Welcome to your week!🙋🏼♀️I’m Nicole Forelt. Do you feel itching?
Take a quick look at Monday’s news:
Hundreds of federal officials have been deployed on DC Street as homeless people were pushed out
President Donald Trump appears to be poised Monday to take federal action to deal with crime in Washington. He teased the White House press conference about “crime and “glorification.” Prior to the announcement, the White House said 450 officers from multiple federal agencies were deployed over the weekend in heavy traffic DC areas and other hot spots. The move occurs despite the fact that violent crimes fell by 35% in DC in 2024, according to data compiled by DC Metropolitan police.
Zelensky refuses to refusal to admit land to Russia after Trump proposes territory for “swapping”
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska this week, and will discuss the end of the three-year Russian war with Ukraine in the first in-person session between the two world leaders since Trump returned to the White House in January
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Authorities have not announced the potential motivation for the CDC shooting
Officer David Rose, 33, was the only victim after a shooter fired a fire at the center of a disease control building near Emory University in Atlanta on Friday. The suspicious gunman was found dead in the second story in the building housed the CVS and died at the scene of a gunshot wound. It was unclear whether it came from an officer or was self-harm. Rose joined DeKalb Police Station in September 2024 and worked in the North Central District, officials said. He is the father of two and has a third child along the way, county officials said.
How Texas Democrats are running
“It scares me. It makes me sad. I want to be as part of their lives as possible. But if I’m not here, if they grow up and things get worse in this country, then we didn’t stop this gerrymandering, so if I’m not here.”
~ Texas Sen. John Beussy went to USA Today on his voluntary departure from his family. Bucy is one of more than 50 Democrats who fled the lonely star state to thwart President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect his razor-thin Republican majority in Congress. He packed his suitcase to leave for 30 days – perhaps longer.
Today’s speaker
Pennsylvania softball team and the world
Pennsylvania appeared in its first Little League Softball World Series Championship Game since 2018, and the LL team in the western suburbs did not disappoint. Johnstown, representing the Mid-Atlantic region, recorded fourth consecutive shutout victory to finish the tournament and win the 2025 LLSWS Championship 1-0 via Floyd Knob, Indiana, representing the Central Region. The victory has been the Pennsylvania team’s first Little League Softball World Series title since 1978.
Today’s photo: Meet Hezley Rivera
Hezly Rivera provided a notice that he would be a gymnast to watch at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics lead-up. The 17-year-old won her first title at the US Gymnastics Championships on Sunday night and established herself as an all-around favorite at the World Championships this fall.
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