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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is prepared to order federal authorities into Chicago and Baltimore to combat crime, escalating a confrontation with Democratic governors and mayors who insist outside intervention is neither wanted nor legal. Asked in the Oval Office about deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump replied, …

Some National Guard units deployed to the nation’s capital at President Donald Trump’s direction began carrying firearms Sunday, marking an escalation in his extraordinary use of military forces to police American streets and signaling possible expansions to other Democratic-led cities. A Defense Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said …

By Jacob Fischler President Biden will tour the Port of Baltimore and the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Friday as long-term efforts to reopen the port continue, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “President Biden will travel to Baltimore on Friday to visit the collapsed Francis …

On June 1st, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest ghost gun manufacturer, Polymer80, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, asks the Court to order Polymer80 to stop the public health crisis that the company has …

A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on charges of perjury related to a COVID-19 financial hardship withdrawal and a false statement on a loan application. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Thursday, charging Mosby on federal charges of perjury and making false statements …

The Department of Justice announced it would launch five cross-jurisdictional firearms trafficking strike forces within the next 30 days to help reduce violent crime by addressing illegal gun trafficking in significant firearms trafficking corridors. The Attorney General will discuss with the President, law enforcement officials, and local and community leaders, …

Declaring the war on drugs over in Baltimore, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday she will make permanent her COVID-19 policy to dismiss all criminal charges for the possession of drugs including heroin. “I am… announcing our COVID policies will now become permanent. And America’s failed policies on drugs, on …