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Around 400 D.C. National Guard members have reported for duty in the nation’s capital as of Wednesday afternoon in response to President Donald Trump’s directive to help make Washington "safe, clean and beautiful," a U.S. Army official told Fox News. Hundreds more D.C. National Guard troops are expected to report for duty later Wednesday and Thursday, with a significantly higher presence on the ground Wednesday evening. By the end of the week, it is expected all 800 who have been activated will have reported for duty.Law enforcement officials have made 103 arrests since Aug. 7, when Trump’s order to "federalize" D.C.

Decorated United States swimmer Michael Phelps called out USA Swimming yet again, this time going into great detail about his belief the program is declining. Phelps posted a lengthy, five-page statement on Instagram, doubling down on his call for action within the organization. "I’ve watched too many teammates struggle to compete in a sport they love without the support they need," Phelps wrote. "I’ve also seen the sport struggle to return its membership numbers to pre-pandemic levels, and I’m done pretending this system works just because it produces medals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Swimming, to me, was always about more

EXCLUSIVE: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reportedly directed officials to "compromise" "normal" procedures to rush a politicized 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment — apparently despite concerns from then-Director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers, who said his team did not have "enough time" to review the intelligence to be "absolutely confident" that Russia was involved in the 2016 election.Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified emails Wednesday. Fox News Digital obtained the declassified records. OBAMA ADMIN 'MANUFACTURED' INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE 2016 RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTS SHOW"The leading figures in the Russia Hoax have spent years deceiving the American

Spanish authorities have located a missing American hiker's body and suspect he fell down a mountain, according to local media.Guilford Cole Henderson fell around 650 feet down a mountain in a remote area in Spain while hiking on the Ordesa y Monte Pardido National Park in the Pyrenees, local newspapers El Espaniol and El Diario De Huesca reported. The area is along the borders of France and Spain. Authorities said his body was found on Friday.Henderson was supposed to return home to the Netherlands on July 12, which caused the Spanish Civil Guard to launch a rescue effort. NBC News reported Henderson

New York City’s last remaining "migrant hotel" will soon cease to be an emergency shelter, following the Trump administration’s border crackdown that eased pressure on Texas – which had previously bused waves of migrants to the Big Apple under former President Joe Biden.The Row, a prominent hotel in the Times Square district, will wind down its operations over the next eight months, as about 3,400 people remain within its 1,300-room confines, according to NY1.New York City Mayor Eric Adams told the network in a statement that his administration "successfully helped more than 200,000 migrants leave our shelter system and take

The mother of former WNBA player Sophie Brunner was identified as the victim of a head-on collision involving an illegal immigrant, Illinois officials said on Tuesday.Darcy Connolly-Brunner, 61, and Rolando Ico-Choc, 30, both died when Ico-Choc drove his Nissan Altima crossed the center line on Illinois Route 26 in Stephenson County into Connolly-Brunner’s Ford Edge on Aug. 9, Stephenson County Sheriff Steve Stovall said at a press conference. Both were killed in the crash.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMStovall said it was believed that Ico-Choc was a Guatemalan national who had lived in Freeport once before and that alcohol

This Friday’s high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska could bring real relief to Ukraine – but only if it stays laser-focused on one goal: an enforceable ceasefire. No redraw of the map. No "land for peace" concessions that reward Moscow’s aggression and punish Ukrainian sovereignty.A United FrontOver the weekend, Vice President JD Vance convened a secure call with European and Ukrainian officials. The message from allied capitals was blunt: halt the fighting first, then negotiate the rest – without giving up an inch of Ukrainian land. European leaders have repeated it publicly: "Peace cannot be

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender transition medical treatment to minors, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the first-in-the-nation law.The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-2 on Tuesday to overturn a lower court decision, now allowing the state to enforce the law. The appeals court cited the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June upholding a similar ban in Tennessee, in which the nation's highest court ruled that the law was constitutional and did not discriminate against transgender people.Referencing the Supreme Court's decision, the appeals court agreed with Arkansas Attorney