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Trump signed executive orders to end cashless bail in Washington, D.C., and nationwide.

He warned jurisdictions keeping the policy could lose federal funding.

Supporters call cash bail unfair to the poor, while critics say ending it risks public safety.

WASHINGTON - On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating cashless bail for suspects in Washington, D.C., along with a separate order seeking to end the policy nationwide.

Earlier Monday, Fox News confirmed that Trump planned to end cash bail policies nationwide by threatening to cut off federal funding to jurisdictions that maintain them.

What they're saying:

"We are at a point where Washington is booming again," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office before signing the orders. "P

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