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Fox News
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Homeless people can be removed from streets by cities, states in new Trump executive order
As part of his effort to "Make America Safe Again," President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow cities and states to remove homeless people off the streets and into treatment centers. Trump signed the order, "Ending Vagrancy and Restoring," Thursday afternoon. The order states that the "number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the Biden administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded." It directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to "reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees" stopping or limiting cities and states from removing homeless individuals from the streets and moving them to treatment centers. Though it is unclear how much money will be allocated to the effort, Trump's order redirects federal funds to ensure that removed homeless individuals are sent to rehabilitation, treatment and other facilities. Additionally, the order requires Bondi to partner with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to prioritize federal grants to cities and states that "enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and urban squatting, and track the location of sex offenders," according to USA Today. The order also stipulates that discretionary grants for substance-use disorder prevention, treatment and recovery programs "do not fund drug injection sites or illicit drug use." Homelessness increased in the U.S. by 18% from 2023 to 2024, according to Housing and Urban Development's annual homelessness assessment report released in January. Trump has previously vowed to clean up American cities, especially the nation's capital of Washington. Speaking in March, Trump said, "We're going to have a crime-free capital. When people come here, they're not going to be mugged or shot or raped. They're going to have a crime-free capital again. It's going to be cleaner and better and safer than it ever was. And it's not going to take us too long."
The Hill
17-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
US sanctions six top leaders of Venezuela gang Tren de Aragua
The U.S. government sanctioned the head of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, and its five other key leaders and affiliates on Thursday, citing involvement in various criminal activities. The Treasury Department said that Tren de Aragua is a threat to public safety throughout the Western world, and is involved in the illicit drug trade, extortion, human smuggling and trafficking, money laundering, sexual exploitation of women and children, and other criminal conduct. 'Today's action highlights the critical role of leaders like Niño Guerrero and his lieutenants in Tren de Aragua's efforts to increase its destabilizing influence throughout the region,' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement on Thursday. 'The Trump Administration will not allow Tren de Aragua to continue to terrorize our communities and harm innocent Americans,' Bessent added. 'In line with President Trump's mandate to Make America Safe Again, Treasury remains dedicated to dismantling Tren de Aragua and disrupting the group's campaign of violence.' Tren de Aragua, which originated in Venezuela, was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department on Feb. 20. Apart from Guerrero Flores, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Yohan Jose Romero, Josue Angel Santana Pena, Wilmer Jose Perez Castillo, Guerrero Flores's wife Wendy Marbelys Rios Gomez and Felix Anner Castillo Rondon. Thursday's sanctions will block all property and interests in property of the six individuals. Also, any entities owned directly or indirectly at a 50 percent rate or more will be blocked. Jose Romero, a close lieutenant of Guerrero Flores, has been responsible for Tren de Aragua's illegal mining efforts in Venezuela, along with providing the criminal gang with military-grade weapons, according to the Treasury Department. The State Department, through the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, is offering up to $5 million for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of Guerrero Flores.
Axios
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Trump yanks Ed Martin's U.S. Attorney pick after backlash to Jan. 6 comments
President Trump said Thursday he will pull the nomination of U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin, whose leniency toward Jan. 6 Capitol rioters lost him key Republican support in the Senate. Why it matters: It's a rare setback for Trump, losing a MAGA true believer who relished national culture war battles and pushed a "Make D.C. Safe Again" initiative. "He wasn't getting the support," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I'm very disappointed in that. ... Hopefully we can bring him into, whether it's DOJ or whatever, in some capacity." The final blow came from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday: "I have no tolerance for anybody who entered the building on Jan. 6," he told reporters on Tuesday. A fire breathing conservative podcaster, Martin was already on thin ice with the Senate Judiciary Committee for failing to originally disclose appearances on Russian state media. The big picture: Martin served as Trump's attack dog during a controversial interim appointment, demoting prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases, pursuing critics of Elon Musk's DOGE, and threatening Wikipedia over what he called biased "propaganda." The U.S. Attorney for D.C. is a big office that prosecutes both white collar and national security investigations in D.C. — and street-level violent crime locally. Trump said he would announce a replacement "over the next two days that will be great." Between the lines: MAGA influencers like Charlie Kirk had unloaded on Tillis for his opposition, but their efforts to save Martin's nomination fell short.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Yahoo
DC man indicted on firearms charges after committing ‘lewd' acts
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 44-year-old D.C. man was indicted for federal firearms violations, officials announced Friday. The U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) for D.C. said that Lawrence A. Jordan was indicted on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. One killed, two hurt after second triple shooting in Southeast DC on same day Court documents said that Jordan was in the 700 block of 2nd St. NE on Nov. 16, 2023, when Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers were called to the area for reports of disorderly conduct. Officers removed him from an apartment complex where, they noted, he was not a resident. They said he was found in a fitness center attached to the apartment. Later, officers removed him from a fitness center that was attached to the apartment buildings. The USAO said that around 40 minutes later, MPD officers went back to that same fitness center after a man was reported 'committing a lewd act.' That man, later identified as Jordan, had left by the time officers responded. One week later, MPD officers were called to the 1300 block of H St. NE for 'aggressive panhandling.' They arrested Jordan for 'lewd, indecent, or obscene acts.' During a search of Jordan, MPD officers found a loaded semi-automatic pistol. Jordan was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition due to a prior felony conviction. Jordan was indicted as part of the 'Make D.C. Safe Again' initiative. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
DC man indicted on federal gun charges after officers find modified Glock
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A man was indicted on federal gun charges after a 'giggle switch' was found on his Glock that converted it into a machine gun, according to the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia. Robert Calvin Corbin III, 45, was indicted on an unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon charge. According to court documents, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to reports of a large group gambling with guns nearby in the 100 block of Q Street NW. Gun discharges in student's backpack at Billingsley Elementary School in Waldorf, officials say There, officers found Corbin allegedly smoking marijuana and drinking tequila on the street. The officer pat Corbin down and noticed a hard object in his waistband. Court documents say Corbin then attempted to shove the officer away and resist being searched before he was placed in handcuffs. Officers allegedly found a loaded Glock 19 equipped with a laser sight and a bullet in the chamber, 19 rounds in a large-capacity magazine, and a second large-capacity magazine with an additional 17 rounds of ammunition in his bag. Police note the gun had been modified with a 'giggle switch,' which converted the Glock to an automatic machine gun. Corbin was arrested and charged with possession of a machine gun, carrying a pistol without a license, possession of unregistered ammunition, possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of a large capacity feeding device, felon in possession, and possession of an open container of alcohol. The arrest was made in part of the 'Make D.C. Safe Again' initiative. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
