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Who is Russ Vought? Incoming White House budget chief, GWU grad and Project 2025 author 11/29/2024 08:37pm • WASHINGTON ��� Incoming White House budget director Russ Vought has spent much of his career learning the detailed, often convoluted mechanisms that make up the Office of Management and Budget. The agency, little known outside Washington, D.C., is relatively small compared to the rest of the fede Data Doctors: Steps for creating your digital legacy 11/29/2024 01:35pm • Q: What should I be thinking about to allow my family access to my digital assets should I pass away? A: The outline for leaving physical assets behind to your heirs or estate is well laid out, but less so when it comes to your digital assets. Your digital assets extend far beyond online photo 10 ways to avoid holiday debt 11/28/2024 06:26am • For many people, the winter holiday season is an opportunity to indulge, and not just on special treats. 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Jay Obernolte on providing reasonable approach that also reassures public 11/18/2024 04:50pm • It���s unlikely there are many members of Congress as knowledgeable about the implications of artificial intelligence as Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA). Obernolte is the chair of the bipartisan AI Task Force, which is working on a major report on AI to be released by the end of the year. ���It� Road to Responsible AI: Rep. Don Beyer on setting controls that don���t limit innovation 11/18/2024 04:40pm • Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) has his eye on artificial intelligence, along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers who recognize the profound impact of the technology. He has long recognized AI���s potential ��� noting its development goes back decades ��� but understands the average American is only n Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations 11/18/2024 04:25pm • James Devaney/GC Images(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he would declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations of migrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.Overnight, Trump responded to a social media post from Judicial Trump Impact: Should federal workers worry about Elon Musk eliminating their jobs? 11/18/2024 04:36am • President-elect Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency pledges to "send shockwaves" through the U.S. government and eliminate massive waste as well as the jobs of federal workers. The department ��� which is not actually part of the government ��� is being led by Elon Musk and More people aged 65+ face homelessness, Md. housing officials report 11/11/2024 04:59pm • Mission Possible founder James Roberts has noticed it, an increase in residents in their 60s and 70s seeking emergency housing at his homeless shelter in Baltimore. ���It���s kind of been that way for a few years now,��� said Roberts, 78. ���We do what we can to help them and to get them taken ca Investigations underway after reports of racist texts sent to DC-area residents, others across the country 11/08/2024 02:17am • Holli Holliday's inbox has been inundated with all types of texts lately, but she was particularly surprised by a message that came through Thursday. It talked about going to a plantation, she said. Immediately, she blocked the sender and reported the message. But at that point, the president of Va. Congressman Gerry Connolly says he has cancer 11/07/2024 01:48pm • Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly has been diagnosed with cancer. In an open letter to his constituents Thursday, the 74-year-old Democrat said he has cancer of the esophagus. Connolly added he has no symptoms aside from intermittent abdominal pains and will be undergoing chemotherapy right awa Where to find DC-area Election Day restaurant discounts, specials and other deals 11/03/2024 07:04pm • Election Day in the District is more than a day to cast a vote. It���s also a great chance to indulge in some unique food and drink deals. As locals gear up to head to the polls on Nov. 5, restaurants and bars across the D.C. region are stepping up with Election Day specials, from themed cocktail Maryland woman found guilty of killing, dismembering and burning mother's body parts on a grill 11/01/2024 06:50pm • The woman who prosecutors say killed and dismembered her mother last year was found guilty by a Prince George's County, Maryland, jury on Friday. Jurors spent just over an hour in deliberations before returning to the courtroom and finding Candace Craig, 46, guilty of first and second-degree murd 'We're all going to be tested': Virginia senator calls for election vigilance 11/01/2024 02:40pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Virginia U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that he's concerned the final days before the election will bring a surge of disinform