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Trump’s Military Occupation of DC Crashes Into Reality—Literally

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Watch out, Chicago drivers. A recent collision of a red-light-running, 14-ton, mine-resistant armored vehicle with an SUV on Capitol Hill isn’t the biggest news involving the federal takeover of Washington, DC, but it’s a tidy metaphor reflecting the counter-productive, heavily militarized, anti-crime display that President Donald Trump has embarked on. Overriding Washington, DC’s, democracy in […]

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I Live Where DC Crime Actually Happens. Here’s What Trump Is Missing.

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On August 3, someone was shot about five blocks from my house in Washington, DC. Just two nights before, we had called 911 because of gunfire nearby—not an unusual occurrence. A week later, someone was murdered six or seven blocks away, in broad daylight. My neighborhood also has the usual urban scourges: porch pirates, the […]

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As Feds Flaunt Trump’s Takeover, DC Pushes Back

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In a small park in northwest Washington on Friday, a group of what appeared to be eight federal agents posed for a picture in front of an anti-ICE banner. Then they tore down the sign and departed with it. In its place they appeared to have left a dildo. We can’t be sure how much […]

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Trump to Send National Guard Troops Into D.C. and the Military “If It’s Needed”

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Despite official data that shows crime in D.C. is at record lows, Trump says the city is overrun with violence.

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Evidence in Her Brutal 1979 Rape Pointed to the Golden State Killer. The Police Didn’t Want to Hear About It.

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In 2019, Susan Bowlus got a text from a friend that caught her off guard. “I’ve been watching the coverage on the Golden State Killer,” her friend wrote, referring to the California serial killer who’d been arrested in 2018. The killer’s name was Joseph DeAngelo, a cop-turned-criminal who’d broken into homes to rape and kill […]

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Murder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, but Killings by Police Are Rising

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There’s a good chance the United States will see the lowest murder rate it has ever recorded this year, a major change from the early pandemic, when killings skyrocketed. In 2023 and 2024, homicides fell at what appears to be a record pace—and they’re continuing to plummet so far in 2025, according to a recent […]

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