51 h. ago Trump eyes Memphis for next federal crackdown on crime but admits he would have preferred to send Guard to Chicago

During an interview with Fox and Friends the president claimed that the boss of a major railway line told him he had needed to travel in an ‘armored vehicle with bulletproof glass’ when visiting Memphis

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3 d. ago Jesse Watters reacts to Charlie Kirk’s assassination: ‘They are at war with us!’

‘Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it?’ Jesse Watters declared on Wednesday. ‘This can never happen again. It ends now!’

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4 d. ago Trump dines out in DC to celebrate crime crackdown – and gets called ‘the Hitler of our time’

President’s evening out in Washington interrupted by hecklers yelling: ‘Free D.C.! Free Palestine!’

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4 d. ago JD Vance wants Trump’s crime crackdown to go nationwide: ‘I would love if we did this in every big American city’

The vice president was asked what ‘hope’ the Trump administration could offer Americans living in ‘crime-ridden cities’

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8 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas declares love for 'beautiful mother' in birthday celebrations

The head judge thanked everyone for their well wishes on social media as she turned 65

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1 week ago Trump’s DC crackdown is exposing all the FBI’s undercover cars, agents warn

FBI agents fearful of potential impact on surveillance operations against drug traffickers, fentanyl suppliers, and Russian or Chinese spies

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1 week ago Photos of protests during fourth week of Trump DC's crime crackdown

Washingtonians are responding with protests during the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.'s streets.

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1 week ago Trump says DC is now ‘crime free.’ It had 400 reported incidents in the last week

Trump began his so-called crime crackdown in D.C. on 11 August, sending National Guard and federal agents into the capital’s streets

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2 w. ago Obama warns ‘all Americans are at risk’ after Trump threatens to clamp down on Chicago

‘The expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk,’ the former president said

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2 w. ago Obama warns ‘all Americans are at risk’ after Trump after threatens to clamp down on Chicago

‘The expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk,’ the former president said

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2 w. ago Shock poll shows how many Americans really back Trump's military takeover of top crime

New polling shows Americans are huge fans of President Donald Trump 's new crime crackdown.

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2 w. ago Trump to roll out ‘comprehensive’ crime crackdown bill across US after DC ‘emergency’

Trump announced the forthcoming legislation hours after saying he wants anyone who kills someone in DC to face the death penalty

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2 w. ago Local DC cases are landing in federal courts. A judge says the results are problematic

Hundreds of people have been arrested since President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown flooded the nation’s capital with federal agents and troops

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2 w. ago Trump looks to end ‘cashless bail’ in DC as his crime crackdown extends to the court system

New executive order will effectively eliminate cashless bail policies in DC by threatening to withhold federal funding

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3 w. ago Trump targets Chicago and New York as Hegseth orders weapons for DC troops

President plots expansion of crime crackdown as Pentagon chief says troops patrolling DC streets will be armedDonald Trump has threatened to take his federal crackdown on crime and city cleanliness to New York and Chicago, as the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered that national guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington DC under federal control will now be armed.The US president talked to reporters in the Oval Office and said: “When ready, we will start in Chicago Chicago is a mess.” He added that then the administration “will help with New York”, amid the controversial and aggressive federal efforts to control leading Democratic-voting cities, each of which has a Black mayor. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump touts perceived wins while praising ‘healthy, attractive people’ on DC federal patrol photo op

‘ We've done a lot of good work, including the biggest tax cuts that you've ever had,’ Trump said

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3 w. ago South Park takes aim at Trump’s Washington DC crime crackdown with the return of an old character

The decades-old character last made an appearance in Season 24’s “Holiday Special” in 2019

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3 w. ago Jesse Watters declares ‘Big Balls, we love you,’ as he celebrates Trump’s DC crime crackdown

Fox News host credits 19-year-old Elon Musk acolyte for President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to the streets of the U.S. capital

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4 w. ago ‘That’s not what creates safety’: Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violenceDonald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to combat it, have reignited a decades-old debate about crime, violence and which policies and approaches can address it.The US president has cited cities such as Oakland, Philadelphia and Chicago as examples of places overwhelmed by crime and violence. He has put forward an increased militarization of law enforcement, and more money and legal protections for police, as the most effective ways to address homicides and other violent crime. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say: ‘That’s not what creates safety’

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violenceDonald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to combat it, have reignited a decades-old debate about crime, violence and which policies and approaches can address it.The US president has cited cities such as Oakland, Philadelphia and Chicago as examples of places overwhelmed by crime and violence. He has put forward an increased militarization of law enforcement, and more money and legal protections for police, as the most effective ways to address homicides and other violent crime. Continue reading...

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