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Federal judge casts doubt on Bondi’s move to sideline DC police leadership
DC attorney general sues to block police takeover
Justice correspondent David Spunt joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss the Washington, D.C. Attorney General’s effort to block President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of local police. ‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Shannon Bream also weighs in.
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A judge on Friday weighed limiting the power of the Trump administration to assume control of the police department in Washington, D.C., after suggesting the appointment of Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole to assume the police chief’s duties was illegal.
Judge Ana Reyes gave lawyers for the Department of Justice and the D.C. government until early evening to reach a deal that would limit Cole’s authority, or she would issue a temporary restraining order.
Reyes, a Biden appointee, said broader questions over President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order declaring a crime emergency in the nation’s capital would be addressed in a court hearing next week.
In the immediate future, the Trump administration will still largely have control over the Metropolitan Police Department regardless of whether it reaches a deal with the D.C. government or becomes subject to a court order.
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Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a press conference after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at the Wilson Building on Aug. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Reyes convened the emergency hearing after D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to block Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s law enforcement operations. Schwalb argued the move was unconstitutional and violated the Home Rule Act, a federal law that gives D.C. residents the ability to self-govern.
The hearing was a small setback for the administration, as Reyes indicated that Cole must go through Mayor Muriel Bowser to give any further directives to the police force.
Schwalb on Friday framed the hearing as a win, telling reporters his «expectation is that the key issue with respect to control and command of [the MPD] has been resolved today, and that it is clear, as a matter of law, that it is under the chief of police appointed by the mayor.»
But the law also implies that Bowser must be heavily deferential to Cole, meaning he is likely to be able to continue carrying out the Trump administration’s policing priorities in D.C. regarding immigration and homelessness for a 30-day period.
DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth, arguing on behalf of the government, said the president has «a lot of discretion in determining what’s necessary and appropriate.»
Bowser and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., attended the hearing at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse. Outside the building, dozens gathered to protest the federal takeover, which has also included activating hundreds of National Guard soldiers in D.C. More protesters, including those from the «Free DC» movement, appeared inside the courtroom, underscoring the tension that has arisen over Trump’s orders.
«What we know is that D.C. residents are worried and concerned, and we have a surge of federal officers,» Bowser told reporters. «Chief [Pamela] Smith’s job during this week has been to make sure that if we have and while we have federal officers, that they are being used strategically.»
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Trump nominated Terry Cole to become the next administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. (AP / Virginia.gov)
At the outset of the hearing, Reyes observed that she will be the first judge to rule on a president’s authority to temporarily take control of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act since Congress passed the legislation in 1973, underscoring the significance of the case.
The judge made clear she did not plan to immediately rule on whether there was a crime emergency, as Trump stated in his executive order, but that some temporary resolution was still needed.
«I want to get to a practical solution because time is short and there are people who need to know who they are taking direction from and what they are doing,» Reyes told both parties.
Reyes, who has become known for presiding over a fast-paced court that keeps litigators on their toes, struck a careful tone of moderation Friday.
«I don’t think the statute is as narrow as you think or as broad as Mr. Roth thinks,» she told attorney Mitchell Reich, who argued on behalf of the D.C. attorney general.
Schwalb’s lawsuit challenged Trump’s executive order that temporarily federalized D.C. under Section 740 of the Home Rule Act and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s more recent order Thursday that sought to install Cole as the emergency commissioner of the D.C. police force. Schwalb’s office argued the moves were unprecedented and could «wreak operational havoc» on the police department.
Schwalb urged the court to block both of the Trump administration’s orders, stating that the federal government’s temporary takeover of D.C. police under the Home Rule Act «does not authorize this brazen usurpation of the District’s authority over its own government.»
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Police officers set up a roadside checkpoint on 14th Street Northwest on Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
«They infringe on the District’s right to self-governance and put the safety of DC residents and visitors at risk,» he said.
Critics have excoriated Trump’s executive order, arguing it is not reflective of any real emergency in the nation’s capital, which has seen a drop in violent crime (though by how much, exactly, remains a point of contention).
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Attorney Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics czar under President Barack Obama, told reporters Thursday that Trump’s order in D.C. is the latest in a «pattern of assaults on the rule of law» in his second term as president, which all involve declaring various forms of «emergency» as a means of sidestepping normal policymaking processes.
Trump «has declared a fake emergency» in D.C., Eisen said. «There is no ‘emergency’ upon which this action with MPD or the federal military is predicated.»
Jessica Sonkin contributed to this report.
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EXCLUSIVE: Medicaid directs states to crack down on illegal immigrant enrollees with monthly checks
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FIRST ON FOX: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new nationwide push to purge illegal immigrants from public health insurance programs on Tuesday.
Under the new initiative, CMS will issue monthly enrollment reports to states that identify any Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees whose citizenship or immigration status cannot be confirmed through federal databases. These databases will include the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, among others.
