High School Student Is Fatally Shot During F.B.I. and A.T.F. Operation in Pennsylvania

The state police said Kendrick Curtis Jr. 18, “discharged a firearm towards them” on Thursday, before being shot.

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Many Cities Say Yes to Federal Police Help, but No to ‘Occupation’

Some mayors and police chiefs said they would welcome more traditional law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, but see the National Guard as a step too far.

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Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns

If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.

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After Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back

President Trump said he was considering sending troops to cities like Chicago, New York and Baltimore. State and local leaders say they have crime under control.

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Feds Turn Into Beat Cops in Trump’s D.C. Policing Surge

In the nation’s capital, federal agents have operated a sobriety checkpoint, made gun and drug busts and carried out other day-to-day police work. Some residents are uneasy.

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Tennessee Man Charged in Attempt to Detonate Bombs During Arrest

The authorities said Kevin O’Neal tried to set off explosives as Polk County, Tenn., deputies entered his home. More than a dozen devices were later found.

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Justice Dept. to Cut Gun-Sale Inspectors in Half as It Moves to Downsize A.T.F.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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States Sue to Stop Return of Seized Machine Gun Conversion Devices

The Trump administration, reversing a Biden-era policy, had said it would return thousands of confiscated devices that allow rapid firing, even in states where they are banned.

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Trump Aims to Use More F.B.I., Drug and Gun Agents to Pursue Immigrants

The Justice Department plans to bolster enforcement and deportation work in 25 cities across the United States.

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Trump Calls Florida Shooting a ‘Shame,’ but Signals No Shift in Gun Laws

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president said he would “always protect the Second Amendment.”

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