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FBI Director Kash Patel backs Trump’s DC police takeover: ‘When you let good cops be cops, they deliver’
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FBI Director Kash Patel endorsed President Donald Trump’s plans to take over the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington D.C., amid heavy criticism from Democrats and local officials who say the move is part of a power grab.
Patel was seen Monday afternoon inside a command post for the first night of the temporary takeover in a show of support for law enforcement.
«Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the men and women who keep our nation’s capital safe,» Patel said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital. «When you let good cops be cops, give them the tools they need, and back them every step of the way, they deliver – every time.»
In photos exclusively provided to Fox News Digital, Patel can be seen speaking Monday to FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel wearing protective vests at a command center at a U.S. Park Police station.
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FBI Director Kash Patel with FBI agents in Washington, D.C. on August 11 outside the Park Police Station, the command center for the Trump administration’s new crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. (Courtesy: FBI, exclusively provided to Fox News Digital)
On Monday, Trump said he would federalize the police department and place it under the authority of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in an effort to address crime. He also said he was activating approximately 800 National Guard troops to «reestablish law, order and public safety» in the capital.
Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser called the move «unsettling and unprecedented.»
«While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,» Bowser said during a news conference. «I can say to D.C. residents that we will continue to operate our government in a way that makes you proud.»
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The District of Columbia Home Rule Act allows Trump to place the city’s police department under federal control for up to 30 days. Bowser noted that granting D.C. statehood, an issue local officials have repeatedly advocated for, could have prevented the takeover.
«If people are concerned about the president being able to move the National Guard into our city, the time to do that would have been when the Congress had a bill that it could have given control of the D.C. National Guard to D.C.,» she said. «So there are things that, when a city is not a state, and not fully autonomous, and doesn’t have senators, that the federal government can do.»
FBI Director Kash Patel with FBI agents in Washington, D.C. as the Trump administration prepares to take over D.C. police. (Courtesy: FBI, exclusively provided to Fox News Digital)
Other Democrats heavily criticized the Trump administration for the move.
«If President Trump wants to help make Chicago safer, he can start by releasing the funds for anti-violence programs that have been critical to our work to drive down crime and violence,» the office of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said. «Sending in the national guard would only serve to destabilize our city and undermine our public safety efforts.»
The Washington, D.C. City Council called the temporary takeover a «manufactured intrusion on local authority.»
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington as from left, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, look on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
«Violent crime in the District is at the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years. Federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department is unwarranted because there is no Federal emergency,» the council said in a joint statement. «Further, the National Guard has no public safety training or knowledge of local laws. The Guard’s role does not include investigating or solving crimes in the District. Calling out the National Guard is an unnecessary deployment with no real mission.»
The National Capital Region Delegation, a body comprised of several House Democratic lawmakers, accused Trump of personally inciting crime in the capital, referring to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
FBI Director Kash Patel spoke with FBI agents as the Trump administration federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department. (Courtesy: FBI, exclusively provided to Fox News Digital)
«Trump’s ‘temporary’ takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department is not intended to prevent crime, it is a soft launch of authoritarianism,» the group said in a statement. «Trump has a longstanding pattern of seeking showy displays of power. As he has shown repeatedly, Trump is working to serve himself and is not concerned with keeping American families safe in cities and towns across our country.»
«The President’s announcement this morning is an unserious and unacceptable publicity stunt,» they added. «If he wants to reduce crime in the District of Columbia, he should focus on getting his Republican allies in Congress to restore the funding they arbitrarily stripped out of the city’s budget, which risks cuts to law enforcement and other public safety measures.»
FBI Director Kash Patel with FBI agents in Washington, D.C. on August 11 outside the Park Police Station, the command center for the Trump administration’s new crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. (Courtesy: FBI, exclusively provided to Fox News Digital)
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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union, called Trump’s announcement a «gross overreach, disconnected from actual conditions on the ground.»
«So, we have to ask: Will the president’s heavy-handed show of force make the average D.C. resident feel safer? Will it create jobs for working people and bring patrons back to downtown businesses?» she said. «Will it provide young people a pathway to jobs, skills or other activities that keep them off the streets?»
FBI Director Kash Patel met with agents before the DC police takeover. (Courtesy: FBI, exclusively provided to Fox News Digital)
«The answer to those questions is ‘no,’ she added. «That’s why this move is yet another crass spectacle from a president who cares more about targeting, intimidating and playing king than the safety of D.C. and its residents.»
