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Trump’s DC takeover produces moderate drop in crime — and huge spike in immigration arrests
Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington — In the first week after the White House effectively seized control of Washington, DC’s police force and deployed federal agents and troops to the district, the city saw a moderate drop in reported crime — and a far larger surge in arrests of immigrants, a CNN analysis of government data found. In the week …
Read More »Criminally good: the return of the high-class crime flick | Movies
It is clear, as we look forward to this autumn’s new films, that a crimewave of sorts is happening. Whether cosy or brutal, true-crime-ish or fictional, filled with forensic crime scenes and hazmat-suited people shuffling out of despoiled apartments, or with twinkly-eyed character actors sampling cake and making coppers look like chumps, or with stylish lone women menaced by a …
Read More »National Guard in Washington DC to be armed amid crime crackdown
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the National Guard personnel patrolling the streets of Washington DC to be armed, as the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in the capital continues. Trump ordered troops to Washington earlier in August and took control of its police force to combat what he described as “out of control” crime in the city. Just …
Read More »Trump threatens to target Chicago next in crime and homelessness crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he’s done in Washington, D.C., where he’s deployed 2,000 troops on the streets. “I think Chicago will be our next,” …
Read More »WATCH: Trump says Chicago likely to be next target of federal efforts to crack down on crime
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Watch in the player above. Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he’s done in Washington, D.C., where he’s deployed 2,000 troops on the streets. READ MORE: …
Read More »Trump suggests Chicago is next for federal crime crackdown, followed by New York City
Washington — President Trump on Friday said Chicago will probably be the federal government’s next target for its anti-crime effort, following the ongoing operation in Washington, D.C., with New York City after that. The remarks were the president’s clearest indication yet that he intends to bring his crusade against crime beyond the corridors of his direct authority in Washington. Mr. Trump …
Read More »Trump floats "regular military" tackling crime with crackdowns in Chicago, NY – Axios
Trump floats “regular military” tackling crime with crackdowns in Chicago, NY Axios Trump says Chicago next up for federal crime crackdown CNN ‘I think Chicago will be next’: President Trump signals plans to extend federal crackdown on crime to Chicago WGN-TV Live updates: Chicago could be Trump’s next target after DC AP News Trump hints at federal crackdown in Chicago amid anti-crime push in …
Read More »Trump says Chicago next up for federal crime crackdown
Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump said Friday that Chicago will be the next city that his administration targets for a federal crackdown on crime and suggested a longer and more intense campaign in the nation’s capital. “We’ll straighten that one out, probably next, that will be our next one after this,” Trump said from the Oval Office. “I …
Read More »Trump visits DC police station and boasts of success of crime crackdown | Washington DC
Donald Trump told law enforcement officials that his administration will buy new grass for parks in Washington DC so they resemble his golf courses, during his visit to a US park police facility on Thursday – an event ostensibly scheduled to tout his crackdown on crime in the city. The president had indicated earlier in the day he would join …
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