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Dem governors suddenly crack down on crime as Trump’s National Guard threats loom
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A handful of Democratic governors are cracking down on crime as President Donald Trump threatens to send the National Guard into blue cities struggling with persistent crime waves that have left residents killed or injured and businesses shuttered.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) — who has traded barbs with Trump over objecting to the president’s calls to activate the National Guard in the long crime-riddled city — announced on Friday that the Maryland State Police will bolster the Baltimore Police Department’s efforts to crack down on crime.
«We are proud of the progress that we’ve been able to make, and we’re all very, very concerned about how much work still needs to happen,» Moore said on Friday after ordering state police to assist its Baltimore law enforcement counterparts. «If one person does not feel safe in their neighborhood, that is one too many.»
Trump is in the midst of a national crime crackdown that began in Washington, D.C., in August, when he federalized the city under section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital’s police force for 30 days. Trump has since floated deploying the National Guard to crime-riddled cities such as Baltimore and Chicago to install law and order.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Democratic state and local leaders, however, have frequently balked at Trump’s crackdown as a form of «authoritarianism.»
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, for example, declared in August that «we cannot incarcerate our way out of violence,» while claiming the U.S. has an «addiction» to jailing criminals. Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has characterized a potential National Guard presence on the streets as unnecessary, citing Chicago’s slowing crime trends since the wildly violent 2020 era and promoting state investments in community violence intervention programs.
Amid left-wing outrage over Trump’s crime crackdown plans, some Democratic governors have taken additional steps at the state level to snuff out crime in violent jurisdictions, Fox News Digital found.
«First, Democrats claimed there was no crime problem and mocked the American people for being concerned about their safety. But now that they’ve seen the tremendous results delivered by President Trump, they’re eager to mimic his success — the reality is, the American people benefit when the President’s agenda is implemented. Let this be a lesson to all Democrats, President Trump was right about everything!» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital on Tuesday morning when asked about a trio of Democratic governors who have announced crime crackdown initiatives in recent days.
Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks on Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Just days after Trump federalized Washington, D.C.’s police department, Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in Rio Arriba County, the city of Española and local Pueblo communities in response to a «significant surge in violent crime, drug trafficking, and public safety threats that have overwhelmed local resources.»
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«We are making every resource available to support our local partners on the ground and restore public safety and stability to these areas that have been hardest hit by this crisis,» Lujan Grisham said in an Aug. 13 press release.
The state of emergency authorized up to $750,000 in «emergency funding for the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management» to coordinate response efforts in the affected areas, and will stay in effect until the funds are spent, or the additional resources are no longer needed.
Lujan Grisham’s decision followed the Democratic governor slamming Trump for federalizing D.C., calling it: «executive overreach in Washington [that] sets a dangerous precedent and undermines safety in our nation’s capital.»
Lujan Grisham’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the matter.
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. (Jeff Chiu, File/AP photo)
In California, longtime Trump political foe Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the state’s highway patrol would deploy new «crime suppression» teams to the state’s massive cities seeing crime trends, including: San Diego, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The announcement followed a similar crime crackdown initiative in Oakland, Bakersfield, and San Bernardino, the governor said at the time.
«These operations will be targeted,» Newsom said at a news conference back in August when making the announcement. «They’ll be data-driven.»
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Newsom’s office pointed to data showing crime overall dropped in California in 2024, and that CHP’s increased presence in the new jurisdictions was part of the governor’s «next phase of his crime-fighting efforts.»
Democratic Govs. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Wes Moore of Maryland and Gavin Newsom of California have rolled out bolstered public safety measures amid President Trump’s crime crackdown. (Getty Images)
«While the Trump administration undermines cities, California is partnering with them and delivering real results. With these new deployments, we’re doubling down on these partnerships to build on progress and keep driving crime down,» Newsom said in a statement of the initiative.
Newsom is among vocal Democrats who have slammed Trump over his crime crackdown, including excoriating the administration in June, when federal law enforcement officials and the National Guard converged on Los Angeles to specifically detain and deport illegal immigrants. A federal judge ruled earlier in September that the Trump administration violated federal laws by sending the National Guard to LA in June — a ruling that affects only the state and not other states.
«Today, the court sided with democracy and the Constitution. No president is a king — not even Trump — and no president can trample a state’s power to protect its people,» Newsom said following the judge’s ruling.
The Supreme Court ultimately lifted restrictions on ICE raids in LA on Monday.
When asked about bolstering CHP presence amid Trump’s national crime crackdown, Newsom’s office said «there is no correlation between California’s public safety investments and Trump unnecessarily sending in the National Guard to Washington, D.C.»
The state has invested $1.7 billion since 2019 to boost public safety, including record funding in 2023 to combat organized retail crime with a 310% increase in enforcement operations, a spokesperson for Newsom’s office told Fox Digital.
