WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: U.S. President Donald Trump shows crime statistics as he delivers remarks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump was expected to announce his plan to deploy the National Guard and elements of federal law enforcement agencies to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital. Also pictured is U.S Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)UNITED STATES – AUGUST 11: President Donald Trump is seen on a monitor during a news conference in the White House briefing room to announce the federal government will take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and use the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C., on Monday, August 11, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi also appear.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced he will use his authority to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital, and that the National Guard will be deployed to DC. Also pictured (L-R) are Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)04 August 2025, USA, Washington: Tents are set up in the city center on the sidewalk at Washington Circle. Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa (Photo by Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images)WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 20: Homeless people live in tents, they set up on the sidewalk near the White House, as US President Donald Trump (not seen) has stated that the management of the capital Washington DC should be taken over by the federal government in Washington, United States on February 20, 2025. Trump pointed to the high crime rate and the number of homeless people in Washington. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents patrol near the Washington Monument on the National Mall on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of DC police and mobilization of the National Guard, saying the moves are necessary to restoring order in the city. City officials say they did not know about the plans in advance. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: Federal law enforcement officers gather at a staging facility at the U.S. Park Police office on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of DC police and mobilization of the National Guard, saying the moves are necessary to restoring order in the city. City officials say they did not know about the plans in advance. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 12: A sign for the District of Columbia National Guard is displayed outside the Guard’s headquarters at D.C. Armory on August 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced he is placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control, and will deploy the National Guard to the District in order to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: Federal and local law enforcement officers investigate a suspect’s vehicle on South Capitol Street on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of DC police and mobilization of the National Guard, saying the moves are necessary to restore order in the city. City officials say they did not know about the plans in advance. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Members of the National Guard walk from the DC Joint Force Headquarters to the DC Armory in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2025. Donald Trump on August 11 deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, as he seeks to make good on his campaign pledge to be a « law and order » president. The Republican leader said he would place the city’s Metropolitan Police under federal government control while also sending the National Guard onto the streets of the US capital. The overwhelmingly Democratic city faces allegations from Republican politicians that it is overrun by crime, plagued by homelessness and financially mismanaged — although violent offenses are down. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a press conference after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at the Wilson Building on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced he is placing the Department under federal control, and will deploy the National Guard to the District in order to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 11: Kelsye Adams, Organizing Director of DC Vote, speaks at a rally against the Trump Administration’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia, outside of the AFL-CIO on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced he is placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control, and will deploy the National Guard to the District in order to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
This screen grab taken from AFPTV on August 11, 2025 shows Al-Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif speaking during an AFP interview in Gaza City on August 1, 2024. Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on August 10. (Photo by various sources / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025. Netanyahu said on August 10 that his government had no plans to occupy Gaza, while vowing to create safe corridors for aid. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Tents used as temporary shelters by displaced Palestinians are set up near war-damaged buildings in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. Israel’s military will « take control » of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, triggered a wave of criticism from across the world. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)GAZA CITY, GAZA – AUGUST 11: Relatives and colleagues of the Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qraiqea, photojournalists Ibrahim Dahir and Moumin Alaywa, and assistant photojournalist Mohammed Noufal, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists’ tent near the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza city center mourn during the funeral ceremony on August 11, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Photo by Yousef Al Zanoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)Al-Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reports near the Arab Ahli (Baptist) Hospital in Gaza City on October 10, 2024. Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera said on August 11, 2025, that five of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike, including a prominent reporter. The Israeli military acknowledged in a statement targeting correspondent Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of being a « terrorist » affiliated with Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – AUGUST 11: People honor the names of 243 journalists killed in Gaza including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif and his team, on the 18th day of the Gaza solidarity vigil outside the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, Netherlands on August 11, 2025. The gathering, which also drew supporters inside The Hague’s central train station, saw dozens of participants raising Palestinian flags and holding photos of Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif. (Photo by Mouneb Taim/Anadolu via Getty Images)GAZA CITY, GAZA – AUGUST 11: Relatives and colleagues of the Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qraiqea, photojournalists Ibrahim Dahir and Moumin Alaywa, and assistant photojournalist Mohammed Noufal, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a journalists’ tent near the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza city center attend the funeral ceremony on August 11, 2025 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Photo by Yousef Al Zanoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)TOPSHOT – EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Mourners march with the bodies of the Al Jazeera journalists who were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City, from Al-Shifa hospital to their burial at the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City on August 11, 2025. Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera said on August 11, that five of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike. Al Jazeera said five had been killed: correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh along with camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)Pedestrians walk past flags flying in front of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris on July 23, 2025. The United States said on July 22, 2025 it would quit UNESCO, saying the UN cultural and education agency, best known for establishing world heritage sites, is biased against Israel and promotes « divisive » causes. (Photo by Hugo MATHY / AFP) (Photo by HUGO MATHY/AFP via Getty Images)A Palestinian man checks the destroyed Al Jazeera tent at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 11, 2025, following an overnight strike by the Israeli military. Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera said on August 11, that five of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike, including a prominent reporter. The Israeli military acknowledged in a statement targeting correspondent Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of being a « terrorist » affiliated with Hamas. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)A Palestinian boy looks at a graffiti on the wall at the site where a deadly Israeli strike destroyed an Al Jazeera tent and killed six journalists, at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 12, 2025. Condemnations poured in from the United Nations, the EU and media rights groups on August 11, after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of being a Hamas militant. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)