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Brian Mann / NPR:
Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump's vow to crack down on crime  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan police department.
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New York Times:
Trump says he will clear out Washington's homeless population but offers few details.  —  D.C.'s mayor acknowledged local officials could do little to block what was expected to be a 30-day takeover of the capital's policing.  President Trump suggested his action might be expanded to other cities.
Washington Post:
Bowser calls Trump's takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday called President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the D.C. police department “unsettling and unprecedented” and said that the city's police chief remains in charge of the District's police force.
Washington Post:
Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control.  Here's what the data shows.  —  Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes.  But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president's attention.  —  President Donald Trump once again catapulted crime …
Anna Spiegel / Axios:
Trump's D.C. crime claims don't match the data  —  Violent crime is declining in D.C. — not rising, as President Trump claimed on Monday. … - And for the first half of 2025, violent crime has dropped in all categories in Washington, according to new data from Major Cities Chiefs Association …
Washington Post:
Trump orders federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard  —  The president is planning to flex his law enforcement power over Washington, declaring that he would clear the city of homeless people and crack down on crime.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday …
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Police Put Under Federal Control, Are Now ‘Allowed to Do Whatever the Hell They Want’
Andrew Solender / Axios:
D.C.-area Dems rage as Trump takes control of city's policing
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Planned D.C. Takeover Because He Hated Route to His Golf Course
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chris Mirasola / Lawfare:   Deploying the D.C. National Guard
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
David Klepper / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime
Discussion: New York Times
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Crime is down. But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating.
Discussion: Techdirt
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head  —  E.J. Antoni, a staunch critic of the BLS, had emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among some influential Trump advisers, including Stephen K. Bannon.  —  President Donald Trump will nominate …
Discussion: The Independent and KVIA-TV
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Molly Smith / Bloomberg:
Trump Names Heritage's EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.
Discussion: KVIA-TV
Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
CBO Publications:
How the 2025 Reconciliation Act (Public Law 119-21) Will Affect the Distribution of Resources Available to Households  —  This interactive tool illustrates the distributional effects of the 2025 reconciliation act (P.L. 119-21).  It allows users to explore how that law will affect …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Jarrell Dillard / Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Law Squeezes Poor, Boosts Income for Wealthy, CBO Says
Discussion: KVIA-TV
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says
Discussion: The Hill and NOTUS
New York Times:
Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding  —  A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation's wealthiest school against the Trump administration's extraordinary crackdown on higher education.
Discussion: HotAir, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump's Fight Against Top Universities … The policies that May Mailman has helped devised have sent shock waves through higher education, dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
Discussion: Reason and Lawyers, Guns & Money
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 740 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-198) …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Doesn't Really Care About Crime
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study  —  An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children …
Discussion: STAT
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People's Republic of China  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics  —  President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy  —  A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America's.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Small Businesses Brace for the Punishing Side Effects of Trump's Tariffs  —  Large firms with big bank balances, workers already in jobs and households near the top of the income ladder will have an easier time navigating the economic waves.  —  Katrina Golden, the owner of Lil Mama's Sweets & Treats …
 
 
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