Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post on the incredibly large, very statistically significant drop in D.C.'s homicide rate since President Trump federalized D.C.'s law enforcement. It is the lead op-ed in today's New York Post. Democrats are still in...
Who would have thought it? Adding more police to the streets, reducing restrictions on policing, and targeting illegal aliens do cut crime. The D.C. police union reports that crime fell sharply during the 14 days after President Trump announced the federalization of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZax0C1Obho UPDATE: The streak ended early on the 14th day, the morning of Tuesday, August 26, 2025, when 31-year-old Franck Foute Mohdjiom was fatally shot in the 300 block of Anacostia Rd SE. Original: The news report above is from...
Our original post using the FBI's 2023 crime data is available here for comparison. Whether compared to states—since Democrats want D.C. to become the 51st state—or to major cities, the district stands out for all the wrong reasons. Anyone who has been in a CVS or...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics defending Trump's push to prevent mail-in ballots. It was also published at Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Journal Courier (Kentucky), Zero Hedge, Hot Air, Yahoo! News, KMVU Fox 26 (Medford, Oregon), and Highland...
Washington, D.C., faces one of the nation's worst crime crises — with murder and robbery rates dwarfing those of entire states, according to FBI data. While national crime statistics already capture only a fraction of offenses — just 40% of violent...
The Trump administration has done a tremendous amount to protect people's ability to defend themselves and their families. . Registered rifle and shotgun owners may no longer face felony charges for carrying their weapons in Washington, DC due to concerns the...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt again Tweets out our new op-ed piece at The Federalist titled: "D.C.’s Murder Rate Is More Than 500% Higher Than The Average State." (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at The Federalist. Democrats insist Washington, D.C. doesn’t face a crime problem. “I walk around all the time. I wake up early in the morning … and I feel perfectly safe.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...
The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., has opened an investigation into whether city police officials falsified crime data, according to two people familiar with the matter, another salvo in the feud between federal and local authorities after the Trump...
Washington, D.C. has an extremely high crime rate, much higher than any state (Democrats want DC to become the 51st state) and a much worse murder rate than any of the twenty most populous cities, but there is considerable evidence that it is even much higher than the...
Abu Musa won his city council race by just a few dozen votes. The investigation comes as surveillance video obtained by 7 News Detroit appears to show Councilman Abu Musa in the passenger seat of a vehicle as another man deposits three stacks of ballots at a city drop...