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Trump, with order on cashless bail, continues his focus on D.C. crime – The Washington Post

Trump, with order on cashless bail, continues his focus on D.C. crime  The Washington Post PROSECUTING BURNING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG  The White House (.gov) Trump signs executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail in D.C. and across the country  NBC News VIDEO: Army veteran detained outside White House after burning American flag  FOX 5 DC Trump signs executive orders targeting cashless bail  6abc Philadelphia …

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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia – The White House (.gov)

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia – The White House (.gov)

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia  The White House (.gov) ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  The White House (.gov) The symbolism of Trump’s National Guard pizza party photo-op  MSNBC News Trump Enlists More Agencies in His Crackdown on Washington, D.C.  The New York Times …

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Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities

Trump signs executive order establishing ‘specialized’ National Guard units to address crime in cities

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with establishing “specialized units” in the National Guard that will be “specifically trained and equipped to deal with public order issues” — the clearest sign yet he intends to expand the US military’s role in domestic law enforcement activities across the …

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Trump threatens to send the military to Baltimore to ‘clean up’ crime

Trump threatens to send the military to Baltimore to ‘clean up’ crime

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to send the military into Baltimore to “quickly clean up” crime. “But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the Democratic …

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The ‘crime of the pandemic’ is still roiling D.C.

The ‘crime of the pandemic’ is still roiling D.C.

The soaring number of young people who have engaged in carjacking is indeed one of the key factors that has driven the surge in the Washington area and beyond, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen police officials, criminologists and youth advocates. Some of these perpetrators stole vehicles to use them to commit more crimes. Many others commit carjackings …

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Where is Jussie Smollett now? All about the alleged hate crime hoax

Where is Jussie Smollett now? All about the alleged hate crime hoax

Actor, director, and musician Jussie Smollett landed his breakout role on Empire in 2015, playing Jamal Lyon. In 2019, he claimed to be the victim of a hate crime, but police believed it was a hoax, prompting a years-long legal battle. Smollett is the subject of a new Netflix documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett, which is now streaming. Jussie …

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The crime saga and the Netflix documentary’s new claims, explained.

The crime saga and the Netflix documentary’s new claims, explained.

Just when we thought we were finally done with the whirlwind saga of the alleged 2019 hate crime against Empire actor Jussie Smollett—“whirlwind,” of course, being a reference to the shocking twist that Smollett might have been lying about the whole thing—Netflix, in customary fashion, has come a knockin’. A new documentary, The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, which premiered on …

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