Trump claims DC crime ‘out of control' as former DOGE staffer attacked
President Donald Trump shared a photo of the injured Coristine on Truth Social, asserting that crime in D.C. is 'out of control' and threatening to 'federalize' the city.
The incident occurred at 3am on Sunday when a group of juveniles allegedly approached Coristine and an unnamed woman and attacked him.
Police intervened, leading to the arrest of two 15-year-olds, a male and a female, who were subsequently charged with unarmed carjacking.
The president's threat to take federal control of D.C. comes despite a reported 35 per cent drop in violent crime in the city during 2024.
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The Independent
19 minutes ago
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘open to' Zelensky attending Alaska summit with Putin
Donald Trump has said he will meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Russian president is expected to use the summit to set out his demands for a ceasefire deal, which includes Ukraine giving up two eastern regions and its sovereignty of Crimea. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, the US president admitted any peace deal may involve 'some swapping of territories'. Reacting to the announcement, Volodymyr Zelensky said "Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier', and warned that any negotiations must include Kyiv. According to reports, the White House is now considering inviting Mr Zelensky to Alaska. A senior White House official has said that Trump 'remains open to a trilateral summit with both leaders. Right now, the White House is focusing on planning the bilateral meeting requested by President Putin '. A joint statement from European leaders – representing the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission – backed a ceasefire but warned that 'international borders must not be changed by force'. Reactions in Kyiv to idea of Ukraine ceding territory range from scepticism to quiet resignation On the streets of Kyiv, reactions to the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia ranged from scepticism to quiet resignation. "It may not be capitulation, but it would be a loss," said Ihor Usatenko, a 67-year-old pensioner, who said he would consider ceding territory "on condition for compensation and, possibly, some reparations." Anastasia Yemelianova, 31, said she was torn: "Honestly, I have two answers to that question. The first is as a person who loves her country. I don't want to compromise within myself," she told the AP. "But seeing all these deaths and knowing that my mother is now living in Nikopol under shelling and my father is fighting, I want all this to end as soon as possible." Others, like Svitlana Dobrynska, whose son died fighting, rejected outright concessions but supported halting combat to save lives. "We don't have the opportunity to launch an offensive to recapture our territories," the 57-year-old pensioner said, "But to prevent people from dying, we can simply stop military operations, sign some kind of agreement, but not give up our territories." Tara Cobham10 August 2025 07:00 Trump to meet Putin in Alaska for Ukraine peace talks 10 August 2025 06:45 Russian drone strike hits civilian bus near Kherson as Ukraine evacuates residents A Russian FPV (first-person-view) drone struck a civilian bus in the suburbs of Kherson on Saturday morning, killing two people and injuring 19 others, local authorities have said. The strike took place around 8am local time. Sixteen people were taken to hospital, with two in serious condition. The victims, aged between 23 and 83, suffered shrapnel and blast injuries. As police recovered the victims' bodies from the bus, a second Russian FPV drone hit the area, injuring three officers with concussions, according to Ukraine's National Police. The attack comes amid escalating Russian strikes across Kherson Oblast. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said 36 settlements were hit in the past day, leaving one person dead and three injured, including a child. Ukrainian authorities have been evacuating hundreds of residents from the Korabel district of Kherson city, which has been cut off from the rest of the city after Russian forces heavily damaged the only bridge connecting the area last week. According to Politico, only 600 of the 1,800 residents remain in the island district, with at least 200 set to be evacuated on Friday. 'Russians continue to attack the bridge and the area during evacuation,' said Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, deputy head of the Kherson regional administration. Shahana Yasmin10 August 2025 06:30 Zelensky warns he will not give up land as Trump to meet Putin in Alaska Shahana Yasmin10 August 2025 06:15 Trump's efforts to pressure Russia to end war delivered no progress so far Before Donald Trump announced his summit with Vladimir Putin, his efforts to pressure Russia into stopping the fighting had delivered no progress. The Kremlin's bigger army is slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine at great cost in troops and armour while it relentlessly bombards Ukrainian cities. Exasperated that Putin did not heed his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, Trump had moved up an ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia and introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil if the Kremlin did not move toward a settlement. The deadline was Friday. But the White House did not answer questions that evening about possible sanctions after Trump announced the meeting with Putin. Tara Cobham10 August 2025 06:00 Drone attacks cause major flight delays at Russia's Sochi airport Dozens of flights were delayed at Sochi Airport on Saturday following reported drone attacks in southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai, according to a report by The Kyiv Independent. Russia's defence ministry said its air defences shot down 10 drones over the region. In response, airspace over Sochi was closed twice on Friday, with restrictions continuing into the next day. By Saturday morning, 57 flights had been delayed and one cancelled, according to independent outlet Meduza, citing data from a flight-tracking app. The disruption extended beyond Sochi, affecting airports in Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, and Norilsk. Around 1,000 passengers were left waiting, according to Russia's