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ever-point-day, almost are two-thous-a-old. It's a Monday. It's a Monday. It's Monday, the 11th of August.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First up, in an historically unprecedented move, President Trump announced Monday that

he will federalize Washington, D.C.,'s police department,

and deploy the National Guard to the city as part of an aggressive law-and-order push.

In his own words, the president declared it, quote, Liberation Day in D.C.

and vowed to, quote, take our capital back.

We'll have those details.

Later in the show, momentum continues to build behind an international push to recognize an independent Palestinian state. Australia is now the latest country to throw their weight

behind the initiative, following similar announcements from France, Britain, and Canada. But first,

today's afternoon spotlight. We'll start things off today in Washington, D.C.

During a press conference earlier today, President Trump announced an unprecedented move to take

direct federal control over the nation's capital, deploying around 800 National Guard troops to the

city and placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal

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