The Trump administration is backing four Republican proposals that would bring law and order to Washington, D.C., according to an official White House document obtained by The Daily Wire. 
The proposals for law enforcement in the nation’s capital range from tightening up sentencing guidelines for youth offenders to freeing up police from bureaucratic restrictions, according to an official <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/SAP-DC-Bills-9.16.25.pdf">statement of policy</a> released Tuesday by the Office of Management and Budget. In recent weeks, crime has dropped in D.C. after President Donald Trump surged federal law enforcement to the district to crack down on the rampant crime that has long plagued the Democrat-controlled city. 
The statement from the Office of Management and Budget says that the bills would “advance the President’s law and order agenda in Washington, D.C. Citizens, tourists, and visitors are no longer afraid to dine and enjoy the scenery of America’s Federal city. By enacting these bills, criminals will be held accountable and police officers will be empowered with the resources necessary to ensure safety.”
The first bill referenced in the document is the DC CRIMES Act. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), would decrease the maximum age that a criminal could be sentenced as a youth offender from 24 to 18. It would also mandate that the attorney general of D.C. establish a publicly accessible portal tracking juvenile crime, and it would block the D.C. council from enacting changes to criminal liability sentencing guidelines. 
The second bill, the District of Columbia Juvenile Sentencing Reform Act, was introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) and would allow those 14 and older to be charged as adults for violent crimes like armed robbery and murder. 
“This bill would be a critical step to bring more accountability in a city where more than fifty percent of carjackings are committed by minors,” the Office of Management and Budget said. 
The third bill, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), called the District of Columbia Policing Protection Act, would allow police officers in the district to chase after criminals who flee by car. Current policies in D.C. ban police from chasing after most criminals suspected of non-violent offenses. 
“These unnecessary restrictions ensure that many criminals get away without punishment and police officers are unable to perform their duties to protect the public. This bill would change that policy and allow officers to pursue any suspect by motor vehicle if they deem it necessary and the most effective means to capture the suspect,” the Trump administration wrote. 
The fourth bill would give Trump the ability to nominate judges for the district at his own discretion rather than from a list provided by “radical left-wing commissioners.” Named the District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act, the bill was introduced by Reps. Higgins and Pete Sessions (R-TX). 
“After the President’s successful efforts to quell crime and enforce law and order in the Federal capital, it is time to enhance these efforts by enacting these bills into law,” the Trump administration said.

President Trump Visits Law Enforcement And National Guard During D.C. Crime Crackdown

EXCLUSIVE: White House Presses Congress To Bring Law And Order To D.C.

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A Democrat running for Senate in Maine will host a fundraiser on September 11 at a Washington, D.C., bar that has allied with Hamas sympathizers.
Graham Platner, a 40-year-old Marine and Army veteran seeking to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins, scheduled a fundraiser at Exiles Bar in D.C. on 9/11. The location is an interesting choice for the anniversary of the deadly attack perpetrated by radical Islamic terrorists.
Exiles, located a little over a mile north of the White House, hosted an event last year with the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), a group that <a href="https://timep.org/2024/06/27/displacement-is-the-point-contextualizing-israels-decades-of-violence-and-destruction-in-gaza-and-the-west-bank/">claims</a> that Israel started an &#8220;assault on Gaza&#8221; on October 7, 2023 — the day Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and killed around 1,200 people, taking hundreds more hostage.
&#8220;Israel’s most recent actions in Gaza seem to support the notion that the ultimate goal is to displace Palestinians and seize their land,&#8221; the group wrote in a June 2024 article. &#8220;Since October 7, many Israeli politicians and other powerful actors have made their territorial aspirations clear.&#8221;
TIMEP&#8217;s Executive Director, Mai El-Sadany, also recently <a href="https://x.com/maitelsadany/status/1933342241226924299">posted</a> on X that &#8220;Israel is making all of us less safe.&#8221;
During an April 18, 2024, event, Exiles Bar gifted 10% of some of its food and drink sales to TIMEP. The event was <a href="https://www.nenjp.org/calendar/2024/4/18/418-in-person-dc-530-pm-join-the-tahrir-institute-for-middle-east-policy-for-a-mena-social-night-at-exiles-bar-dc-timep">advertised</a> by the New England Network for Justice for Palestine as &#8220;an evening of food, drink, community, and solidarity.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to Exiles Bar, requesting comment on the event with a Hamas-sympathizing group.
Platner has a troubling record on Israel and the Middle East. While the Democrat has <a href="https://x.com/grahamformaine/status/1958275900958785616">accused</a> Israel of committing &#8220;genocide&#8221; in Gaza, there is no public record of him condemning Hamas.
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, Platner argued in an op-ed that &#8220;one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,&#8221; the Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democratic-maine-senate-candidate-graham-platner-compared-terrorists-to-freedom-fighters-in-post-9-11-op-ed/">reported</a> earlier this week. The op-ed was published in the Bangor Daily News.
The Daily Wire reached out to Platner&#8217;s campaign, seeking comment on his fundraiser at Exiles Bar and giving him an opportunity to address the 2002 op-ed.
Platner said in a recent <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/meet-the-disillusioned-veteran-who">interview</a> that he joined the Marines out of high school “mostly out of like a young man&#8217;s sense of duty and also a bit of a call to adventure.” He later enrolled at George Washington University, but after seeing that many of his friends were still deployed, he enlisted in the Army and deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011. Platner, however, said he &#8220;did not believe in the thing that I had taken part in.”
Platner launched his 2026 Senate campaign last month with a pledge to focus on universal health care, housing affordability, and ending foreign wars, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/iraq-afghanistan-veteran-launches-democratic-campaign-sen-susan-collin-rcna225703">reported</a>. Platner said that he hopes the Democratic Party will follow in the footsteps of leftists such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

