Trump, crackdown and violent crime
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Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.
The U.S. Justice Department has two programs that measure the nation’s crime: the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting and the National Crime Victimization Survey. Together, they offer a clearer overall picture of crime data and typically show similar trends.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser questioned claims Monday that the influx of federal officers has made the city safer after the AG Bondi touted weekend arrest numbers.
President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,
Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and career after her attacker was repeatedly released.
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
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DC students head back to school amid Trump focus on cleaning up juvenile crime in the district
In southeast Washington, DC, children stood in line Friday to receive new backpacks filled with school supplies, while community organizers passed out free hot dogs and hamburgers to teenagers to celebrate the last few days of summer before.
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Expert flips script on Dems pushing 'cherry-picked' crime stats to resist Trump's DC crackdown
Just Facts President Jim Agresti spoke to Fox News Digital about Trump's D.C. crime crackdown and what the numbers really say about crime there and nationwide.