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Majority of Americans approve of Trump’s approach on crime: AP-NORC poll  Axios Most say crime is a major problem in America’s cities, but few support a federal takeover of police departments  AP-NORC Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In …

Nick Beake & Lucy Gilder BBC Verify in Washington DC & London BBC Alongside the taxis waiting outside Union Station in Washington DC, the sight of uniformed troops standing next to armoured military vehicles has been greeting passengers getting off their trains. It is a striking symbol of President Trump’s efforts to tackle a “crime emergency” in the US capital, …

Baseball fans will see the pun straight away; I had to look it up. The non-batting runner, having only made it a certain way around the field, gets tagged out by a fielder trying to “steal”, or sneak up, on a base from the one behind. As far as the non-metaphorical meaning goes, no one in this movie is actually …

Republicans scratch their heads over Trump’s ‘comprehensive’ crime bill  Politico Trump Says Republicans Are Working on a ‘Comprehensive’ Crime Bill  The New York Times SCOOP: House Republicans ready slew of DC crime bills as Trump promises end to city violence  Fox News Trump to roll out ‘comprehensive’ crime crackdown bill across US after DC ‘emergency’  The Independent Trump says he is working with Republicans …

August 27, 2025 Earlier this month President Trump activated National Guard members to reduce crime in Washington, D.C. and has threatened similar federal interventions in other large cities.  Two-thirds of the public think crime is a major problem in the country overall and 8 in 10 say it is a major problem in large cities. Only about a fifth say …

In the nearly three weeks since President Trump deployed federal troops and law enforcement agents throughout Washington, D.C., a CBS News analysis of crime data shows violent crime is down in Washington by almost half when compared to the same 19 days in 2024. The analysis, reviewing every crime incident reported to the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department from …

Crime Ring Stole 600 Times From Home Depots in California, Officials Say  The New York Times Massive Home Depot crime ring pulled off more than 600 SoCal thefts, D.A. says  Los Angeles Times 14 arrested in $10 million Southern California Home Depot theft ring  CBS News 14 arrested in elaborate $10 million Home Depot theft operation  NBC4 Los Angeles Alleged Southern California Home Depot …

For years, a sophisticated retail crime ring plundered Home Depots across Southern California, pulling off more than 600 thefts and netting an estimated $10 million worth of merchandise without consequences — until now, authorities said. On Tuesday, the Ventura County district attorney’s office announced the filing of a 48-count criminal complaint against nine alleged key players in what Home Depot …

An Oklahoma man is facing charges of child sexual molestation after an 11-year-old girl in his orbit gave birth in her home, and her mother is accused of enabling abuse in a case that a local assistant district attorney called possibly “the most serious … I have ever prosecuted”. The charges that the Muskogee county district attorney’s office filed against …

It has been exactly 40 years since Martin Scorsese dazzled us with a wild, untethered journey through the underbelly of NYC in the course of a single night in 1985’s After Hours. Thus it is no accident, and certainly a form of homage by director Darren Aronofsky to include that film’s star, Griffin Dunne, in a small supporting role in …