Trump’s opponents have cited crime statistics showing crime in Washington is on the decline. Crime in Washington is down 26% this year compared to the same timeframe in 2024, according to the MPD. Assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 20%, and homicides are down by 12%, according to police data. In January, the Justice Department said violent crime in 2024 in the district was down 35% from 2023, the lowest it has been in over 30 years.
However, Trump disagrees.
Metropolitan Police Department data shows that while the homicide rate is falling, the last five years saw the greatest number of murders since 2008.
«The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota, Colombia, Mexico City, some of the places that you hear about as being the worst places on Earth, much higher,» Trump said Monday. «This is much higher. The number of car thefts has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings has more than tripled. Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate, probably ever. They say 25 years, but they don’t know what that means because it just goes back 25 years can’t be worse.»
Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
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Una niña corre descalza por los campos de Minnesota. Lleva trenzas, una sonrisa franca y el nombre de Laura Ingalls. Desde su estreno en 1974, La familia Ingalls se convirtió en un fenómeno televisivo. La serie, basada en los libros de Laura Ingalls Wilder, marcó a generaciones con su mirada idealizada sobre la vida de los pioneros en el siglo XIX. Pero detrás del relato entrañable de la pantalla, existe una historia real mucho más compleja.
La figura central de la serie es Laura, interpretada por Melissa Gilbert. El personaje es una creación de la escritora Laura Ingalls Wilder, quien, en la década de 1930 y a los 75 años, comenzó a narrar en una serie de libros sus vivencias como niña pionera. El primero de ellos, La casa de la pradera, fue publicado en 1935 y se transformó en uno de los mayores éxitos editoriales del siglo XX.
En 1973, esta obra fue adaptada a la televisión bajo el título Little House on the Prairie. Un año después comenzó a emitirse por la cadena NBC con gran repercusión. La serie fue protagonizada por Michael Landon como Charles Ingalls y se extendió hasta 1983.
Según Caroline Fraser, autora de Incendios de la pradera: los sueños americanos de Laura Ingalls Wilder, la narrativa de los libros es “muy precisa, hasta cierto punto”. En una entrevista con Iowa Source en 2017, explicó que, si bien Wilder se basó en su infancia para escribir las novelas, introdujo numerosos cambios, tanto menores como sustanciales. Por ejemplo, en La pequeña casa en el gran bosque, Laura aparece con cinco años, aunque en realidad tenía tres cuando vivió allí.
Fraser indicó que Laura “omitió muchas cosas, a veces porque sentía que no eran apropiadas para niños”. En particular, evitó mostrar episodios que retrataran a sus padres de manera negativa. Mientras en la serie Charles Ingalls es un modelo de rectitud, la vida real estuvo marcada por problemas financieros, inestabilidad y decisiones poco acertadas, aspectos que Wilder decidió no incluir.
“La verdadera historia es mucho más compleja”, señaló Fraser. “Su vida real es aún más notable, en cierto modo, que la historia de sus libros, que terminó a los 18 años con su matrimonio”.
Wilder comenzó a escribir a los 40 años, cuando redactaba columnas para publicaciones locales en Mansfield, Missouri, donde residía. Su primer manuscrito, Pioneer Girl, fue escrito a los 60, impulsada por su hija Rose Wilder Lane, una periodista de renombre que colaboró estrechamente con ella en la elaboración de los libros.
“Rose fue una de las escritoras independientes más exitosas de la década de 1920. The Saturday Evening Post pagó una de sus historias por 30.000 dólares de la época, el equivalente a medio millón hoy”, detalló Glynnis MacNicol, creadora del pódcast Wilder de iHeartRadio.
Aunque madre e hija concebían los libros como novelas de ficción, Rose sostuvo públicamente que eran verídicos. En 2016, el historiador William Anderson reveló que Rose llegó a molestarse cuando él insinuó que los textos no reflejaban fielmente la realidad. El debate sobre la autoría y el grado de intervención de Rose continúa hasta hoy.
Laura falleció en febrero de 1957, apenas tres días antes de cumplir 90 años. Su hija Rose murió en 1968 y fue su heredero, Roger MacBride, quien vendió los derechos televisivos. La serie La familia Ingalls —título con el que se conoció en América Latina— se tomó importantes licencias respecto de los libros.
Mientras en los textos Laura y su familia se mudaban constantemente, la serie centró la narrativa en Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Ese segmento de la vida familiar fue narrado en el libro A orillas del arroyo Plum (1937). Allí aparecen personajes que luego serían emblemáticos en la pantalla, como Nellie Oleson (Alison Arngrim), figura inspirada en una combinación de compañeras de escuela de la autora.
