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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, Tuesday, June 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the lessons learned during the coronavirus. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Virginia Sen. Kaine seeks to pull pipeline from debt limit bill

Barbaro is held by jockey Edgar Prado after injuring his leg at the start of the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes, Saturday, May 20, 2006, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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FILE - Roger Stone exits federal court in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. He told reporters as he left the deposition Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, that “I did my civic duty and I responded as required by law” but that he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights to every question. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Oath Keeper who guarded Roger Stone before Jan. 6 attack gets more than 4 years in prison

Travelers check the flight board at Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia. (WTOP/Gigi Barnett)

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Deadly head-on crash leaves baby boy injured in Prince George's Co.

Retiring D.C. police chief Robert Contee

Contee honored after 33 years on the DC police force

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Democratic state senator says sending troops to border makes Va. 'look like a joke'

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Russia's Liudmila Samsonova serves during a match against Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic at the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Women's tennis upgrade: DC's Citi Open merges with Silicon Valley Classic

Maryland Governor Wes Moore walks the streets of Wheaton, Maryland with leaders including Montgomery County council member Natali Fani-González.

Maryland governor gets firsthand look at Wheaton pedestrian safety concerns

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Push for new hires includes more women in Montgomery County police

In this April 30, 2016 photograph, Crestview Baptist Church member Courtney Davis shows where she holsters her concealed firearm while another participant uses a hip holster as they await their turn to shoot during the live fire portion of a enhanced concealed carry class sponsored by the church for members and area residents in Petal, Miss. The 20 participants received hands on assistance during a practical shooting exercise, a thorough review on the fundamentals of safe handling of firearms in addition to a review of the basic and enhanced Mississippi Concealed Carry laws. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

‘Exceptionally lethal’: What to know about Maryland’s battle over concealed-carry permits

Donald Trump held onto a classified Pentagon document that he says came from former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.

Report: Trump captured on tape talking about classified document he kept after leaving White House

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