In recent days, President Donald Trump has ramped up his rhetoric against a familiar foe, denouncing Washington, D.C., as one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Now he says he’s ordering a federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital, which he claims he will “liberate.” Here are the latest developments. Copied Chas Danner Updated Aug. 11, 2025, 5:15 PM EDT

Trump’s fake homicide chart

Per the New York Times , this is why you don’t print out a too-nuts-to-be-true chart that J.D. Vance retweeted last week and then show it to a room full of reporters, even if that chart confirms all your biases:

The table cites the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Statista and local government statistics, but most of the figures could not immediately be

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