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White House credits Trump’s tough-on-crime stance for historic drop in killings nationwide

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The Trump administration said its aggressive crime-fighting agenda is responsible for the historic lows in homicides recorded by major cities throughout the country.

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Trump plans further strikes on Iran, considers reimposing naval blockade

A group of people stands in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Trump on Wednesday warned of more imminent attacks on Iranian targets and weighed reinstating a U.S. naval blockade after the two nations traded strikes over control of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.

A group of people stands in shallow water as a cargo ship appears anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

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Trump plans further strikes on Iran, considers reimposing naval blockade

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Out with the old: Anti-incumbent fervor sweeps out House members

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Appeals Court rejects Trump’s last-ditch bid to keep his name on the Kennedy Center

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says the U.S. will allow Ukraine to make Patriot missiles for air defense

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Appeals Court rejects Trump’s last-ditch bid to keep his name on the Kennedy Center

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says the U.S. will allow Ukraine to make Patriot missiles for air defense

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about the unstable building at 235 East 42nd Street and the surrounding buildings that were evacuated, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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Dolly Parton performs in Overland Park, Kan., on Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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U.S. needs Israel to forge new alliances

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney makes an announcement at HMC Dockyard in Halifax on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

Germany beats out ambitious South Korean bid for Canada’s biggest arms buy

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President Donald Trump gestures during a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump says he is ready to share F-35 fighter jet program with Turkey

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This 1972 file photo shows Elvis Presley, the King of Rock &quot;n&quot; Roll, during a performance. At one of three concerts at the Monroe Civic Center in 1974, Elvis Presley gave one of his necklaces to a local 5-year-old. A documentary from Elvis historian and fan Bud Glass traces how the King of Rock ’N Roll traces the history of the piece. (AP Photo/File)

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Hot dogs for history: July 4 competition to feature America250 flair

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The building at 235 East 42nd St. is seen Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Manhattan high-rise is still unstable after columns buckle, forcing evacuations

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Trump says he’ll remove Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism

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In this photo released by Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Navy personnel shift the wreckage of a cargo plane of the private carrier K2 Airways into a naval ship after recovering them from deep sea near Omara, a town some 360 kms. (220 miles) west of Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Pakistan Navy via AP)

Cargo plane goes missing over the Indian Ocean while en route to Pakistan

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks as she arrives for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

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