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🔵 National Guard Deployed
Citizen Frank
August 17, 2025
Good evening. It’s Saturday, August 16.
The Republican governors of three states are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, Reuters reported.
The announcements on Saturday of troops from hundreds of miles away in West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio came a day after D.C. officials and the Trump administration negotiated a deal to keep Mayor Muriel Bowser’s appointed police chief, Pamela Smith, in charge of the police department after D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit to block the federal takeover of the department.
Trump said this week he was deploying hundreds of D.C. National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the Democratic-led city’s police department to curb what he depicted as a crime and homelessness emergency.
Melania Trump sent a private letter to Vladimir Putin in which she appeared to urge him to end the war to protect children.
The note, which was hand delivered to the Russian leader by Donald Trump during their Alaska summit, tells Putin “it is time” to act.
The letter does not explicitly mention Ukraine or the war, but appears to be a thinly veiled plea for him to end the war with “a stroke of the pen” to protect younger generations.
Jonathan Bush, cousin of former President George W. Bush, is signaling a possible run for Maine governor, blasting what he calls the state’s “learned helplessness” and outlining a policy vision to revive the “Maine Dream.”
Bush’s message, published through his nonprofit, Maine for Keeps, offers a preview of how he could frame his pitch to voters.
The Bangor Daily News reported that former President Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush recently attended a small fundraiser for Jonathan in Kennebunkport.
National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., have been told they should prepare to carry weapons in the nation’s capital despite previous assurances from officials that the troops would not be armed, according to a Saturday report by The Wall Street Journal.
President Donald Trump ordered 800 National Guard troops to deploy to Washington, with the troops arriving on Tuesday. The deployment aims to combat crime in the city, even as crime rates have reached a 30-year low, marking one of the most aggressive federal interventions in local law enforcement in recent history.
Washington officials sued the administration to block the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), which prompted U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to issue a memo that leaves the current police chief in charge of the department but also directs the police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, the Associated Press reported.
Denzel Washington is making it clear – he wants nothing to do with cancel culture.
In a heated conversation on the topic with Complex, the actor ripped into the concept of being canceled, saying he doesn’t care that much about public support or followers.
When asked if he considers the idea of being “canceled,” Washington was quick to question the term, asking, “What does that mean — to be canceled?”
Parents now face major consequences for their children’s actions, whether they are aware of them or not.
One state is holding parents accountable for any laws their children, who are under the age of 18, break.
Some parents will face fines or jail time if their children break any laws, ranging from drunkenness to felonies.
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