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National Guard Takes to the Streets of DC in Support of Trump’s Crime Crackdown: ‘Reporting for Duty’

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National Guard troops began deploying to the streets of Washington, DC, Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at addressing crime concerns in the nation’s capital.

“DC National Guard reporting for duty,” the US Army posted on X, including photos of several military Humvees parked near the Washington Monument on the National Mall.

Guardsmen, activated under the president’s Title 32 authority, were even spotted posing for pictures with tourists on the first night of their deployment in the district.

Earlier, the White House indicated that the National Guard was expected to “begin being on the streets starting tonight,” according to the Washington Post, citing an anonymous official.

Only a small fraction of the 800 National Guard members expected to take part in the crime crackdown mission had been mobilized as of Tuesday afternoon, with more expected to deploy in the coming days, a Department of Defense official told the outlet. (Read more from “National Guard Takes to the Streets of DC in Support of Trump’s Crime Crackdown: ‘Reporting for Duty’” HERE)

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Trump Seizes Control of D.C. Police, Deploys National Guard in Crime Crackdown

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In a dramatic move aimed at curbing Washington, D.C.’s soaring crime rates, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is taking direct federal control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and activating the National Guard to restore order in the nation’s capital.

Speaking at a packed White House press conference, Trump said he was invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a rarely used authority that allows the president to assume control over the city’s police force. He called the day “Liberation Day” for residents of the capital.

“This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we’re going to take our capital back,” Trump declared. “Under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States, I’m placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.”

The president said a new leadership team would be introduced soon, describing them as “very good people” who are “tough” and experienced in restoring public safety.

In addition, Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard to assist in law enforcement operations, vowing they would be allowed to “do their job properly.”

Not a Partisan Issue

Trump stressed that the decision was not politically motivated, noting that crime affects everyone in the city — including journalists covering his administration.

“I understand a lot of you tend to be on the liberal side,” Trump told reporters, “but you don’t want to get mugged and raped and shot and killed. You want to be able to leave your apartment or house and feel safe.”

He compared Washington’s murder rate to some of the most dangerous cities in the world, saying it now exceeds that of Bogotá, Colombia, and Mexico City.

“Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs, roving mobs, drugged-out maniacs, and homeless people,” Trump said. “We’re not going to let it happen anymore — just like we didn’t let it happen at our southern border.”

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Latin American Leaders Push Back as Trump Orders U.S. Military Action Against Drug Cartels

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Leaders throughout Latin America have strongly opposed former President Donald Trump’s reported directive to use U.S. military forces against drug cartels operating in the region.

Trump’s order reportedly allows the Department of Defense to consider military operations—including drone strikes and naval actions—against cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations. Many of these groups are based in Mexico, while others operate in Latin America and Haiti. While the plan stops short of a ground invasion, it has alarmed governments concerned about sovereignty and regional stability.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum reassured her citizens, stating firmly, “There will be no invasion. That’s ruled out, absolutely ruled out.” She emphasized that U.S. federal agents already operating in Mexico do so under strict regulations and cooperation agreements, insisting that Mexico maintains control over its territory.

Meanwhile, Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized the plan, warning that bombing campaigns are not the answer and calling for dialogue and respect for national sovereignty. “National sovereignty exists, and I prefer to talk and coordinate than to impose,” Petro said.

The move has sparked debate about the balance between fighting transnational crime and respecting the independence of Latin American nations. Critics argue military intervention could worsen tensions and potentially destabilize the region.

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Explosive Whistleblower Claim: Did Bill Barr and Fani Willis Plot to Derail Trump’s Comeback?

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A shocking whistleblower has come forward with explosive allegations suggesting former Attorney General Bill Barr and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis collaborated to undermine President Donald Trump’s political resurgence.

Patrícia Lélis, a former journalist who worked at Howard Stirk Holdings, shared handwritten notes, emails, and photos with Project Veritas outlining secret meetings between Barr and others from 2021 to 2023. According to Lélis, these discussions focused on legal strategies targeting Trump, his supporters, and key figures involved in the January 6 protests.

