Reporting Highlights Less Violent Crime: Trump ordered a law enforcement surge in Memphis to end violent crime. But crime in the city has fallen steadily since 2023, hitting a 25-year low before the surge began. Arrests for Nonviolent Crimes: The vast majority of the more than 5,200 arrests made by the Memphis Safe Task Force…
President Donald Trump is facing growing backlash after posting an image on Truth Social depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure. The AI-generated image, which has now been deleted, showed Trump appearing to heal a sick man in a hospital bed. The image post came hours after the president posted a lengthy message criticising Pope Leo…
Reporting Highlights Safeguards Destroyed: In advance of this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election. Changing of Guard: At least 75 career staff are gone. Two dozen appointees, including many from the election denial movement, have been hired. Ten helped try to overturn…
Democrats seized on a report that President Trump accepted a donation of foreign steel to be used in the White House ballroom, saying it showed disrespect toward American steel workers and raised questions about possible corruption. The New York Times reported Wednesday that ArcelorMittal, a steel company with headquarters in Luxembourg, had arranged a large…
In December 2023, the U.S. Justice Department sued a Texas land developer it accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents into predatory mortgages, a landmark case for the Biden administration. Colony Ridge, which sold plots in massive subdivisions north of Houston, had become a “one-stop shop for discriminatory lending,” Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Donald Trump grinned from ear to ear as he took the gold medal that had been offered to him and placed it around…
Shorouk Express The talks will be held at the level of national security advisers. Bjoern Seibert, the head of cabinet for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is expected to represent the EU, alongside Pedro Lourtie, the top aide to European Council President António Costa. Among other points, the Europeans are expected to push…
Shorouk Express Trump officials’ meeting with Russian officials in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal US officials and lawmakers are increasingly concerned about a meeting last month in which representatives of the Trump administration met with Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian envoy who is under US sanctions, to draft a plan to end the war in…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Trump administration proposal to end the war in Ukraine would force Kyiv into giving up land while compensating the United States for upholding the peace. The…
Shorouk Express The question of how to use Russia’s immobilized assets has been one of the hardest for Ukraine’s allies to resolve, amid multiple layers of concern over the potential legal, political, security, and economic ramifications. The thorniest issue is that the assets are largely held in a facility in Belgium called Euroclear, which leaves…