West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office. Ukraine has not commented on the reported drone strikes, but Russia regularly grounds flights or shuts airspace in response to Ukrainian drone activity. Last month, at least one Russian airport faced temporary closure nearly every day. Shahana Yasmin10 August 2025 05:45 Vance and Lammy meet with senior Ukrainian officials in Kent Senior Ukrainian officials met with foreign secretary David Lammy and the US vice president JD Vance on Saturday for security talks at Chevening House in Kent, ahead of Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Andriy Yermak, head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, and Ukraine's national security and defence council secretary Rustem Umerov attended the meeting, along with European national security advisers. Lammy posted photos from the gathering, describing it as part of efforts to support a just peace for Ukraine. The hours-long talks focused on Trump's proposed peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. A US official said the meeting produced 'significant progress' towards Trump's goal of ending the war, though no concrete agreements were announced. In his evening address, Zelensky called the discussions 'constructive'. 'All our messages were conveyed. Our arguments are being heard. The risks are being taken into account. The path to peace for Ukraine must be determined together – and only together – with Ukraine. This is fundamental.' Shahana Yasmin10 August 2025 05:30 Macron says Ukraine's future cannot be decided 'without the Ukrainians' French president Emmanuel Macron has said Ukraine's future must not be decided without the involvement of Ukrainians and Europeans, ahead of Donald Trump's planned summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Any deal between Trump and Putin is expected to involve potential land concessions, which Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Macron wrote: 'Ukraine's future cannot be decided without the Ukrainians, who have been fighting for their freedom and security for over three years now.' He added that Europe must also be part of any peace solution, as its own security is at stake. 'We remain determined to support Ukraine, working in a spirit of unity and building on the work undertaken within the framework of the Coalition of the Willing,' he said. Shahana Yasmin10 August 2025 05:15 Analysis: A Trump-Putin summit will be as useful to Ukraine and democracy as Agent Orange is for gardening Along-overdue summit between the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation to discuss peace in Ukraine, where nuclear war has been threatened, must be seen as a historic moment for optimism. Except that from London to Langley, Berlin, Canberra and Tokyo, intelligence chiefs will be on tenterhooks wondering whether this is another occasion resembling the meeting between an agent and his handler. There's no evidence that Donald Trump works for Vladimir Putin. But there is ample evidence that the US president favours Putin's agenda. And that he has done all he can to hobble Ukraine while it attempts to defend itself against a Russian invasion of Europe's eastern flank. The Independent's world affairs editor Sam Kiley reports: Tara Cobham10 August 2025 05:00 Zelensky rejects Putin's land-for-ceasefire proposal, warns of repeat invasion Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly rejected Vladimir Putin's proposal for Ukraine to cede territory in exchange for a ceasefire, warning it would only invite future Russian aggression. In his evening address on Saturday, Zelensky said Russia must face consequences for its invasion, pointing to the West's failure to punish Moscow after the 2014 annexation of Crimea as a mistake that led to wider war.' Putin was allowed to take Crimea, and this led to the occupation of Donetsk and Luhansk... Now Putin wants to be forgiven for seizing even more,' Zelensky said. 'We will not allow this second Russian attempt to divide Ukraine. Where there is a second, there will be a third.' His statement comes ahead of a planned 15 August summit in Alaska between Donald Trump and Putin, where the two are expected to discuss a possible ceasefire plan, which would reportedly see Russia halt hostilities in return for Ukraine handing over its eastern territories. Shahana Yasmin
Daily Mail
20 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
The new roadside tech busting drivers of roaring cars and serving them $250 noise violations
Drivers with roaring engines are being hit with $250 tickets in Newport, Rhode Island thanks to new 'noise cameras' that detect vehicles exceeding the city's decibel limit and automatically flag them for fines. The technology, which is set to be expanded to numerous states across the US, is targeting cars and motorcycles that exceed noise laws with revving engines, blaring stereos, or modified muffler exhausts. In late July, one such camera clocked a crimson Mustang GT at 85 decibels - two over the legal limit - and instantly issued a violation. 'Folks have reached their boiling point,' said Newport City Councilor David Carlin III, describing the frustration that drove the city to deploy the devices after years of complaints about roaring engines that rattle windows and ruin summer evenings. The city's high-tech solution to the problem is two new Dutch-made Sorama noise cameras, which are mounted on portable trailers and fitted with 64 microphones that pinpoint the exact source of a sound. Linked to license plate reader technology, the system can identify a single offending vehicle in a crowded street. Police Chief Ryan Duffy said handheld noise meters used in the past were ineffective because offenders were 'mobile' and often gone before officers could act. 'It's much more difficult when that party is mobile,' Duffy said. Newport's first deployment was along Thames Street, a narrow one-way road lined with clapboard buildings that amplify sound. On one recent evening, a pack of motorcycles and a Jeep with its stereo blasting pierced the calm night - exactly the kind of disruption Duffy says the cameras are designed to stop. Local Realtor Caroline Richards, 54, says the change is long overdue. 'We should be hearing crickets and nice summer sounds,' she said to the Wall Street Journal. 