Lélis claims that on September 13, 2021, Barr revealed plans to focus investigations on Trump’s closest allies, including Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Enrique Tarrio, the Oath Keepers, and the Proud Boys. Further notes suggest Barr coordinated with DA Willis and special counsel Jack Smith on legal actions across Florida, Georgia, and New York.

A particularly damning note from February 27, 2023, alleges Barr advised Willis to pursue RICO charges against Trump—a notoriously difficult charge to defend. Indeed, in August 2023, Willis indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants on 41 counts, including Georgia’s RICO statute.

Lélis says she reported Barr’s conduct to the FBI but was later prosecuted by the Department of Justice. She has since been granted political asylum in a foreign country. Meanwhile, DOJ insiders reportedly worry about a potential cover-up and claim Barr has “put the entire FBI after this woman” to seize her documents.

Bill Barr currently serves as a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute and partner at the Torridon Group.

These allegations add fuel to the ongoing controversy surrounding legal actions against Trump, raising questions about political motivations behind high-profile prosecutions.

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Trump Reportedly Relocates Obama Portrait

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President Donald Trump has reportedly moved the official White House portrait of Barack Obama to an area that is generally off-limits to visitors, according to a Sunday CNN report. The painting now hangs at the top of the Grand Staircase, alongside portraits of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, making it far less visible to the public during White House tours.

This is the second relocation of Obama’s portrait under Trump’s direction. In April, it was moved to make room for a photograph depicting the immediate aftermath of the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The portrait’s latest move comes amid renewed scrutiny of the Obama administration’s handling of intelligence during the 2016 election. On July 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo accusing Obama’s national security team of “manufacturing and politicizing” intelligence in what she described as a “years-long coup” against Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton.

Gabbard followed up days later by announcing she had referred Obama to the Justice Department for potential criminal charges related to the so-called “Russiagate” probe. She alleged that the former president played a central role in shaping the assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Trump—a claim heavily questioned in the years since.

Special Counsel John Durham’s May 2023 report concluded that the FBI failed to corroborate allegations from the discredited Steele Dossier, which was nonetheless used to obtain surveillance warrants against members of Trump’s campaign, including Carter Page. Former FBI analyst Brian Auten testified in 2022 that the bureau offered dossier author Christopher Steele $1 million to verify its contents, but Steele was unable to do so.

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Trump Issues Ultimatum to Putin as Russian Drones Breach NATO Airspace; Putin Agrees to Meet in Alaska

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Eastern Europe is once again on edge as Russian drones—some armed with explosives—have breached NATO airspace, triggering security concerns and drawing a pointed warning from U.S. President Donald Trump. President Trump has demanded a resolution to the escalating tensions, giving Russian President Vladimir Putin until Friday to make “meaningful progress” in peace negotiations or face sweeping sanctions targeting Russia’s war economy.

The warning comes as NATO allies in Eastern Europe grow increasingly uneasy over a string of drone incursions and missile strikes brushing up against alliance borders.

In recent days, an explosive-laden drone believed to have originated from Belarus entered Lithuanian airspace, traveling over 100 kilometers before crashing inside a military training zone near the capital, Vilnius. The drone was carrying approximately two kilograms of explosives and came within one kilometer of the Lithuanian president’s residence.

Another drone incident occurred earlier in July, when an unidentified aircraft crashed near the Šumskas border crossing, prompting the evacuation of government officials. Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė called the latest breach “unprecedented and alarming,” urging NATO to take the situation seriously and increase regional air defense cooperation.

“This is not merely about Lithuanian airspace—this is NATO territory,” Šakalienė warned. “We need a collective response that reflects the seriousness of the threat.”

Meanwhile, a separate Russian missile strike hit a Ukrainian gas depot just half a mile from Romania’s border, again raising questions about NATO’s preparedness. Although Romania’s air force scrambled F‑16s to patrol the skies, no drone crossed into Romanian airspace during the incident—an outcome Romanian officials attribute to new legislation passed in May that allows for immediate interception or destruction of unauthorized drones.

Romania’s swift response stood in stark contrast to NATO’s broader posture, which has remained muted despite multiple airspace breaches over the past year.

