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New York Post
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump's DC crime crackdown is saving the city — and its lawless kids
President Donald Trump's Washington, DC, police takeover is proving once and for all that our cities must give up their soft-on-crime policies — and display more compassion for victims than for criminals. Even if the criminals are kids. In a backward effort to promote 'equity,' progressive lawmakers in Washington and elsewhere have relieved teens of consequences for almost any crime they may commit. Advertisement But all it's done is tell lawbreakers they won't be held accountable for their antisocial actions. By sending in the National Guard, Trump is bringing common sense back to crime fighting and consequences back for those who commit crimes, including minors. It their parents aren't going to make teens control their impulses, law enforcement must. President Donald Trump's Washington, DC, police takeover is proving once and for all that our cities must give up their soft-on-crime policies — and display more compassion for victims than for criminals. Gripas Yuri/ABACA/Shutterstock Advertisement The same progressives who insist every child in America should be free to have an abortion or change their sex have nothing to say to the kids who need them most: urban teens falling into lives of crime and mayhem. It's neither caring nor kind to let kids run wild with no guidance, no guardrails, and few consequences to deter damaging behavior. 'A family court rehabilitation program of yoga and ice cream socials for hardened repeat offenders just doesn't cut it,' US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday. She called for an end to local laws that threw out mandatory minimum sentences for young offenders and otherwise coddle them. Advertisement In DC, 56% of all carjackings since 2023 were committed by juveniles, some as young as 12. That's had deadly consequences: In 2021, two girls aged 13 and 15 murdered a DC Uber driver during a carjacking. They were offered plea deals. Teens run wild through DC's Navy Yard, which set a juvenile curfew after a boy shot a stolen gun at a group of other kids. The MPD claims that crime is decreasing in DC, as do leftist pundits who just want to see Trump's policies fail — but in Navy Yard, violent crime is up, along with homicide, robbery and car theft. Advertisement Meanwhile in New York City, juveniles are committing increasing numbers of robberies, assaults and shootings — and other minors are often the victims. NYC saw an increase in arrests of minors for those offenses in 2024, as well as record highs of minor victims: 6,600 assaults and 1,500 robberies — while the state's Raise the Age laws shielded the young perpetrators from criminal prosecution. Is it equitable to allow teens to commit violent crimes against each other without punishment? Pirro is right: Kids who commit serious crimes must be taken seriously. The only way to protect society from their dangerous actions is to hold them accountable. We used to know this. Children and teens need limits. They need to know adults are paying attention to them and setting boundaries on their recklessness. We do teens no favors by letting them believe feral behavior can be tolerated — and we imperil society by letting these ruffians run riot in our cities. Advertisement Trump is making it clear he won't stand for it, taking federal control of DC's Metro Police Department and adding 800 National Guard troops and 500 federal law enforcement agents to beef up patrols. Safety is addictive. America's most prominent cities have bought into terrible policies that go easy on young criminals, and the kids know it. Advertisement Why do our cities care more about protecting wrongdoers from consequences than about protecting the rest of us? Keyboard warriors are complaining that Trump's MPD takeover is nothing but 'political theater,' that DC's sky-high homicide rate — 27.3 per 100,000 residents in 2024, fourth highest in the nation — isn't as bad as it was the year before. They seem to think if DC isn't literally exploding like Fallujah everything's totally fine. Trump knows the nation's capital must be a showplace, a testament to our role in world affairs and our global dominance. Advertisement Democratic Party leaders don't seem to care at all about that, or about the sad state of our murderous youth. They have abandoned them by implementing policies that stop them from taking responsibility for their actions — or even realizing that they should. If the law won't hold them to account, if their parents won't guide them, if kids keep hearing that their circumstances and not their choices are to blame for their bad behavior, then a leader must step in and take charge. Advertisement Trump is acting to save America's youth from themselves — and in doing so, he'll save America's cities, too. Libby Emmons is the editor-in-chief at the Post Millennial.
