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Trump told cops to do ‘whatever the hell they want’ to fix DC. Here’s why that’s ‘extremely dangerous’

White House mandate ‘runs roughshod over constitutional rights and due process protections,’ civil rights groups and legal experts tell Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

DC man arrested after he’s accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer and calling him a ‘fascist’

‘Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!’ the man is accused of telling the officer

The Independent UK

Judge weighs whether Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles

A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California

The Independent UK

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Trump’s National Guard takeover of DC gets trolled: ‘Did they bust somebody for pairing Chardonnay with a steak?’

One resident replied, ‘My favorite part is that ‘Donald Trump doesn't like to see it’

The Independent UK

Trump Says 'People Are Feeling Safer Already,' but Federal Troops Won't Fix D.C.'s Crime

Local government incompetence has crippled the city's criminal justice system.

Reason

Trump can’t stop using false and misleading data to make his case for DC takeover

Data from the Metropolitan Police Department in DC shows violent crime rates have gone down signficantly since 2023

The Independent UK

Federal agents will be out 24/7 on patrol in Washington, the White House says

The White House says the number of National Guard troops in Washington will ramp up and federal officers will be on the streets of the nation’s capital around the clock

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Pentagon Draws Up Plans To Send Troops to American Cities

The Trump administration is considering plans for a "Reaction Force" of National Guard troops to deploy quickly to American cities with signs of civil unrest.

Reason

4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard – along with federal law enforcement – into Washington, D.C. to fight crime, President Donald Trump edged U.S. troops closer to the kind of military-civilian confrontations that can cross ethical and legal lines.

The Conversation

Inside the remote Alaska base where Trump and Putin will negotiate over peace in Ukraine

Leaders will meet in Anchorage facility home to some 32,000 people

The Independent UK

Trump eyes Ivanka for bizarre new White House gig despite her swearing off politics

‘When he called me and asked me to do it, he said: 'I want Ivanka in the middle of this,'’ UFC CEO Dana White said

The Independent UK

Mayor says US capital should become 51st state amid Trump takeover

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The Independent UK

The national debt has reached a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ set to ramp up government borrowing even further

The Independent UK

Mayor calls for DC to become 51st state after Trump’s National Guard crackdown

Muriel Bowser says president’s move to federalize city police force demonstrates why the District of Columbia needs statehood to secure its independence

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National Guard troops carry out first patrol of DC

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The Independent UK

National Guard troops on the streets of DC to fight what Trump calls ‘out of control’ crime in the nation’s capital

The presence of troops in the capital is expected to grow over the next week and the president is threatening to take similar tactics to other Democratic cities

The Independent UK

The nearly 150-year old law that Trump is testing with domestic troop deployment

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

The Independent UK

National Guard rehearsed show of force against immigration raid protesters, general testifies

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

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Latin Times

Pentagon Considering Creating National Guard Reaction Force To Shut Down Protests and Unrest Across U.S.

The Trump administration is planning to create a new reaction force that would have hundreds of National Guard troops ready to rapidly deploy to American cities across the country

The Independent UK

National Guard members arrive as Washington's new law-enforcement reality starts taking shape

President Trump has activated 800 National Guard members to address what he calls a crime emergency in Washington, D

We Got This Covered

Leaked Pentagon plan reveals 600 troops ready for a ‘domestic civil disturbance’

The one-hour deployment plan for U.S. cities.

The Independent UK

After D.C., Trump wants to ‘takeover’ New York and Chicago. Can he?

ANALYSIS: Rules governing deployments of National Guard in states will restrict troops’ ability to conduct law enforcement in most jurisdictions, John Bowden writes

Al Jazeera

Trump deploys US National Guard to DC amid crime emergency claims

Federal law enforcement arrests 23 people in Washington overnight as part of Trump’s controversial crime crackdown.

Al Jazeera

Fact-checking Trump’s claim that crime in Washington is ‘out of control’

Trump claimed DC crime is surging to deploy the National Guard, however, the city’s preliminary data proves otherwise.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s military takeover of Washington DC is a sheer demonstration of power

No one believes that the deployment of troops to America’s most liberal, most racially diverse, and most culturally thriving cities is about solving a real problem

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