9 h. 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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17 h. ago Soldiers are doing landscaping in DC parks. I’m thrilled for them | Dave Schilling

They were deployed to fight crime. Instead, some are spreading mulch. It’s almost sweet – if you remove the contextIf soldiers are going to be deployed to your city, what would you prefer they do: point a rifle in your face or mow your grass? This is not a question I ever expected to have to consider in my days on this planet, but life is full of surprises. As part of Donald Trump’s military deployment to address Washington DC’s so-called “crime emergency”, national guard troops are being tasked with various groundskeeping duties around the United States capital. These duties include spreading mulch around cherry trees, picking up trash and general maintenance of public spaces. The president must have been too embarrassed to get Four Seasons Total Landscaping involved again, so he got the military to do it instead.It’s a real “swords into ploughshares” moment, or in this case, “M4 rifles into those grabber sticks you use to pick up plastic bottles full of piss.” It’s almost sweet, i...

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67 h. ago 'Dine and dash' couple accused of skipping out on two restaurants in two days

The pair are said to have conned the eateries in one town over a week, two nights in row and online posts say the incidents took place last Wednesday and Thursday

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Neil Young confronts Donald Trump in new song Big Crime: ‘Don’t want soldiers on the streets’

Veteran rocker characterises US administration as fascistic in song recorded at Chicago sound checkNeil Young has released a new song lambasting Donald Trump, entitled Big Crime.The Canadian-American rocker has long been a critic of the US president, suing him (but later dropping the lawsuit) over the use of his songs at campaign rallies and calling him “the worst president in the history of our great country”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime

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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime

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5 d. ago Newsom and Pritzker tell Trump crime is under control but vast majority of Americans see it as ‘major problem’

‘You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is,’ the president has said

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5 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Chef Jose Andres calls Trump ‘confused’ over his ‘flat out lie’ that half of DC restaurants closed because of crime

Andres, who launched the global charity One World Kitchen, said the president was ‘confused’ and had not once eaten outside of the White House or his own hotel in all the time he had been in the capital

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6 d. ago Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago sparks fear and defiance in a city on edge

President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago sent ripples through America’s third-largest city as residents defended their home against Trump’s escalating rhetoric toward violent crime, including claims Chicago is a “killing field.”

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6 d. ago As Trump targets flag burning, vandals in Cape Cod are tearing down Old Glories on bridge honoring Afghan war hero

The president’s signed the executive order allowing the prosecution of individuals who burn flags despite a 1989 Supreme Court ruling that said desecrating flags was protected

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7 d. ago Safety regulators launch investigation into 1.4 million Honda vehicles after reports of engine failures

There were more than 400 reports of ‘connecting rod bearing failures’ in the vehicles’ engines

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7 d. ago Trump insists he is not a dictator – but claims that many people think the US could use one

President criticized Democratic-led cities of being ungrateful for his administration deploying federal law enforcement to help curtail crime

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7 d. 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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7 d. ago Trump is wrong about crime – but right about the fear of it | Austin Sarat

The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feelIn most of America’s largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But the fear of crime is increasing.Donald Trump has made a career out of ignoring the reality of crime rates and of stoking that fear. Well before he entered politics and throughout his political career, he has talked about city life as life in a proverbial jungle.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Up to 1,700 National Guard soldiers set to mobilize in NINETEEN states as Trump cracks down on illegal immigration and crime

It continues Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement to stop crime and illegal immigration after he sent the Guard to Washington, DC earlier this week.

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