Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continueNew Foto - Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he's sending 316 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., later this month in the latest indication thatPresident Donald Trump'slaw enforcement operationin the nation's capital will drag on. The Republican Kemp said he will mobilize the roughly 300 troops in mid-September to take part in Trump's D.C. operation to relieve soldiers from elsewhere who deployed earlier. "Georgia is proud to stand with the Trump administration in its mission to ensure the security and beauty of our nation's capital," Kemp said in a statement. Trump initially called up 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard to assist federal law enforcement in his bid to crack down oncrime,homelessnessandillegal immigration. Since then,seven otherRepublican-led states have sent troops — Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia. Kemp said Georgia's soldiers may be armed and will support law enforcement. Kemp said he already sent 16 soldiers this week to Washington in support roles that won't involve policing. Trump last month took over the district's local police department and deployed the National Guard in what he said was meant to fight crime. Earlier this week, members of the D.C. National Guard had their orders extended through December, another sign that their role will not wind down soon. The District of Columbia on ThursdaychallengedPresident Donald Trump'suse of the National Guardin Washington, asking a federal court to intervene even as he plans to sendtroopsto other cities in the name of driving down crime. Brian Schwalb,the district's elected attorney general, said in a lawsuit that the deployment, which now involves more than 1,000 troops, is an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. "No American jurisdiction should be involuntarily subjected to military occupation," Schwalb wrote. The White House said deploying the Guard to protect federal assets and assist law enforcement is within Trump's authority as president. Kemp announced last month that he would mobilize 75 Georgia National Guard soldiers and airmen to provide administrative and logistical support to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at locations in Georgia, although those soldiers won't be conducting law enforcement or making arrests. Georgia is one of 11 states where the guard will be helping ICE. Some Democratic state lawmakers attacked the use of the National Guard as illegal and unconstitutional in a Friday news conference at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. "The threat before us is not just from foreign shores, but from within — a reckless deployment of the National Guard against fellow American citizens," said state Rep. Eric Bell, an Jonesboro Democrat and former U.S. Navy officer. "Make no mistake, this is not about public safety. It's the erosion of American freedom and sovereignty." Kemp, the current chair of the Republican Governors Association, has for years been sending Georgia guard members to the Mexican border in Texas to support border enforcement there. ___

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September 05, 2025

Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue

Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that...
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Congress is expected to allow Trump's takeover of DC police to expireNew Foto - Congress is expected to allow Trump's takeover of DC police to expire

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected to allow PresidentDonald Trump's temporarytakeover of Washington's police departmentto expire next week as the 30-day limit comes to an end and Mayor Muriel Bowser pledges to maintain close coordination with federal law enforcement. Trump took control of the Metropolitan Police Department in August in addition to deploying hundreds of National Guard troops, saying he was going to "take our capital back" from criminals. He invoked a section of the District of ColumbiaHome Rule Actin an executive order to declare a "crime emergency" so his administration could temporarily take over the police force for 30 days. That order expires on Sept. 10. Congress would have to approve an extension, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have no plans to do so in the next week. Still, House Republicans plan to move forward with a raft of bills that would tighten federal control over the city, including tougher sentences for criminals and aTrump-led effortto "beautify the district" by removing graffiti and restoring public monuments. Kentucky Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said that "together with President Trump," the panel will "fulfill its constitutional duty to oversee District affairs and make D.C. safe again." Bowser issued an order last week to continue the work of an emergency operations center that the city set up in response to thelaw enforcement surge. The mayor said police would work with federal law enforcement agencies and credited the surge with bringing down the level of crime in the city, including an 87 percent drop in carjackings. GOP leaders in the House and Senate haven't seen a reason to act, given that Bowser is working with federal authorities, according to aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations, and Trump has so far not publicly urged them to seek an extension. Congressional Democrats have protested the takeover. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's nonvoting representative, has pushed legislation to give the city full control of its police department. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen introduced a similar bill in the Senate, saying that Trump is "playing dictator in our nation's capital." Bowser did not give a timeline for the coordination with federal agencies. She said that "neighborhoods feel safer" when carjackings go down. But she also said at the end of August that the presence of masked agents who were not always identifiable had led to a "break in trust between, police and community, especially with new federal partners." The city haschallengedTrump'suse of the National Guardin Washington, asking a federal court to intervene.Brian Schwalb,the district's elected attorney general, said in a lawsuit that the deployment is an illegal use of the military — some of whom are carrying firearms — for domestic law enforcement. Groups of Washington residents have protested the takeover as videos of arrests and detainments have circulated on social media. Trump and Republicans have portrayed the takeover as transformative for the city. He said last week that the city was safe and that restaurants were enjoying booming business. "We have no crime," he asserted flatly. "You're not going to be shot." National Guard troops are expected to stay in the city through later this year, including those sent byRepublican-led states. How long those troops, which number around 1,340, remain in the nation's capital is up to their individual governors. __ Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, Konstantin Toropin and Gary Fields contributed to this report.

