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DC leaders express cautious optimism on avoiding massive budget cuts 03/17/2025 04:52pm • Expressing cautious optimism, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city leaders said they are continuing to lobby members of the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to prevent massive budget cuts. A federal spending bill passed last week by both chambers of Congress would require D.C. to Emphasis on emerging technology could be behind boost in Fairfax Co. police applications 03/17/2025 04:42pm • As law enforcement agencies across the D.C. region grapple with staffing challenges, there may be help on the way in Fairfax County, Virginia. Applicants to the Fairfax County Police Department increased 10% in 2024, according to police data, and the agency suspects its emphasis on emerging techn Man seen with missing Pittsburgh student believes he's being detained illegally, requests hearing: Source 03/17/2025 04:01pm • Sudiksha Konanki is seen in this undated photo shared to Meta. (Sudiksha Konanki via Meta)(PUNTA CANA, DR) -- Lawyers for the Minnesota college student who was with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki the night she went missing in Punta Cana have requested a habeas corpus hearing, a so How Moore says Trump administration could impact Maryland: Tariffs, FBI headquarters, federal workers 03/17/2025 02:44pm • ��� Watch Video: Full interview: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" The following is the transcript of an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on March 16, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: ��We Will House Republicans approve DC's billion-dollar budget fix? 03/17/2025 01:22pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. D.C. appears to have dodged a billion-dollar bullet with Senate approval of a bill to fix a big budget problem, but the House still needs to approve it. The decision to br DC officer allegedly struck during ATV hit-and-run 03/16/2025 04:16pm • A person driving an ATV struck a D.C. police officer and left the scene Saturday night in Northwest, according to authorities. The crash happened at around 8:15 p.m. near the intersection of 15th and U streets, D.C. police said. After striking the officer, the ATV driver left the scene. The Second Look Act clears key hurdle in Maryland House as it advances toward the Senate 03/16/2025 05:07am • A bill that would let some inmates ask a judge to reduce their jail time after they have served decades cleared a preliminary vote in the House of Delegates Saturday. The emotionally charged debate over the so-called Second Look Act lasted more than two hours. House Democrats led by Judiciary Montgomery Co. police seek public's help identifying human remains found in Rock Creek Park 03/15/2025 04:43pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are calling on the public's help for any information that could lead to the identification of human remains found in Rock Creek Regional Park. The remains were initially discovered on March 1 by a hiker who came upon a human skull on park grounds, according Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative returns to reiterate its points 03/15/2025 01:14pm • The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative in��December��released a list of 18 recommendations aimed at ending racial disparities in the criminal justice system, several of which were taken up by lawmakers during this legislative session. Collaborative members were back Thursday with a new, mor 'A major first step': Local leaders react to Senate's unanimous approval of DC budget bill 03/15/2025 08:48am • On Friday, just minutes after passing a continuing resolution that would fund the government for six more months, U.S. senators voted to pass a bill that would reverse a provision to the spending package that would have required more than $1 billion in cuts to D.C.'s budget. The "District of Col Veterans protest Trump, DOGE and Musk on National Mall 03/14/2025 10:24pm • Former members of the armed services joined friends, family and concerned others on Friday on the National Mall to protest cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs and mass layoffs of federal workers. One of the veterans who made his voice heard was combat veteran, MSgt. Rig. The Northern V DC Council member offers crash course on $1B DC budget cut narrowly averted by Congress 03/14/2025 07:18pm • Citing confusion over the proposed $1 billion impact to D.C.'s budget, D.C. At-Large Council member Christina Henderson offered a tutorial on her X account on Thursday. "Budgets can be complicated," she wrote. "So to combat confusion, I'd like to introduce 'The District Budget 101, pt1.'" Hend Prince George's Co. man charged with keeping homemade pipe bomb in storage unit 03/14/2025 02:32pm • Police have charged a man in connection to a homemade pipe bomb found Wednesday in a storage unit in Prince George's County, Maryland. Robert Criss, 43, of Capitol Heights, has been charged with possession of an explosive device as well as the illegal possession of ammunition, according to Prince 'Person of interest' describes hours surrounding disappearance of Loudoun Co. student in Dominican Republic 03/14/2025 01:30pm • Eight days after the disappearance of 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki, of South Riding, Virginia, a person of interest identified by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, described the hours before and after the University of Pittsburgh student was last seen heading toward the beach during a spring brea Prince George���s County releases 'difficult' $5.7B budget proposal 03/14/2025 07:18am • The only word used to describe the fiscal year 2026 budget proposal released by acting Prince George���s County Executive Tara Jackson more than the word ���challenge��� was ���difficult.��� During a Thursday afternoon budget announcement, Jackson made it clear that things are likely to change ag