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Trump admin launches ‘summer surge’ of feds to make DC safest city in America ahead of 250th anniversary

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The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force is launching a massive «summer surge» of federal law enforcement to ensure Washington, D.C., is the safest city in America ahead of the nation’s 250th Independence Day celebrations.
During a news conference Friday, leaders touted the Trump administration’s success in driving down violent crime in the city since the D.C. task force launched last year.
The joint law enforcement operation has resulted in nearly 13,000 arrests, the seizure of more than 1,400 illegal guns, the apprehension of 32 murder suspects, and the recovery of 23 missing children.
Due to the aggressive enforcement efforts, overall crime in D.C. has plummeted 26%, with homicides dropping nearly 50% and carjackings down 60%. The U.S. Attorney’s Office added it has secured more than 7,000 convictions over the past year.
TRUMP’S ‘NO-NONSENSE’ DC CRACKDOWN TOPS 10K ARRESTS AS DOJ DECLARES ERA OF ‘UNCHECKED VIOLENCE IS OVER’
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta speak at a news conference Friday announcing the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force summer surge ahead of America 250 events in Washington, D.C. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters)
Officials said a focal point of the summer surge will be crushing the «teen takeovers» that have terrorized D.C. neighborhoods and shut down local businesses.
Blasting the D.C. Council for «refusing to deal with the problem,» U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced a zero-tolerance policy that shifts the legal burden onto the parents of delinquent youth.
Starting immediately, federal prosecutors will charge parents under a D.C. statute for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Parents who drop their kids off, fail to supervise them or allow them to skip school to participate in the chaos will face fines, court-mandated classes and up to six months in jail.
DC US ATTORNEY SAYS ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ AS YOUTH CRIME PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON NATION’S CAPITAL

Members of the National Guard walk by as workers apply a coat of paint to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on Thursday in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump previously ordered a renovation to paint the drained pool «American Flag Blue» ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«Law-abiding taxpayers should no longer have to pay for parental neglect,» Pirro said. «Parents, do your jobs or we will do ours. In the end, taxpayers will no longer subsidize the chaos caused by parental neglect.»
Noting that the task force is «coming for perfection,» officials said multiple federal agencies will flood the district with personnel and advanced technology to root out remaining criminal networks.
A formal request has been made for an additional 1,500 National Guardsmen to deploy to D.C., bringing the total troop presence to 5,000.
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta speak during a news conference Friday announcing the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force summer surge ahead of America 250 events in Washington, D.C. (Kylie Cooper/Reuters)
The task force will also deploy high-visibility patrols, drones, tactical K-9 units and helicopters to curb crime.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it will ramp up resources to target out-of-state drug trafficking cartels, arguing that drug dealers should be «treated like terrorists.»
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it will increase operations to seize illegal firearms being trafficked into the city from Maryland and Virginia.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will double its special agents on the streets to target identity theft and those who fraudulently obtain housing without paying rent.
In a stark warning to anyone planning political violence in the capital, Pirro said offenders will face «the full wrath of the law,» announcing her office filed notice to seek the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez, 31, the suspect accused of murdering two young Israeli embassy staff members at the Capitol Jewish Museum on May 21, 2025.
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Dem senator bankrolling Platner’s campaign ripped for downplaying abuse allegations in bombshell report

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A sitting Democratic senator, who is one of Graham Platner’s top donors, is now drawing backlash for shrugging off the most recent allegations of misconduct that have followed the controversial Maine Senate candidate.
Platner has received $10,000 in the form of two $5,000 donations from Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s leadership PAC, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
One donation from Whitehouse’s Ocean PAC came in March of this year. Another one was made last October. Notably, the most recent donation was made before former Governor Janet Mills, a second Democratic candidate for Senate, suspended her campaign at the end of April.
Although Whitehouse’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, the donations show the high degree of confidence lawmakers like Whitehouse have in Platner’s ability to unseat the moderate Republican incumbent, Susan Collins, R-Maine, currently holding office in a blue-leaning state.
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Maine Democratic candidate for Senate Graham Platner, left, pictured alongside Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., right. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Whitehouse has been among Platner’s most constant supporters among lawmakers in the U.S. Senate, calling the controversial candidate «wonderfully appealing» in an interview with Politico.
«He’s off to a really strong start and has a wonderfully appealing local background and story,» Whitehouse said.
Whitehouse has remained supportive of Platner even as troubling details have emerged of Platner’s past web history, views and personal conduct. Most recently, reporting for The New York Times chronicled accounts from several of Platner’s former romantic interests, including allegations of rape fantasies, heavy drinking and violent episodes.
Despite the troubling allegations, Whitehouse told reporters he wasn’t alarmed by the reporting.
«Seems like a lot of nothing. I mean, the only one who had anything to say that seemed ‘unsettling’ was a woman who works for right-wing political operations,» Whitehouse reportedly told NOTUS after reading the article.
His reaction drew immediate backlash online.
«Whitehouse is the guy who grilled Brett Kavanaugh about ‘boofing.’ Just unreal,» Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross wrote in a post to X, recalling Whitehouse’s grilling of President Donald Trump’s 2018 Supreme Court Justice nominee over high-school slang in a search for possible improprieties.
SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER SENT EXPLICIT TEXTS TO MULTIPLE WOMEN WHILE MARRIED, WIFE SAYS: REPORT