The first of those monthly reports was sent out Tuesday, CMS indicated in an announcement about the new initiative. Every single state will receive an individual report over the course of a month. Meanwhile, states will be expected to report back to CMS on the results of their verification reviews.
‘THAT ENDS NOW:’ WHITE HOUSE VOWS REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM TAXPAYER BENEFITS
The Trump administration is expanding efforts to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining public health benefits with a new initiative launched on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Getty/iStock)
«We are tightening oversight of enrollment to safeguard taxpayer dollars and guarantee that these vital programs serve only those who are truly eligible under the law,» Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday.
«Every dollar misspent is a dollar taken away from an eligible, vulnerable individual in need of Medicaid and CHIP,» added CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. «This action underscores our unwavering commitment to program integrity, safeguarding taxpayer dollars, and ensuring benefits are strictly reserved for those eligible under the law.»
Since President Donald Trump began his second term, the GOP president has taken several steps to ensure non-citizens are not accessing public benefits that are supposed to be reserved for American citizens.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accompanied by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary (R), speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
One of the first steps the second Trump administration took was an executive order issued by the president in February. The order directed federal agencies to identify programs currently allowing illegal immigrants to receive federal benefits and take necessary action to ensure non-residents are not obtaining taxpayer-funded benefits in violation of a law passed in 1996 called the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
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Several weeks later, the Department of Health and Human Services indicated it was widening the list of federal government-operated programs deemed to be public benefits. The move increased the number of programs from 31 to 44.
Meanwhile, provisions in the highly contentious Republican spending package passed last month added new statutory obligations requiring states to more frequently check the eligibility of Medicaid enrollees at least twice per year.
Earlier this month, a judge told Trump’s Health and Human Services Department to stop sharing enrollee information with immigration authorities, after the administration began sharing this information to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with their deportation efforts.
Immigrants line up at a remote U.S. Border Patrol processing center after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 7, 2023, in Lukeville, Arizona. A Department of Homeland Security Threat Assessment warned of migrants with ties to terrorism exploiting the border crisis. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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A coalition of more than 20 Democratic attorneys general, led by New York AG Letitia James, are suing the Trump administration over its new policies that require verification of immigrant status for participation in federally-funded programs.
«For decades, states like New York have built health, education, and family support systems that serve anyone in need,» James said last month. «These programs work because they are open, accessible, and grounded in compassion. Now, the federal government is pulling that foundation out from under us overnight, jeopardizing cancer screenings, early childhood education, primary care, and so much more. This is a baseless attack on some of our country’s most effective and inclusive public programs, and we will not let it stand.»
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Kim Jong Un calls for rapid ‘upgrade’ to nuclear arsenal amid claims the US is trying to ‘provoke war’
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called for the rapid buildup of his nation’s nuclear arsenal on Tuesday, reacting to joint military operations by the U.S. and South Korea.
Kim called the military exercises an «obvious expression of their will to provoke war,» according to North Korean state media. The U.S. and South Korea began their annual military drills, dubbed Ulchi Freedom Shield, this week and operations will continue sporadically through September.
The North Korean leader argued the drills show the intent by the U.S. and South Korea to «remain most hostile and confrontational,» and that North Korea must therefore «rapidly expand» its nuclear arsenal.
«Through this move, North Korea is demonstrating its refusal to accept denuclearization and the will to irreversibly upgrade nuclear weapons,» Hong Min, a North Korea analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told Reuters.
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called on his country to «rapidly expand» its nuclear arsenal. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The rise in tensions comes just days after South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced plans to end some military activities along its border with North Korea, as well as restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor.
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The agreement ended some military activities at the border between the two countries, including creating buffer zones on land and sea and no-fly zones above the border to prevent fighting. It also ended military drills near the border and removed some guard posts along the Demilitarized Zone.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says his government is taking «gradual steps» to reduce tensions with North Korea. (AP)
The deal was signed at an inter-Korean summit in 2018, but it eventually fell apart as cross-border tensions ensued.
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South Korea also dismantled its speakers along the border that had broadcast anti-North Korea messaging for years, a move Pyongyang reciprocated.
Col. Lee Sung-jun, left, public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Col. Ryan Donald, public affairs director of the United Nations Command, attend the press briefing for the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise at the Defense Ministry on Aug. 7, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Lee said his government would continue to make «gradual steps to restore the September 19 Military Agreement.»
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«I hope that North Korea will reciprocate our efforts to restore trust and revive dialogue,» he added.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Donald Trump asegura que ayudará a defender a Ucrania, pero que no enviará tropas de Estados Unidos
Un día después del histórico encuentro multilateral en la Casa Blanca con el presidente ucraniano Volodimir Zelenski y los principales líderes europeos, Donald Trump dijo este martes en una entrevista televisiva que Estados Unidos ayudará a defender a Ucrania después de su guerra con Rusia, pero que no habrá tropas estadounidenses en el terreno.
