Sunday morning’s carjacking assault of 19-year-old Edward Coristine, a former U.S. DOGE Service staffer also known as “Big Balls,” prompted President Donald Trump to once again threaten to federalize the D.C. police and bring in the National Guard because, he said, “crime is ridiculous” in the District.
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