Experts say the incidents reflect a shift in Russia’s military strategy—away from conventional warfare and toward so-called “hybrid” tactics that blend psychological warfare, cyberattacks, and ambiguous military provocations.

“This is the future battlefield,” said Eitvydas Bajarūnas, former Lithuanian ambassador. “It’s not about tanks rolling across borders, it’s about uncertainty, pressure, and the erosion of public confidence in security guarantees.”

Bruno Kahl, head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, has repeatedly warned that Russia is testing the limits of NATO’s unity, using drone incursions and disinformation to gauge how the alliance might respond to more serious provocations. “Russia doesn’t believe NATO will act on Article 5 unless directly challenged,” Kahl said earlier this summer, referencing the alliance’s foundational principle of collective defense.

Amid growing anxiety in Europe, Donald Trump has taken a more confrontational approach. Speaking during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Trump said Putin’s military adventurism was being fueled by high energy prices and vowed to collapse Russia’s oil-dependent economy if necessary.

“Putin will stop killing people if you get energy down another $10 a barrel,” Trump said. “He’s going to have no choice because his economy stinks.”

Trump warned that unless peace talks show tangible progress by the end of the week, he would push for aggressive sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector—measures that could cut into the Kremlin’s ability to fund its ongoing war in Ukraine.

While Trump’s ultimatum may place renewed pressure on Moscow, some analysts worry it may also expose cracks in NATO’s deterrence strategy.

Andrew D’Anieri, a regional security expert with the Atlantic Council, noted that repeated incursions without any firm NATO response risk undermining the credibility of the alliance’s collective defense commitments.

“The concerning part is not just the drone flights,” D’Anieri said. “It’s the silence that follows.”

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Putin-Trump Meeting to Occur in Alaska on 8/15/25

By Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet next week in Alaska to discuss an end to the three-year Russian war on Ukraine in the first in-person session between the two world leaders since Trump returned to the White House in January.

“The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska,” Trump wrote on Aug. 8 in a post on Truth Social. “Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

The announcement comes on the same day a Trump-imposed deadline on Putin to end the war in Ukraine expires. Talks have been floated for months and were initially supposed to include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Trump facilitating the negotiations. (Read more from this story HERE)

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Trump Orders a New Census

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President Donald Trump has directed the Commerce Department to conduct a new census, one that counts citizens of the United States and omits illegal aliens.

“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.

The 2020 Census was alarmingly inaccurate, resulting in faulty congressional representation in Washington D.C. From the Heritage Foundation:

In a shocking report that has not received the attention it deserves, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that its 2020 Census count of the American population was incorrect in at least 14 states.

And those mistakes were costly to certain states in terms of congressional representation, number of electors, and money those states are likely to receive from the federal government during the next decade. To put the scope of these mistakes into perspective, contrast the errors in the Census Bureau’s latest recount (the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey, or PES) with the recount from a decade ago (the 2010 Post-Enumeration Survey)—in which there was a net overcount of a mere 0.01 percent (36,000 people), a statistically insignificant error.

As explained below, as a result of these errors, Florida did not receive two additional congressional seats and Texas did not receive one more congressional seat. Meanwhile, two other states, Minnesota and Rhode Island, each retained a congressional seat that they should have lost, and Colorado gained a new seat to which it was rightfully not entitled.

(Read more from “Trump Orders a New Census” HERE)

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Trump Signs Executive Order Cracking Down on ‘Debanking’: ‘Incompatible with a Free Society’

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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at preventing banks from refusing to offer financial services to people based on their political beliefs or lawful business activities – a practice known as “debanking.”

“It is the policy of the United States that no American should be denied access to financial services because of their constitutionally or statutorily protected beliefs, affiliations, or political views, and to ensure that politicized or unlawful debanking is not used as a tool to inhibit such beliefs, affiliations, or political views,” Trump wrote in his order.

“Banking decisions must instead be made on the basis of individualized, objective, and risk-based analyses,” he added.

Earlier this week, Trump accused JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America of rejecting more than $1 billion of his deposits for political reasons.

“The banks discriminated against me very badly,” he told CNBC on Tuesday.