New York Post
06-08-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House's deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil. The Kremlin did not immediately provide more details of the meeting. Earlier, Witkoff took an early morning stroll through Zaryadye Park, a stone's throw from the Kremlin, with Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president's envoy for investment and economic cooperation, footage aired by TASS showed. Dmitriev played a key role in three rounds of direct talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul in recent months, as well as discussions between Russian and US officials. 4 Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, shake hands during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. AP The negotiations have made no progress on ending the three-year war following Russia's invasion of its neighbor. Trump's deadline for Putin ends on Friday. Washington has threatened 'severe tariffs' and other economic penalties if the killing doesn't stop. Trump has expressed increasing frustration with Putin over Russia's escalating strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine, intended to erode morale and public appetite for the war. The intensified attacks have occurred even as Trump has urged the Russian leader in recent months to relent. Overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, Russian forces hit a recreational center in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, killing two people and injuring 12, including two children, regional Gov. Ivan Fedorov said Wednesday. Russian forces launched at least four strikes on the area and initially attacked with powerful glide bombs. 4 Trump's deadline for Putin ends on Friday. Washington has threatened 'severe tariffs' and other economic penalties if the killing doesn't stop. Gripas Yuri/ABACA/Shutterstock 'There is zero military sense in this strike. Only cruelty to intimidate,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. Western analysts and Ukrainian officials say Putin is stalling for time and avoiding serious negotiations while Russian forces push to capture more Ukraine land. A Russian offensive that started in the spring and is expected to continue through the fall is advancing faster than last year's push but is making only slow and costly gains and has been unable to take any major cities. The situation on the front line is critical for Ukrainian forces but defenses are not about to collapse, analysts say. On Tuesday, Trump said 'we'll see what happens' regarding his threat to slap tariffs on nations that buy Russian oil, which could increase import taxes dramatically on China and India. 'We have a meeting with Russia tomorrow,' Trump said. 'We're going to see what happens. We'll make that determination at that time.' The president said that he has not publicly committed to a specific tariff rate. 4 The Kremlin did not immediately provide more details of the meeting. Putin welcomes Witkoff during a meeting in Moscow, Russia on April 25, 2025. via REUTERS Stepping up diplomatic and economic pressure on the Kremlin risks stoking international tensions amid worsening Russia-US relations. The Washington-based Center for European Policy Analysis warned in an assessment this week that there are 'clear signs that the Kremlin is preparing for a broader confrontation with NATO,' including a military build-up along Russia's western flank with alliance countries in recent years. Putin has given no hint that he might be ready to make concessions. Instead, the Russian leader and senior Kremlin officials have talked up the country's military strength. Putin announced last week that Russia's new hypersonic missile, which he says cannot be intercepted by current NATO air defense systems, has entered service. 4 Putin inspects a military exercise, which tests the country's ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, via a video link from Moscow, Russia on Oct. 25, 2023. via REUTERS Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, meantime, warned that the Ukraine war could bring Russia and the US into armed conflict. Trump responded to that by ordering the repositioning of two US nuclear submarines. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday welcomed Witkoff's visit. 'We consider (talks with Witkoff) important, substantive and very useful,' he said. Trump initially gave Moscow a 50-day deadline, but later moved up his ultimatum as the Kremlin continued to bomb Ukrainian cities. However, Trump himself doubted their effectiveness, saying Sunday that Russia has proven to be 'pretty good at avoiding sanctions.' 'They're wily characters,' he said of the Russians. The Kremlin has insisted that international sanctions imposed since its February 2022 invasion of its neighbor have had a limited impact. Ukraine maintains the sanctions are taking their toll on Moscow's war machine and wants Western allies to ramp them up.
