Trump, Democrats and DC
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Democrats and liberal influencers on Monday trashed President Donald Trump’s news conference announcing the federalization of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, claiming the provocative action was taken to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Democrats will fight "tooth and nail" against President Donald Trump's request to extend federal control over D.C. police beyond 30 days.
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It's not just DC: Republicans seem happy to let Trump do whatever he wants | Opinion
Would Republicans be sitting on their hands if a Democratic president were doing everything that Trump is doing? I would hope not, but here we are.
President Trump’s use of federal resources to combat crime in the nation’s capital is forcing Democrats to once again address the issue of law and order, something that has been a vulnerability for them in recent elections.
Some Senate Democrats, itching for a major showdown with Republicans, are advocating for their party to filibuster their way into a government shutdown this fall. Democratic Connecticut Sen.
A CNN panel suggested on Monday that the response from national Democrats to President Donald Trump's plan to address crime in Washington, D.C. might come across as tone-deaf.
President Donald Trump isn’t just cleaning up crime in Washington, D.C., he’s been cracking down on homeless encampments as well. According to a report by the New […]
President Donald Trump’s militarized crime crackdown in Washington, DC, is a clarifying political moment. It’s again exposed Democrats’ struggles to combat Trump’s hardline law-and-order rhetoric and splits within their party that the president exploited to win two elections.
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DC Democrats risk losing public trust by dodging youth crime crisis Trump is addressing
Democrats must address D.C.'s rising juvenile crime honestly rather than avoiding the issue, as federal overreach from Donald Trump threatens local autonomy.
Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order
The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District’s police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement regardless of any city law.