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Trump uses dinner in D.C. to underscore effectiveness of crime crackdown
President Trump went out to dinner in downtown Washington on Tuesday night to underscore that it's safe for residents to eat at restaurants again amid his crime crackdown and national guard deployment.
Trump having dinner at a restaurant near the White House to promote his Washington crackdown
President Donald Trump is having dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an effort to crack down on crime in the nation's capital.
Democrat James Walkinshaw wins U.S. House special election in Virginia
Democrat James Walkinshaw, a politician with experience working on Capitol Hill, has won a special election to be the next U.S. House representative of the Virginia district home to the state's most populous county.
A once-fringe Christian leader gets a warm welcome in Trump’s Washington
For decades, Doug Wilson was a relatively unknown pastor in Idaho, relegated to the fringe of evangelicalism for his radical teachings.
House speaker: D.C. crime emergency extension unneeded if locals cooperate with feds
Congress won't extend President Trump's expiring D.C. crime emergency declaration that has given the federal government power to take over certain law enforcement functions in Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday.
Maryland mom who won LGBTQ story time case in Supreme Court says changes needed in education
A Christian mother who fought Montgomery County schools' policy on LGBTQ story time all the way to the Supreme Court says her case should be the start of building a better educational system in Maryland and across the country.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore running for second term, quieting White House rumblings
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will seek a second term as the state's top elected official, distancing himself from speculation that he was eyeing a presidential run in 2028.
Illegal immigrant ordered to remain in PG County jail on charges of killing 19-year-old woman
An illegal immigrant accused of murdering a 19-year-old woman was due in court Monday in Prince George's County.
A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump’s order
Law enforcement officials on Sunday removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation's capital.
In one D.C. neighborhood after federal intervention, the notion of more authority is a mixed bag
In a swath of the nation's capital that sits across the tracks, and the river, residents can see the Washington Monument, the Waldorf Astoria - formerly the Trump Hotel - and the U.S. Capitol dome.
‘Never seen anything like it’ — what Trump’s favorite phrase says about his presidency
As President Donald Trump tells it, never-before-seen things are happening with stunning regularity.
Judge shoots down Northern Virginia schools’ lawsuit to keep transgender bathrooms
A federal judge on Friday rejected lawsuits by Fairfax County and Arlington County school boards over their transgender bathroom use policies, saying their challenge to losing federal grant money belongs in claims court instead.
Man finds debris in Potomac River possibly from January’s fatal plane-helicopter collision
A man walking along the Potomac River this weekend found debris that officials say could be a passenger seat from a fatal collision between an airliner and a military helicopter in January.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sues to stop National Guard deployment in the District
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Thursday that he is suing the Trump administration to halt the deployment of National Guard troops in the District.
The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
The District of Columbia on Thursday sued to stop President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard during law enforcement intervention in Washington.
Ex-U.S. attorney for Virginia died of epilepsy in March, medical report says
The former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who was found dead in her Alexandria home in March died of epilepsy in her sleep, according to a recently released medical report.
Republicans applaud progress from Trump’s crime crackdown in D.C.
Republican lawmakers gathered Wednesday to celebrate President Trump's crime-fighting push in the District that has driven down killings, carjackings and muggings during the month-long emergency period.
Florida man convicted in Virginia for rape after new gene test tells him apart from twin
A new forensics method has helped to identify a man from his identical twin for the first time in a U.S. court, and secured the man's conviction for violent abduction and rape in Prince William County, Virginia.
Big pay raise for D.C. cops marks further shift away from ‘defund the police’ movement
D.C. leaders put the city's "defund the police" era firmly in the rear view Wednesday by announcing a major pay raise for officers, sergeants and detectives in the Metropolitan Police Department.
Republican senators to talk up wins of Trump’s D.C. crime-fighting push
A group of Republican senators will host a briefing Wednesday to tout the success of President Trump's surge of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops into the District of Columbia.
