Trump Plans to Deploy the National Guard to D.C.
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President Trump plans to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C. and take over the city's police department. Plus, how recycling your beer can may help keep auto prices down and beat aluminum tariffs.
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And at least one person has been killed and dozens injured after an explosion at a U.S. steel plant in Pennsylvania. It's Monday, August 11th. I'm Alex Oseleff for The Wall Street Journal. This is the p.m. edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today. President Trump said today that he would deploy National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and place the city's police department under federal control, launching an unprecedented effort to take charge of the nation's capital. During a news conference at the White House, where he was flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and other senior administration officials, the president compared the homicide rate in Washington with capitals around the world, including Bogota, Colombia.
I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse. This is Liberation Day in D.C., and we're going to take our capital back. We're taking it back.
Trump said roughly 800 D.C. National Guard troops would be deployed to the city. He added that he would call in active duty military troops if needed and suggested he might attempt to take similar action in other U.S. cities. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called Trump's decision to exert control over the city unsettling and unprecedented, and she objected to the use of the National Guard in the city. Justice Department data show that violent crime in Washington was down 35 percent last year from 2023, the lowest in more than 30 years.
What did President Trump announce about deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C.?
The data showed a decline in homicides, robberies, armed carjackings and assaults with a dangerous weapon. A president has never asserted emergency power over the D.C. police before, but Congress has occasionally intervened in D.C. affairs. A city government financial crisis prompted Congress to create a financial oversight board in 1995, giving it authority to override decisions by local officials. The board ceased operation in 2001 after the city had several years of balanced budgets. Ford Motor says it has an answer to the cheap Chinese electric vehicles that are gobbling up market share around the world. The company announced today that it plans to spend $2 billion to overhaul a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, to build a new line of affordable, high-tech EVs.
One of the first models the company is planning to roll off that assembly line is a $30,000 electric pickup for U.S. consumers, which it intends to launch in 2027. For more, I'm joined now by WSJ reporter Sharon Turlip, who is on her way back from visiting that Ford factory in Louisville. So, Sharon, how is this new EV pickup expected to challenge those Chinese competitors?
Ford says they're overhauling both the way this truck is built and the way it's made with the goal of making an electric truck that has a lot of features, has a lot of technology, is nice to drive, but also is affordable in the realm of EVs.
Sharon, we had you on the show last week talking about how the Trump administration is really rolling back some of the regulations against internal combustion engines and how Detroit is like really loving it.
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5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:31
2
What did President Trump announce about deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C.?
2:31–6:39
3
Why is Trump proposing to place D.C. police under federal control and how did officials react?
6:39–10:43
4
How do Justice Department crime statistics compare to the president's claims about D.C. violence?
10:43–12:31
5
What precedent exists for federal intervention in D.C. government affairs?
12:31–13:39
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