La relación de Laura con Almanzo Wilder, interpretado por Dean Butler, también fue adaptada. En la ficción, se casan en la séptima temporada. En la vida real, Laura trabajó como maestra en Dakota del Sur y luego contrajo matrimonio con Almanzo, tal como relata en Estos felices años dorados. La saga concluyó con la publicación póstuma de Los primeros cuatro años.
Ahora, La familia Ingalls volverá a la pantalla con una nueva adaptación producida por Netflix. Esta versión buscará un enfoque más fiel al espíritu y contenido de los libros originales, pero con una puesta en escena actualizada.
El clásico encabezado por Michael Landon y Melissa Gilbert no solo definió la estética de una época televisiva, sino que ayudó a construir un imaginario colectivo sobre la vida rural estadounidense. Con esta nueva producción, la obra de Laura Ingalls Wilder perdura, pero también invita a mirar con mayor profundidad la historia real detrás del mito.
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FIRST ON FOX: With an eye to next year’s Midterm Elections, the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee (NRCC) is mocking its Democratic counterpart and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for advancing «wildly unpopular» policy proposals as part of their «Project 2026» goals.
In response, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is hitting back, accusing Republicans of «desperately attempting to distract from their failed leadership and refusal to get a single thing done for the American people.»
The NRCC released a memo on Tuesday morning in which it knocked Jeffries for failing to meet a self-imposed deadline to roll out a new vision for America with a Democratic-controlled House.
The Hill reported in April that Jeffries committed that «over these next 100 days, House Democrats are going to lay out a blueprint for a better America. And you will see a vision for this country’s future that isn’t about Donald Trump. It’s all about you.»
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, is joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for a press conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol on Feb. 12. (AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr./File)
With those 100 days having already elapsed, the NRCC published a satirical memo titled «Project 2026,» in which they accused the Democrats of being out of step with the American people.
«Hakeem Jeffries promised a ‘Project 2026’ within 100 days of April 30th, and it’s been over 100 days. Democrats know their agenda is wildly unpopular, and their focus on these issues will cause them to lose yet again,» the NRCC said in a statement.
In the memo, the NRCC accuses the Democratic Party, «as directed by ‘Leader’ Jeffries and AOC,» of wanting to «move swiftly and unapologetically to return to Joe Biden’s America and implement the bold, transformational change our base demands.»
The memo lays out eight policy proposals they accuse Democrats of wanting to advance, ranging from «Bring Back Wasteful Government Spending and High Crime» to «Open Borders. Full Stop» to «Impeach President Trump. Again. And Again.»
VANCE WARNS OF ‘PENALTY’ FOR DEMS WHO OPPOSED THE ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL, BILL’ AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Policy ideas the NRCC charges Democrats with advancing range from the outlandish, such as «institute a federal ‘Carbon Lifestyle Tax’ on Americans who dare to own trucks, SUVs, or backyard grills, to ideas that have been pushed by the likes of New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of launching «pilot programs for government-run grocery stores in ‘underserved’ neighborhoods.»
Under economic proposals, the memo charges Democrats of wanting to «expand bloated government programs and bankroll the Green New Deal» and reverse the tax cuts passed under President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the memo states Democrats want to «abolish ICE permanently,» «ban border wall construction and tear down existing barriers» and «provide taxpayer-funded healthcare, housing, and legal aid for every undocumented immigrant.»
The NRCC also takes a jab at Democrats for allegedly wanting to be «More Woke, Less Rational,» wanting to «mandate pronouns and DEI training in every school and workplace» and have «no more ads featuring Sydney Sweeney or Shane Gillis.»
Commenting on the memo, NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella told Fox News Digital, «This is the America Democrats want to build.»
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The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at dusk on a clear, spring day on May 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
«Higher taxes, open borders, skyrocketing gas prices, no more gas cars, crime in the streets, pronouns before commonsense, and no more freedom. House Republicans are the only thing standing between you and the nightmare of ‘Project 2026,’» said Marinella.
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In response, Viet Shelton, a spokesperson for the DCCC, shot back, commenting, «Big talk by the party who’s betrayed the middle-class so they can suck-up to their billionaire donors.»
«The Republican agenda is marked by rising costs, lost manufacturing jobs, a Big, Ugly Law that everyone hates, and a string of broken promises,» he said, adding, «A tidal wave of recent polling confirms their majority is rapidly slipping away.»
«It’s no wonder House Republicans are desperately attempting to distract from their failed leadership and refusal to get a single thing done for the American people.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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