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  • Bondi names DEA head as D.C.'s 'emergency police commissioner,' but capital leaders push back

    Bondi names DEA head as D.C.'s 'emergency police commissioner,' but capital leaders push back

    Aug 15, 2025 05:27 PM EDT

    It also marks one of the most sweeping assertions of federal authority over a local government in modern times. While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city’s homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities and the capital is not ...

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    New lawsuit challenges Trump's federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies

    Aug 15, 2025 01:45 PM EDT

    ... of the most sweeping assertions of federal authority over a local government in modern times. While Washington has grappled with spikes in violence and visible homelessness, the city’s homicide rate ranks below those of several other major U.S. cities and the capital is not in the throes of ...

  • 5 questions about Trump's pledge to move homeless people from Washington, DC

    5 questions about Trump's pledge to move homeless people from Washington, DC

    Aug 13, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Taylor said she has seen federal officers around her home and on the subway and worries about their targeting of young people and people experiencing homelessness. “Being homeless isn’t a crime,” she said, emphasizing the need for solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime rather than policing ...

  • FIFA tests new human rights strategy for World Cup games, and advocates are skeptical

    FIFA tests new human rights strategy for World Cup games, and advocates are skeptical

    Aug 12, 2025 10:16 PM EDT

    Atlanta officials and partners say the Downtown Rising plan is a part of the mayor’s larger investments in reducing homelessness and building affordable housing. The goal is to house people, not put them in jail, officials say. In California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called on cities to ban encampments ...

  • Trump's D.C. rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

    Trump's D.C. rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

    Aug 12, 2025 05:43 PM EDT

    Other residents reacted with mixed feelings to Trump's executive order. Crime and homelessness has been a top concern for residents in recent years, but opinions on how to solve the issue vary. And very few residents take Trump's catastrophic view of life in D.C. "I think Trump ...

  • The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

    The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

    Aug 12, 2025 02:13 PM EDT

    ... federal district gives him a unique opportunity to push his tough-on-crime agenda, though he has not proposed solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime. "Let me be crystal clear," Attorney General Pam Bondi said during Trump's announcement news conference. "Crime in D.C. is ending ...

  • Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

    Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

    Aug 11, 2025 03:11 PM EDT

    The person was not authorized to publicly discuss personnel matters and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. The Justice Department didn’t immediately have a comment Monday morning. Focusing on homelessness Trump has emphasized the removal of Washington’s homeless population, though it was unclear where the ...

  • WATCH: Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying National Guard

    WATCH: Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying National Guard

    Aug 11, 2025 01:31 PM EDT

    ... one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the World." For Bowser, "Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false." Focusing on homelessness Trump in a Sunday social media post had emphasized the removal of Washington's homeless population, though it was unclear where the thousands of ...

  • Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

    Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

    Aug 10, 2025 04:50 PM EDT

    ... Force." It mandates beautification efforts such as graffiti removal and enhanced park maintenance, and it includes provisions to address violent crime and issues related to homelessness. In a July Cabinet meeting Trump pitched the idea again: "We have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have ...

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    Friday on the News Hour, the president signs an executive order to combat homelessness by making it easier to forcibly place people in mental health facilities. The politics behind the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger approved by the FCC. Plus, private companies that run immigration detention centers could soon cash ...

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