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September 05, 2025

Congress is expected to allow Trump's takeover of DC police to expire

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Díaz escapes in 9th inning as Mets hang on to beat Reds 5-4New Foto - Díaz escapes in 9th inning as Mets hang on to beat Reds 5-4

CINCINNATI (AP) — Mark Vientos homered and Edwin Díaz escaped a major jam in the ninth inning as the New York Mets held off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Friday night in the opener of a pivotal three-game series. Cincinnati (70-71) fell six games behind the Mets for the last National League wild card. New York began the night leading San Francisco by four games for the final playoff spot. Vientos drove in two runs and scored two more to help the Mets win for the seventh time in 11 games. Francisco Lindor drew three walks in the leadoff spot and also scored twice. Díaz entered in the ninth and allowed a single to Ke'Bryan Hayes before walking the next two batters to load the bases with nobody out. But the All-Star closer struck out Noelvi Marte and Elly De La Cruz, then got Gavin Lux to ground out to second for his 26th save.

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September 05, 2025

Díaz escapes in 9th inning as Mets hang on to beat Reds 5-4

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Why New York Mets sent Kodai Senga to minor leaguesNew Foto - Why New York Mets sent Kodai Senga to minor leagues

With the Mets choosing to go with three young pitchers to fill out their starting rotation, including Brandon Sproat who will debut on Sunday, something had to give with the regular contributors. On Friday afternoon, the Mets made the call, getting the approval and optioning the struggling Kodai Senga to Triple-A Syracuse, the team announced. In a subsequent move, the Mets also activated Francisco Alvarez, who has been working back from a UCL sprain in his right hand and a broken left pinky. This season, Senga is 7-6 with a 3.02 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 109 strikeouts in 113⅓ innings, but those stats don't tell the whole story. Since the 32-year-old right-hander returned from the injured list after a month on the injured list with a right hamstring strain, he is 0-3 with a 5.90 ERA and a 1.69 WHIP. With several members of the Mets starting rotation tormented by an inability to get deep into games, Senga has been one of the chief culprits. Since the calendar turned to June, Senga has tossed five innings or more three times in nine starts. Before landing on the IL, Senga boasted a National League-best 1.47 ERA while 12 of his 13 starts were at least five innings. His strikeout-to-walk ratio was 2.35, compared to 1.85 since his return. The Mets have also had to be cautious with Senga's workload since he debuted since coming over from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2023. He has pitched on regular rest just once this season. The decision to send down Senga, which needed to be approved by the right-hander, will allow him to work on his mechanics to produce a little more power behind his pitches and more swing-and-miss stuff. The velocity is down on all of Senga's pitches since he returned from missing nearly all of the 2024 season with a shoulder capsule and calf strains. This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com:Kodai Senga demoted: Mets send struggling pitcher to AAA

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September 05, 2025

Why New York Mets sent Kodai Senga to minor leagues

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Trump's push to change Department of Defense to 'War Department' would turn back the clock to WWIINew Foto - Trump's push to change Department of Defense to 'War Department' would turn back the clock to WWII

