Overview

• Trump said on Truth Social he is working with Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune on a Comprehensive Crime Bill with no details provided.
• The White House says federal operations in Washington have produced 1,094 arrests, 115 firearms seized, eight alleged gang members detained, two missing children recovered, and 49 homeless encampments cleared.
• Trump asserted that crime in Washington is down and said further information on the effort will follow.
• He said he will push for the death penalty in the District of Columbia, where capital punishment was repealed in 1981 after a 1972 Supreme Court ruling nullified it.
• Earlier this month, the administration took control of the D.C. police force, authorized armed National Guard patrols, ordered Guard readiness in every state, and threatened deployments to cities such as Chicago and Baltimore.