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Trump joins police, military in DC as he pushes deployments in more cities
President Donald Trump met with police and military in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to oversee the surge in federal law enforcement and National Guard, who are responding to what he says is a crime emergency in the district. Trump visited the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility in Southeast D.C., which is serving as the gathering point for all the agencies involved in the operation, thanking officers and members of the military and delivering hamburgers from the White House and pizza. Trump left the White House in the presidential limousine -- nicknamed "the Beast" -- with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller Thursday afternoon to visit the facility. "I just want to thank everybody very much for being here," Trump said. "I wanted to do this. We've had some incredible results that have come out, and it's like a different place. It's like a different city. It's the capital. It's going to be the best in the world." The president spoke for several minutes, touting his anti-crime push. "You got to be strong, you got to be tough," Trump urged the group. "You got to do your job. Whatever it takes to do your job." In a radio interview earlier Thursday, Trump said he would be "going out tonight" with the law enforcement and military, but he returned to the White House after the visit to the facility. The president mobilized the National Guard one week ago to assist the police, claiming crime was out of control. Officials have said Guard personnel are not making arrests, only helping to detain people briefly if necessary before handing them off to law enforcement. MORE: Protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth at photo op to thank National Guard troops in DC Violent crime levels have decreased compared to years prior, down 26% since 2024, a 30-year low, according to crime stats released by the city's Metropolitan Police Department. Trump told radio host Todd Starnes on Thursday that the D.C. deployment was "sort of a test" and indicated that they would copy the model in other cities around America. "It's working unbelievably, much faster than we thought. We've arrested hundreds of criminals, hardline criminals, people that will never be any good," the president said. The president said that he would put Memphis "early" on the list of next cities to patrol. "And, you know, unfortunately, we have a lot of cities like that. But I love Tennessee. You know, I won Tennessee by many, many, many points. So it was a landslide, far greater than even, you know, the Republican. Republicans do good in Tennessee, but, I mean, my number was like 35 points, and I'm glad you tell me that I can put that early on a list, and I'm sure that people would love it," he added. In June, Trump deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids carried out by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the administration, alleging that it violated the Posse Comitatus Act -- an 1878 law that prevented the president from using the military as a domestic police force. A ruling has not been issued in the case. Trump went on to say that he "straightened out crime in four days in DC." The president also rebuffed criticism about his actions in the nation's capital. "And all I do, all they do is they say 'He's a dictator, he's a dictator' -- the place, people are getting mugged all over the place, and they give you phony records, like, it's wonderful and it's worse than it ever was, but we've got it going. People are so happy. They're going out to restaurants again," he claimed. Trump's remarks came a day after Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller visited the National Guard at Union Station, where they were drowned out by boos from protesters. Nearly 2,000 guardsmen from D.C. and six states have been mobilized to support Trump's mission at the nation's capital. They remain unarmed at this time, but officials have said they expect that to change. The troops have been stationed outside many tourist hot spots, including the National Mall and Union Station, where crime incidents are known to be lower than other parts of the city. Trump and other officials have not given a timetable of when the troop deployment will end. Vance on Wednesday dismissed crime statistics that showed incidents were lower in Union Station. He claimed that they do not report the full scope of crime in D.C. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday criticized the Trump administration's federal police surge in the nation's capital, calling it politically motivated and disconnected from crime in the city. "This doesn't make sense. The numbers on the ground and the district don't support 1,000 people from other states coming to Washington, D.C.," Bowser said. ABC News' Luis Martinez and Anne Flaherty contributed to this report. Play Farm Merge Valley
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Japan core inflation dips to lowest since March as rice price shock shows signs of fading
Japan's core inflation rate cooled to 3.1% in July, coming down from 3.3% the month figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was higher than the 3% expected by economists polled by inflation in the country also dropped to 3.1%%, coming down from 3.3% in June. The so-called "core-core" inflation rate, which strips out prices of both fresh food and energy and is closely monitored by the BOJ, held steady at 3.4%. Rice inflation eased to 90.7% in July, following two months of inflation surging past the 100% mark. Rice prices have shown signs of easing after a rice shortage and skyrocketing rice prices dominated headlines in the country earlier this year, with data from Japan's agricultural ministry showing that the average bag of five-kilogram rice in supermarkets was being sold for 3,737 Japanese yen ($25.34) for the week of Aug. 4. At its highest, rice was retailing at an average of 4,285 yen per five-kilogram bag, while premium rice brands reached 4,469 yen. Japan's central bank had upgraded its inflation forecasts in its economic outlook report released on July 31, saying that core inflation would come in at 2.7% for its 2025 fiscal year — ending March 2026 — up from its previous forecast of 2.2%. "Core-core" inflation expectations were raised to 2.8% from 2.3%. The inflation figure comes after Japan's economy grew a better-than-expected 0.3% in the second quarter from the previous three months, mainly supported by net exports. However, Japan's trade saw sluggish numbers in July, with exports falling at its sharpest pace in over four years as shipments to its two largest markets — the United States and China — declined. Japan reached a deal with Washington on July 22 that saw its so-called "reciprocal tariff" lowered to 15% from the 25% threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier that month.
