Tag: Crime

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Trump laying the groundwork to blame Zelensky for Putin’s intransigence, and walk away from peace process

Jamie McIntyre · August 12, 2025 7:38 am

FILE - This July 10, 2017, file photo shows a tower outside of the razor wire at the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton, Okla. Prisons in Oklahoma are locked down after several inmate fights over the weekend caused one inmate death and more than a dozen injuries. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Oklahoma emptying prisons of illegal immigrants in budding ICE partnership

Anna Giaritelli · August 12, 2025 7:00 am

It's been a year since Colorado began allowing the sale of recreational marijuana and two important claims about successful legalization are increasingly being challenged. (AP Photo)

Recriminalize, don’t decriminalize marijuana

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2025 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the White House press briefing room on Aug. 11, 2025 about the federal takeover of Washington DC police. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi are beside him. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump’s DC police takeover puts Democrats on defense on crime

Christian Datoc, Naomi Lim · August 12, 2025 5:00 am

Wes Moore slams Trump’s DC National Guard deployment as ‘deeply dangerous,’ touts Maryland crime drop

Heather Hunter · August 11, 2025 7:58 pm

Nancy Pelosi speaks into a variety of microphones

Ex-Capitol police chief slams Pelosi, says she rejected National Guard help Jan. 6

Heather Hunter · August 11, 2025 7:44 pm

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Bowser suggests Trump’s view of DC crime stems from ‘COVID era’

Asher Notheis · August 11, 2025 6:30 pm

Three people killed in Target parking lot shooting in Austin, Texas

Brady Knox · August 11, 2025 5:59 pm

Trump rejects suggestion to build ‘big, beautiful briefing room’ for press

Heather Hunter · August 11, 2025 4:44 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Police union chairman blames DC crime problem on ‘bad legislation’ from city council

Jenny Goldsberry · August 11, 2025 4:18 pm

Illegal immigrant who murdered Rachel Morin sentenced to life in prison

David Zimmermann · August 11, 2025 3:34 pm

DC Police Union blames councilman for crime surge: ‘It’s your fault’

Heather Hunter · August 11, 2025 3:02 pm