U.S. Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 17, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«To the people just now learning that Sheldon Whitehouse is an amoral cretin, your ignorance to this point has been a choice,» GOP consultant Luke Thompson wrote on X.
«Is there a more contemptible man in the Senate than Sheldon Whitehouse?» TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet wrote on X.
«Sheldon Whitehouse, ringleader of the smearing of Kavanaugh, is a very bad person,» Capital Research investigative researcher Parker Thayer wrote on X.
«What an absolute dirt bag,» Republican operative Matt Whitlock wrote on X. «Dismissing a vivid account of physical abuse because it happened to a Republican operative is the most [Sheldon Whitehouse] thing I’ve ever heard.»
Amber Duke, the editor-in-chief of the DailyCaller, also blasted Whitehouse’s seemingly uneven application of scrutiny.
«What happened to this energy, Sen?» Duke said, highlighting a tweet Whitehouse had put out during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
«Today I stand with women who are brave enough to come forward with their stories of abuse and mistreatment. They deserve to be heard and credible allegations must be investigated. We must believe survivors, not bully them,» Whitehouse had written at the time.
«Sheldon Whitehouse is the same guy who accused Brett Kavanaugh of being a rapist because he wrote ‘boofing’ in his yearbook,» conservative writer Bonchie wrote on X.
Apart from the Thursday report, Platner has received backlash for making off-color remarks on sexual abuse, race and terror, for a tattoo associated with Nazi imagery, and, most recently, for potentially interacting with several women outside his marriage in inappropriate ways.
Platner has also called himself a «communist» in previous posts online.
Among other resurfaced comments, Platner once blamed rape victims for failing to protect themselves in a now-deleted Reddit post.
«How about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not so f—ed up when they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?» Platner wrote in 2013.
Whitehouse has his own controversial past, including details about his family having a membership at the exclusive Bailey’s Beach Club, formerly known as Spouting Rock Beach Association, which is rumored to have an all-White clientele.
«I think the people who are running the place are still working on that, and I’m sorry it hasn’t happened yet,» Whitehouse said in 2017, referring to allowing minority members. «It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island, and there are many of them. And we just need to work our way through the issues.»
SENATE DEM CANDIDATE WHO WROTE HE ‘BECAME A COMMUNIST’ NOW SAYS HE WAS JOKING

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse speaks with journalists at the Blue Zone during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on Nov. 14, 2025. (Pablo Porciuncula/AFP)
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Platner, who looks poised to take the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, met with senators earlier this week, reassuring them about his prospective candidacy.
Maine will hold its Senate primaries next Tuesday.
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José Daniel Ferrer: “Cuba vuelve a estar en el centro de una peligrosa tormenta geopolítica”

José Daniel Ferrer, coordinador de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), advirtió en una carta enviada a Infobae que la isla atraviesa lo que denominó una “Crisis de Octubre 2.0”, una combinación de colapso interno del régimen y penetración estratégica de Rusia y China, comparable en gravedad —aunque distinta en forma— a la crisis de los misiles de 1962.
“Cuba vuelve a estar en el centro de una peligrosa tormenta geopolítica”, manifestó Ferrer; al tiempo que analizó: “No por fortaleza propia, sino por la combinación explosiva de una dictadura en crisis terminal, una población exhausta, represión cada vez más brutal y una creciente confrontación entre el régimen castrocomunista y Estados Unidos”.
El líder opositor describió la situación interna de la isla como “la peor crisis de su historia”: miseria extrema, hambruna, apagones interminables, crisis sanitaria, transporte paralizado, míseros salarios y desesperanza social, contenidos por la Policía Política mediante “cárcel, violencia, torturas, amenazas y terror”.
Ferrer señaló que Washington elevó el tono de sus acciones contra el régimen. Citó la orden ejecutiva del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, que califica a la dictadura cubana como “una amenaza inusual y extraordinaria para la seguridad nacional norteamericana”, a la que se suman nuevas sanciones económicas, advertencias a empresas extranjeras, presión sobre suministros de combustible e investigaciones en curso.

