Watch Live: Trump holds news conference on D.C. crime amid federal takeover threat

Washington — President Trump is holding a news conference Monday morning to address crime in the nation’s capital amid an effort to scale up law enforcement in Washington, D.C., after the president suggested a possible federal takeover. The Trump administration deployed about 450 federal law enforcement officers overnight Sunday across D.C. from a number of

Defense lawyers for needy clients feel squeeze after federal funds dry up

Washington — Just over a year ago, federal judges, defenders and a group of lawyers who represent criminal indigent defendants gathered at the U.S. courthouse in Baltimore to hear federal Judge Myron Thompson give an address. Thompson, who sits on the district court in Alabama, and the others were there to commemorate the 60th anniversary

Countdown begins to Friday’s Trump-Putin meeting without Zelenskyy

Countdown begins to Friday’s Trump-Putin meeting without Zelenskyy – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is thanking European leaders for backing his push to join this week’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, insisting an end to the war must be fair. Willie James Inman has more from the White House. link.lazyload { position:

Trump says homeless should leave D.C. “IMMEDIATELY,” after floating federal takeover

President Trump wrote Sunday that homeless people should be moved out of Washington, D.C., “IMMEDIATELY” and relocated “FAR” away, as he hints at more aggressive policing in the nation’s capital — and suggests putting the city under federal control. The Trump administration announced last week it had boosted the presence of federal law enforcement in