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Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department employee on Friday accused of flipping off National Guard members deployed to Washington D.C. as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to mitigate crime in the city, a Justice Department official confirmed. According to a memo sent by Bondi, the veracity of which was confirmed by the DOJ, the employee, Elizabeth Baxter, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nation’s most Democratic cities — including Chicago and Baltimore — claiming they are needed to crack down on crime. The threats to expand a federal intervention have legal experts and some military officials raising …

Anthony Carter has spent his entire life in one of Chicago’s most dangerous areas. He now works every day to make his community, known to many as O Block, feel safer. But he doesn’t want President Donald Trump’s help. “It’s within us to stop the violence,” Carter says. “President Trump couldn’t do nothing about that.” Trump has turned his attention …

National Guard troops recently dispatched to Washington, D.C., were notified last week they would be authorized to carry service weapons “solely in response to an imminent threat,” according to a Guard statement. Many guardsmen, however, were unaware the imminent threat posed would come in the form of unkempt flower beds and tree debris, their weapons akin to those wielded by …

Chicago prepares for National Guard to come in  Politico Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys  NBC 5 Chicago Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations  FOX 32 Chicago Trump’s planned Chicago blitz would use naval base to house ICE agents, possibly National Guard  Chicago Sun-Times Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a …

In Chicago, locals prepare for Trump’s possible deployment of National Guard  Reuters Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a response’ after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago  Fox News Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations  FOX 32 Chicago ICE asks for access to Chicago-area Navy base to assist operations  The Washington Post ‘Our president is …

Perennial political candidate Willie Wilson encouraged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to send the National Guard to Chicago, insisting that a military intervention could help curb violence while invoking the killing of his son in the south suburbs. “It’s personal for me, from personal loss,” Wilson said at a news conference in the Loop. “But also personal for me as …

Majority of voters object to Trump’s National Guard deployment in DC, poll finds  Politico With Trump’s Takeover, Washington Finds a Mission to Resist  The New York Times Just 38% of Americans support Trump’s use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  Reuters How Washington became Donald Trump’s chew toy  The Economist DC residents express concern as MPD, federal agents set up checkpoint  FOX 5 …

D.C. mayor: “Masked ICE agents” and out-of-town National Guard are ineffective  Axios DC mayor says she ‘greatly appreciates’ Trump’s surge of federal officers but adds there is ‘break in trust’ with residents – live  The Guardian DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Holds Press Conference on Federal Presence in the District  C-SPAN DC mayor walks tightrope during update on federal law enforcement surge  NBC4 Washington Bowser …