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Trump expresses optimism in fight to tackle D.C. crime after federal takeover effort results in nearly 400 arrests, including 135 illegal aliens
One America News Network
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August 18, 2025
Members of the National Guard stand by at Union Station on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) OAN Staff Blake Wolf and Brooke Mallory 11:37 AM – Monday, August 18, 2025 President Donald Trump emphasized that...
MTG Sucks Up to Trump With D.C. Flattery After Feuding With President
The Daily Beast
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August 18, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene is all aboard the MAGA train again, after a few weeks of eyebrow-raising dissent toward President Donald Trump. On Sunday afternoon, the Georgia lawmaker posted a video on X expressing her gratitude for the president’s law...
Four red states send National Guard troops to D.C. to support Trump’s crime crackdown
ABC 4 - South Carolina
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WASHINGTON (TNND) — At least four red states have committed to sending their own National Guard troops to Washington D.C. in assistance to President Donald Trump's efforts to crackdown on crime in the nation's capitol. West Virginia Gov. Patrick...
Opinion: Some Believe Trump’s Takeover of D.C. Police Is a Necessary Solution to an Unending Crime Epidemic
The Central Valley Voice - California
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August 18, 2025
Craig J. DeLuz | Special to California Black Media Partners August 18, 2025 President Trump’s recent announcement regarding federal control of the Washington, D.C. police force is a bold and necessary step toward confronting the rampant crime that...
Guard deployment to D.C. sparks protest
The Center Square
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August 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to commit Ohio National Guard troops to President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., sparked protests over the weekend and has Democrats calling it political theater. DeWine said 150...
Red states’ National Guard deployments to D.C. upend the Constitution
MSNBC
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August 18, 2025
In one sense, the decisions of the governors of Ohio, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia to send National Guard troops from their states to aid President Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C., should not have...
Louisiana sends National Guard troops to D.C., joins four other states in federal crackdown
KSLA - Louisiana
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August 18, 2025
PINEVILLE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana has become the fifth state to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., under President Donald Trump’s order to federalize policing in the nation’s capital. The Louisiana National Guard announced it is...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate eager to broaden Kansas voice in D.C. politics
The Manhattan Mercury - Kansas
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TOPEKA — Democrat Christy Davis’ campaign for U.S. Senate is steeped in the politics of incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and President Donald Trump.But the resident of Cottonwood Falls is also driven by frustration that many folks holding...
Mississippi deploys 200 Guardsmen to D.C. in support of president’s crime crackdown
WTVA 9 News - Mississippi
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JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) — Mississippi deployed approximately 200 National Guardsmen to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the capital city. Gov. Tate Reeves announced the deployment on Monday morning. “Crime...
It's unclear where unhoused people are ending up as authorities clear D.C. encampments
NPR
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August 18, 2025
Federal authorities are clearing homeless encampments across Washington, D.C. as part of President Trump's efforts to crack down on crime and blight in the nation's capital. Where are the unhoused going? Sponsor Message
Trump says D.C. is safe a week into crackdown
CBS News
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President Trump says Washington, D.C., is now "safe," a week into his crime crackdown that included the deployment of National Guard troops. More troops on their way to the city. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Brehm: Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown is great politics and even better policy
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 18, 2025
There is no question the president has the constitutional authority to take matters into his own hands when it comes to public safety in D.C. His office affords him the prerogative to deploy National Guard troops to unsafe capital streets and...
Immigration enforcement shaped first week of Trump’s D.C. takeover
The Detroit News - Michigan
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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb emerged from federal court Friday, in the midst of one of the greatest crises in the history of home rule for the District, and applauded what they saw as one win for the city: A...
How D.C. became the testing ground for Trump’s autocratic fever dream
MSNBC
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August 18, 2025
The first time I remember it happening, I was around 10 years old. It was 1995 and I was at a basketball tournament in some Virginia suburb. One of the boys on the other team asked me if I had to wear a bulletproof vest to school because “D.C. is...
Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to D.C. in expanding federal crackdown
The Columbian - Washington State
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WASHINGTON — Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s...
Trump says he intends to extend takeover of D.C. police
MSNBC
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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. European leaders speak in support of Zelenskyy during Trump talks 24:42 Trump proposes Article 5-like security for Ukraine but not NATO membership 10:46 'Damage'...
Trump’s Proposed SSI Cuts Could Push Vulnerable D.C. Residents Into Homelessness
The Washington Informer
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August 18, 2025
The District of Columbia — a majority-Black city where poverty and disability rates outpace the national average — is bracing for a devastating blow as the Trump administration moves to slash Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for poor...
Ohio governor says sending National Guard to D.C. 'the right thing to do'
AOL
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine says it's the "right thing to do" to send 150 Ohio National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump deploys troops and seizes control of the city's Metropolitan Police Department. Trump...
The Left Must Be Reeling After D.C. Police Union Drops Truth Bomb On Crime Stats
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
It took less than two weeks for the results to speak louder than the critics. Eleven days after President Donald Trump stepped in and sent federal forces into Washington, the city’s crime statistics told a story the left desperately wished wasn’t...
AG Pam Bondi: Police Arrest 68 in D.C. Overnight During President Donald Trump's Crackdown on Crime
Breitbart
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August 18, 2025
Sixty-eight suspects were arrested during one evening in Washington, DC, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Sunday. Bondi made the announcement in a social media post, and gave other details into the operations as President Donald Trump works...