President Trump reoriented the full force of the federal government to focus on fighting crime and beautifying Washington, D.C., putting the city on edge as it waits to see how that plays out and putting other Democratic cities on notice.
National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called out-of-control violent crime. The troops were seen arriving at the D.C. Armory, among other spots, NewsNation reported.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she met with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, saying on X: “We agreed that there is nothing more important than keeping residents and tourists in Washington, D.C. safe from deadly crime.”
On Tuesday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released July inflation data, showing it did not rise as much as expected, remaining unchanged from June. It was the first BLS report since Trump fired the chief of the agency earlier this month.
Trump on Monday evening said he would nominate E.J. Antoni, a top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and critic of the BLS, to serve as its next commissioner. The post requires Senate confirmation.
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