Here are 10 cities with the highest crime rates
President Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops into more American cities after deploying soldiers in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles this year. He’s highlighted Baltimore and Chicago as cities in particular need of help fighting crime, though Monday he appeared to back off his threat to unilaterally deploy the National Guard into cities…
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Bolton ‘concerned’ about Trump withdrawing protection: ‘I plan to keep going’
Former national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday he will not be intimidated by the withdrawal of his security detail, which was revoked by President Trump in January. The measure followed an Iranian plot on his life uncovered by federal officials. “I feel … concerned about that, more than anything else,” Bolton said of losing…
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Orthodox Archbishop In Alaska Apologizes To Anyone Offended That He Met With Putin
Alaska Archbishop Alexei said he was sorry to “those who have experienced pain, suffering, or confusion because of my actions.”
Majority says tariffs, inflation erasing their hard work: Survey
A majority of Americans said in a new survey that tariffs and inflation are erasing their hard work. WalletHub’s poll, which was released on Tuesday, found that 55 percent of U.S. adults think that inflation and tariffs are negating their work. President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners went into effect earlier…
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What are the consequences of burning the American flag after Trump’s executive order?
(NEXSTAR) — An executive order signed Monday calls for the Justice Department to “vigorously prosecute those who desecrate” the American flag, sparking bipartisan pushback. It has also led to questions about what consequences you may face if you’ve been found to have “desecrated” the flag. Within hours of President Donald Trump signing the order, a…
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Researcher Who Has Distorted Voter Data Appointed To Homeland Security Election Integrity Role
Her hiring at the Department of Homeland Security comes amid reports that Trump’s administration has met with several other election conspiracy theorists in recent months.
Ex-DHS official: Trump was jealous of dictators’ ‘ability to exert total control’
A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who served in the first Trump administration recalled private conversations in which President Trump admired the ability of foreign dictators to “exert total control” over their constituents. Miles Taylor, the former DHS deputy chief of staff who criticized Trump in his first term, said in a Tuesday…
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RFK Jr. says agency will reveal causes of autism in September
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s on track to identify “interventions” that are “certainly causing autism” and possible ways of addressing them by September. In April, Kennedy vowed to find the cause of growing rates of autism, calling it an “epidemic” that “dwarfs the COVID epidemic.” President Trump asked…
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Trump dismisses Russia questioning Zelensky’s legitimacy as ‘posturing’
President Trump on Tuesday said Russian officials questioning the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were just “posturing” as part of peace negotiations. “It doesn’t matter what they say,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. “Everybody’s posturing. It’s all bulls‑‑‑-.” Asked for his assessment, special envoy Steve Witkoff, who has met with Russian President Vladimir…
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‘De minimis’ tariff exemption ending: What to know
The exemption allowing some low-value imports to enter the U.S. duty-free is set to expire on Friday. President Trump penned an executive order last month suspending the so-called de minimis tax exemption rule for goods coming into the country that are worth $800 or less. The executive order has resulted in national postal services from…
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Wyden slams DOGE over ‘reckless’ handling of Social Security data
Top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden (Ore.) blasted the DOGE cost-cutting panel following a whistleblower report that alleged Americans’ financial and personal information was put on an unsecured cloud server. He called it “a clear example of how the Trump administration is playing fast and loose with Americans’ most sensitive personal information.” …
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DeSantis: Newsom should focus on California problems instead of being ‘cheeky’ with Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) knocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday over his recent social media trolling of President Trump, saying the Democrat should focus on solving problems back at home rather than being “cheeky” with the president. During an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity asked DeSantis whether he’d be…
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America is moving backward on climate policy — here’s how Democrats can right the ship
Every week brings a new headline about the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress repealing climate protections. The latest is a shocking proposal to overturn the landmark scientific finding that carbon dioxide emissions endanger American public safety and health, which underpins most U.S. climate regulation. No other democracy in the world faces such assault on…
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Protester Sets Flag Ablaze Outside White House Hours After Trump’s Order
A man claiming to be an Army veteran called the president a “fascist” during his defiant demonstration in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square.
Raskin: ‘We’re not going to be pushed around by this fraudulent would-be king’
Related video: Trump pushes for death penalty in DC murder cases Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday called President Trump a “fraudulent would-be king,” as the Trump administration is looking to expand its federal takeover of local police departments outside of the nation’s capital. “I think that everybody is standing up for their state, like…
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Trump Baselessly Claims It Must Be ‘Something Artificially’ Causing Autism
“There has to be something artificially causing this, meaning a drug or something,” Trump said without evidence during a cabinet meeting.
Jack Smith probe basis ‘imaginary and unfounded,’ lawyers argue
Attorneys for former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought criminal charges against President Trump, denounced a watchdog investigation into Smith’s work as “imaginary and unfounded” in a letter to the Office of Special Counsel. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, marked Smith’s first response to news that the government watchdog was investigating…
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CNN Fact-Checker Shreds Trump On DC Crime: ‘Not Even Close To True’
“So the president is exaggerating again, and that wasn’t his only false claim,” said Daniel Dale.
U.S. To Seek Death Penalty In All DC Homicide Cases, Trump Says
City officials have rejected the claim that violent crime is rampant.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce — two superstars from the worlds of music and sports who have sparked their share of political headlines over the years — are engaged. The “Shake It Off” singer announced the engagement in a Tuesday post to her 280 million Instagram followers. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,”…
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George Conway on the FBI targeting Bolton: ‘This is not healthy’
Conservative lawyer George Conway condemned the recent FBI raid at the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, saying Americans need to “wake up” to the “authoritarianism” taking place under President Trump. “This is not America. This is not healthy,” Conway, an outspoken Trump critic, told CNN’s John Berman in an interview…
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Fox News Host Weasels Around Video Proving That Trump Lied About Wes Moore Chat
The clip appeared to debunk Trump’s claim, but host Will Cain did his mightiest to dance around that.
DC’s no-killings streak ends after 12 days
A man was killed in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday, marking the first apparent homicide reported in the city in 12 days. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday in Southeast Washington, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said in a statement. The officers found a man “unconscious and breathing, suffering…
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook To Sue Over Trump Attempt To Fire Her, Attorney Says
The president’s move is seen as an attempt to get a loyalist on the Federal Reserve’s influential board.
A view of the front lines from a pissed off Washingtonian
Related video: Trump Signs Executive Orders On DC Cashless Bail, Punishments For Flag Burnings | SUNRISE In the summer of 1975, we first moved to a lovely old Georgetown home just west of Wisconsin Avenue. For a time, D.C. was the nation’s murder capital. Ironically, the lawyer who defended the Hanafi Muslims who seized the B’nai Brith…
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