President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. Speaking at the White House, Trump also ordered the activation of the National Guard to restore law and order in the nation’s capital, declaring the move “Liberation Day” for Washington, D.C.
A Moroccan migrant in France is facing deportation and potential jail time after desecrating the country’s most sacred war memorial. The individual, identified as “Hamdi H.,” was filmed lighting a cigarette using the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has issued a ruling to block President Donald Trump’s administration from swiftly deporting migrants who entered the United States through Biden’s controversial parole pipeline program.
A Mexican national living illegally in Pasco, Washington, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking a massive quantity of methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
Authorities arrested 28-year-old James Andrew McGann on Wednesday in connection with the brutal slayings of Clinton and Cristen Brink at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. The couple was murdered in front of their two young daughters while on a family hike Saturday, according to Arkansas State Police.
President Trump has escalated pressure on Mexican drug cartels by designating them as foreign terrorist organizations, laying the groundwork for potential U.S. military action. This designation has enabled surveillance flights over Mexico and the deployment of Navy warships off its coast. Intelligence and military coordination is increasing as the Trump administration explores targeted strikes to dismantle cartel operations responsible for the fentanyl crisis.
