President Donald Trump has announced new measures that tightened his grip on security in Washington, DC, a day after National Guard troops began carrying weapons in the US capital. Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to set up a specialised unit within Washington’s National Guard “dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the nation’s capital”. In the same executive order, Trump directed the hiring of additional US Park Police personnel in the city, as well as more prosecutors to focus on litigating violent and property crimes. Trump also took aim at cashless bail in a separate order and told law enforcement that anyone arrested should be held in federal custody “to the fullest extent permissible”, and federal charges should be pursued against them.n18oc_world n18oc_crux