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- New York Post
Trump caught Democrats in a trap — torn by their Medicaid lies
This week, President Donald Trump officially launched his push to remove illegal aliens from state Medicaid rolls by cross-checking them against federal databases, a move that's sure to send Democrats running to the courts yet again. But when it comes to illegal immigrants and welfare, Democrats have a serious problem — and it's not just their continuing slide in favorability. It's that they just can't make up their minds about whether or not those here illegally are receiving federal Medicaid dollars at all. Advertisement When Congress was debating Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, one of the left's oft-repeated refrains was that there was no need to ban illegal aliens from Medicaid's rolls — because giving them its benefits was already against the law. They conveniently forgot to mention the 12 states that explicitly expanded non-emergency Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants, and the other gaping loopholes being exploited nationwide. But in June, Trump made a move that forced Democrats drop the act and show their hand: His Health and Human Services Department began sharing Medicaid data from four states and Washington, DC, with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Advertisement Cue the outrage. Within days California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York AG Letitia James and 19 other blue states filed suit in federal court to block the data-sharing — and gave up the game in the process. Democrats love to lie in the court of public opinion — but in a courtroom, you've got to tell the truth. And by suing to stop Team Trump, they practically confessed: Illegal aliens are on Medicaid, and blue states are desperate to keep it that way. Advertisement Since then HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (or CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz have doubled down, expanding their partnership with ICE to include nationwide Medicaid data. To help their effort, Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Tex.) demanded that Gov. Kathy Hochul cough up the data on Medicaid-receiving illegal immigrants in the Empire State, citing her legal obligations to regularly report enrollment and eligibility data to the federal government. The Democrats' lawsuits continue their track record of fighting beyond the limits of their power to protect illegal aliens — in this case by keeping their Medicaid data 'safe' — while endangering law-abiding Americans. Their claims that no illegal aliens take advantage of Medicaid benefits also fly in the face of Medicaid's own records. Advertisement Between 2021 and 2023, taxpayers spent at least $16 billion on emergency services for illegal immigrants, CMS has reported, with federal taxpayers covering more than 70% of those costs. Get opinions and commentary from our columnists Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story. Check out more newsletters When you add in the billions likely spent on non-emergency services in direct circumvention of federal law, the total figure of Medicaid resources going to illegal aliens is incalculable — an enormous transfer of wealth from Americans to non-citizens who shouldn't be here at all. Welfare benefits like Medicaid have been some of the strongest magnets spurring mass migration into this country and encouraging people to illegally stay. Halting those perks, as Trump and Republicans in Congress are rightly doing, will do much to turn the magnet off. Stealing from Medicaid is especially grievous because the program is intended to help America's most vulnerable, including low-income children and people with disabilities. When illegal aliens or other ineligible people take Medicaid, they not only suck up taxpayer resources, they reroute precious resources from legitimate Medicaid recipients who already have to compete for a limited pool of providers. It's downright despicable — yet Democrats in Congress and in at least 20 blue states seem more than happy to run interference to ensure that it continues. Advertisement Some Democrats are begging for their party to moderate after November's resounding defeat. Some — like New York City primary voters — are sprinting further to the left. If they want to appeal to the majority of voters in the coming midterms, though, they need to get their Medicaid stories straight. Advertisement More important, they need to get their priorities straight. Instead of robbing from taxpayers to give to law-breakers, Democrats should protect Medicaid for the Americans who truly need it. They could do that by following the lead of Republicans like Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana, who just signed a law referring illegal aliens fraudulently receiving welfare to ICE so they can be deported. If Democrats can't make up their minds about illegal aliens and welfare, the American people will make up their minds about the Democrats — and keep rejecting them at the ballot box. Hayden Dublois is the Data and Analytics Director for the Foundation for Government Accountability.