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Dem Senate Candidate To Host 9/11 Fundraiser At D.C. Bar That Partnered With Terrorist Sympathizers

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President Donald Trump, in a moment that captured the new tone of law and order in the nation’s capital, stared down radical Code Pink protesters Tuesday night as he walked into a crowded D.C. seafood restaurant to cheers and applause.
Flanked by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Trump was calm and composed as leftist agitators screamed “Free D.C., Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” — a chant that echoed from a group aligned with known Chinese Communist Party sympathizers.
Trump paused. He stared at them, unflinching. Then, after taking his seat, he calmly requested that the protesters be removed so the evening&#8217;s diners could enjoy their meals undisturbed. “We have a safe city now,” Trump had told the crowd on arrival. “We did it in twelve days … you won&#8217;t be mugged going home. Have a good time, everybody. Don&#8217;t drink too much.”
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Trump&#8217;s words weren’t bluster. They were backed by results.
In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-week-without-murder-trumps-crackdown-restores-safety-to-washington-d-c?utm_source=chatgpt.com">just the first week</a> of Trump’s law enforcement surge — announced in mid-August as a direct federal intervention under the Home Rule Act—carjackings dropped 83%, robberies 46%, and car thefts 21%. For the first time in months, Washington, D.C., went a whole week without a single murder — almost unheard of in a city where violence had become routine.
Trump’s executive order declared a “Crime Emergency,” placing the city’s police department under the authority of Attorney General Pam Bondi. Hundreds of federal agents and more than 800 National Guardsmen were deployed in what the administration called “massive enforcement operations” against gangs, drug traffickers, and violent offenders.
At roughly the same time, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-grassley-launches-congressional-inquiry-into-code-pink-peoples-forum-over-ccp-ties?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Grassley+Launches+Congressional+Inquiry+Into+Code+Pink%2C+People’s+Forum+Over+CCP+Ties">launched a congressional investigation</a> into Code Pink and The People’s Forum, both of which have financial and ideological ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Grassley warned that these groups may be acting as unregistered foreign agents in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to Grassley’s letter to the DOJ — obtained first by The Daily Wire — both organizations appear to be “funded and influenced by Mr. [Neville Roy] Singham and the communist Chinese government,” promoting CCP interests and potentially undermining U.S. policy.
Code Pink, whose co-founder Jodie Evans is married to Singham, has been tied to pro-CCP propaganda campaigns and even defended China’s detention of Uyghur Muslims. Unsurprisingly, it was Code Pink who showed up to harass Trump Tuesday night after the president’s federal crackdown began turning D.C. from a war zone into a functioning city again.
From cleaning up the streets to exposing foreign-backed radicalism, Trump isn’t just dining out in D.C. — he’s reclaiming it.
And based on Tuesday night’s staredown, he isn’t blinking.

President Trump Visits Local DC Restaurant

The Codfather: Trump Serves Up Cold Stare While Code Pink Flounders At D.C. Seafood Spot

