Trump floats death penalty for murderers in D.C. – NBC4 Washington

What to Know

• Trump said during a Cabinet meeting today that he wants to institute the death penalty in D.C. for anyone who commits murder. The president did not specify how he proposed to get the punishment implemented.
• DOGE put the personal data of millions of people, including Social Security numbers, on a vulnerable server in June, according to a new whistleblower complaint.
• Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said today that they would file a lawsuit over Trump’s efforts to remove Cook from her position. Trump said last night that he was doing so, citing an accusation of potential mortgage fraud, which Cook denies.
• Trump has shifted his tone on the possibility of a summit anytime soon between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, casting doubt on the prospect days after meeting Putin in Alaska and Zelenskyy at the White House.