Your Wednesday evening news brief for September 3, 2025.

Trump Suggests New Orleans Could Be Next for National Guard Deployment

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is considering sending the National Guard to New Orleans to combat crime, expanding on his plans to deploy federal forces in Chicago and Baltimore.

Speaking in the Oval Office with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Trump praised Louisiana’s Republican Governor Jeff Landry for supporting potential intervention and claimed federal troops could “straighten out” New Orleans in two weeks. Local leaders immediately rejected the idea, noting that crime in the city is down.

Trump has already deployed federal agents and troops in Washington, D.C. , where the White House says more than 1,760 arrests have been made since August 7

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