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Aug 12, 2025 50 min

Trump's DC Police Takeover

from CAFE Insider

On the Insider docket: – President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C. to seize control of the police and deploy the National Guard; – A federal judge’s decision to reject the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from the Ghislaine Maxwell case; and – The redistricting debate in Texas, as Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to block Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional map to further strengthen GOP representation. Shownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com. We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Deputy Editor: Celine Rohr; CAFE Team: David Tatasciore, Nat Weiner, Noa Azulai, and Liana Greenway.

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