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Tuesday’s Congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), titled “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection,” featured extraordinary testimony — including personal encounters with airborne objects of unknown origin.
Perhaps the most striking moment came not from spoken testimony, but from a newly revealed video presented by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO). The footage shows what appears to be an AGM-114 Hellfire missile fired from an MQ-9 Reaper drone at an orb-shaped UFO. Shockingly, the missile appears to bounce off the object, causing little to no damage, as the orb continues traveling. The video was reportedly recorded in October 2024 off the coast of Yemen.
Burlison noted that he had been “given” the video.
Witnesses included U.S. Air Force veterans Jeffrey Nuccetelli and Dylan Borland, Chief Alexandro Wiggins, and investigative journalist George Knapp.
Knapp added that while he had discussed the footage on a podcast, he had not seen it before the hearing. He claimed, “There are servers where there’s a whole bank of these kinds of videos that Congress has not been allowed to see, that the public hasn’t been allowed to see.”
“That’s a Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO, and just bounced right off — and it kept going,” he said.
Burlison replied: “It kept going, and it looks like the debris was taken with it.” The congressman added that while he wasn’t going “to speculate” on the exact nature of the object, he wondered why such information is being withheld from Congress.
Later in the hearing, Chair Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) asked the witnesses — while the missile video played in the background — whether they were “aware of anything in the United States government arsenal that can split a Hellfire missile like this?”
Two witnesses responded in the negative, while Borland stated he would prefer to answer that question in a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility). Luna then followed up, asking if the video “scared” any of them. Three witnesses answered “yes,” though Borland began to caveat before being cut off.
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New UAP video shows an MQ-9 Reaper drone firing an AGM-114 Hellfire missile at an unknown object.
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The most compelling testimony from the hearing came from former Military Police Officer Jeffrey Nuccetelli and former Geospatial Intelligence Specialist Dylan Borland. Nuccetelli described multiple UFO incursions at Vandenberg Air Force Base, as well as his own personal sighting.
“Each incident was witnessed by multiple personnel, documented, investigated, and reported up the chain of command,” Nuccetelli said. He noted that official Air Force records pertaining to a 2003 sighting by Boeing contractors of a “massive, glowing red square silently hovering above two missile defense sites” are held by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and the FBI.
Among several incidents, Nuccetelli described one involving a “massive triangular craft, larger than a football field that hovered silently” before accelerating away “at impossible speed.”
He also detailed a personal encounter: “I was off-duty, sitting in my backyard with two other police officers, and we noticed what first appeared to be a satellite in orbit — but it wasn’t acting like a satellite.”
The object, he said, maneuvered oddly before “reappeared 200 feet over my house.” He described it as a “30-foot diameter sphere of light” that soon flew away and vanished into the night sky.
Borland testified about a 2012 encounter in which he saw “an approximately 100-foot equilateral triangle take off from near the NASA hangar on the base.” He said the object interfered with his cell phone, made no sound, and “the material it was made of appeared fluid or dynamic.”
According to Borland, the craft hovered for several minutes before ascending rapidly to “commercial jet level in seconds, displaying zero kinetic disturbance, sound, or wind displacement.”
He also revealed that years later, he was made privy to “classified information from the UAP legacy crash retrieval program through a sensitive position I held within a Special Access Program.”
Borland claimed he has faced severe retaliation, including “denial of work,” “forged and manipulated employment documents, workplace harassment,” and “manipulation of my security clearance by certain agencies, blocking, delaying, and ultimately removing my ability to be employed within the IC.” He said the retaliation he and others experienced drove him to become a whistleblower.
Several lawmakers highlighted the importance of Rep. Tim Burchett’s proposed legislation, the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 5060), as well as the broader UAP Disclosure Act, which has repeatedly been stymied in Congress.
While perhaps not as headline-grabbing as the July 2023 testimony of whistleblower David Grusch, Tuesday’s hearing is likely to sustain public interest and continue to build momentum for UAP transparency in the political arena.
You can watch the entire hearing below:
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WATCH: Lawmakers Reveal Video Of Hellfire Missile That Struck UFO With Little Effect

UFO Hearing Reveals Video Of Hellfire Missile Striking Flying Object, Barely Making A Dent

