Despite her relatively lower public profile, Lee has stayed busy — primarily in her mission to reform Oakland’s wonky system ...

Trump promised to activate the National Guard to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department, warning that cities such as ...

Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized ...

The president focused on cities like Los Angeles and Washington as he deployed federal troops and railed against crime. But ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee has plans to address the community in response to the Trump Administration’s calling out of the ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee speaks on Trump's recent comments on the city. Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract ...

President Donald Trump has previously floated the idea of sending the National Guard to Oakland to bring down crime in the ...

During her remarks at a press conference today, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee berated President Trump over his comments on ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee pushed back against President Trump’s remarks on the city being “very bad” on crime.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and a handful of other local leaders on Thursday denounced President Donald Trump's recent ...

President Trump has warned he might send the National Guard to other cities. The Black mayors of those cities vow to push back.

Members of the African American Mayors Association started noticing last year declines in violent crime in their cities.