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Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to

D.C. in expanding federal crackdown

MATT BROWN and that plain." National Guard
MIKE PESOLI members in the District of
Associated Press Columbia have been as-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Join- sisting law enforcement
ing forces from three other with tasks including crowd
Republican-led states, the control and patrolling land-
Mississippi National Guard marks such as the National
will deploy 200 troops to Mall and Union Station. Their
Washington as part of the role has been limited thus
Trump administration's on- far, and it remains unclear
going federal policing and why additional troops would
immigration overhaul in the be needed. Federal agents
nation's capital. from the Drug Enforcement
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Administration, Immigration
said in a statement Mon- and Customs Enforcement,
day that he has approved Federal Bureau of Investiga-
the deployment of ap- tion, Secret Service and oth-
proximately 200 Mississippi er agencies have patrolled
National Guard Soldiers to high traffic areas around the
Washington, D.C. capital over the last week.
"Crime is out of control there, ICE officers, who work under
and it's clear something the Department of Home-
must be done to combat land Security, have made
it," Reeves said. Electrical power lines string across the landscape near downtown Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in arrests in neighborhoods
Mississippi joins three other Nashville, Tenn. across the city, dispersed
states that have pledged Associated Press some public gatherings and
to deploy hundreds of Na- of the federal intervention. Federal Control where it federal agents. torn pro-immigrant signs, ac-
tional Guard members to Trump's executive order that belongs," Trump wrote on his "We don't have any authority cording to videos published
the nation's capital to bol- launched the federal op- social media website a day over the DC Guard or any by the administration.
ster the Republican admin- eration declared a "crime after issuing his order. "The other guards, but I think it The White House has touted
istration's operation aiming emergency" in the District White House is in charge. The makes the point that this is various arrests that local po-
to transform policing in the of Columbia and initiated Military and our Great Police not about DC crime," Bowser lice and federal agents have
Democratic-led city through a takeover Washington's will liberate this City, scrape said of the administration made across the city since
a federal crackdown on police department. The away the filth, and make it and states deploying Na- Trump's executive order.
crime and homelessness. administration has ordered safe, clean, habitable and tional Guard members onto Federal agents have made
West Virginia said it was de- local police to cooperate beautiful once more!" the streets of the capital. 380 arrests in the week since
ploying 300 to 400 troops, with federal agents on im- During a Monday news con- "The focus should be on the start of the operation
South Carolina pledged migration enforcement, or- ference, D.C. Mayor Mu- violent crime," Bowser con- and in some cases issued
200 and Ohio said it will send ders that would contradict riel Bowser pushed back on tinued. "Nobody is against charges to detained people.
150 in the coming days, de- local laws prohibiting such Trump's characterization of focusing on driving down The White House has touted
ployments that built on top collaboration. the city and voiced skepti- any level of violence. And the surge of agents on social
of President Donald Trump's "D.C. has been under siege cism about the administra- so if this is really about im- media and posted pictures
initial order that 800 National from thugs and killers, but tion's intentions in flooding migration enforcement the of people arrested by local
Guard troops deploy as part now, D.C. is back under the capital with troops and administration should make and federal officers.q

Utility to buy power from advanced

nuclear plant to fuel Tennessee and

Alabama Google data centers

50 megawatts of energy to ity to sign a power purchase accelerate the deployment
the federal utility's grid that agreement to buy electricity of innovative nuclear tech-
powers the data centers. from a next-generation nu- nologies and help support
The announcement comes clear reactor. It would rely the needs of our growing
at a time when tech com- on the Hermes 2 reactor in digital economy while also
panies expect to require a Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which bringing firm carbon-free
massive amount of power to is scheduled to begin opera- energy to the electricity
fuel data centers behind ar- tions in 2030. The agreement system," Amanda Peterson
tificial intelligence, and some will power data centers in Corio, Google's global head
Electrical power lines string across the landscape near of them have been especial- Montgomery County, Ten- of data center energy, said
downtown Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
Associated Press ly interested in new nuclear nessee, and Jackson County, in the news release.
production. President Don- Alabama, and support future Hermes 2 is the first reactor
By JONATHAN MATTISE data centers in Tennessee ald Trump released a plan growth in the region, the under a deal between Kairos
Associated Press and Alabama, according to last month to boost AI and news release said. Google Power and Google to bring
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The a deal announced Monday. build data centers across will receive clean energy on 500 megawatts of new,
nation's largest public utility The Tennessee Valley Author- the U.S. and in May signed credits associated with the advanced nuclear power
plans to buy power from an ity, California-based Kairos executive orders aimed at plant. "This collaboration with production to help cover
upcoming advanced nucle- Power and Google say the boosting nuclear power. TVA, Kairos Power, and the the tech giant's increased
ar plant to help fuel Google agreement will deliver up to TVA says it is the first U.S. util- Oak Ridge community will demand for electricity. q