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Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that the president’s National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital is an “illegal federal overreach.”
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, a Democrat, <a href="https://oag.dc.gov/release/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-end-illegal-national">argued</a> that the deployment “is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents.” The lawsuit claims that Trump’s move to send in National Guard troops to help address D.C.’s violent crime problem deprives “the District of the local autonomy granted under the Home Rule Act.”
“No American city should have the US military – particularly out-of-state military who are not accountable to the residents and untrained in local law enforcement – policing its streets,” Schwalb added. “It’s D.C. today but could be any other city tomorrow. We’ve filed this action to put an end to this illegal federal overreach.”
President Donald Trump said he deployed the National Guard to the nation’s capital on August 11 to “reestablish law, order and public safety.” Trump also ordered federal law enforcement officers to assist in making arrests. The White House fired back after the lawsuit was filed, telling <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/dc-trump-national-guard-suit.html">The New York Times</a> that D.C.’s move was “nothing more than another attempt — at the detriment of D.C. residents and visitors — to undermine the President’s highly successful operations to stop violent crime in D.C.”
The White House said last week that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-less-than-a-month-trumps-federal-d-c-force-makes-more-than-1k-arrests?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=In+Less+Than+A+Month%2C+Trump%E2%80%99s+Federal+D.C.+Force+Makes+More+Than+1K+Arrests">more than 1,000 arrests</a> have been made, including apprehensions of many suspected illegal immigrants, in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard. An administration official told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan that authorities also seized more than 100 firearms and cleared nearly 50 homeless encampments.
On Wednesday, Trump <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/trump-dc-crime-down-100-percent-heres-what-numbers-show/">declared</a> that D.C. “is a totally safe city” following his executive action. “You are not reporting any crime because there is none,” Trump said. “They said crime is down 87%, then I said ‘no it’s not. It’s down 100%.’”
According to <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/9.1.2025%20Surge%20Report.pdf">data</a> released by the Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime has gone down 39% during Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal law enforcement agents compared to the same time last year. Homicides dropped 58% and burglaries decreased by 49%, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s statistics. President Trump has questioned the D.C. police department’s crime data after allegations surfaced earlier this year that officials “cooked the books” to keep crime numbers down.
The lawsuit follows a ruling from a federal judge on Tuesday who said that Trump broke the law when he deployed the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles during violent anti-ICE protests in June, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-rules-trump-illegally-deployed-us-military-to-los-angeles">reported</a>. The order from Judge Charles Breyer, the younger brother of former liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, takes effect next week.
Breyer’s order blocks the Trump administration from using around 300 National Guard troops left in Los Angeles to engage “in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants, unless and until Defendants satisfy the requirements of a valid constitutional or statutory exception.”
The lawsuit filed by D.C. against Trump makes similar arguments as the case brought against the president in California, claiming that the National Guard deployment to cities violates the Posse Comitatus Act by using the military for domestic law enforcement. While Trump’s move is challenged in D.C., he is also considering deploying the National Guard to tackle violent crime in other cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, and Baltimore.

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D.C. Files Suit To End Trump’s National Guard Deployment

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WASHINGTON — The White House is encouraging Democrat mayors across the United States to follow the lead of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who shared Tuesday that the nation&#8217;s capitol will continue to partner with President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Safe and Beautiful Task Force&#8221; going forward.
In a Tuesday press release, the D.C. mayor announced she had issued an order continuing the work of the Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center and task force, sharing that &#8220;during and after the Presidential emergency, the SBEOC will manage the District’s response, coordinate centralized communications, and ensure coordination with federal law enforcement to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.&#8221;
&#8220;The mayor’s fellow Democrats should take note, working with President Trump means safer communities and less crime – no one in their right mind could seriously oppose that,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed on Tuesday.
Trump&#8217;s efforts to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., have been hugely successful: every night, the federal force in Washington has arrested around 70-80 criminals, many of whom are illegal immigrants.
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On Monday evening, for example, authorities made 70 arrests, 27 of whom were illegal aliens. That brought the city&#8217;s total arrests to 1,669 since the beginning of operations on Thursday, August 7. One of those arrests was an individual who assaulted a 77-year-old woman and stole her purse, another was for assault with a dangerous weapon, another for assault during a domestic dispute in which the subject choked the victim, and more.
The total D.C. arrests include 16 known gang members, including MS-13 and TDA gang members, rescues of 5 missing children, 168 firearms seized, and 50 homeless encampments cleared by multi-agency teams.
“President Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in D.C. have yielded tremendous results in such a short time &#8212; violent crime has plummeted and dangerous criminals are being removed from the streets every single night,&#8221; Leavitt said Tuesday.
&#8220;The Trump administration is grateful to continue partnering with Mayor Bowser to make D.C. the safest city in the country,&#8221; she added.
Trump has set his eyes on Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois, for federal enforcement next.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going in,&#8221; he told reporters on Tuesday, asked about deploying federal troops to Chicago and Baltimore. He did not specify when, exactly, the deployments would take place. He also said he would &#8220;love&#8221; if JB Pritzker called and asked for his help with the National Guard.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do it anyway,&#8221; he said on Tuesday. &#8220;We have the right to do it.”

