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CNN’s Abby Phillip has provided Donald Trump a new nickname - albeit accidentally and one his supporters quickly embraced. The CNN NewsNight host had been introducing a segment centered around Trump's deployment of federal troops to Washington, DC, Monday, when she compared the conservative to 'Batman' and the municipality to 'Gotham City.' The fictional metropolis is famously overrun by crime. The video player is currently playing an ad. Phillip, in turn, told Scott Jennings, Tara SetMayer, Ben Ferguson and Dan Koh: 'The President of the United States has declared himself crime-fighter-in-chief. 'He’s taking over Washington’s police force,' she further complained....

Former President Donald Trump has warned about the potential of "death and destruction" should he be charged as part of the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation. In a post on Truth Social, Trump denied any wrongdoing while hitting out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid strong indications that a potential historic arrest is forthcoming. Last weekend, Trump called on his supporters to protest his apparently upcoming arrest, which he claimed was due to take place on Tuesday, March 21. The arrest never occurred, but Democrats accused the former president of attempting to rile up his supporters to carry out...

Akim Jabbie still seems shaken when he talks about the phone call he received a few days after his 33-year-old son, Mohamed Jabbie, was shot to death at his Clackamas County apartment on Sept. 24, 2004. According to Akim Jabbie, a friend in Portland's black community called to say that everyone knew who killed his son. "He said it was Michael Washington," Jabbie said. Jabbie was not surprised to hear the name. His son had been assaulted by Washington on July 4, 2004. The day before Mohamed Jabbie was killed, he had testified against Washington before a Multnomah County grand...