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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump Pulls Military Into Another Political Issue  —  The National Guard troops who will move into Washington, D.C., will not perform law enforcement tasks but may be able to detain people temporarily, officials said.  —  President Trump's decision to send at least 800 National Guard troops …
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Is Expanding the Role of the American Military on U.S. Soil  —  His deployment of the National Guard in D.C. comes as he plans to broaden the use of U.S. military bases for immigrant detention centers  —  President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops in Washington …
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 …
Sara Libby / San Francisco Chronicle:
By sending troops to D.C. and eyeing Oakland, Trump continues targeting Black-led cities
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Police Put Under Federal Control, Are Now ‘Allowed to Do Whatever the Hell They Want’
Chris Mirasola / Lawfare:   Deploying the D.C. National Guard
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Trump's Use of National Guard in L.A. Remains Contentious
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
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
Matt Pusatory / WUSA:
DC mayor, police chief blindsided by Trump's announcement of federal police force takeover, sources say
New York Times:
Military officials testify at California's suit against National Guard deployment.
New York Times:
D.C. Mayor Calls Trump's Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation
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: pbump, KVIA-TV, The Independent and NPR
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Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  E.J. Antoni is chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and has long criticized the agency's approach to collecting jobs data  —  President Trump said on Monday that he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni …
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: The Guardian, Daily Kos and KVIA-TV
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Extends China Tariff Truce by Three Months  —  President Trump's order continues a reprieve from the threat of escalating tariffs and export controls, which rocked the global economy earlier this year.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
Discussion: Reuters
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:   Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People's Republic of China
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
U.S., China extend tariff pause another 90 days
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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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
Jarrell Dillard / Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Law Squeezes Poor, Boosts Income for Wealthy, CBO Says
Discussion: KVIA-TV
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
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Reason
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Law and Order in the District of Columbia  —  Memorandum for THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE  —  Section 1.  Background.  As President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the District of Columbia National Guard, it is my solemn duty to protect law-abiding citizens from the destructive forces of criminal activity.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Doesn't Really Care About Crime
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit.  Peace Isn't One of Them.  —  The meeting represents a victory for Putin, who seeks to end international isolation and separate Russian ties with the U.S. from the fate of Ukraine  —  Expectations in Russia are running high ahead …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Abbott: Texas can ‘eliminate’ 10 Democratic districts in response to California  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) warned that Texas could get rid of as many as 10 Democratic districts if California moves ahead with its plan to redraw its House map and neutralize the expected GOP gains in the Lone Star State.
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Gray Rohrer / Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida Gov. DeSantis says he's ready for redistricting - with or without new census
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife.  It Almost Broke Her.  —  Lauren Southern, one of the most well-known right-wing influencers during Donald Trump's first term, first went viral with a 2015 video titled “Why I Am Not a Feminist.”  Then 19, beautiful and blond …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
An Uncomfortably Revealing Laura Loomer Deposition  —  Insights into her insults, clues about her career hopes.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Coming Soon: The Laura Loomer Foundation for Twitter Trolling  —  LAURA LOOMER HAS BEEN HYPERACTIVE during the second Trump administration …
 
 
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