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Nancy Mace tells DC Mayor Bowser to ‘be quiet,’ calls her ‘slick’ in testy exchange over DEI & defining ‘what is a woman?’

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., got testy with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday during a House Oversight Committee hearing on crime and safety in the District of Columbia. On the heels of President Donald Trump‘s federal “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital, which included the deployment of the National Guard and seizing partial control of local police, House Republicans sought to use the hearing to illuminate what they see as ineffective leadership by Democrats. Mace, a controversial conservative firebrand […]

todaySeptember 18, 2025

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Baltimore mayor calls out reporter who implied staffer with blue hat was member of Crips gang

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott called out a local journalist who implied that a member of his staff was a part of the street gang, The Crips, simply because he was wearing a blue cap. “Y’all according to Gary from Sinclair(Fox45) any black man in Baltimore with a blue hat and hoodie must be a crip. A blue hat in Baltimore = Crip? In Baltimore? These are the kind of questions being leveled against frontline community violence interrupters by MAGA […]

todaySeptember 10, 2025 3

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‘Quit stunting’: Chicago mayor invokes hip-hop slang to blast Trump amid threat to send troops to city

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson excoriated President Donald Trump amid his constant war of words with the president, who vowed to send U.S. military troops to the Windy City to address crime. “This president has declared war on poor people,” said Johnson during a Tuesday interview on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight.” Pointing to the recent federal “crime emergency” that Trump declared in Washington, D.C.—despite crime data showing a historic 30-year low—Johnson said, “If you look at the arrests that he made…the vast […]

todaySeptember 3, 2025 2

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DC mayor signs order to continue Trump’s crime emergency operations after praising its success

In a nod to continuing collaboration, the mayor of Washington, D.C., issued an order Tuesday to continue the work of an emergency operations center the city set up in response to the federal law enforcement surge ordered by President Donald Trump to battle what he insisted was out-of-control crime. The order from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is walking a tightrope between portions of her constituency and her relationship with Trump’s White House, allows the center to continue managing the city’s response and coordinate communications with federal […]

todaySeptember 2, 2025 1

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Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

The mayor of Chicago pushed back Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” Trump administration’s plan to surge federal officers into the nation’s third-largest city, which could take place within days. The Chicago Police Department will be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The mayor directed all city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents “amidst […]

todayAugust 31, 2025 3

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Baltimore mayor shares racist voicemail from man who called him n-word amid Trump’s crime takeover

As Black mayors push back against right-wing claims about crime in their cities following President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., neighboring Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has become a target. Mayor Scott shared a racist voicemail he received from an anonymous man to underscore longstanding bigoted attitudes about majority Black communities. “I really think it’s timely for folks to hear the kind of hatred and vitriol…that still exists in the world today,” Mayor Scott said in a video posted […]

todayAugust 19, 2025 3

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Baltimore Mayor Scott slams ‘racist’ views of Black-led cities after Trump’s DC takeover

As Washington, D.C., grapples with President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover, the U.S. capital’s neighboring Baltimore City mayor is calling out what he sees as a clear racial lens in how the White House and the Republican Party view predominantly Black and brown cities. “It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN’s Laura Coates Monday night. Earlier that day, Trump held a press […]

todayAugust 12, 2025 1

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DC Mayor Bowser pushes back against Trump’s narrative on crime in the nation’s capital

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended the city’s handling of crime amid an escalation of threats from President Donald Trump to federalize the nation’s capital. “We have spent over the last two years driving down violent crime in this city–driving it down to a 30-year low, in fact, over the past year,” Bowser told MSNBC on Saturday. “We have decreased violent crime by 26% [and] the year before that, by 35%.” Trump railed against D.C.’s crime after a top employee of […]

todayAugust 11, 2025

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Under Mayor Brandon Scott, Baltimore hits 50‑year low in homicides through mid‑2025

While 2025 has felt like a series of anxiety-inducing headlines, Baltimore actually celebrated a major community win as we wrapped up the first half of the year. This month, the city’s mayor, Brandon Scott, announced that Baltimore has recorded the fewest homicides in 50 years.  “Through June, Baltimore has had 68 recorded homicides, which is the fewest in 50 years,” Scott said in a press release.  In the same time period last year, the city had reported 88 homicides. The […]

todayJuly 8, 2025