After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.

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The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and is part of the president’s broader effort to remake Washington in his own style.

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Two felony charges have been filed against a Kentucky woman after spray paint was seen on the memorial in the capital.

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