Overview

• President Trump invoked Section 740 of the Home Rule Act to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilize about 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
• Metropolitan Police and FBI data show a roughly 26% year-to-date drop in violent crime, a 30-year low that contradicts the administration’s assertion of rampant violence.
• District officials and civil-liberties advocates are preparing constitutional lawsuits, arguing the emergency declaration exceeds federal authority and undermines D.C. home rule.
• On NewsNation’s On Balance, host Leland Vittert abruptly ended a live interview with Mehdi Hasan after Hasan linked Trump’s January 6 pardons to the current National Guard deployment.
• Vittert later defended his decision, asserting the Capitol attack has no bearing on today’s crime discussion and accusing critics of hijacking the policy debate with historical grievances.