One month after sending National Guard troops into Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has broadened his “crime emergency” crackdown into a national campaign, threatening to deploy federal forces to a string of Democratic-run cities he casts as violent and out of control. Chicago, Baltimore, and New York have all been named as possible next targets. […]

Rep. Byron Donalds defended Donald Trump's assertion that police officers should get "one real rough, nasty day” to commit violence.

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Two fatalities pushed Baltimore's annual homicides over 300, the first time the city has recorded numbers this high in 16 years.