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Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday scrapped local directives that severely limited cooperation between police officers in Washington, D.C., and federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other immigration agencies. The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of “sanctuary” policies in the nation’s capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department, for the time being, to fully cooperate with federal immigration …

As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepared to announce that he would take on President Trump’s redistricting plans on behalf of California, scores of federal immigration agents massed outside the venue Thursday. Newsom was set to speak at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, when Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, who has been leading the immigration operations in …

The police chief of Washington, D.C., ordered an increase in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents. National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union …

Trump repeats false claim that DC crime is ‘the worst it’s ever been’ The president has repeated the baseless claim that crime in the nation’s capital is the “worst it’s ever been”. He also described the situation as “tragic” and an “epidemic”. A reminder that data from the justice department shows that DC experienced a 30-year low in violent crime …

Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told callers the business does not support the sale of LGBTQ content. “We apologize: the information given by our support team was totally wrong,” said Stripe spokesperson Casey Becker in an …

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a wary Washington waited, the White House promised a ramp-up of National Guard troops and federal officers on the streets of the nation’s capital around the clock starting Wednesday, days after President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administration would take over the city’s police department for at least a month. The city’s Democratic mayor walked …

In early 2023, David Petrou, a distinguished engineer and founding member of both Google Goggles and Google Glass, made a surprising move. After more than 17 years at the company, he departed to launch his own startup. “I was seeing how fast technology was changing, and I felt there are certain ideas that are best explored in the context of …

FBI agents and other federal law enforcement agents walk around the neighborhood near the Nationals Stadium in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. Tyrone Turner/WAMU/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU/for NPR WASHINGTON — Scores of federal agents fanned out across Washington D.C. on Sunday night, after President Donald Trump promised a swift crackdown on crime and homelessness in the nation’s …

FBI dispatches agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime  The Washington Post Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC  The Guardian Trump warns homeless to leave Washington, D.C., ‘immediately’  CNBC The nation’s capital waits for Trump’s next move as a federal takeover threat looms  AP News D.C. mayor defends capital’s crime rates after Trump …

US border patrol agents carried out a raid outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, with officers jumping out of an unmarked rental truck and chasing and arresting more than a dozen people. Videos of the operation, and federal officials’ statements boasting about the detentions, have raised questions about whether the US government was complying with a federal …