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Memphis

City in and county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States

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Nov 22, 2025
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Has crime in the US gone down since Trump

Available reporting shows violent crime and homicides that rose around 2020–2021 have fallen in 2023–2025, with several city- and national-level data series recording substantial declines (examples: m...

Oct 5, 2025
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How does the National Guard deployment in democratic cities compare to republican cities?

The available reporting shows the Trump administration has deployed or proposed deploying National Guard and federalized troops to several —including Portland, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago (...

Oct 8, 2025
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Which US cities have the highest murder rates in 2025 and what are the underlying causes?

Multiple 2025 reports and compilations identify Memphis, St. Louis, Detroit, Birmingham, and Baltimore among U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates, while other large cities have seen notable dec...

Nov 23, 2025

Which large U.S. cities led by Republicans or Democrats have the highest per-capita crime rates?

Available reporting and academic analyses show no simple partisan map of per-capita crime: recent peer‑reviewed research found mayoral party affiliation has “no detectable effect” on crime, and multip...

Oct 12, 2025

What are the crime rates in blue states versus red states in 2024?

Crime trends in 2024 show a national decline in violent and property crime according to FBI summaries cited in the analyses, but comparisons framed as “blue versus red states” are inconclusive because...

Oct 8, 2025

If New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Memphis were removed from gun violence statistics, where would the US rank for gun violence in the world?

The claim asks whether the United States would drop in global gun‑violence rankings if New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Memphis were removed from US statistics; . Available analyses establish that M...

Oct 12, 2025

How does Chicago's murder rate compare to other major US cities in 2025?

Chicago’s homicide rate in recent federal reporting was about , placing it below several smaller Rust Belt and Southern cities but above many large cities; that could put the city on track for its low...

Oct 9, 2025

Can the President unilaterally declare martial law, or are there congressional checks?

The President cannot unilaterally impose a sweeping, indefinite martial law free of congressional or judicial checks; statutory regimes like the Insurrection Act and the Constitution constrain preside...

Oct 2, 2025

Crime rates from Republican and Democratic stars

A clear pattern in the supplied analyses shows that ; multiple recent data points indicate high murder rates in some Republican-led states and cities, while overall national homicide and violent crime...

Nov 23, 2025

What are the laws governing National Guard deployment at the state level?

State-level control of the National Guard is shaped by a mix of federal statutes (notably Title 10 and Title 32 authorities and the Militia Act), the Posse Comitatus limits on using the regular milita...

Jan 14, 2026

Which maritime routes and ports have been linked to shipments of fentanyl precursors headed to North America?

Maritime shipments of fentanyl precursor chemicals bound for North America are traced primarily to suppliers in China and, historically, India, moved through global maritime and parcel networks into M...

Nov 1, 2025

What evidence supports the claim that Martin Luther King Jr was smothered to death?

The claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was smothered to death rather than killed by a gunshot is not supported by the bulk of official investigations and mainstream reporting: congressional and forensi...

Oct 24, 2025

What are the current crime rates in Chicago compared to other major US cities in 2025?

Chicago recorded substantial year‑to‑date declines in violent crime in 2025, with multiple municipal and local reports citing roughly in early 2025, alongside an unusually high homicide clearance rate...

Oct 17, 2025

Is it true that they recovered 44 missing children in Memphis because of ice?

The documents supplied for analysis do not substantiate that assertion and instead show unrelated reporting and duplicate cookie/policy texts; available analyses indicate no source in the package conf...

Dec 9, 2025

Which large us cities have the highest violent-crime rates per capita and what are their party affiliations?

Among large U.S. cities, recent reporting and compiled lists repeatedly identify Baltimore, Memphis, Detroit, New Orleans and St. Louis among those with the highest violent‑crime or homicide rates per...

Oct 18, 2025

Which cities in the US have the highest and lowest crime rates in black communities in 2025?

The available analyses do not provide a definitive ranked list of U.S. cities by , but they offer partial and sometimes conflicting indicators: a MoneyGeek calculation ranks cities by per-capita crime...

Oct 12, 2025

How do DC crime rates compare to other major US cities in 2025?

Washington, D.C.’s crime trends in 2024–2025 show a after a 2023 surge, placing the District on a downward trajectory relative to prior years; official and media summaries through August 2025 report d...

Oct 9, 2025

Has any US president ever arrested a governor or mayor in the past?

No source in the supplied dossier shows that any U.S. president has personally arrested a governor or mayor; the materials instead document federal deployments, law enforcement authorities like ICE, a...

Jan 14, 2026

Are there verified records linking Martin Luther King Jr. to orgies or prostitution in Boston, Montgomery, or Memphis?

The declassified FBI files and later reporting contain salacious allegations that Martin Luther King Jr. participated in orgies and solicited prostitutes, but those claims originate in FBI dossiers, t...

Dec 11, 2025

How do violent-crime rates in large US cities compare when adjusted for age, poverty, and unemployment?

When analysts adjust city violent‑crime rates for age, poverty and unemployment, the raw rankings change but the underlying pattern remains: concentrated disadvantage strongly correlates with higher v...