https://archive.ph/2025.08.12-131217/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/11/trump-national-guard-dc-crime-crackdown/
"Under the cityβs Home Rule Act, the president can take over the D.C. police for a period of up to 30 days by declaring βspecial conditions of an emergency nature exist.β After that time, the police would revert to local control unless Congress passes a law to allow a longer period of federal control."
Trump orders federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard
The mayor calls the actions βunsettling and unprecedentedβ but says D.C. has little choice but to cooperate.
Updated today at 9:03 p.m. EDT
By Michael Birnbaum and Perry Stein
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-trump-holds-news-briefing-on-plans-for-homelessness-and-crime-in-washington
PBS News
By β
David Klepper, Associated Press
WATCH: Trump says heβs placing Washington police under federal control and deploying National Guard
Updated on Aug 11, 2025 12:25 PM EDT β Published on Aug 11, 2025 9:31 AM EDT
https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-announces-expanded-federal-role-for-security-and-law-enforcement-in-washington-dc/664010#google_vignette
August 11, 2025
President Trump Announces Expanded Federal Role for Security and Law Enforcement in Washington, D.C.
http://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-after-president-trump-federalizes-dc-police-and-activates-dc
Norton Statement After President Trump Federalizes D.C. Police and Activates D.C. National Guard
August 11, 2025
Press Release
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low
Press Release
Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low
Friday, January 3, 2025
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia
USADC.Media@usdoj.gov
A lot's gonna depend on what happens with the Cali lawsuit re NG deployment which started today and will very likely end up before the SCOTUS.
MTP's Kristen Welker: What's at stake in Trump/Putin meeting
https://youtu.be/nc10YD7SwpU?si=Tao-v8Ss0t5Icyd9
NBC News NOW: felon.47 says meeting with the other dictator in Alaska next Friday
https://youtu.be/VR1SYGRAGko?si=NLythbiFJmYIRYe_
President Zelensky on felon.47's proposed "Land Swap": Fuck you & Fuck you in that order...
https://youtu.be/rWIb5StVTfk?si=EysQidpEcDR42Phq
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-trump-envoy-witkoff-interpreter-kremlin-rcna205878
Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine
Using the Kremlinβs interpreter was βa very bad ideaβ that put Witkoff βat a real disadvantage,β Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, told NBC News.
May 10, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT / Updated May 10, 2025, 6:06 AM EDT
By Keir Simmons, Carol E. Lee, Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube