federal law enforcement presence.

A man was charged Wednesday after allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, DC, amid President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police and increase in federal law enforcement presence.

Law enforcement has arrested more than 100 people in Washington, D.C., since Aug. 7 as President Donald Trump federalized the city’s police force and emphasized fighting crime in the area, a White House official told the Washington Examiner.