También mencionó la acusación contra Raúl Castro por siete cargos criminales, incluidos cuatro asesinatos vinculados al derribo de dos avionetas de la organización humanitaria Hermanos al Rescate, un escenario que, según Ferrer, el viejo poder castrista “durante décadas creyó imposible: tener que responder ante la justicia estadounidense”.
A ese panorama se suma el cambio en el equilibrio regional. “La caída de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela el 3 de enero cambió también la ecuación“, escribió. “Durante años, Caracas fue el gran salvavidas económico, petrolero y político del castrismo. Sin Venezuela, Cuba queda mucho más expuesta“, subrayó.
El coordinador de la UNPACU apuntó que, ante ese vacío, Moscú y Pekín emergen como los nuevos sostenes del régimen. Sobre Rusia, afirmó que sus señales de apoyo energético, financiero y político “no son gestos de solidaridad humanitaria, son movimientos estratégicos”.
“Rusia no quiere perder la última gran pieza simbólica de la Guerra Fría en América“, expresó Ferrer; al tiempo que acotó: “Ante el fracaso estratégico de Putin en su guerra contra Ucrania, ve en Cuba una importante carta de triunfo».

Sobre China, el análisis del disidente fue igualmente directo: Pekín no mira a Cuba “con nostalgia ideológica, sino con cálculo imperial”. Para el gigante asiático, la isla representa “una plataforma excepcional: situada a solo 90 millas de Estados Unidos, en medio del Caribe, con un régimen necesitado, dependiente y dispuesto a entregar soberanía a cambio de supervivencia”.
Ferrer agregó que China “quiere a Taiwan y Cuba bajo su influencia. Es un recurso muy útil para negociar con Estados Unidos”.
El opositor alertó sobre la existencia de “reportes de inteligencia sobre instalaciones de espionaje vinculadas a China y Rusia en territorio cubano” y advirtió que en el siglo XXI no hacen falta misiles nucleares visibles para crear una amenaza grave. “Bastan estaciones de escucha, radares, capacidades cibernéticas, inteligencia electrónica, presencia naval, cooperación militar y control de infraestructuras estratégicas”, remarcó. Y agregó: “Un régimen desesperado puede venderlo todo: puertos, telecomunicaciones, bases, información, territorio y soberanía nacional”.
Para trazar el paralelo histórico, Ferrer recurrió a la «Crisis de Octubre de 1962″. Recordó que, tras el fracaso de Bahía de Cochinos y de la Operación Mangosta, la Unión Soviética instaló misiles nucleares en Cuba, y que Nikita Jrushchov pretendía “alterar el equilibrio estratégico mundial usando la isla como punta de lanza contra Estados Unidos”. La cuarentena naval impuesta por John F. Kennedy llevó al mundo “al borde de una guerra nuclear”. Pero el desenlace de aquella crisis tuvo, según Ferrer, “una consecuencia trágica para el pueblo cubano”. Las negociaciones entre Kennedy y Jrushchov garantizaron la continuidad del régimen de Fidel Castro, quien aprovechó esa protección para consolidarse y “exportar subversión” en América Latina y África.
Ferrer advirtió que el riesgo actual es que “la historia se repita con nuevas formas”. Describió las intenciones del régimen cubano de forma taxativa: “No quiere reformas reales; quiere negociar impunidad. No quiere liberar la economía, quiere preservar el control militar sobre las riquezas nacionales. No quiere soberanía, quiere protección extranjera para seguir oprimiendo a los cubanos”.
Para el coordinador de la UNPACU, la única salida duradera pasa por el fin de la dictadura: “Cuba libre dejaría de ser una plataforma enemiga a 90 millas de Florida y sería un aliado natural de las democracias americanas”, sostuvo. Ferrer instó a Estados Unidos a actuar “con rapidez, firmeza y claridad estratégica” e impedir que Rusia, China o cualquier otro aliado de la tiranía cubana “le den oxígeno, la fortalezcan”.
La carta cerró con una advertencia directa sobre la lección de 1962: “Salvar la paz mundial no debió significar perpetuar la esclavitud de una nación”. Ferrer reclamó que la crisis actual “no debe terminar con otro pacto que deje al pueblo cubano abandonado a merced de sus verdugos”, y sostuvo que, esta vez, “la seguridad de Estados Unidos y la libertad de Cuba coinciden plenamente. Esa oportunidad histórica no debe arriesgarse”.
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