A man was killed in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday, marking the first apparent homicide reported in the city in 12 days.
President Trump said later in the day that he will push for the death penalty in cases of murder in the nation's capital.
"Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment, capital capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital — Washington, D.C. — we're going to be seeking the death penalty and that's a very strong preventative," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting.
The Trump administration sees its troop surge and federal takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department as a resounding success.
The White House said this week that more than 1,000 arrests have been made in the District since the law enforcement surge went into effect earlier this month.
The latest Harvard Caps/Harris poll found that more than half of respondents said Trump's actions to reduce crime in D.C. are warranted.
Trump and blue state governors have been in a war of words over crime, with the Democrats warning the White House not to send National Guard troops into their cities.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore are among the Democrats who have battled Trump in recent days, raising their profiles ahead of potential runs for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.
"Mr. President, do not come to Chicago," Pritzker said at a Monday press conference. "You are neither wanted here nor needed here."
Trump on Tuesday said Pritzker should be begging for him to send in the National Guard.
"You'd think Illinois, they have such a problem with crime…he should be calling me and he should saying to me, 'can you send over the troops please'?," Trump said. "It's out of control."
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Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook said she would not leave her position after Trump moved to fire her over mortgage fraud allegations.
"President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so," she said in a statement. "I will not resign."
"I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022," Cook added.
The president can only fire a Fed board governor for "due cause." Trump's effort to oust Cook comes after his ally Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accused Cook of mortgage fraud for listing two primary residences in documents.
Democrats are apoplectic, accusing Trump of impinging on the Fed's independence.
"The illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook is the latest example of a desperate President searching for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement. "It's an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and must be overturned in court."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the move during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
"The Federal Reserve's independence comes form a political arrangement between itself and the American public," Bessent said. "Having the public's trust is the only thing that gives it credibility. And you, sir, are restoring trust to government."
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