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(R) US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. Also pictured, L/R, are US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was deploying National Guard troops and putting the Washington police force under federal control to tackle crime in the US capital. "This is Liberation Day in DC, and we're going to take our capital back," Trump said at a White House press conference. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) / (Background) Andrew Bailey during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference the Gaylord National Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Bondi and Patel: Missouri AG Andrew Bailey to serve as FBI co-deputy director alongside Dan Bongino

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have announced that Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as the FBI’s co-deputy director — alongside Dan Bongino.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 11: New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the 1199SEIU headquarters on August 11, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani was joined by local elected officials and union delegates for 1199SEIU as he announced a "Five Boroughs Against Trump" tour that will take him to all five boroughs to speak against U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda, as he ties the mayoral candidates running against him to the president. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

NYC Mayor Adams condemns Mamdani’s past support for decriminalizing prostitution

New York City Mayor Eric Adams slammed Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for his support of decriminalizing prostitution during his time as a member of the New York State Assembly.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House for a bilateral meeting and later an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump: U.S. troops will not be deployed to Ukraine as part of security guarantees

President Donald Trump has confirmed that United States soldiers will not be deployed to Ukraine, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky requests international security guarantees as part of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal.

(L/R) NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks with US President Donald Trump on August 18, as they try to find a way to end Russia's offensive. The leaders heading to Washington on Monday to appear alongside Zelensky call themselves the "coalition of the willing." (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

European leaders and Zelensky push for Ukrainian security guarantees during WH meeting

President Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky and other European leaders on Monday in the East Room of the White House, following his Friday meeting with the Russian president. As the nations work toward a peace agreement, the back-to-back talks highlight a renewed diplomatic effort to halt the killing.

(Background) Crowds wait outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 16, 2025. The hospital has become a focal point for families searching for loved ones as casualties mount in the latest strikes. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) / (L) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (L) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) at the U.S. Department of State on July 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. The meeting comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea, down from the original 25% he had proposed. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Rubio stands by U.S. State Department’s Gaza Visa Freeze, citing risk of terror ties

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the State Department’s decision to suspend visitor visas from Gaza on Sunday, citing evidence that a percentage of Gazan applicants and visa holders have ties to Islamist terrorist groups in the region.

(L-Top) Judge Ana Reyes. (Photo via: Senate Judiciary Committee) / (L-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 15: Washington, DC Mayor Murial Bowser listens as Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb speaks outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House following a court hearing on August 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Schwalb filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that the Trump Administration overstepped its authority when the federal government took over the Metropolitan Police Department and replaced the chief of police with a federal official. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator and newly named interim federal administrator of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Terry Cole walks towards the West Wing of the White House on August 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Cole's appointment comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of D.C.'s police department to assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital, and that the National Guard will be deployed to DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Justice. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge declares D.C. police chief is still in command, while D.C. Mayor Bowser returns from Martha’s Vineyard

After Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA head Terry Cole as “emergency police commissioner” of D.C., bypassing Mayor Bowser and Police Chief Smith, it prompted Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Schwalb to sue, saying the move violated the 1973 Home Rule Act.