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Capitol Hill prepares for high-stakes battle over Trump crime package, DC police authority
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Lawmakers are gearing up for a crime bill from the White House as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington D.C. marches on.
Trump hinted that he would be sending a package to Congress in the near future on Wednesday geared toward his administration’s continued push to make the district a «beacon» for other blue cities, but gave little detail as to what he may want to see in the legislation.
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Lawmakers are gearing up for a crime bill from the White House as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington D.C. marches on. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«We think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously,» Trump said. «So we’re going to need a crime bill that we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to D.C.»
He also noted that «we’re going to seek a relatively small amount of money» to fix potholes and generally spruce up the district.
Shortly after Trump’s announcement, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said that he had spoken with the president, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House staff on «how Congress can help make Washington D.C. safe again.»
«At the direction of President Trump,» Bondi said in a statement to Fox News Digital. «This Department of Justice will continue to work with MPD, federal law enforcement and Congress to address the scourge of violent crime in Washington, D.C. and ensure the safety of all Americans visiting or living in our Nation’s capital.»
Graham noted that the White House was working on a package to send to him and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., the chair of the Homeland Security appropriations subcommittee.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference on Saint Michael’s Square in the city center on May 30, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
«Together, we will try to shepherd the D.C. Security Fund through Congress to give President Trump the resources he will need to improve the safety and quality of life in our nation’s capital,» Graham said on X. «Every American should be behind this effort to make Washington D.C. clean and safe so that it can truly become the shining city on the hill.»
Whether the package would become a part of a spending bill, or be its own standalone supplemental funding package, is unclear, and when lawmakers would actually get their hands on a request is also up in the air.
The White House referred Fox News Digital back to the president’s prior comments on the bill.
Lawmakers are not set to return to Washington until after Labor Day and will be met immediately by the fast-approaching deadline to fund the government on Sept. 30.
They’ll also have to deal with an expected request from Trump to extend his control of the D.C. police — the president has only 30 days unless Congress grants him an extension with a joint resolution.
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Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Republicans are broadly supportive of granting him more time to crack down on crime in the Capitol, but a joint resolution likely requires 60 votes in the Senate, and Senate Democrats are signaling that they won’t budge and allow Trump to further consolidate his grip on Washington.
Still, Trump suggested that he would trigger a national emergency declaration to circumvent Congress, which some congressional Republicans have already come out in support of.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declared «No f‑‑‑— way» during a podcast appearance when asked about an extension, and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told Fox News Digital in a statement that Trump’s move to federalize Washington D.C. was «political theater.»
«He is doing nothing but creating chaos and ignoring the progress local officials in D.C. have made lowering crime,» Durbin said. «And now, he is saying he wants to side-step Congress to extend control of the MPD. There are currently no ‘special conditions of an emergency nature’ in D.C., which the President has to claim in order to take federal control of MPD under the Home Rule Act. This is unprecedented and nothing more than a power grab.»
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his current job serving as chief of Army public affairs and chief advisor to Driscoll, who currently is in Geneva serving on the negotiating team to end the Ukraine war, Fox News has learned.
Butler served as the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs when Gen. Mark Milley was chairman, and was slated to receive his first star. His name appeared for two years in a row on an Army list of 34 officers selected for promotion.
That list has been held up by Hegseth for nearly four months because he reportedly has concerns about four to five officers selected by the Army board, but by law he cannot remove them from the list. Butler volunteered to take his name off the promotion list if it would help unlock the other promotions, according to an Army official.
Hegseth pressured the Army to fire Col. Dave Butler, right, pictured here with CNN anchor Pamela Brown, Fox has learned. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for General Catalyst Institute)
Driscoll, an Army veteran and close ally of Vice President JD Vance, attended Yale Law School with the vice president and has resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army.
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«We greatly appreciate COL Dave Butler’s lifetime of service in America’s Army and to our nation,» Driscoll said in a statement. «Dave has been an integral part of the Army’s transformation efforts and I sincerely wish him tremendous success in his upcoming retirement after 28 years of service.»
Butler traveled with Driscoll to Ukraine in November 2025 to help jump-start negotiations.
The demand by Hegseth came Thursday, Fox News has learned.