President Trump Announces 2027 NFL Draft To Be Held On The National Mall

White House Pushes Democrats To Follow DC Mayor’s Lead, Partner With Trump

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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department staffer seen flipping off National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
Bondi announced the staffing change in a Friday post on X. The former employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was caught by a Justice Department security camera flipping off National Guard troops and telling them to “f*** off,” according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/bondi-fires-doj-staffer-who-flipped-off-national-guard-in-dc-and-was-seen-boasting-about-it/">New York Post</a>.
“Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC. @TheJusticeDept remains committed to defending President Trump’s agenda and fighting to make America safe again,” Bondi posted. “If you oppose our mission and disrespect law enforcement — you will NO LONGER work at DOJ.”
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Today, I took action to terminate a DOJ employee for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in DC. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> remains committed to defending President Trump’s agenda and fighting to make America safe again.
If you oppose our mission and disrespect… <a href="https://t.co/E1NYMtALWu">https://t.co/E1NYMtALWu</a>
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/1961634849250247095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
Baxter bragged about her confrontation with the National Guard troops to a security guard at the Department of Justice. On August 18, Baxter told a security guard that she had made the rude gesture to a National Guardsman at the Metro Center Metro Stop. A week later on August 25, she spoke to the security guard again about her feelings against the National Guard, according to the Post.
Baxter worked in the “4CON” building of the Justice Department – the same building that former Justice Department paralegal Sean Charles Dunn worked in. Dunn was fired from the department after allegedly throwing a Subway sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol officer.
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Dunn was fired and charged earlier this month over the incident. In a video captured by a bystander, the 37-year-old former Justice Department employee allegedly shouted at federal agents, calling them “fascists” and yelling “f*** you.”
Dunn then began to walk away from the officers before stopping, approaching the federal agents, and allegedly throwing his sandwich at an officer before trying to run away.
On Wednesday, a grand jury <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-failing-felony-indictment-feds-charge-dc-sandwich/story?id=125078765">refused</a> to charge Dunn with felony assault over the sandwich toss. Federal prosecutors have since charged him again with a misdemeanor.
Bondi said earlier this month that Dunn had been fired over the incident.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-employee-faces-felony-after-chucking-sandwich-at-federal-agent-to-protest-trumps-d-c-takeover">said</a> in a post on X at the time. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”

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Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer Seen Making Obscene Gesture Toward National Guard In D.C.

Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer Seen Making Obscene Gesture Toward National Guard In DC

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Monopolies have been rigging the system for decades. They cozy up to Washington, throw cash around, hire armies of lobbyists, and manipulate rules so that everyday Americans always lose.
Thankfully, President Trump isn’t playing by their rules. He’s standing up for Main Street, not corporate boardrooms.
We first saw this with Big Tech. Mark Zuckerberg <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/technology/mark-zuckerberg-trump-meta-antitrust.html">thought</a> he could cut a favorable deal to get Facebook off the hook, possibly even counting on Trump to back him. Instead, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/facebook-privacy-practices-focus-8-billion-trial-targeting-zuckerberg-2025-07-16/">allowed</a> the case to go to trial, and Zuckerberg found himself sweating it out on the witness stand. 
Google attempted a similar stunt, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/google-argues-doj-breakup-could-hurt-us-economy-in-battle-with-china.html">claiming</a> national security would be at risk if it faced a breakup. Trump’s DOJ wasn’t buying it. 
 
