Six states — Tennessee, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ohio — pledged National Guard deployments to Washington, D.C., totaling over 1,100 troops. Deployments followed President Trump's declaration of a "crime emergency" in the capital. Analysis of last year's murder rates shows many sending states have cities with higher crime counts than Washington: Jackson, Miss., has a murder rate four times Washington's, and Memphis's rate is nearly triple. Washington still has a higher violent crime rate than some major cities, including New York, but numbers are falling. Insha Rahman characterizes the governors' enlistment as a political power grab. European leaders urgently coordinated next steps on Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine after a White House meeting as Trump declined to send U.S. troops to a European-led force while offering security guarantees and urging Europe to take the lead.
European leaders have been urgently working to figure out the next steps to ending Russia's nearly four-year war in Ukraine following their meeting at the White House on Monday. Trump has ruled out sending U.S. troops to join a European-led force that would guard against another potential Russian invasion. Less than 24 hours after the meetings with Trump, the European Union leaders who were present were in virtual sessions debriefing their counterparts.
NPR's Meg Anderson tells Up First that after looking at last year's murder rates, she found that many of the states sending troops have cities with higher crime counts than the capital. In Jackson, Miss., the murder rate is four times higher than that of Washington, and in Memphis, it is nearly triple. Washington still has a higher violent crime rate than some other major cities, including New York City, but the numbers are falling.
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