Death penalty in DC, swatting schools, Starbucks drink returns & more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 26 August 2025
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| 0:31.9 | Hello from CNN. I'm a phone with DK, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, August 26. |
| 0:39.0 | If somebody kills somebody in the Capitol, Washington, D.C., we're going to be seeking the death penalty. |
| 0:47.8 | That's President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House today. |
| 0:52.3 | He didn't immediately outline specifics, |
| 0:55.0 | but called capital punishment a quote, |
| 0:57.0 | very strong preventative measure. |
| 0:59.0 | Traditionally, the D.C. Superior Court |
| 1:02.0 | handles the bulk of murder cases in the city, |
| 1:05.0 | and it would be bound by the city code that does not authorize capital punishment. |
| 1:09.0 | However, the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. could bring federal charges in many capital-eligible |
| 1:15.2 | cases and seek the death penalty. Getting a death sentence may not be so easy, as prosecutors would |
| 1:21.9 | have to convince jurors to sign off. Meanwhile, a State Department spokesperson tells CNN, agents from its security branch |
| 1:29.7 | are supporting Trump's so-called crime crackdown in the nation's capital. Here's something |
| 1:35.5 | else President Trump said during his cabinet meeting today. |
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