Overview

• President Trump and Vice President JD Vance led the National Peace Officers Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, paying tribute to officers killed in the line of duty.
• Trump highlighted his executive order directing the Justice Department to seek the death penalty for those convicted of murdering police officers, issued on his first day in office.
• Vice President Vance specifically honored three fallen officers—Fernando Esqueda, David Lee, and Larry Henderson—whose deaths have become focal points for policy advocacy.
• Vance criticized local officials and progressive prosecutors, accusing them of being too lenient on crime, while praising the administration’s commitment to law enforcement support.
• The Trump administration reiterated its zero-tolerance stance against defunding or diminishing police resources, framing their policies as a rejection of the defund-the-police movement.