{
  "id": 2441623,
  "title": "Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/trump-threatens-lawsuit-against-nonprofit-that-questioned-whether",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T22:18:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/08/21/trump-threatens-lawsuit-against-nonprofit-that-questioned-whether-national-guard-plan-lessened-crime"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump is threatening legal action against the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress unless it withdraws a report alleging his National Guard deployments to various cities did not reduce crime. The Center for American Progress gave itself until Friday to issue the retraction or face a $5 billion lawsuit. The nonprofit's president and CEO, Neera Tanden, called the lawsuit an attempt to silence them. The report, published on July 13, found that Trump's deployment of the National Guard \"had no measurable effect on violent crime trends.\" Tanden stated that the work was based on the nonprofit's analysis of crime data, which was inconvenient for the Trump administration. Trump's attorney said the center must \"immediately retract the false, malicious, and defamatory statements made about President Trump.\" The nonprofit's legal team dismissed the defamation allegation as absurd, arguing that truth is not defamation and the legal standards are clear.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Trump threatens $5 billion lawsuit against Center for American Progress",
    "Report claims National Guard deployments didn't reduce crime",
    "Center's CEO Neera Tanden calls lawsuit attempt to silence them"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}