Trump Considers Deploying National Guard To D.c. And Pressure Mounts On Netanyahu: Morning Rundown

Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to D.C. after threats to return national power of nan city. Netanyahu denies starvation successful Gaza amid increasing backlash for his subject plans. And aft a model’s hubby is recovered dormant successful his New York City apartment, erstwhile friends and tribunal documents shed ray connected their troubled relationship.

Here’s what to cognize today.

Trump to clasp property arena connected D.C. crime aft threatening a national takeover

Donald Trump astatine nan White House connected Aug. 8, 2025.Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

President Donald Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to D.C. and could make nan announcement arsenic early arsenic today, according to 1 defense charismatic and 2 U.S. officials. The number of Guard who would beryllium assigned is still successful flux, nan officials say, and astir of nan troops would apt beryllium pulled from nan D.C. National Guard. Officials accent that nan determination is not last and nary orders person been signed.

The president will clasp a property convention this greeting connected this and nan “cleanliness” of nan capital. Ahead of nan event, he warned bum group to time off nan territory “immediately.”

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It comes arsenic Trump has intensified threats to presume national power of D.C. and its section constabulary force, following nan assault of a well-known DOGE employee.

While nan president could unilaterally return power of section police, a national takeover of nan territory would require an enactment of Congress repealing nan 1973 Home Rule act, which grants D.C. constricted self-governance.

Over nan weekend, nan White House accrued nan beingness of national rule enforcement successful Washington, deploying 450 officers crossed nan metropolis and successful high-traffic areas.

The cognition included 18 agencies that shape portion of nan Task Force’s Law Enforcement Working Group, according to a White House official. The agencies included D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, nan FBI and Homeland Security Investigations.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser denied Trump’s claims that crime successful Washington is spiking. She besides expressed interest complete his statements that he mightiness telephone nan National Guard.

“These are men and women who time off their families to service our country, and that is conscionable not their superior domiciled to enforce section laws,” she said.

Despite nan White House’s claims that crime has reached a peak, nan Metro PD’s preliminary statistic show a alteration successful convulsive crime twelvemonth to date.

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More authorities news:

• Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker slammed Trump arsenic a “cheater” and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arsenic a “joke” days aft welcoming Texas Democrats who fled their authorities successful protestation of GOP-led redistricting efforts.

• A increasing number of U.S. politicians are condemning a caller British law that requires immoderate websites and apps — including immoderate based successful nan United States — to cheque nan ages of users.

• Your 401(k) options could alteration soon, aft Trump signed an executive bid to clear nan measurement for Americans to put their status savings successful cryptocurrency and different replacement assets.

Pressure mounts connected Netanyahu amid ongoing starvation situation successful Gaza

Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed successful a targeted Israeli airstrike successful Gaza, nan web said. The Israeli subject claimed 1 was a Hamas leader posing arsenic a journalist.

The news comes amid mounting disapproval of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arguable scheme to prehend Gaza City. A defiant Netanyahu continued to contradict location is starvation successful Gaza and claimed nan business is being exaggerated.

He besides announced an description to his original takeover plan, adding nan “central camps” and Mawasi area. The camps shelter good complete a half-million displaced people, according to nan United Nations. Netanyahu defended nan offensive, stating that Israel “has nary prime but to decorativeness nan occupation and complete nan conclusion of Hamas.”

On Sunday, nan U.N. Security Council held an emergency gathering to talk Israel’s proposal, which has been condemned by Britain, France, Australia and different Western governments. During nan meeting, nan U.S. strongly supported Israel’s “right to take sides itself.” And Netanyahu’s agency precocious Sunday said he had spoken pinch Trump astir nan scheme and thanked him for his “steadfast support.”

Related news:

• Australia said that it plans to recognize a Palestinian state, joining a increasing database of Western governments making nan move complete nan humanitarian crisis. “A two-state solution is humanity’s champion dream to break nan rhythm of unit successful nan Middle East and to bring an extremity to nan conflict,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Model's hubby was isolated for years earlier he was recovered dead, friends say

From left, Don Hood and Jacob Zieben be nan motorboat statement astatine Watches of Switzerland, successful New York City, connected Nov. 29, 2018.Dave Kotinsky / Getty Images for Watches of Switzerland SoHo Launch Party file

Jacob Zieben and Jacob Paulson were accelerated friends erstwhile they met successful 2013. But aft 2 years bonded astatine nan hip, Paulson said their move quickly changed aft his friend started making love exemplary Donald Hood.

“He conscionable vanished,” Paulson said this week successful an interview. He mislaid each interaction pinch his friend, truthful it came arsenic a daze erstwhile conscionable 2 weeks ago, Paulson learned that constabulary recovered Jacob dormant wrong his apartment.

In nan days since Jacob was fatally stabbed, Paulson and 7 others told NBC News they believed Donald trim them out, isolating Jacob from his friends — and imaginable lifelines.

Joshua Baker said that soon aft Jacob met nan model, he began dodging invitations, declining telephone calls, and ignoring matter messages. Another friend recalled that Jacob said, “Donald was a small possessive” and “kind of restricted who he was successful touch with.”

Court documents besides shed ray connected years of alleged abuse, elaborate successful a bid of charges against Donald connected felony counts including strangulation and menacing. Those charges stay pending.

Prosecutors person not charged anyone pinch execution aliases named a fishy successful Jacob’s death. Donald was arrested and charged pinch respective crimes, including burglary. He is presently being held astatine Rikers Island.

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Staff Pick: A caller start, past a tragic end

Mohammad Bayan and Abdul Niazi.Courtesy Mohammad Bayan

Abdul Niazi spent his life helping others — arsenic an expert for U.S. troops successful Afghanistan and past arsenic an advocator for others who, for illustration him, were settling into life successful Houston arsenic Afghan immigrants. Earlier this year, he was stabbed to death, allegedly by a chap Afghan nationalist who was disappointment astatine nan slow gait of nan U.S. migration system. Months later, region prosecutors person yet to indict nan fishy successful Niazi’s death.

Reporter Tim Stelloh talks to friends, relatives and nan Marines who Niazi worked pinch astir his unthinkable life, his convulsive decease and a community’s outrage.

— Jamie Knodel, news editor

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