Two Chinese warships collided while operating in the South China Sea on Monday. Video of the incident (embedded at the end of this article) shows a People’s Liberation Army-Navy Type 052D destroyer crashing into the bow of a Chinese coast guard vessel as both ships attempted to intercept a Philippines’ coast guard vessel. That Philippines […]
WHY TRUMP IS RIGHT ON DC CRIME. President Donald Trump‘s public safety initiative for the District of Columbia faces two great obstacles. The first is the persistence of crime there. The second is residents, local officials, and national Democrats who will resist Trump’s efforts. “The president taking over local control of [the Metropolitan Police Department] and putting […]
As President Trump seeks a breakthrough in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, former Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are torn. A ceasefire deal could finally free thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who remain in Russian prisons, but it could also mean ceding land that thousands have died fighting to defend. “The guys who...
President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. “Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going to...
President Trump met Monday with Lip-Bu Tan, the CEO of Intel, who Trump just days earlier had called on to resign over claims he was "conflicted." Trump said he met with Tan, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The president provided few details about their conversations, but he indicated he would have...
Stocks closed with losses Monday as Wall Street braces for the first federal inflation report released after President Trump ousted the head of the agency responsible for producing it. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 201 points, falling 0.5 percent Monday. The S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite each fell 0.3...
President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in what he portrayed as a crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. “This is liberation day in D.C. and we’re going to take our capital back,” said Trump, who has long floated plans...
Former secretary of state was one of several top Democrats to be slammed on social media for opposing President Trump's plan to combat crime in Washington, D.C.
Crime is down, and many tents are gone — but much of Washington, D.C. remains on edge as Trump launches a sweeping federal response to lingering urban disorder.