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Va. campaign finance worker pleads guilty to embezzling $840K in campaign funds 06/23/2025 04:23pm • An Alexandria woman plead guilty on Monday to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the campaigns of congressional candidates that prosecutors said she used for personal expenses, including foreign travel and chartered yacht tours. Katherine Buchanan, 59, had worked as a political camp Lawsuit seeks to recoup misused grant money from DC nonprofit and former CEO 06/21/2025 04:13am • D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is slamming a city nonprofit and its former CEO��with a lawsuit which claims they misused grant money. Now, the city wants those dollars back. In a release, Schwalb's office said the anti-violence organization Women in H.E.E.L.S. received funding in the 2022 Senate draft of ���big, beautiful bill��� could cut funds for Virginia hospitals, also affect Medicaid 06/20/2025 04:18pm • Virginia���s hospitals are monitoring congressional budget proposals with concern. While the recently passed U.S. House of Representatives��� version of the President Donald Trump-backed ���big beautiful bill��� retained federal mapping��that preserves Medicaid access in Virginia, a new��draft��i Millennials taking control in Prince George���s County politics 06/20/2025 03:00pm • Four years ago there were no millennials on the Prince George���s County Council in Maryland. Today, five of the 11 seats on the council are filled by millennials. This change was pointed out by Council member Tom Dernoga, during the swearing in of Council member Shayla Adams-Stafford earlier thi Conservationists decry Bowser budget slashing millions from city's environmental agency 06/20/2025 05:18am • Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposed fiscal 2026 budget, currently being considered by the D.C. Council, is on pace to slash 24.1% from the Department of Energy and the Environment. The potential cuts are sounding alarms for D.C. environmentalists who fear the move will seriously damage the city's clim Electric shock: Maryland has not joined suit against Trump over EV sales rules 06/18/2025 11:17am • Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has filed or signed onto��two dozen lawsuits��by states challenging Trump administration actions. But not this one. When California��filed suit��last week to defend its ability to set tougher vehicle emission standards ��� standards aimed at speeding ado Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' could make it more expensive to fly in and out of DC area 06/16/2025 02:19pm • The Senate continues to work on what���s been dubbed the president���s ���big, beautiful bill��� this week. It���s a massive tax and spending plan hitting several parts of the federal government. And in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has landed on the GOP���s rad Confronting the ���financial anchor��� of soaring health care costs 06/12/2025 03:50pm • ��� This content has been sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Health care costs in the United States are a burden that nearly every American feels in one way or another. For many families, a trip to the doctor or a visit to the emergency room can lead to unexpected bills that s Why one DC coalition says it's against the deal for new Commanders stadium 06/11/2025 05:50pm • Debate continues over whether a Washington Commanders stadium deal will be beneficial for D.C. or not. On Wednesday afternoon, an organization against the project laid out its concerns over the project and the bill for taxpayers. ���This is really a deal for the Commanders and not for the Dist DC report touting benefits of new Commanders stadium could suffer from ���shiny object bias,��� U.Md. expert says 06/10/2025 04:15am • A D.C. report touting the benefits of a new Commanders stadium at the old RFK site leaves a fundamental question unanswered, one business expert said. Cliff Rossi, professor of the practice and director of the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium at the University of Maryland, said the report doesn�� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joins WTOP to talk ICE raids, National Guard control 06/09/2025 07:00pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joined WTOP live on the air Monday afternoon��to talk about a wide range of topics in the headlines. WTOP anchors Shawn Anderson and Anne Kramer asked the governor about the recent ICE raids, governor control of the National Guard, a look at why he was featured on the broa 15 years after shuttering its tax-prep app, Va. may be ready to compete with TurboTax again 06/09/2025 01:14pm • The��Virginia Department of Taxation���s website��parts company with the web presences of other�� agencies in the commonwealth: It doesn���t offer its own tools to help you complete your primary task there ��� taxes. While you can renew a car registration at the��Department of Motor Vehicles site Bruce Springsteen���s European tour comes with a warning about the battle for America���s soul 06/07/2025 06:10pm • (CNN) ��� They know all about glory days on the Kop ��� the fabled terrace that is the spiritual home of fans of Liverpool ��� England���s Premier League champions. But they���re more used to legends like Kenny Dalglish or Mohamed Salah banging in goals than political cries for help. So, it was s New Commanders stadium would bring thousands of new jobs, billions in revenue: report 06/06/2025 01:14am • A new Commanders stadium at the old RFK Stadium site would bring tens of thousands of jobs and billions in economic revenue, according to a new report released by the District this week. The 22-page report, produced by the firm Conventions, Sports & Leisure International, evaluated the econom Aisha Braveboy declares victory in special election for Prince George's Co. executive 06/04/2025 10:55am • Prince George���s County State���s Attorney Aisha Braveboy is claiming victory in the special general election for county executive Tuesday after amassing over 89% of the unofficial vote over��Republican Jonathan White. The county Board of Elections hasn���t officially called the race, but Braveb