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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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Una mujer de 33 años pasó gran parte de su vida sufriendo dolores intensos sin conocer su verdadero diagnóstico. Según contó, pasó gran parte de su vida “tapando sus síntomas” porque los médicos ignoraban o desestimaban sus dolencias y a los 32 años descubrió que padecía una severa enfermedad.
Melissa Diamond, que actualmente tiene 33, empezó con fuertes malestares desde su primera menstruación, a los 12 años. El dolor era tal que tenía que cancelar todas sus actividades durante los días que duraba el periodo. Después de 20 años sin saber la razón de sus padecimientos, supo que tenía endometriosis.
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“Mi viaje de salud comenzó cuando tenía doce años y tuve mi primer período. Inmediatamente tuve problemas, y el dolor era tan intenso que faltaba a la escuela y a las actividades regularmente”, contó la mujer estadounidense en una entrevista con People.
A los 14 años su ginecólogo encontró un quiste en su ovario y tuvo que someterse a una cirugía para que se lo extirparan. Después de eso, empezó a tomar pastillas: “Los médicos me inculcaron que necesitaba tomar anticonceptivos, de lo contrario los quistes volverían”, relató.
Cuando llegó a los 20, empezó a pensar en su futuro en su fertilidad: “Quería explorar cómo sería la vida sin anticonceptivos para poder congelar mis óvulos, pero los médicos seguían diciéndome que tenía que seguir con él o podría terminar de vuelta en la sala de emergencias con un quiste roto”, recordó. La mujer descubrió su diagnóstico 20 años después de empezar con los síntomas. (Foto: gentileza Melissa Diamond para People)
Cuando su médico accedió a la suspensión de las pastillas, empezó el calvario nuevamente: “Tuve períodos debilitantes y calambres que me sacarían del trabajo, un síndrome premenstrual horrible, y desarrollé graves problemas estomacales”, explicó.
“Dije que pensaba que podría tener Síndrome de Ovario Poliquístico o endometriosis, (pero mi ginecólogo) me miró y dijo que no tenía esas cosas, que no tenía los síntomas principales, y su respuesta fue volver a tomar la píldora”, lamentó.
Diamond necesitaba respuestas, entonces visitó varios especialistas para tener otras opiniones: “Todos los médicos me dijeron que no había nada malo, que solo necesitaba volver a tomar anticonceptivos. Esa siempre fue la única respuesta”.
“Tenía dolor, pero simplemente viví con eso: fuertes dolores de estómago, diarrea, hinchazón horrible, dolor de espalda”, detalló y contó que ningún medicamento la ayudaba a sentirse mejor.
Diamond terminó hospitalizada por sus dolores. (Foto: gentileza Melissa Diamond para People)
Diamond fue ingresada en la sala de emergencias, donde le dijeron que los médicos no podían hacer nada por ella. “Realmente pensé que me estaba muriendo”, reveló, pero justo en ese momento todo empezó a cambiar.
“Una doctora muy amable se me acercó y me dijo que pensaba que tenía endometriosis. Ella me dijo que no estaban equipados para diagnosticarlo o tratarlo allí, y que necesitaba ver a un especialista”, recordó.
Finalmente, llegó al cirujano, el Dr. Tamer Seckin, jefe de la Fundación de Investigación de la Endometriosis: “Me hicieron una resonancia magnética pélvica, y aunque la endometriosis a menudo no aparece en las imágenes, la encontraron en todas partes”.
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El diagnóstico era severo; Diamond tuvo que someterse a una cirugía: “Extirparon veintitrés lesiones, tuvieron que extirpar mi apéndice, estaba por todas partes. Por toda mi pared pélvica, mis intestinos, vejiga y recto”.
“Algunas de las lesiones tenían veinte años de antigüedad. Todo el tiempo, tenía razón: algo andaba mal”, expresó Diamond indignada y agregó: “Estaba increíblemente enfadada y asustada (…) pensé en todos los médicos a lo largo de los años que me dijeron que nada estaba mal. Estaba llena de rabia porque todo el tiempo, realmente había algo”.
“Compartir mi historia ha sido una experiencia maravillosa. Estoy tomando algo realmente triste y usándolo para ayudar a otras mujeres a defenderse a sí mismas. No estás sola. Hay millones de mujeres lidiando con esto, las animo a encontrar a otras personas y conectarse dentro de la comunidad endo. Da miedo lidiar con esto. Pero en un mundo en el que estamos silenciadas, tenemos que ser ruidosas”, concluyó.
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BREAKING: Iran’s ‘de-facto’ leader killed airstrike
Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on the death of Iranian official Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. A senior Israeli official confirmed the intelligence leading up to the strikes were part of joint U.S.-Israeli efforts.