“You know what is dangerous?” Antitrust chief Gail Slater <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/business/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-testifies-extraordinary-doj-remedies-would-cause-many-unintended-consequences/">asked</a> outside the courthouse. “The threat Google presents to our freedom of speech, to our freedom of thought, to free American digital markets.” That case has now <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/08/20/google-will-soon-learn-its-fate-as-judge-prepares-to-reveal-antitrust-remedies/">reached</a> the remedies stage, and for the first time since AT&amp;T in the 1980s, we could see a Big Tech monopoly actually broken apart. That’s how monopolies should be treated.
Now Ticketmaster is running the same playbook. 
Controlling <a href="https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/did-ticketmasters-market-dominance-fuel-the-chaos-for-swifties">80% of the market</a>, the ticket marketplace is infamous for outrageous fees and predatory practices, such as charging junk fees and allowing scalping bots to buy up most of its inventory, leaving regular fans at the mercy of price gougers. Yet now the monopoly wants Trump to think it’s the solution, not the problem. 
Ticketmaster’s owner, Live Nation, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5311464-ric-grenell-live-nation-board-trump-doj-ticketmaster-antitrust/">added</a> a MAGA-friendly face to its board and is now floating “reform” ideas, like capping resale prices. Such caps would <a href="https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/07/09/live-nation-asks-the-trump-administration-to-cap-ticket-resale-prices-which-would-conveniently-put-their-competition-out-of-business/">bankrupt</a> almost all of Ticketmaster’s rivals, leaving the company even more dominant while pretending to “fix” the market.
It’s a double scam: they make the mess, then turn around and sell the “solution” as regulation.
It’s like an arsonist showing up with a bucket of water after lighting the fire.
Fortunately, the Trump administration is not paying any attention to Ticketmaster’s desperate attempt to protect itself from the White House’s wrath. It is already <a href="https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/03/14/329490.htm">continuing</a> the antitrust suit against Ticketmaster, and a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-will-end-price-gouging-by-middlemen-in-the-entertainment-industry/">ticketing reform plan</a> set to drop in September could put the company’s “business as usual” to an end.
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Big Tech and Ticketmaster aren’t alone.
In June, the Trump administration hit Mexican bank CIBanco with the <a href="https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/07/fincen-new-authority-targeting-mexico-based-financial-institutions-cartel/">toughest sanctions possible</a>, accusing it of aiding the fentanyl trade. A few weeks later, CIBanco — never before a client of Washington lobbyists — <a href="https://lda.senate.gov/filings/public/filing/ab337cdd-495b-4498-a1f9-4f3b0ec83631/print/">hired</a> the MAGA-connected Rubin, Turnbull &amp; Associates. The sanctions haven’t moved, and Trump has stood firm.
Amazon has also tried its usual political maneuvering on the president. When Trump won the White House, executives <a href="https://lda.senate.gov/filings/public/filing/b22dc7d6-7900-40e4-9f3f-985bbbb32579/print/">hired</a> Brian Ballard — Trump’s former lawyer and Florida finance director — to lobby on Amazon’s behalf. They even contributed <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/286/201704180300150286/201704180300150286.pdf">over $50,000</a> to the president’s inauguration. Did it work? No. Trump didn’t blink, and Amazon lost its effort to dodge federal antitrust charges.
Hardworking Americans are tired of being taken advantage of. Insider games, where a board seat or a lobbyist equals immunity, have gone on for too long. Trump sees it, and he’s the one president actually saying “No” loud enough for all of us to hear.
Trump is different from most politicians. He doesn’t feel he owes these corporations anything, and he isn’t inclined to give them a free pass. His administration is pushing back against any monopoly that harms consumers or breaks the law.
The bottom line? Corporate America needs to clean up its act or face the consequences. Because the Trump administration isn’t standing up for special interests, it’s standing up for everyday Americans like you and me.
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Haley Kennington (@LadyKennington) is an investigative journalist and conservative commentator. She served as the Research Director &amp; Story Editor for The Daily Wire’s “2020:The Plot Against the President” and the Research/Archive Editor for “What Is a Woman?“
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities arrested a young person on Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., who had threatened violence toward a school, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed during Thursday&#8217;s press briefing.
Following the briefing, a White House official shared data with The Daily Wire that clarified the juvenile was arrested in Ward 7 for threats to kidnap and injure, as well as receiving stolen property, possession of a large capacity feeding device, and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
Authorities executed a search warrant and recovered 7 firearms from this juvenile, who was arrested &#8220;after an investigation was initiated based on social media posts allegedly threatening violence toward a school.&#8221;
Leavitt shared the news of the arrest after being asked by Iris Tao, a White House reporter for New Tang Dynasty Television, about American parents who might be concerned for their children&#8217;s safety after the Minneapolis shooting, which took place Wednesday morning around 8:30 a.m., when a transgender-identifying man named Robert Westman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Catholic School’s church in Minneapolis as students attended daily mass on their first day of school.
He killed two children, ages 8 and 10, injuring 17 others before he shot himself in the parking lot.
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&#8220;We completely and totally understand the concerns of parents across the country,&#8221; Leavitt responded. &#8220;This tragedy is heartbreaking, as a parent myself, there are no words to describe just the heartbreak that these families must be enduring, which is why the president and the first lady have encouraged everyone to continue to pray for these families and these victims and it’s why this administration is focused on removing public safety threats from our communities.&#8221;
&#8220;This was a juvenile who was a risk to not just himself but the community here in Washington and he was removed from the community last night because of the law enforcement efforts of this administration,&#8221; Leavitt said.
<div id="attachment_966703" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-dc-force-thwarts-juvenile-school-shooter-threat-hoarding-7-weapons/trump-increases-federal-law-enforcement-presence-deploys-national-guard-in-nations-capital-9" rel="attachment wp-att-966703"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-966703" class="wp-image-966703 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2231907013-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2231907013-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2231907013-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2231907013-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2231907013.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; AUGUST 24: U.S. Capitol Police, Washington DC Metro Police and U.S. Border Patrol arrest two men who were allegedly fighting with one possessing a gun outside Union Station on August 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)</div>
The press secretary also pointed to the statement that First Lady Melania Trump put out on Wednesday, saying that the &#8220;tragic mass killing in Minnesota illuminates the need for preemptive intervention in identifying school shooters. Early warning signs are often evident with many individuals exhibiting concerning behaviors and making violent threats online prior to their actions.&#8221;
&#8220;We encourage all Americans, as the old saying goes, if you see something, say something,&#8221; Leavitt emphasized. &#8220;If you see warning signs or threats reported to law enforcement, this administration, federal law enforcement will take those reports and threats seriously. They will be treated as a law-enforcement emergency and we will act accordingly.&#8221;
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The arrest of the juvenile Wednesday night in D.C. was one of 105 arrests that night, including 32 illegal aliens. That brings the total arrests in Washington, D.C., to 1,283 since August 7 when President Donald Trump&#8217;s enforcement efforts began.
Authorities arrested a known Sur-13 gang member on Wednesday evening, and many of the other illegal aliens arrested had prior criminal histories for assault, battery on a family member, driving under the influence, fleeing detention and injuring officers upon recapture.
Other Wednesday night arrests were for assault on a federal officer, assault with attempt to rob, possession with the intent to distribute, theft, carrying a pistol without a license, domestic violence, assault with a dangerous weapon, and more.
Authorities also located a missing child and turned that child over to local authorities, the White House official shared with The Daily Wire.