«I know the issue of reduction in crime is an important issue, but I want to make this crystal clear,» Newsom told the media in August of public safety plans. «It’s never good enough. Good enough, never is. Success is not a place or definition. Success is a direction. There is no having made it as it relates to the issue of crime suppression. That’s why in California, we continue to build on not just these partnerships, but over $1.7 billion of resources that we have provided under our public safety plan in this state since 2019.»
President Donald Trump and Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (left); MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Back in Maryland, Moore slammed Trump over federalizing D.C., calling it «deeply dangerous» before the pair got into spats over Baltimore’s safety, which included Trump pouring cold water on Moore’s potential future presidential run and threatening to pull federal funding to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge after it collapsed in 2024.
The Democratic governor sent a letter to Trump in August inviting him to tour Baltimore, which the president rebuffed while telling Moore to «clean up this crime disaster.»
Moore has defended that crime trends show Baltimore’s safety has been increasing in recent years, including when announcing that state police will assist Baltimore police in public safety.
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President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
«Because even though Baltimore City is seeing some of the most impressive crime drops in the entire country, the work is far from over. We can, and will, do more on public safety, because our people deserve nothing less,» Moore said on Friday in a press release announcing the state police and Maryland Transportation Authority Police will aid Baltimore police with public safety efforts.
The additional police presence will target high-risk areas, and will «focus on providing a highly visible law enforcement presence to deter and prevent crime,» according to the governor’s press release.
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Trump has celebrated the federalization of Washington, D.C.’s police force as a success, including notching zero homicides across a 13-day period in August, and the arrests of more than 2,000 suspects. The president has also lauded Democratic D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for her assistance with the effort.
«We don’t have a crime problem in Washington anymore,» Trump told reporters earlier in September of the crackdown. «And the mayor has been very helpful.»
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Trump: Erdogan could be ‘influential’ in ending Putin’s war by ending oil sales ‘if he wants’
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could prove hugely influential in ending Russia’s war in Ukraine «if he wants to.»
Trump, who in recent weeks has increasingly demanded that NATO allies cease all Russian oil purchases to block funding for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war chest, set his sights on Erdoğan while speaking to reporters from the Oval Office.
«I think he could have a big influence if he wants to,» Trump said while sitting next to Erdoğan. «Right now, he’s very neutral. He likes being neutral. So do I, like being neutral.»
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«But he’s somebody that if he got involved, the best thing he could do is not buy oil and gas from Russia,» Trump added.
The president told reporters the two main issues he planned to discuss with the Turkish leader were «war» and «trade.»
«I’d like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia. While Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine,» Trump said. «Disgraceful.»
«Putin ought to stop,» he added.
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A child waves from a bus window after crossing the Ukrainian border into Poland at the Medyka crossing on Mar. 14, 2022. (Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images)
Erdoğan said he plans to discuss the sale of U.S. F-35s to Turkey, which during Trump’s first term, the U.S. barred Ankara from obtaining after it also purchased a Russian air defense system over concerns that Moscow could get its hands on the U.S. technology.
Trump on Thursday did not say if he would agree to lift the ban or use it to negotiate an end to Turkish imports of Russian oil. Ankara is Russia’s third-largest importer, behind India and China.
But while India has already had secondary tariffs slapped on it, and negotiations with China remain ongoing, Turkey has so far escaped Trump’s secondary tariff threats — though Trump said tariffs would also be on the day’s agenda.
A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II is seen on the flight deck aboard the USS Carl Vinson, a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, during its port visit at a South Korean naval base in the southeastern port city of Busan on Nov. 22, 2023. (Song Kyung-Seok/pool/AFP via Getty Images )
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Trump on Thursday said the U.S. and Turkey are «in great shape» when it comes to securing a possible deal on F-16 fighter jets, but did not indicate if that extended to F-35s as well.
«We’re talking about that very seriously,» Trump said. «He needs certain things, and we need certain things, and we’re going to come to a conclusion by the end of the day.»
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Netanyahu llega a la ONU decidido a rechazar el Estado palestino mientras crece la presión por la ofensiva en Gaza
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, llega a la Asamblea General de la ONU con la determinación de reafirmar su oposición a la creación de un Estado palestino. Su intervención, prevista para este viernes en Nueva York, ocurre apenas unos días después de que Francia, Reino Unido, Canadá, Australia y Portugal, junto a otras potencias occidentales, hayan dado un paso inédito con el reconocimiento oficial de Palestina como Estado, en respuesta a la prolongada ofensiva israelí en Gaza.
La comunidad internacional asiste a la cita con una preocupación renovada: la ofensiva militar, lanzada tras el ataque de Hamas el 7 de octubre de 2023, ha dejado más de 65.500 muertos en Gaza, la mayoría de ellos civiles, según datos del Ministerio de Salud del territorio bajo control del grupo islamista y considerados confiables por la ONU.
El lunes, el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron reunió a varios líderes occidentales en una cumbre que culminó con la decisión colectiva de reconocer el Estado palestino, un hecho sin precedentes en el seno de la diplomacia europea reciente. La medida representa un giro frente a la falta de avances en el proceso de paz y al creciente descontento ante la respuesta militar israelí.
