5 h. ago Trump battles sinking public image over DC takeover while National Guard pose with tourists

Trump has utterly failed to win over D.C. residents, who aren’t convinced his takeover is anything but a series of photo ops, writes John Bowden

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7 h. ago Stephen Miller brands citizens protesting deployment of the National Guard in DC ‘elderly white hippies’

Top Trump aide Stephen Miller has attacked “elderly white hippies” protesting against the deployment of the National Guard in Washington DC.

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7 h. ago JD Vance booed during hamburger handout to national guard troops in DC

US vice-president, at Washington’s Union Station with Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth, defends use of troops in area with less crimeJD Vance was booed and heckled with chants of “Free DC!” during a photo op with national guard troops at Union Station in Washington on Wednesday afternoon.Handing out burgers to troops deployed last week by Donald Trump, at the station’s Shake Shack alongside the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, Vance told soldiers “we appreciate everything you’re doing” and asserted: “We brought some law and order back.” Meanwhile, a crowd of demonstrators protested outside. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago JD Vance booed in DC as he awkwardly greets National Guard at Union Station Shake Shack

Veep was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller, who promised additional resources to DC crime crackdown while calling protesters ‘stupid white hippies’

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7 h. ago Booing heard as JD Vance and Pete Hegseth deliver Shake Shack burgers to National Guard in Washington DC

Watch as JD Vance and Pete Hegseth deliver Shake Shack burgers to National Guard deployed in Washington DC.

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12 h. ago Military vehicle crashes into car in DC as states send more national guard troops

Incident comes as six states pledge to send at least 1,200 troops to Washington DC despite falling crime rateA military vehicle crashed into a car in Washington DC on Wednesday morning, an incident that comes as more than six Republican-led states have all pledged to send more national guard troops to DC.The city’s local CBS station first reported on the accident, which happened in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, and cited confirmation from the DC fire and emergency services. On social media, the department said that one person was extricated and transported with “minor injuries”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago National Guard vehicle collides with civilian car near US Capitol, trapping one person

A National Guard vehicle collided with a civilian car near the U.S. Capitol as troops took positions around Washington during President Donald Trump's crackdown

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34 h. ago Powell to deliver Jackson Hole address under fire on multiple fronts

Federal Reserve chair is under bombardment from Trump and battling an insurgency within the central bank

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35 h. 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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37 h. ago White House says more than 450 people arrested since start of federal crackdown on crime in DC – US politics live

Official says 52 people arrested on Monday alone; 68 firearms have been seized and three known gang members arrested since 7 AugustThe Republican governors of Louisiana and Tennessee will send hundreds of their national guard troops to assist federal law enforcement in DC – to help assist the president’s “crime crackdown”.They join Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina – who have all sent national guard troops to DC. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Texas House has enough lawmakers present to pass gerrymandered congressional map – US politics live

Quorum in state House also paves way for redistricting battle across the country to continueTrump pledges to scrap mail ballots before 2026 midtermsNewsmax and Dominion settle for $67m in defamation suit over US election liesAn aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is “distressed” by the US state department’s decision to stop issuing visitor visas for Palestinians after a far-right influencer complained directly to the secretary of state about their work.Laura Loomer, who has previously described herself as a “proud Islamophobe”, told the New York Times that she had spoken to Marco Rubio on Friday night to warn the secretary of state of what she called the threat posed by “Islamic invaders”. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown

The Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration efforts in the nation’s capital

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58 h. ago DC area restaurants lose patrons as Trump’s police takeover leads to drop in reservations

Fewer people made seated reservations at restaurants in DC this past week than in any state, compared to the same time last year

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59 h. ago Orders down: DC area restaurants feeling the squeeze as Trump’s police takeover decreases foot traffic

Fewer people made seated reservations at restaurants in DC this past week than in any state, compared to the same time last year

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65 h. ago West Virginia governor says deploying national guard to Washington DC is ‘show of commitment to public safety’ – US politics live

South Carolina and Ohio are also sending members of their national guard to capital as Trump administration takes over police departmentTaiwan is an internal matter for China, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Monday, in response to US president Donald Trump saying Chinese president Xi Jinping told him he will not invade the island while Trump is in office.Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News, ahead of talks in Alaska with Russian president Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s war with Ukraine. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump news at a glance: DC crackdown expands with national guard to be deployed by three more states

The states of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio will deploy hundreds of national guard troops to DC in the coming days – key US politics stories from Sunday 17 August at a glanceAfter deploying the national guard to the streets of Washington DC, Donald Trump’s federal crackdown is moving into a new phase.Three more states – West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio – have said they will deploy hundreds of national guard troops to DC in the coming days. But crime prevention workers say the move will do little to prevent crime, and address systemic cycles of violence and property crime. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. ago Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

South Carolina and Ohio join West Virginia in pledging troops, fueling protests that national guard should not be used for ‘a political policing mission’Three states have moved to deploy hundreds of members of their national guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown. West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio said it would send 150 in the coming days.The moves announced on Saturday came as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and national guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city following Donald Trump’s executive order federalizing local police forces and activating about 800 District of Columbia national guard members. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How dare the public be told to tackle criminals... when politicians have left them to roam with impunity: By retired policeman NORMAN BRENNAN

Last week, Donald Trump deployed National Guard soldiers to Washington DC, to enact his promise of 'historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse'.

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