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President Trump Donald Trump St. Louis lawyer who pointed gun at Black Lives Matter protesters considering Senate run Chauvin found guilty as nation exhales US says Iran negotiations are 'positive' MORE signed an order Wednesday night to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S. southern border. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Kirstjen Michele Nielsen Left-leaning group to track which companies hire former top Trump aides Rosenstein: Zero tolerance immigration policy 'never should have been proposed or implemented' House Republican condemns anti-Trump celebrities during impeachment hearing MORE first announced Trump's plan to deploy the National Guard earlier in the day Wednesday while speaking at the White House. Nielsen framed the move as a way to toughen an immigration system that “rewards bad behavior,” including illegal drug smuggling and border crossings. “It’s time to act,” Nielsen told reporters, adding that … [Read more...] about Trump to deploy National Guard to southern border

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Department of Corrections released a new mugshot Tuesday of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was booked into the Oak Park Heights maximum security prison after being convicted of murdering George Floyd. (credit: Minnesota Department of Corrections) Corrections officials say that Chauvin is being held in “administrative segregation” for his safety at the east metro prison as he awaits sentencing. On Monday, a jury found the ex-officer guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the May 25 death of Floyd. Chauvin is expected to be sentenced in eight weeks; an exact date has not yet been given. Minnesota state sentencing guidelines call for 12.5 years in prison for each of the murder charges. However, the judge overseeing the case could decide that there were aggravating factors, which could increase Chauvin’s sentence significantly, up to 40 years. … [Read more...] about New Mugshot Released As Derek Chauvin Is Booked Into Maximum Security Prison

close Video National weather forecast, April 21 Janice Dean has your FoxCast. A strong cold front will move from the Central U.S. to the East Coast, bringing in record-cold air behind it. Freeze warnings extend from the southern Plains to the Appalachians. Freeze advisories currently in effect Wednesday. (Fox News) Record late season snow with this system brings more of the same to the interior Northeast and New England. Current temperatures around the U.S. Wednesday. (Fox News) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP There’s also the risk of thunderstorms along the front from the Mid-Atlantic coast to southern New England for today. The national forecast for Wednesday, April 21. (Fox News) In other news, the fire weather threat will increase across the Southwest over the next several days. Janice Dean currently serves as senior meteorologist for FOX News Channel (FNC). In addition, she is … [Read more...] about National weather forecast: Freeze advisories in effect from Texas to Great Lakes

Attorney General Merrick Garland Merrick Garland Biden says Chauvin verdict is step forward in fight against racial injustice Senate confirms Biden's nominee for No. 2 official at DOJ Why Biden's gun policy doesn't go far enough MORE announced Wednesday morning that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will open an investigation into the policing practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis. The investigation comes a day after a jury in Minneapolis found former city police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last May. “Although the state's prosecution was successful, I know that nothing can fill the void that the loved ones of George Floyd have felt since his death,” Garland said Wednesday morning. ADVERTISEMENT “Yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis.” The DOJ under President Biden Joe Biden … [Read more...] about DOJ to probe Minneapolis police

Defense lawyers have a saying: “If the law is against you, pound on the facts; if the facts are against you, pound on the table.” For military defense lawyers, there is a slight modification: “Before you pound on the table, pound on the chain of command.” Why? Because in the military, leaders are accountable for the failures of their subordinates and military juries are the harshest critics of their colleagues whose leadership failures contribute to misconduct. Indeed, the Vanessa Guillen disappearance at Fort Hood, Texas, and its subsequent fallout, is a prime and recent example of how failures at low levels of the military result in accountability at high levels. With all the public attention focused on police reforms, as a former military officer and lawyer I find it perplexing why leadership accountability is not the central focus of this dialogue. How did a former police officer such as Derek Chauvin get to the point where he felt it was appropriate, as the prosecutor in … [Read more...] about Leadership and accountability: A military lesson for police reform