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The Latest Breaking News from DC

What's Really Happening to D.C.?

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Reason

Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest

Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans

The Independent UK

Pentagon is already calling National Guard in other states looking for units that could help in DC

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says reinforcements, including ‘specialized units,’ could be called up if needed

The Independent UK

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Trump wants to put Washington DC under full federal control. Here’s why he probably can’t

Congress would need to repeal the Home Rule Act for it to happen

The Independent UK

Trump says crime in Washington DC is ‘out of control’. The stats suggest otherwise

President insists capital in need of ‘liberation’ from ‘violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people’ but data says no such problem exists

The Independent UK

Seth Meyers ridicules Trump’s DC crime crackdown: ‘Like a dystopian hellhole in a steampunk novel’

‘Trump should be fact-checked every time he talks about numbers,’ The Late Night host said

The Independent UK

Trump will ignore crime reduction data for the political value of a show of force

There’s a downward trend in violence in Washington DC in line with those in other cities – but that may not matter

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First Thing: Trump slammed for ‘unjustified power grab’ as he seizes control of DC police and deploys national guard

Trump forwarded a false narrative around DC crime stats to justify the move. Plus, funeral held in Gaza for five journalists killed by Israeli attack

The Guardian - UK

DC national guard will start deploying on streets of Washington DC, says White House – as it happened

Deployment to reportedly start a day after Trump ordered their arrival and took control of the city’s police force

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump lies through his teeth and takes over D.C., dangles sword over New York, Chicago and ‘other cities’

The president is extending his tyrannical reach over the U.S. one city at a time.

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What Is The DC National Guard? Chain Of Command, Powers And How Different Are They From US Police Force?

The DC National Guard answers to the US President, not a governor, with powers and duties that set it apart from both state Guard units and local police forces.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s federal forces are ‘hitting the streets’ of DC while critics claim takeover is attempted distraction from the ‘Epstein files’

‘He needs to get his base talking and thinking about something besides his refusal to open up the Epstein files because he's mixed up in them,’ former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

The Independent UK

Why is Trump sending US National Guard to Washington, DC?

President is deploying National Guard in response to what he calls a crime emergency, with 800 troops to be sent to DC.

Al Jazeera

Trump news at a glance: president’s Washington DC takeover condemned

Trump’s depiction of ‘lawless’ city at odds with crime statistics while local officials say move illegal – key US politics stories from Monday 11 August

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Musk’s Grok calls Trump the ‘most notorious’ criminal in DC when asked about violent crime in the city

The tech tycoon’s attempt to build a reliably right-wing AI chatbot continues to go off the rails

The Guardian - US

‘Hyperbolic and false’: Trump’s portrayal of crime in Washington DC has little to do with facts

Just as with Los Angeles in June, Trump’s claims about DC are rooted in false and misleading claims about crime and homelessness, experts say

The Independent UK

Trump wants to mobilize troops in DC – it went horribly for him in Los Angeles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Eric Garcia breaks down how Trump’s approval numbers cratered after he dispatched troops to Los Angeles. He may see something similar as he turns Washington, D.C. into a war zone

The Independent UK

Parents occupy community centre with buggy blockade in protest over cost of childcare

Families and youth workers occupy recently closed centre run by Living Under One Sun in Tottenham in protest over lack of affordable childcare and school holiday support

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The Guardian - US

‘Red meat to throw to his base’: DC residents on Trump’s police takeover

On the streets of Washington, people were concerned by the president’s plans – but others said it would improve safety

The Independent UK

Trump just took over DC with vow to stop ‘thugs’ from abusing cops. He already pardoned hundreds of them

NEWS ANALYSIS: The president’s fixation on violent clashes between ‘scum’ and law enforcement has one glaring exception: January 6, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

Charlie Kirk calls for ‘full military occupation’ of American cities ‘once we liberate DC’

‘We got to go hard. We gotta go big league. We're talking National Guard, tanks — every street, you need military,’ Charlie Kirk exclaimed on Monday.

Reason

Lower Crime Hasn't Stopped Gun Control Push

Plus: The National Guard deployed to D.C., the Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine, Texas Democrats flee the state, and a listener question on free speech in the U.K.

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Trump is using the military to take over D.C. police and fight homelessness despite a 30-year low in crime

Now Trump wants to take over DC.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Trump seizes control of DC police; funerals for journalists killed by Israel; WA reef devastation

President orders takeover of Washington DC police and deploys national guard; record marine heatwave hits 1,500km of WA reefs

Latin Times

California Governor Gavin Newsom & Political Figures Blast Trump's National Guard Plan in Washington D.C.: 'This is What Dictators Do'

Numerous political figures, including Newsom, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and more, have criticized President Donald Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

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