Nearly 2,200 arrests have been made as a part of President Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., according to the White House.
The administration says 20 known gang members have been arrested, with 222 firearms seized. In addition, 50 homeless encampments have been cleared.
The federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department is scheduled to expire Wednesday, although National Guard troops will remain in the District for now.
• A Ukrainian woman who was fatally stabbed last month while riding the light rail in Charlotte, N.C., has become a flashpoint in the debate over crime.
News outlets recently began reporting on the murder of Iryna Zarutska, 23, a case highlighted by many on the right as evidence of out-of-control crime in major cities.
Gruesome video shows Zarutska being stabbed to death. The 34-year-old suspect charged with murder, Decarlos Brown Jr., has a long criminal record and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
"Tragically, a public transportation system in a major American city was more dangerous than the active war zone that she left," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.
Leavitt read off Brown's criminal activity before making the administration's case to get rid of cashless bail.
"Decarlos Brown should never have been on that train that night," Leavitt said. "He should have been behind bars ...despite all of his past criminal history, when Decarlos Brown was released again in January of this past year by a Democrat judge, who was ... a strong supporter of former Vice President Kamala Harris, released this insane criminal once again without requiring him to pay any bail."
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced over X that Brown has been charged with murder said the Trump administration will "seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable crime."
• Trump's border czar Tom Homan defended the Trump administration's military approach to address drug trafficking, as the U.S. military deploys war ships and fighter planes to the Caribbean Sea as a warning to drug cartels.
"There's a reason the president designated terrorist organizations," Homan told NewsNation's Kellie Meyer. "These cartels have killed more Americans than every terrorist organization in the world combined."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine made a surprise trip to Puerto Rico on Monday as part of the push, with Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón (R) posting on X:
"We are proud to support America First policies that secure our borders and combat illicit activities to protect Americans and our homeland."
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