Sean Salai

Lack of money stalls condo repairs near Prince George’s County homeless encampment

Lack of money has stalled repairs at an Adelphi-area condominium complex whose residents say vagrants broke their heating system seven months ago, a Maryland District Court judge said Tuesday.

June 23, 2026

Maryland buys Preakness Stakes to keep Triple Crown racing in the state

Maryland has announced plans to buy the Preakness Stakes, keeping the Triple Crown race in the state and quashing concerns that a for-profit company would move it.

June 22, 2026

Twenty-six jurisdictions to hike minimum wage next month

Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.

June 19, 2026

Kim Jackson, interim D.C. Public Schools chancellor, begins work next week

Longtime administrator Kim Jackson will become interim chancellor of D.C. Public Schools next week as families wait for the next mayor to name a permanent replacement.

June 18, 2026

America250 tourism expected to outdraw 1976 bicentennial events

Tourism during 1976, America's bicentennial, famously underperformed expectations for the nation's capital, but D.C. insiders say this summer's 250th birthday party will do better.

June 17, 2026

Some colleges pull back from Pride Month amid Trump pressure

Dozens of colleges have quietly pulled back from Pride Month this year under pressure from the Trump administration to enforce institutional neutrality policies more closely.

June 16, 2026

Public school districts gut budgets to offset rising costs, falling enrollment

Most public school districts nationwide are slashing staff and budgets this summer as rising costs and falling enrollments squeeze their finances.

June 15, 2026

D.C. watchdogs feud about overspending as city lawmakers eye more budget hikes

Washington's top municipal finance watchdogs are feuding about perennial agency overspending as the D.C. Council eyes more spending hikes in its annual budget.

June 12, 2026

Maryland agency sues Prince George’s County for raiding park funds to plug budget holes

Prince George's County officials are facing a lawsuit after diverting more than $39 million in property tax revenues designated for parks to fill a budget deficit.

June 11, 2026

Gallup: Record few Americans find transgenderism, death penalty, animal testing ‘morally acceptable’

Adults who view transgenderism, the death penalty and animal medical testing as "morally acceptable" fell to record lows in the latest Gallup polling released this week.

June 11, 2026

Civil rights complaint says HHS scholarship for Hawaiian natives violates federal laws

A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency's Office of Civil Rights.

June 10, 2026

Religious schools push ‘respectful disagreement’ in Trump era

Religious colleges are holding themselves up as models of respectful political disagreement in the Trump era, as they met this week to promote their speech codes as moralizing influences on students.

June 9, 2026

Undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring, higher education insiders say

Higher education insiders say undergraduate enrollment likely peaked this spring, as colleges prepare for a long-term slide in applications driven by declining birth rates.

June 8, 2026

Cardinal fires D.C. exorcist who said UFOs are mostly demons in disguise

Cardinal Robert McElroy has removed Stephen Rossetti as the Archdiocese of Washington's exorcist after the monsignor posted a viral video theorizing that most UFOs that people see are demons in disguise.

June 4, 2026

Club for Growth: GOP must persuade base to vote ‘one more time’ for Trump in midterms

Republicans could snatch victory in the midterms that many say would be a surprise if they convince their base to vote "one more time" for President Trump to keep Democrats from deep-sixing the MAGA agenda, said Club for Growth President David McIntosh.

June 4, 2026

Food insecurity reaches highest level in a decade

The share of Americans struggling with food insecurity has increased, deepening a trend that began under the Biden administration, a new survey shows.

June 3, 2026

HHS probes complaint of racial preferences in Biden-era healthcare training grants

The Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a complaint that three of its Biden-era healthcare training programs are illegally distributing federal grant money based on applicants' skin color.

June 2, 2026

Feds sell second Southwest waterfront property as part of Trump downsizing of government

A private developer is buying the Liberty Loan Building overlooking the Tidal Basin in Southwest Washington -- the second federal property sold under the Trump administration's government downsizing campaign.

June 1, 2026

Maryland school districts require teachers to potty-train toddlers as ‘pre-K for all’ expands

The four largest school districts in Maryland have implemented a state policy requiring teachers to provide potty training to children up to age 5 as taxpayer-funded "pre-K for all" expands among low-income families.

May 31, 2026

Autopsy shows 18-year-old woman died of complications from Colorado Planned Parenthood abortion

An 18-year-old woman has died of complications from a legal second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a newly released autopsy.

May 29, 2026