ATLANTA (AP) — PresidentDonald Trump'spush to renamethe Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that's been in place since 1949. On one hand is Trump's argument that the historical name – War Department – more plainly reflects the bottom-line mission. Yet the idea, which still requires action by Congress, also would continue Trump'sflouting of the international orderestablished after World War II. And, besides highlighting the president's branding proclivities, the issue exposes tensions between Trump's and many of his predecessors' platitudes about peace even as the U.S. has spent much of its existence on battlefields. "Military tasks are directed not toward war—not toward conquest—but toward peace," President Harry Truman insisted in 1947, when Congress first jettisoned the "War Department" label. Here is a look at the history of the U.S. military's Cabinet structure and names. Colonial military branches were the 'War Department' foundation The Continental Congresscreated the Armyon June 14, 1775, as hostilities built against the British. The Navy and Marine Corps quickly followed. After the Constitution's ratification, Congress established a single Cabinet agency called the War Department in 1789, led by a secretary of war. The Navy broke away in 1798, separating the War Department and Navy Department. Secretaries of war were top presidential advisers from the War of 1812 through World Wars I and II. Some Navy secretaries also wielded strong influence. World wars force changes U.S. politics leaned toward isolationism before World War I. Isolationist attitudes returned after fighting ended in 1918. During the Great Depression, the government's ample spending centered on domestic jobs and aid programs of theNew Deal. Yet the U.S. military footprint grew quietly. As war in Europe intensified before American involvement in World War II, Congress authorized construction of the Pentagon in 1941. Ground broke on Sept. 11. Japan bombedPearl Harbormonths later, prompting the U.S. to join the war. Henry Stimson served as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's war secretary after having been secretary of state under Herbert Hoover. Stimson spent endless hours with FDR in a makeshift White House war room and presided over the secret Manhattan Project to develop atomic bombs. Stimson's status as both a State and War Department chief previewed the sometimes blurred lines between the top diplomatic and military agencies and their roles in U.S. foreign policy across many administrations since World War II. 20th century conflicts changed global politics Roosevelt's top military advisers mulled Pentagon reorganization during the war but FDR died before fighting concluded. Truman, who had virtually no part in war planning or execution as vice president, asked Congress after the war ended to create a "Department of National Defense" and bring military operations under one Cabinet officer. Congress debated for two years before passing the 1947 National Security Act. The sweeping law created a single Pentagon department called "the National Military Establishment." It also created the National Security Council to advise the president and established the Central Intelligence Agency. The new name – NME – unintentionally read as "Enemy," prompting Congress in 1949 to rename "the Department of Defense." Congress has occasionally modified and built on the act, but it still underpins the nation's military and intelligence structure. Post-war rhetoric shifted to an emphasis on 'peace' The overhaul played out as the U.S. and its allies worked to establishNATOand theUnited Nations, the latter inspired by the League of Nations that failed after World War I. The post-war organizations were framed as ways to prevent future conflicts. Truman was the president who authorized dropping two atomicbombs on Japanin August 1945. Explaining his post-war approach in 1947, he noted the U.S. had ratcheted down its wartime mobilization. He promised that a robust, war-ready military would remain. He nodded to NATO and the U.N., saying the U.S. would "support a lasting peace, by force if necessary." But he argued that even for the military, the priority was to avoid fighting. "We seek to use our military strength solely to preserve the peace of the world," Truman declared on Navy Day. "That is the basis of the foreign policy of the people of the United States." It was the original "peace through strength" argument that U.S. administrations — Republican and Democratic — carried through the Cold War nuclear buildup and that Trump himself has used as a presidential candidate and commander in chief. Within years of Truman's speech, the U.S. was at war in Korea, then Vietnam. A brief war in Iraq followed in 1991. After the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. invaded Iraq and began an Afghanistan military occupation that became the longest war in American history. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have assailed military engagements abroad as wasteful, though Trump has, in his second presidency,bombed Iran, backed shipments ofweapons to Israeland approved astrike on a Venezuelan boat. The "Department of War," he says, "just sounded better." ___

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September 05, 2025

Trump's push to change Department of Defense to 'War Department' would turn back the clock to WWII

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US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in war of words with judge over Trump's DC crackdownNew Foto - US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in war of words with judge over Trump's DC crackdown

Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., is embroiled in an ongoing war of words with a magistrate judge who has recently leveled biting criticism against prosecutors for bringing cases he says lack evidence in their attempt to support President Donald Trump's aggressivecrime crackdownin the district. Pirro took aim during a Friday news conference at Judge Zia Faruqui for comments Faruqui made during a Thursday hearing lambasting prosecutors for a recent spate of cases the U.S. attorney's office has been forced to drop due to grand juries refusing to indict defendants charged with offenses ranging from weapons possession to purported threats against President Trump. "Judge Faruqui has never really met someone with an illegal gun that he hasn't found some compassion for, OK?" Pirro said. "I'm not going into grand juries and telling him what to do and what not to do. That is their prerogative. We are advisers to grand juries. We tell them what the law is. We present cases that are clearly based on the evidence, OK?" Trump puts DC police department under federal control, deploys National Guard It's extremely rare for grand juries to refuse to hand up indictments in the federal system, but it has happened in at least seven separate instances across five cases since Trump ordered his surge of federal resources to Washington roughly a month ago, according to a tally by theAssociated Press. In a hearing Thursday, Faruqui, according to the AP, accused prosecutors of "playing cops and robbers" on the streets of D.C. while the "rule of law" was "bring flushed down the toilet" in order to puff up numbers for the Justice Department and FBI to claim theirfederal interventionin the district has proved effective. The comments led Pirro to issue an usual statement taking aim at Faruqui, one of several magistrate judges in D.C. who directly oversee prosecutors' activities -- including signing off on search warrants and arrests of suspects. Pirro issued a similar statement earlier in the week taking direct aim at a grand jury which had refused to bring an indictment against a suspect her office had charged with leveling threats against President Trump. Pirro again echoed her criticisms Friday in response to a question from a reporter who asked whether her office plans to change its approach to avoid such setbacks in the future. "As far as I'm concerned, our job, my job as a prosecutor, is to bring criminals into court and to try to prove my case beyond a reasonable doubt. I'm not into going back and forth with judges," Pirro said. "I was a judge, OK? That's not what I did as a judge. So we need to leave politics out of it." "I'll do my job. He should do his job as a judge and leave his politics out of it," Pirro said.

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September 05, 2025

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in war of words with judge over Trump's DC crackdown

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Jessica Pegula Drowns Her Sorrows in a Honey Deuce After Losing US Open SemifinalNew Foto - Jessica Pegula Drowns Her Sorrows in a Honey Deuce After Losing US Open Semifinal

Jessie Pegula/X; Clive Brunskill/Getty Jessica Pegula treated herself to the US Open's signature cocktail, the Honey Deuce, after losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinal Pegula posted a selfie with the drink on X After the loss, Pegula told reporters Sabalenka hit some "ridiculous" shots and said, "That's tennis" Jessica Pegulahad an all-too-relatable reaction to losing toAryna Sabalenkain the US Open semifinals. The 31-year-old American tennis player fell short to world No. 1 Sabalenka on Thursday, Sept. 4, but Pegula won over fans with her charming post on X after the loss. "When you lost 4 points on serve in the 3rd but you lost the match," Pegulawrotein a post on X, adding a selfie showing her holding up a Honey Deuce, the popular cocktail that has become a staple at the tournament. Ingredients of the cocktail include Grey Goose vodka, fresh lemonade and raspberry liqueur, and it is garnished with a skewer of three frozen honeydew melon balls that resemble tennis balls. When you lost 4 points on serve in the 3rd but you lost the matchpic.twitter.com/KYHqfNBeJR — Jessie Pegula (@JPegula)September 5, 2025 Pegula's post was a hit with her fans, who told her she still made them proud despite the loss. One userwrote, "You're so real for this," and added, "you'll be back." Anotherwrote, "You played really well. Sabalenka had one of those nights unfortunately. Keep that head and enjoy that Honey Deuce !!!" The official Adidas X account replied too: "When you're still incredible and inspire thousands." After the loss, Pegulasaidshe thought Sabalenka "upped her points" in the second set. Even though it felt "pretty even" in the third, Sabalenka "came up with some ridiculous" answers on the court, she told reporters. "I didn't feel like I did much wrong," she said. "It seemed like the level was really high and we were pushing each other every single game." "When you play her, you have to serve well because she returns well and puts a lot of pressure on you," Pegula added of Sabalenka. "I'm happy to put in the effort that I was able to put in tonight against the best player in the world right now." Ultimately, Pegula told reporters of the loss, "That's tennis." Read the original article onPeople

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September 05, 2025

Jessica Pegula Drowns Her Sorrows in a Honey Deuce After Losing US Open Semifinal

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