After deploying the national guard to the streets of Washington DC, Donald Trump’s federal crackdown is moving into a new phase.
Three more states – West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio – have said they will deploy hundreds of national guard troops to DC in the coming days. But crime prevention workers say the move will do little to prevent crime, and address systemic cycles of violence and property crime.
Anticipating a further rollout of the controversial policy, Democratic cities are preparing for the worst with mayors from Seattle to Baltimore vowing to protect their cities legally and otherwise.
Here are the key stories at a glance.
Three states to deploy national guard troops to Washington DC
Three states have moved to send hundreds of members of their national guard to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington DC through a federal crackdown.
West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 guard troops while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio said it would send 150 in the coming days.
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Rubio says Russia and Ukraine both ‘have to make concessions’ for peace deal
In a combative series of interviews on Sunday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that “both sides are going to have to make concessions” for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war that erupted when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
“You can’t have a peace agreement unless both sides make concessions – that’s a fact,” the Trump administration’s top diplomat told ABC on Sunday. “That’s true in virtually any negotiation. If not, it’s just called surrender. And neither side is going to surrender. So both sides are going to have to make concessions.”
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Judge restrains Beto O’Rourke’s group from sending funds to Democrats outside Texas
A Texas judge has expanded a restraining order against former congressman Beto O’Rourke and his political organization over its fundraising for Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to prevent a legislative session on congressional redistricting.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts likely a dud but other documents could reveal much
When Donald Trump’s Department of Justice requested the release of grand jury transcripts in criminal proceedings against sex-traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the move did little to quiet an ever-growing chorus of critics frustrated by the US president’s backtracking over disclosing investigative files.
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