Aug 12 Trump’s DC rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime By Matt Brown, Associated Press Trump's rhetoric echoes that of conservative politicians who've denounced cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention. Continue reading
Aug 12 How Trump exaggerates DC crime in taking over its police department and deploying the National Guard By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness," President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 11 press conference. Many of the details he cited do not stand up to scrutiny. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: White House suggests DC police takeover may last longer than 30 days By Associated Press During a news briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the administration would “reevaluate and reassess and make further decisions” after the 30-day period is over. Continue reading
Aug 12 Fact-checking Trump’s claims about homicides in DC By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement. Continue reading
Aug 12 The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Republican president's decision fits a pattern of using emergency declarations to rule by executive order. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 8:01 The legality of Trump’s D.C. takeover as statistics show decline in crime By Amna Nawaz, Kayan Taraporevala, Winston Wilde, Karina Cuevas In an unprecedented move, President Trump has taken over Washington, D.C.'s police department and activated its National Guard. The federal takeover invokes rare, but legal, presidential authorities, but local officials say he’s wrong to say that crime has spiraled out… Continue watching
Aug 11 Under new, unusual agreement, U.S. will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China By Associated Press Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, as part of a deal to secure export licenses for the semiconductors. Continue reading
Aug 11 Trump suggests he’ll know if Putin wants a peace deal with Ukraine soon into their meeting By Will Wessert, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to determine mere moments into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week whether it would be possible to work out a deal to halt the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Aug 11 WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser calls Trump takeover of DC police ‘unsettling’ By Associated Press D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the city had reached a 30-year low in violent crime. Continue reading
Aug 11 ‘Playing with fire’: Newsom urges Trump to abandon partisan redistricting fight By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor. Continue reading