En diálogo con Fox News, Trump dijo que Ucrania y los europeos «tienen mi seguridad». Si bien el republicano había afirmado en el marco de las reuniones del lunes que Estados Unidos estaría «involucrado» en las garantías de seguridad para Ucrania después de la guerra, no había dado demasiado detalles y ahora agregó un poco más de claridad.
«Cuando se trata de seguridad, están dispuestos a poner a la gente en el terreno», dijo Trump, refiriéndose a las naciones europeas. «Estamos dispuestos a ayudarlos con las cosas, especialmente probablemente … por aire porque no hay nadie que tenga el tipo de cosas que tenemos nosotros», dijo el presidente.
Su respuesta parece indicar que Europa podría enviar fuerzas terrestres a Ucrania, mientras que EE.UU. podría dar apoyo desde el aire, sin involucrarse en el terreno. El lunes había dicho que las garantías de seguridad “serían proporcionadas por los diversos países europeos” y que EE.UU. podría tener un rol de “coordinación” de fuerzas.
El tema de las garantías de seguridad para Ucrania para que no vuelva a suceder otra invasión rusa, y la posible participación de Estados Unidos en ellas es un punto de fricción en las negociaciones de entre Ucrania y Rusia.
En la cumbre el lunes, Trump se mostró abierto a que Estados Unidos tenga un papel en el mantenimiento de la paz en Ucrania y eso alentó a los líderes europeos que considera a las garantías de seguridad un requisito vital para un acuerdo de paz con el Kremlin.
Pero el apoyo de EE.UU. al deseo de Europa podría complicar las negociaciones con Rusia, que ha pasado años trabajando para contrarrestar el mayor apoyo militar a Ucrania por parte de sus aliados.
Trump restó importancia a cualquier tensión sobre el acuerdo en la entrevista con Fox, diciendo que no creía que fuera un «problema».
Al mismo tiempo, Trump reiteró que se oponía a otorgar a Ucrania la membresía en la OTAN, y los beneficios de defensa colectiva que conlleva, un reclamo importante de los líderes europeos y que Putin rechaza de plano.
El artículo 5 de la alianza dice que un ataque armado contra uno de sus miembros se considera un ataque contra todos ellos. El canciller alemán Friedrich Merz le planteó directamente la importancia de este artículo ante la prensa poco antes de la reunión del lunes. Porque no se trata solo de la seguridad de Ucrania sino de la seguridad de toda Europa, consideran.
«¿Quién querría eso?», dijo Trump sobre la posibilidad del ingreso de Ucrania a la OTAN. «Si fueras Rusia, ¿quién querría tener a tu enemigo, a tu oponente, sentado en tu frontera?»
Trump confirmó que hacia el final de sus reuniones con los líderes europeos salió un momento del salón para llamar al presidente ruso Vladimir Putin para actualizarlo sobre sus conversaciones de paz y proponer una reunión entre Putin y Zelenski.
Trump dijo que cree que tal reunión se ha vuelto posible porque los dos líderes en tiempos de guerra quizás «se llevan un poco mejor de lo que pensaba».
Si bien Trump dijo que Putin tomó su llamada «muy felizmente», no explicó qué tan dispuesto estaba el ruso a reunirse con Zelenski. El Kremlin dijo este martes que aceptaba la propuesta, pero pidió que la cumbre se hiciera en Moscú, algo que por supuesto Zelenski no acepta.
«Se necesitan, en este caso, dos para bailar el tango», dijo Trump. «Tienen que tener algo de relación. De lo contrario, solo estamos perdiendo mucho tiempo. No quiero hacer eso». Trump dijo que Estados Unidos «se enteraría» de la voluntad de Putin de poner fin a la guerra en los próximos días, pero dijo que Zelenski también «tiene que mostrar cierta flexibilidad».
En otro tramo de la entrevista, Trump manifestó su deseo de terminar la guerra no solo para salvar vidas sino para ganarse “el cielo”.
“Si puedo salvar a 7.000 personas a la semana de ser asesinadas… Creo que eso es bonito, quiero intentar llegar al cielo si es posible, estoy escuchando que no lo estoy haciendo bien. Escuché que realmente estoy en la parte inferior del tótem. Pero si puedo llegar al cielo, esta será una de las razones”, dijo sonriente.
Una de las promesas de campaña de Trump fue negociar la paz entre Rusia y Ucrania y en apenas 24 horas poner fin a la guerra que comenzó hace más de tres años y medio cuando Rusia invadió Ucrania. Pasaron 6 meses y aún no lo ha logrado, pero sigue intentando.
Trump ha declarado varias veces que le gustaría ganar el premio Nobel de la Paz y cree que se lo merece por sus esfuerzos para ayudar a aliviar la tensión entre varios países.
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