Le Figaro
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Le Figaro
L'évolution physique de Lauren Sánchez, la future Mme Bezos
Lors de la première du film The Lords of the Rings : The Rings of Power, le 30 août 2022 à Londres. - PA Photos/ABACA
New York Post
25-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Pope Leo XIV affirms priests must be celibate, demands ‘firm' action on sex abuse
Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take 'firm and decisive' action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders to the world's Catholic hierarchs. Leo met in St. Peter's Basilica with about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending this week's special Holy Year celebrations for clergy. A day after he gave an uplifting message of encouragement to young seminarians, Leo offered a more comprehensive outline of what bishops must do to lead their flocks. Advertisement 4 Pope Leo XIV affirmed that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take 'firm and decisive' action to deal with sex abusers. ABACA/Shutterstock It's an issue the former Cardinal Robert Prevost would have long pondered, given his role as the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops. In that job from 2023 until his election in May, the Chicago-born Prevost vetted bishop nominations for Pope Francis, identifying the type of leader who would further Francis' view of a church where all are welcome and dialogue is the decisive form of governance. History's first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among clergy and to be close to his flock in word and deed. Advertisement Bishops must live in poverty and simplicity, generously opening their homes to all and acting as a father figure and brother to his priests, Leo said. 'In his personal life, he must be detached from the pursuit of wealth and from forms of favoritism based on money or power,' he said. 4 Referring to cases of abuse, Pope Leo XIV said bishops 'must be firm and decisive in dealing with situations that can cause scandal and with every case of abuse, especially involving minors, and fully respect the legislation currently in force.' ABACA/Shutterstock Bishops must remain celibate 'and present to all the authentic image of the church, holy and chaste in her members as in her head,' he said. Advertisement Referring to cases of abuse, he said bishops 'must be firm and decisive in dealing with situations that can cause scandal and with every case of abuse, especially involving minors, and fully respect the legislation currently in force.' It was the second time in a week that Leo had commented publicly on the abuse scandal. On Friday night, in a written statement to a crusading Peruvian journalist who documented gross abuses in a Peruvian Catholic movement, Leo said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. 4 Bishops must live in poverty and simplicity, generously opening their homes to all and acting as a father figure and brother to his priests, Leo said. ABACA/Shutterstock 4 Bishops must remain celibate 'and present to all the authentic image of the church, holy and chaste in her members as in her head,' he continued. ABACA/Shutterstock Advertisement He identified sexual and spiritual abuses, as well as abuses of authority and power, in calling for 'transparent processes' to create a culture of prevention across the church. Francis, who in many ways placed Leo in a position to succeed him, had also reaffirmed celibacy for Latin rite priests while acknowledging it was a discipline of the church, not doctrine, and therefore could change. But he refused appeals from Amazonian bishops to allow married priests to address the priest shortage in the region. Prevost spent two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru and would know well those arguments. But on Wednesday, he reaffirmed the celibate priesthood as the 'authentic image' of the church.
New York Post
25-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Steve Witkoff declares Iran-Israel war ‘over' after Trump's cease-fire deal: ‘No one's shooting at each other'
Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff declared the Iran-Israel war 'over' on Tuesday, pointing to the lack of 'shooting' since the cease-fire deal negotiated by President Trump went into effect. 'Since this conflict began, we've been talking to [Iran] about having some sort of peaceful settlement, and Iran's one caveat has always been that Israel had to stop its campaign,' Witkoff explained during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. 'And once Israel fulfilled its objective, which they did, and once the United States fulfilled its objective, which it did … the president was able to go to both parties and get a cease-fire done,' the Trump administration official continued. 'And by the way, the proof is in the pudding.' Advertisement 'No one's shooting at each other. It's over.' 'The proof is in the pudding. No one's shooting at each other. It's over,' Witkoff said of the Iran-Israel war Tuesday. Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock Despite claims of violations from both sides, the cease-fire between Iran and Israel 'appears to be holding,' according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank. Advertisement ISW noted Tuesday that Israel has responded to perceived violations of the agreement from the Iranian side but has 'not resumed its campaign at this time.' 'The cease-fire is very much in effect,' Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Tuesday as he traveled to the Netherlands for a NATO summit, 'and I think we're going to keep it there for a long time.' The president added that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to 'hold back the planes' sent to retaliate against the Iranian regime. 'And they did, which I respect very greatly,' Trump said. Advertisement Earlier, the president indicated that he believes 'both' nations 'violated' the cease-fire and expressed his displeasure with Israel's military actions after the deal went into effect. Israel and Iran have both accused each other of violating the cease-fire. IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER'S WEBSITE/GPO/AFP via Getty Images 'Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a boatload of bombs the likes of which I've never seen before. The biggest load that we've seen, I'm not happy with Israel,' Trump said. Witkoff, during his appearance on 'The Ingraham Angle,' said the president wants to see 'a comprehensive peace agreement that goes beyond even the cease-fire,' and the talks are ongoing. Advertisement 'We're already talking to each other, not just directly, but also through interlocutors,' Witkoff said. 'I think that the conversations are promising. We are hopeful that we can have a long-term peace agreement that resurrects Iran, that brings it into the league of nations, that creates long-term prosperity for Iran, and, most importantly, allows for the [six Arab nations in the Gulf region] to grow economically.' 'I'm very confident that we're going to achieve that.'