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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser admitted on Wednesday that crime in the district has plummeted since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover.
Bowser, a Democrat, touted the cratering crime rates and said she “greatly appreciates” the resources that have been surged into the city since Trump’s early August emergency declaration. She signaled that she would like to continue to work with the federal government to police the city after Trump’s emergency declaration times out at the end of 30 days.
“This is what we think, in just a couple of weeks of experience, has worked: having more federal law enforcement officers on the street. We think having more stops that got to illegal guns has helped. We think that there&#8217;s more accountability in the system, or at least perceived accountability in the system that is driving down illegal behavior,” <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1960818476375007543">said</a> Bowser at a press conference.
“We know that we have had fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides, and we have experienced an Extreme reduction in carjackings,” she continued.
Bowser went on to tout the area where she suggested Trump’s federal takeover has made the most progress: carjackings.
“The most significant thing that we are highlighting today is the area of crime that was most troubling for us in 2023,” she <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1960837425858797823">said</a>. Carjackings during the time that Trump has marshaled federal law enforcement to D.C., carjackings in the district have declined 87% from the same period of time last year, according to the mayor
“We know that when carjackings go down, when the use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So this surge has been important to us,” said Bowser.
The mayor criticized the surge for creating “a break in trust” between law enforcement and the local D.C. community. She said that immigration officers in particular have been unnecessary and a waste of resources to police the city.
Since Trump’s federal takeover, more than 1,000 people have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-less-than-a-month-trumps-federal-d-c-force-makes-more-than-1k-arrests">arrested</a>. Hundreds of those arrested are illegal immigrants, and some have been identified as MS-13 or Tren de Aragua gang members.
Law enforcement has seized over 100 firearms and cleared away dozens of homeless encampments. Trump has surged federal resources into the nation’s capital to make the city safe and beautiful, as well.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Transportation Department plans to reclaim management of Washington Union Station, one of the country&#8217;s biggest rail hubs, President Donald Trump&#8217;s latest move to give the federal government more of a role running what he portrays as a run-down capital city.
&#8220;We think we can manage the property better,&#8221; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. &#8220;We are going to make the investments to make sure that this station isn&#8217;t dirty and we don&#8217;t have homelessness in Union Station.&#8221;
The plan to reclaim Union Station follows Trump&#8217;s move this month to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington after he took control of the local police department over the objections of local leaders.
In March, the White House forced the CEO of U.S. passenger railroad company Amtrak, Stephen Gardner, to step down following orders by Trump.
Duffy said the plan for Union Station was not a &#8220;power play&#8221; but to attract new tenants and revenue to overhaul the station, adding that formal action confirming his department&#8217;s renewed control of Union Station was expected next month.
The majestic Beaux-Arts style station, which opened in 1907, is owned by the federal government but has been run by a non-profit corporation working with Amtrak.
The station has billions of dollars of spending pending in long-delayed maintenance, tracks, parking and other needs. It also has faced homeless and crime issues including a murder in February in a Union Station parking garage.
National Guard troops have guarded sites in Washington since mid-August including Union Station, and Vice President JD Vance visited soldiers at the station last week.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration awarded the station a $24 million grant in November. Deputy Transportation Secretary Steve Bradbury said a $10 billion planned redevelopment of Union Station announced during the Biden administration would be scrapped and a new plan will be adopted.
Duffy said the department was renegotiating a cooperative agreement with the non-profit Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, which controls the station, and Amtrak.
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Amtrak inaugurated new high-speed Acela trains on Wednesday on the Northeast Corridor that links Boston to Washington, the busiest U.S. rail route with 800,000 daily trips in a region representing 20% of the U.S. economy.
The new trains can run at speeds up to 160 mph (260 kph), 10 mph faster than the current trains, but they will initially only be able to run at that faster speed on a very limited portion of track until additional works are undertaken.
In April, the Transportation Department said it would withdraw the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from leading the Penn Station Reconstruction project in New York City. Instead, Amtrak, backed by the department, will oversee the project in midtown Manhattan.
During his first term, Trump repeatedly sought to cut funding to Amtrak, which received about $2.4 billion in annual federal support in 2023. Congress in March approved $2.42 billion for Amtrak through September 30 in annual funding.
Duffy said on Wednesday that the department supports &#8220;appropriate&#8221; funding for Amtrak, which set a new passenger record last year.
(Reporting by David ShepardsonEditing by Toby Chopra, Helen Popper and Frances Kerry)