'I'm not for over-policing what people want to drive or do. But it's just obnoxious. It just feels like it's definitely gotten worse.' Spreading far beyond Rhode Island, noise cameras are the newest wave in automated law enforcement and are already common across Europe. They are now being rolled out across the US, including in Knoxville, Tennessee which will launch a new program later this year to hand out $50 fines to noisy motorists. Albuquerque, New Mexico is also testing three cameras to combat drag racing, while Philadelphia has passed legislation to allow their use. Hawaii is also planning 10 noise detectors across Oahu, while even the small town of Avoca, Iowa, is preparing to fine overly loud trucks. New York City leads the way with 10 cameras run in partnership with U.K.-based Intelligent Instruments. Since 2021, the city has issued more than 2,500 tickets with fines starting at $800 and escalating to $2,500 for repeat offenders. But actually getting people to pay the fines is another issue altogether. So far roughly $550,000 out of $2 million in fines has been collected. 'The noise code is city law,' said Rohit 'Rit' Aggarwala, the city's environmental protection commissioner. 'People have to figure out how to avoid violating.' Opponents say the cameras unfairly target drivers of factory-made performance cars. Harley rider James Alves, 56, received a warning despite never modifying his bike. 'If I see a couple walking a dog on the sidewalk, I pull my clutch in,' he said to WSJ. 'It's just another way to grab money.' Dentist Pat Morganti, 63, was fined when his Corvette Z06 registered 84.3 decibels on his way to see a patient. 'It's got a pretty obnoxious engine, but that's the way the car is made,' he said. New York insurance broker Anthony Aquilino was cited after his $315,000 Lamborghini Huracán hit 92 decibels. He says he was driving 25 mph to a prostate cancer awareness event and the noise came when he braked for a pothole. 'It's either don't drive the car in Manhattan, sell the car, or just keep getting noise-pollution tickets,' he said after losing his appeal. 'I can't change the way the car sounds.' Navy sailor Jonathon Zitt, 38, who imported his dream car, a 1994 Nissan Skyline GT-R from Japan, says his $250 ticket makes him think twice about retiring in Newport. 'That's not an option if I can't drive my car,' he said. 'I worked my whole life to buy this.' Some residents say they've already noticed an improvement, while police are considering whether to add warning signs of the cameras. Duffy says past noise warning signs backfired, prompting some motorcyclists to deliberately rev their engines in defiance - a kind of 'an acoustic middle finger,' as one resident described it. Newport has issued only a few dozen tickets so far, but the numbers are expected to rise fast. 'I think when you have success with enforcement, you'll be able to change the behavior,' Duffy said. For retirees like Bill Hogan, 73, who has lived in Newport for decades, the crackdown can't come fast enough
The Guardian
27 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: European leaders urge pressure on Russia ahead of Trump-Putin talks
European leaders stressed the need to keep pressure on Moscow and protect Ukrainian and European security interests after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin arranged to meet in Alaska next week. A joint statement from French, Italian, German, Polish, British and Finnish leaders and the president of the European commission welcomed the move but noted that the 'path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine' and that negotiations could take place only in the context of a ceasefire or reduction of hostilities. It added: 'only an approach that combines active diplomacy, support to Ukraine and pressure on the Russian Federation to end their illegal war can succeed'. They also said a resolution 'must protect Ukraine's and Europe's vital security interests', including 'the need for robust and credible security guarantees that enable Ukraine to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity'. US vice-president JD Vance met British foreign secretary David Lammy and representatives of Ukraine and European allies on Saturday at Chevening House, a country mansion south-east of London, to discuss Trump's push for peace. A European official confirmed a counterproposal was put forward by European representatives at the Chevening meeting but declined to provide details. The Wall Street Journal said European officials had presented a counterproposal that included demands that a ceasefire must take place before any other steps are taken and that any territory exchange must be reciprocal, with firm security guarantees. 'You can't start a process by ceding territory in the middle of fighting,' it quoted one European negotiator as saying. The White House did not immediately respond when asked about the European counterproposals. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected the idea that his country would give up land to end the war with Russia after Trump suggested a peace deal could include 'some swapping of territories.' Zelenskyy said Ukraine 'will not give Russia any awards for what it has done' and that 'Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.' Later, Zelenskyy called the Chevening meeting constructive: 'All our arguments were heard,' he said in his evening address to Ukrainians. 'The path to peace for Ukraine should be determined together and only together with Ukraine, this is key principle.' French leader Emmanuel Macron stressed the need for Ukraine to play a role in any negotiations: 'Ukraine's future cannot be decided without the Ukrainians, who have been fighting for their freedom and security for over three years now,' he wrote on X after what he said were calls with Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Starmer. 'Europeans will also necessarily be part of the solution, as their own security is at stake.' On Saturday two people died and 16 were wounded when a Russian drone hit a minibus in the suburbs of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. Two others died after a Russian drone struck their car in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. Ukraine's air force said it intercepted 16 of the 47 Russian drones launched overnight, while 31 drones hit targets across 15 different locations. It also said it shot down one of the two missiles Russia deployed. Russia's defence ministry said its air defences shot down 97 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the Black Sea overnight and 21 more on Saturday morning.