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Iranian Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani and Basij Commander Gholamreza Soleimani have both been killed, according to the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
«I have just been updated by the Chief of Staff that Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and the head of the Basij — Iran’s central repression apparatus — Salimani, were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation program, along with all those eliminated from the axis of evil in the depths of hell,» Katz said, according to a translation provided to Fox News by his office.
The news comes more than two weeks since Israel launched a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran in conjunction with U.S. President Donald Trump.
«Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and the regime’s effective leader, has been eliminated,» the Israel Defense Forces noted in a post on X.
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Ali Larijani, left, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, who commands Basij forces. (Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images; Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«Throughout the years, Larijani was considered one of the most veteran and senior figures within the Iranian regime leadership, and was a close associate of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. During the most recent wave of protests against the Iranian terror regime, Larijani personally oversaw the massacre that was carried out against Iranian protestors,» the post added.
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Another IDF post noted, «Yesterday, the IDF targeted & eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past 6 years. Under Soleimani, the Basij unit led the main repression operations in Iran, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators.»
Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz in Athens, Jan. 20, 2026. (Nick Paleologos/SOOC/AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. government had previously indicated that it would offer a reward for information on Larijani.
«Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on the key leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its component branches,» rewardsforjustice.net notes. «Under this reward offer, RFJ is seeking information on the following individuals,» the webpage notes, listing Larijani and others.
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President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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«Over a dozen Basij officials were targeted in Iran last night in different strikes, including the head of the Basij forces Gholamreza Soleimani. This was a joint U.S. and Israeli effort,» a senior Israeli official noted. «A strike in Tehran targeted the Basij commander and around a dozen others, including the most senior figures in the Basij forces—people with a lot of blood on their hands.»
Fox News’ Trey Yingst and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
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President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Iranian oil infrastructure could be a U.S. target sent oil and gasoline prices higher on Monday, as traders weighed the risk of a deeper confrontation that could further exacerbate global energy supplies.
On Friday, Trump ordered strikes on military assets on Iran’s Kharg Island, a strategically vital island in the Persian Gulf that serves as Tehran’s largest oil terminal and a key hub for its crude exports. Over the weekend, he raised the prospect of another bombing raid targeting the island’s oil infrastructure.
«We can do that on five minutes’ notice. We have it all locked and loaded and ready to go if we want to do it,» he said. «We chose not to do it. I chose not to do it again. We’ll see what happens,» Trump told reporters on Air Force One.
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A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, Feb. 25, 2026. (2026 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters)
The island, located roughly 35 miles off Iran’s Bushehr province in the country’s southwest, is about the size of New York City’s Central Park but carries huge importance for Iran’s economy.
It has a loading capacity of about 7 million barrels per day, and roughly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports pass through it. Most of those exports are shipped to China and India, underscoring the island’s importance not only to Iran’s energy trade but also to broader global oil markets.
Fears of a fresh strike sent oil prices higher Monday, as traders braced for the possibility that fighting could further disrupt exports from the Persian Gulf, including through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping corridor for global energy supplies.
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A satellite image shows the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, vital for global energy supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)
Those concerns helped drive oil above $100 a barrel last week for the first time since 2022, as fallout from the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran roiled global markets and investors priced in the risk of tighter supply.
Now, that surge is beginning to hit consumers. As crude prices climb, gasoline and diesel prices are rising quickly — especially diesel, which often reacts faster because of its close ties to freight and industrial demand.
As of March 16, AAA put the national average for regular gasoline at $3.70 a gallon, up 77 cents from a month earlier, while diesel climbed to $4.97, up $1.31 over the same period.
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Price increases have not been spread evenly across the country. The lowest averages were in Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma, at roughly $3.08 to $3.14 a gallon, while the highest were in California, Hawaii and Washington.
«Americans today will spend $275 million more on gasoline than they did before the U.S. attacked Iran, now totaling nearly $2.5 billion since the start,» wrote Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
The run-up has extended beyond gasoline and diesel.
In the U.S., the Argus U.S. Jet Fuel Index — a daily benchmark averaging prices in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and New York — climbed to $3.88 a gallon on Friday, after hovering mostly in the low-to-mid $2 range for weeks.
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Higher fuel prices could ripple through the broader economy if they persist, raising costs for airlines, trucking firms and other businesses that depend heavily on transportation. For consumers, sustained increases at the pump also threaten to squeeze household budgets at a time when inflation remains a key concern.
What happens next will likely depend on whether the conflict escalates further and whether oil infrastructure or major shipping lanes are affected.
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With that risk in mind, the White House is weighing steps to protect commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and considering the use of emergency oil stockpiles to help blunt the impact.
Before boarding Air Force One for Mar-a-Lago late Friday, Trump told reporters the U.S. Navy may begin escorting tankers through the strait «very soon.»
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