Former Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback recently alleged he was “debanked” by JPMorgan over his conservative religious views – a claim the bank denied. (Read more from “Trump Signs Executive Order Cracking Down on ‘Debanking’: ‘Incompatible with a Free Society’” HERE)

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Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Semiconductors Made Outside the U.S. in Potential Blow to Domestic Businesses

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President Trump announced plans Wednesday for a 100% tariff on “all chips and semiconductors” — insisting that there would be an orderly economic transition despite potential major impacts on US businesses.

“We’ll be putting a tariff, approximately 100%, on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said at an Oval Office event with Apple CEO Tim Cook, who arrived to announce plans for $600 billion in new investments in the US.

Trump said he would exempt companies that have plans to transition their manufacturing to the US — a hint that the world’s largest chip manufacturer, Taiwan’s TSMC, which is building massive manufacturing plants in Arizona, would be spared.

“If you’re building in the United States of America, there’s no charge, even though you’re building and you’re not producing yet in terms of the big numbers of jobs and all of the things that you’re building. If you’re building there will be no charge,” Trump said.

“So 100% tariff on all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States. But if you’ve made a commitment to build, or if you’re in the process of building, as many are, there is no tariff.” (Read more from “Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Semiconductors Made Outside the U.S. in Potential Blow to Domestic Businesses” HERE)

Federal Grand Jury Investigates Ex-Obama Officials Over Alleged Trump-Russia Hoax

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A federal grand jury has been convened to investigate whether former Obama-era officials coordinated efforts to promote what turned out to be false claims of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 election cycle, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department’s probe is centered around the early days of “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI’s investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives — an inquiry that ultimately resulted in no findings of collusion after years of scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

The investigation, which could lead to criminal charges, is said to focus on key intelligence figures including former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. All three served under President Barack Obama and were involved in initiating or advancing the Russia probe.

President Trump and current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard have both called for accountability, alleging the Russia narrative was a politically motivated operation designed to derail Trump’s presidency. Gabbard, a former Democrat congresswoman, submitted a criminal referral to Attorney General Pam Bondi last month, citing alleged misconduct by Obama-era intelligence officials and suggesting the former president himself may have orchestrated the effort.

Obama-Era Intelligence Under Scrutiny

Central to the investigation are claims that the infamous Steele dossier — a collection of salacious and unverified allegations compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele — was knowingly used to legitimize the Russia narrative. The dossier was funded by opposition research firm Fusion GPS, on behalf of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Documents obtained during the inquiry reportedly contradict Brennan’s 2023 congressional testimony, in which he claimed the CIA opposed inclusion of the Steele dossier in an intelligence assessment. At the time, Brennan had allegedly supported its inclusion, according to internal agency communications.

Comey is also facing renewed scrutiny following his 2023 interview with Secret Service agents regarding an image he posted online, interpreted by some as a threat against Trump. Republican lawmakers have long accused Comey of providing false testimony to Congress in 2017, which carries a potential five-year prison sentence — although that charge is subject to a statute of limitations.

Legal Hurdles and Political Fallout

The grand jury inquiry comes at a legally complex moment. In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts — a decision that likely shields Obama from direct legal consequences related to presidential directives.

However, DOJ officials are exploring whether lower-level officials knowingly misled Congress or manipulated intelligence for political ends. Treason, while historically rare and difficult to prove, remains on the table as a charge with no statute of limitations.

“Following the compelling case outlined by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, which exposed clear and blatant weaponization by corrupt intelligence officials acting at the behest of the Democrat Party and likely former President Obama, the Administration remains committed to conducting a thorough investigation,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.

Trump, who has faced multiple indictments himself in recent years, has argued that he was too forgiving of political rivals during his first term — referencing his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State.

“I let her off the hook for what?” Trump said during a recent interview. “Now we know they actually meant it — and it was all a hoax. I think they should pay a price.”

Political and Historical Significance

The grand jury proceedings signal a significant shift in how past political investigations may be scrutinized in future administrations. While many legal experts caution that pursuing charges against former national security leaders could further politicize the justice system, supporters argue it’s necessary to restore public trust.

The Justice Department has not announced a timeline for potential indictments, and sources say the location of the grand jury — whether in Washington, D.C. or another jurisdiction — remains undisclosed for now.

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