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump&#8217;s enforcement operations in Washington, D.C., have resulted in more than 1,000 arrests in less than a month, White House data shared with The Daily Wire show.
The president&#8217;s enforcement operation began on Thursday, August 7, and since then, there have been a total of 1,094 arrests, a White House official shared with The Daily Wire. Two missing children have been rescued, and eight known gang members have been arrested, including MS-13 and Tren De Aragua gang members.
Authorities have also seized 115 firearms, the White House official shared, and cleared 49 homeless encampments through the help of multi-agency teams. The Metropolitan Police Department patrol units are working with city officials to find and clear more of these encampments.
&#8220;This whole of government effort to improve public safety is in compliance with the President’s March Executive Order establishing the Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force,&#8221; a White House official explained to The Daily Wire, noting that the details of the government effort are subject to change to meet law enforcement needs as operations continue.
<div id="attachment_965487" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-less-than-a-month-trumps-federal-d-c-force-makes-more-than-1k-arrests/trump-increases-federal-law-enforcement-presence-deploys-national-guard-in-nations-capital-6" rel="attachment wp-att-965487"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-965487" class="wp-image-965487 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232201659-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232201659-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232201659-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232201659-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232201659.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; AUGUST 26: U.S. National Guard members from Ohio stand by the entrance to the Waterfront Metro Station on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. In recent days, a majority of the Guardsmen have started carrying weapons on patrol of the nation&#8217;s capital. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)</div>
These arrests are the result of heavy federal presence in Washington, as well as many nightly arrests within the nation&#8217;s capital. The White House has been updating reporters daily on the events of the previous night, typically sharing that around 80 arrests were made during the last evening.
On Monday night, for example, federal authorities made a total of 87 arrests. Of those 87, 39 were illegal aliens, and some had prior arrests for DUI, simple assault, second degree assault, sexual solicitation, felony robbery, contempt of court, and more.
One Mexican illegal alien arrested on Monday night had a prior arrest for child rape and three prior immigration encounters. Another illegal alien arrested on Monday evening was a member of Tren de Aragua.
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Authorities also arrested an adult male &#8220;wanted for questioning&#8221; in an ongoing homicide investigation, as well as for parole violation, an adult male for simple assault (who was later identified as a member of the neo-Nazi, white supremacist group Aryan Nation, and had additional non-extraditable warrants from Texas). Additionally, they arrested individuals for felony possession of a firearm, armed carjacking, carrying a pistol without license, a child abuse warrant, and more.
Monday evening&#8217;s enforcement activities also involved seizing four illegal firearms.
<div id="attachment_965485" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-less-than-a-month-trumps-federal-d-c-force-makes-more-than-1k-arrests/trump-increases-federal-law-enforcement-presence-deploys-national-guard-in-nations-capital-5" rel="attachment wp-att-965485"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-965485" class="wp-image-965485 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232094998-1-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232094998-1-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232094998-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232094998-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/08/GettyImages-2232094998-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; AUGUST 25: National Guard members patrol carrying weapons near the Washington Monument on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. An increased presence of law enforcement has been seen throughout the nation&#8217;s capital since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy federal officers and the U.S. National Guard. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)</div>
The president has suggested that he is eyeing Chicago as the next location for his federal enforcement operations, saying he would like to work with Democratic governors and mayors to deploy the National Guard to major cities to address violent crime.
On Tuesday, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q04p3OJdhpU&amp;list=RDNSQ04p3OJdhpU&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Trump&#8217;s suggestions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/do-not-come-to-chicago-pritzker-fires-back-at-trumps-threat-to-deploy-national-guard">saying that Trump and the National Guard</a> are “neither wanted here nor needed here.”
<div class="ad-wrapper" data-testid="ad-wrapper">“If this was really about fighting crime or making the streets safe, what possible justification could the White House have for planning such an exceptional action without any conversations or consultations with the governor, the mayor, or the police?” Pritzker asked. “Let me answer that question. This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city in a blue state to try to intimidate his political rivals.”</div>
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Pritzker called Trump&#8217;s plans &#8220;exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against.”
“Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’” Priztker added. “Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
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In Less Than A Month, Trump’s Federal D.C. Force Makes More Than 1K Arrests

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