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'We're Going to Take Our Capital Back': Trump Calls for DC Deployments Despite Falling Crime Rates

President Donald Trump holds up a chart in front of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard to the nation’s capital Monday morning, claiming it’s part of an effort to crack down on violent crime in the city even as crime has fallen precipitously in the past two years. Notably, the order’s text also paves the […]

Trump Administration Is Having Early Talks to Hold a Military Parade in Nation's Capital on June 14

President Donald Trump watches as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the West Wing

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is having early discussions about a grand military parade in the nation’s capital this summer, something that is a long-held dream of President Donald Trump. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the administration had reached out to the city about holding a parade on June 14 that would stretch […]