Trump Targets Cashless Bail and Flag Burning in New Executive Orders

The president signed several executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday, including a move to end cashless bail nationwide and to prosecute flag burning.

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders.
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President Donald Trump expanded his crackdown on Washington, D.C., on Monday, signing executive orders that give more resources to the federalization of the city’s law enforcement and direct officials to change the city’s cashless bail policy.

He also emphasized similar federal intervention could happen in other cities — including the deployment of National Guard troops and efforts to block cashless bail.

“We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in D.C.,” Trump said of cashless bail in the Oval Office.