FBI Director Kash Patel has vowed to deliver justice to “anyone responsible” for the midday shooting that left two National Guard troops in critical condition.
Read More Patel pledges justice for National Guardsmen shot in D.C., calls them ‘brave warriors’
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem criticized Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for upholding sanctuary laws after requesting the extradition of an illegal immigrant who allegedly killed a woman in her Illinois apartment and has since fled to Mexico.
Read More Noem demands Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker drop sanctuary policies after alleged illegal immigrant murderer arrested: ‘He’s failing those families’
The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to deploy more than 200 Homeland Security agents to Chicago for a large-scale immigration sweep, with the U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes serving as a central immigration hub.
Read More Trump admin. planning to deploy over 200 DHS agents to Chicago in upcoming immigration raids
After previously criticizing President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has since changed her stance, praising the federal operation for the reduction in homicides, carjackings, and gun crimes.
Read More Mayor Bowser admits Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown ‘Has worked’ after initially pushing back
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing the National Guard troops currently patrolling Washington, D.C., to carry weapons if necessary, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Read More Hegseth authorizes National Guard to bear arms in D.C.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with several other high-ranking officials, held a meeting to discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Read More Bondi meets with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to discuss federal takeover of D.C. police force