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YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Mon Aug 11 2025

Nicole Fallert | Newsletter Writer

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Welcome to your week!🙋🏼‍♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert. Feeling itchy?

Quick look at Monday's news:

•	Trump said homeless people in D.C. "have to move out IMMEDIATELY."
•	Ukraine's leader rejected conceding land to Russia.
•	USA's new gymnastics star just won a major accolade.

Hundreds of federal officers deployed to DC streets as homeless pushed out

President Donald Trump appears poised on Monday to take federal actions to address crime in Washington. He teased a White House news conference about "Crime and 'Beautification,'" an initiative that will also target homeless individuals in the city. Ahead of the announcement, The White House said 450 officers from multiple federal agencies were deployed in high-traffic D.C. areas and other hotspots over the weekend. The moves come despite the fact violent crime declined by 35% in D.C. in 2024, according to data compiled by the D.C. Metropolitan Police.

Zelenskyy rejects conceding land to Russia after Trump suggests 'swapping' territories

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet this week in Alaska to discuss an end to the three-year Russian war on Ukraine in the first in-person session between the two world leaders since Trump returned to the White House in January

Here's what's going on — summarized in three quotes:

•	"We're looking at swapping." Trump said in advance of the planned meeting in Alaska set for Aug. 15 with Putin that "swapping of territories" could be part of an agreement to end the war.
•	"Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier": Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal.
•	"It's not going to make anybody super happy." Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance said a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine was unlikely to satisfy either side.

More news to know now

•	Got "range anxiety"? Trump halted a massive EV charger project.
•	An Israeli airstrike killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
•	Hurricane forecasters eye a "significant tropical threat" in the Atlantic.
•	A homegrown food trend has turned into an invasive species crisis.

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Authorities have not released a potential motive for CDC shooting

Officer David Rose, 33, was the sole casualty after a shooter opened fire on Centers for Disease Control buildings near Emory University in Atlanta on Friday. The suspected gunman was found dead on the second story of a building housing a CVS and died at the scene from a gunshot wound. It was unclear if it came from officers or was self-inflicted. Rose joined the DeKalb Police Department in September 2024 and served in the North-Central Precinct, officials have said. He was a father of two with a third child on the way, county officials said.

A handout image of DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, who was shot and killed during a shooting incident at Emory University, released on Aug. 8, 2025.

DeKalb County Police Department, via REUTERS

How Texas Democrats are living on the run

"It makes me scared. It makes me sad. I want to be a part of their lives every chance that I can. But what scares me more is if I'm not here, if they grow up and things are worse off in this country because we didn't stop this gerrymandering."

~ Texas state legislator John Bucy to USA TODAY about his self-imposed exodus from his family. Bucy is among the more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who've fled the Lone Star State to thwart President Donald Trump's effort to protect his razor-thin Republican majority in Congress. He packed his suitcase to be gone for 30 days – maybe longer.

Today's talkers

•	All-Black rodeo events are "so hot right now."
•	The Jonas Brothers are so back.
•	Inflation? Not in the weed market.
•	Spoilers! Why this "Weapons" villain is summer's most disturbing baddie.
•	"Sell the team": Fed-up fans' passionate cry is spreading through sports.

A Pennsylvania softball team versus the world

Pennsylvania made its first Little League Softball World Series championship game appearance since 2018, and the West Suburban LL squad did not disappoint. Johnstown, representing the Mid-Atlantic region, recorded four consecutive shutout wins to end the tournament and capture the 2025 LLSWS championship 1-0 over Floyds Knobs, Indiana, which was representing the Central region. The victory marks the first Little League Softball World Series title for a team from Pennsylvania since 1978.

The Pennsylvania players (West Suburban Little League, Johnstown, Pennsylvania) strike a pose at the 2025 Little League Softball World Series.

Courtesy of Little League Baseball and Softball

Photo of the day: Meet Hezly Rivera

Hezly Rivera served notice that she's going to be a gymnast to watch in the leadup to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The 17-year-old won her first title at the U.S. gymnastics championships on Sunday night, establishing herself as a favorite for the all-around at the world championships this fall.

Hezly Rivera wins the women's all-around title at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

Stephen Lew, Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

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