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Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.
Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.
UFC chief Dana White has revealed Ivanka Trump’s role in organizing an the ultimate July 4 party for the president at the White House.
In a letter addressed to Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, White House officials said they would lead a “comprehensive internal review” of Smithsonian museums and exhibitions, focusing on areas including public-facing content, the curatorial process, and exhibition planning, among others.
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Maddow Blog | On Social Security’s 90th anniversary, the White House pushes four absurd falsehoods
On Social Security's birthday, Donald Trump made four specific claims about the system and his record. All four points were demonstrably wrong.
Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control.
For a city whose population is 41% Black, D.C.’s homeless population is disproportionately Black, at 82.5%. Compare that to the city’s white population: 39.6%, with 6.6% homeless, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Sixty percent of all homeless people are men.
The White House said there were 45 arrests in the city last night, including 29 arrests of people living in the country illegally.