Fox News has learned that Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his current job serving as chief of Army public affairs and chief advisor to Driscoll. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
Hegseth entered the Pentagon in 2025 and immediately began firing top officers or forcing them into early retirement without giving a reason or for cause: Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who was serving as Chief of Naval Operations, Gen. CQ Brown who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Mingus, who was serving as vice chief of the Army, Gen. Douglas A. Sims, director of the Joint Staff, Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin, Gen. James Slife, vice chief of the Air Force, and Gen. Timothy Haugh, director of the National Security Agency, among others.
The unexplained firings have led to fear, uncertainty and an unwillingness to speak up among senior military leaders.
Driscoll, an Army veteran and close ally of Vice President JD Vance, attended Yale Law School with the vice president and has resisted Hegseth’s pressure to fire Butler for months because of his ongoing contributions to the transformation of the Army. (Cheriss May/Getty Images )
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One of the Army’s best communicators, Butler served alongside the nation’s tiered special operations units on countless missions overseas attached to the Army’s Delta Force from 2010 to 2014.
He served as the public affairs officer to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 2015 to 2018. He worked as the public affairs officer for Gen. Scott Miller when he was Joint Special Operations Command commander from 2016 to 2018, and then, at Miller’s request, served in Afghanistan when Miller deployed there from 2018 to 2019.
Butler served as the chief spokesman and director of communications for all U.S. and NATO forces during that time that Miller served as the top 4-star general in Afghanistan.
Driscoll is currently in Geneva serving on the negotiating team to end the Ukraine war. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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A former 4-star commander who once commanded U.S. Special Operations said Butler was «the consummate professional, the most competent Public Affairs officer I have ever worked with and a gifted practitioner of strategic communications.»
During the Army’s 250th birthday celebrations in 2025, President Donald Trump recognized Butler by name for helping the Army chief to organize the parade in Washington, D.C.
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Pastor accused of ‘inciting religious hatred’ with UK street sermon, legal advocacy group says
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A Christian pastor arrested in Bristol, England, in November on suspicion of «inciting religious hatred» after delivering a street sermon is still awaiting a decision on whether he will face criminal charges, according to a legal advocacy group supporting him.
Pastor Dia Moodley, 58, was detained for eight hours and released on bail conditions that temporarily barred him from entering the city during the Christmas period.
ADF UK, the British arm of the faith-based legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, is representing Moodley.
The group advocates for religious freedom and free speech rights and argues that the pastor’s case reflects what it describes as a broader pattern of police action that risks criminalizing lawful religious expression.
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Pastor Dia Moodley, who has been involved in legal disputes over street preaching in Bristol, speaks with his lawyer in the United Kingdom, in this undated photo. (ADF UK)
Although the initial bail restrictions were later dropped, police visited Moodley again in January and invited him to attend a voluntary interview under caution as they continued to investigate the November incident.
The case marks the second time he has been arrested over his street preaching, ADF UK said, and follows previous disputes with police over restrictions placed on his public comments about other religions.
Avon and Somerset Police told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that they could neither confirm nor deny the identity of anyone arrested but, based on the date and location provided, issued the following statement:
«A 58-year-old man was arrested at about 2.30pm on Saturday 22 November in Broadmead, Bristol, on suspicion of assault by beating and of a racially/religiously aggravated public order offence,» police said. «He was later released on police bail until the end of December, with a condition not to attend areas of Bristol city centre including Broadmead. These conditions however were ultimately lifted by a supervisory officer in mid-December following representations from the arrested man.»
An outside shot of the Avon and Somerset Police headquarters in Bristol, England, on Sept. 27, 2017. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
The agency said the man is no longer on bail after being released under investigation in early January, adding that a counter-allegation has been recorded and inquiries are ongoing. The statement did not provide further details about the alleged assault.
The public order offense referenced by police falls under the Public Order Act 1986.
It’s defined by the government under Section 29B as, «A person who uses threatening words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening, is guilty of an offence if he intends thereby to stir up religious hatred [or hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation].»
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Pastor Dia Moodley preaches on a street corner in Bristol, United Kingdom, where he has faced legal challenges regarding his public ministry, as seen in this undated photo. (ADF UK)
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Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF International, said Pastor Dia’s arrest for «peacefully commenting on Islam and transgender ideology» shows police are using public order legislation to impose «de facto blasphemy laws» in the UK.
«This is far from an isolated incident,» Igunnubole said. «It is part of a clear pattern of behaviour from Avon and Somerset Police, who for years have targeted Pastor Dia for his peaceful expression in the public square and have failed in their duty to investigate serious crimes committed against him by those who objected to his speech.»
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