Matt Delaney

D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George announces run for mayor

D.C . Council member Janeese Lewis George announced Monday that she will run for mayor next year.

December 1, 2025

Gunman kills four people, including 3 children, in shooting at California child’s birthday party

Authorities in Northern California said Sunday that three children were among the four people killed during a gunman's rampage through a child's birthday party the night before in Stockton.

November 30, 2025

Suspect in National Guard shooting worked with U.S. in Afghanistan and left during U.S. withdrawal

An Afghan refugee who worked with the U.S. military in his homeland is accused of opening fire on two National Guard troops in the nation's capital after having driven across the country to launch the ambush, officials said.

November 27, 2025

One of the two National Guard troops shot in D.C. attack dies

One of the National Guard members ambushed by a gunman just four blocks from the White House has died of her injuries, President Trump said Thursday.

November 27, 2025

Illegal immigrant pleads guilty to stealing Kristi Noem’s purse in D.C.

An illegal immigrant from Chile has pleaded guilty to stealing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse and now faces possible deportation.

November 26, 2025

Bowser not seeking fourth term as D.C.’s mayor

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday she will not seek reelection next year, ending a decade-long run in office and opening the door for another hopeful to become the District's most powerful elected leader.

November 25, 2025

Maryland’s ex-juvenile crime secretary joins Mamdani’s transition team in New York

Vincent Schiraldi, Maryland's former head of Juvenile Services, who was pushed out over the summer because of his lenient treatment of criminal youths, joined New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team.

November 25, 2025

Three killed, seven wounded in weekend shootings in Baltimore

Three people were killed among seven shootings in Baltimore this past weekend.

November 24, 2025

Trump says Chicago residents begging for crime help after violent weekend

President Trump says Chicagoans are clamoring for federal law enforcement assistance with after two weekend shootings left one teen dead and several others wounded downtown.

November 23, 2025

Five antifa members plead guilty to terrorism charges in ICE facility attack

Five people linked to the left-wing militant group antifa pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in this past summer's attack on a Texas immigration detention facility that left one police officer wounded.

November 20, 2025

Faux influencer arrested 6 times in dine-and-dash scam around New York City

A wannabe influencer may don designer threads, but she can afford only the free bread at trendy New York City restaurants after being arrested several times in a brazen dine-and-dash scheme the past month.

November 20, 2025

Bills eliminating D.C.’s cashless bail, rolling back police changes pass House

The House passed two more bills Wednesday night reconfiguring the District's public safety system, with lawmakers approving proposals to repeal the city's cashless bail policy and undo police protocol changes that came about in 2020.

November 20, 2025

Indiana sending 300 National Guard troops to D.C.

Nearly 300 Indiana National Guard members will arrive in the District next month as the Trump administration's crime-fighting mission presses ahead.

November 19, 2025

Canadian Olympian who became drug kingpin charged with ordering hit on trial witness

Federal officials on Wednesday accused a former Olympic snowboarder-turned-drug trafficker of ordering the assassination of a federal witness who was set to testify about his criminal enterprise.

November 19, 2025

Ex-wife of NASA astronaut pleads guilty to making up first crime in space

The ex-wife of a NASA astronaut pleaded guilty to fabricating the first crime in space when she admitted to lying about her spouse stealing her identity while aboard the International Space Station.

November 19, 2025

Two blackouts set cargo ship on path to destroy Key Bridge in Baltimore, NTSB says

A loose wire and a dormant fuel pump triggered two blackouts aboard the massive cargo ship Dali, federal officials said Tuesday, causing the freighter to crash into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last year in a crash that toppled the structure and killed six construction workers.

November 18, 2025

Virginia school settles with family after allowing antisemitic bullying of daughter

A Virginia family on Tuesday settled with the Nysmith School for Gifted Children after the parents alleged that the school condoned antisemitic bullying of their 11-year-old daughter and then expelled the girl and her two siblings when concerns were brought to administrators.

November 18, 2025

Off-duty DHS agent charged in gunpoint traffic stop of California teen

Southern California authorities said they arrested an off-duty Department of Homeland Security agent after he was accused of pulling a gun on a teenage boy during a traffic stop.

November 17, 2025

Indiana state senator swatted on same day Trump criticized him over redistricting effort

An Indiana lawmaker was targeted in a swatting attack just hours after President Trump bashed the state senator over Republicans' stalled push to take up redistricting, authorities said.

November 17, 2025

N.Y. Jets CB Kris Boyd hospitalized in critical condition after Manhattan shooting

Officials said New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd was rushed to a hospital in critical condition early Sunday after shots rang out near a Midtown restaurant.

November 16, 2025