“Lo que ocurre en Gaza es indefendible, inhumano y absolutamente injustificable y debe acabar ahora”, sostuvo el viceprimer ministro británico, David Lammy, en su intervención ante la Asamblea General.
Netanyahu, en tanto, permanece firme en su negativa a cualquier iniciativa que implique la independencia palestina. A lo largo de los últimos años, ha contado con el respaldo de fuerzas de extrema derecha, que incluso han impulsado la posibilidad de anexar Cisjordania y desmantelar cualquier escenario de Estado palestino viable.
Su gabinete ha respondido a los gobiernos que reconocieron Palestina con un endurecimiento del discurso y el rechazo frontal a un cambio de postura.
El clima en Nueva York refleja el nivel de polarización. Decenas de manifestantes y simpatizantes se congregaron frente al hotel donde se hospeda Netanyahu. “Los criminales de guerra no merecen paz mental. No merecen dormir”, afirmó la activista Andrea Mirez, una de las que pide su arresto internacional por crímenes de guerra en Gaza. Se espera que el viernes, cuando el primer ministro dirija su mensaje a la Asamblea General, tenga lugar una protesta masiva en Times Square impulsando el pedido de detención.
Mientras tanto, el presidente de la Autoridad Palestina, Mahmud Abbas, intervino el jueves por videoconferencia, luego de que Estados Unidos rechazara su solicitud de visa. Abbas aprovechó el foro para condenar el ataque de Hamas el 7 de octubre y el antisemitismo, al tiempo que defendió el derecho palestino a un Estado independiente, libre del dominio de Hamas, rival del gobierno central en Ramallah.
Especialistas anticipan que el discurso de Netanyahu será de confrontación, dirigido contra la ONU y los países que han oficializado el reconocimiento del Estado palestino. “Él no viene a defender su campaña en Gaza, sino a castigar a la ONU y condenar a los que esta semana reconocieron a Palestina”, señaló Richard Gowan, analista de Naciones Unidas en International Crisis Group.
La postura del primer ministro se verá puesta a prueba en un escenario político internacional cambiante, mientras persiste la presión humanitaria y mediática sobre la crisis en Gaza y la exigencia por una solución negociada. La jornada en la Asamblea General promete elevar la presión diplomática y profundizar la distancia entre Israel y quienes hoy apuestan por un giro en el conflicto palestino-israelí.
(Con información de AFP)
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James Comey, the former FBI Director, was indicted on felony charges of obstruction and perjury Thursday, igniting fierce reactions across the nation and political spectrum.
The charges, announced by newly appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in the Eastern District of Virginia, relate to his 2020 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Halligan framed the indictment as a matter of accountability, declaring it «a breach of public trust at an extraordinary level» and emphasizing that «no one is above the law.»
If convicted, Comey faces up to five years in prison.
Former FBI Director James Comey, FBI Director Kash Patel and President Donald Trump. (Reuters/Getty)
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The announcement sparked reaction with the fastest coming through from the president and his allies.
President Donald Trump has long demanded Comey’s prosecution since firing him in 2017 and railing against the Russia investigation he oversaw.
Trump celebrated the news with a triumphant post on his Truth Social account.
«JUSTICE IN AMERICA! One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to is James Comey, the former Corrupt Head of the FBI. Today he was indicted by a Grand Jury on two felony counts for various illegal and unlawful acts. He has been so bad for our Country, for so long, and is now at the beginning of being held responsible for his crimes against our Nation. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!» the president wrote.
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at DEA headquarters July 15, 2025 in Arlington, Va. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Attorney General Pam Bondi also issued a sharp statement on X declaring, «No one is above the law. The American people deserve justice after years of lies and political interference.»
FBI Director Kash Patel amplified that opinion and cast the indictment as part of a broader effort to restore trust in the bureau.
«Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability,» he wrote.
«For far too long, corrupt leadership weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and eroding public trust. Under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on. No one is above the law.»
U.S. Senator John Cornyn responded noting the gravity of Comey’s offenses.
«While our legal system provides for the presumption of innocence, Comey’s accountability for FBI abuses during the first Trump term are long overdue,» he said. «These charges are serious offenses, especially if committed by the head of our nation’s top law enforcement agency, and there must be consequences for any crimes.»
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. April 27, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called it «a long-awaited correction to years of corruption and cover-ups,» while economic adviser Peter Navarro said it proved «justice delayed is not justice denied.»
Democrats condemned the charges as politically motivated.
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) denounced what he called a «malicious prosecution,» reminding reporters that Trump previously fired a prosecutor who refused to bring «frivolous charges.»
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued an even sharper rebuke.
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«This kind of interference is a dangerous abuse of power,» he warned. «By ousting a respected, independent prosecutor and replacing him with a partisan loyalist, Trump is undermining one of the most important U.S. Attorney’s offices in the country and eroding the rule of law itself.»
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