The National Park Service plans to close Dupont Circle during Capital Pride celebrations this weekend, listing public safety and protection of the historic park as reasons. From 6 a.m. Friday until Monday, the park will be closed. It’s the same thing the community heard last year nearing the height of WorldPride. The neighborhood was very different when it first drew D.C.’s...
A high-profile Virginia teacher and a parent decided to fight back against social media attacks, name-calling and false allegations, each filing defamation lawsuits against the creator of a conservative X feed. Both just won judgments of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fairfax County Public Schools teacher Robert Rigby is a well-known, outspoken figure in the community. The former president of...
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George won the Democratic primary for D.C. mayor, the NBC News decision desk projected after former Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie conceded.
The Trump administration’s Justice Department is challenging Virginia laws targeting federal immigration officers. The complaint was filed in Virginia's Eastern District. It opposes laws banning officers from wearing masks and laws that restrict agreements with local law enforcement agencies. The Justice Department argues these laws illegally regulate the federal government and endanger officers. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche criticized Virginia's policies, stating they create risks for agents. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said his office is reviewing the lawsuit. He said the state aims to "protect Virginians right to safe communities and transparent enforcement of the law.”
“Now more than ever.” That’s the battle cry of student journalists in Montgomery County Public Schools over an official memo they said they view as an attempt at censorship. It says administrators will now review all student publications prior to distribution. At a time when newspapers are disappearing and diminishing nationwide, student-run publications continue to thrive in Montgomery County Public...
Two people were hit and killed in separate crashes on Montgomery County roads overnight Monday into Tuesday. One of those crashes happened on Muddy Branch Road and West Diamond Avenue in Gaithersburg. A man was hit by a car at 4:27 a.m. Police said the driver didn’t stay on scene. And seven hours before, a bicyclist died along New Hampshire...
Calling it an historic day for women, Virginia Democrats are putting a spotlight on two legislative measures that guarantee access to contraception in the commonwealth. The bills’ sponsors said the measures are necessary to protect Virginians in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever reverses a long-held decision that protects contraceptive rights. The memorial to the suffragists who championed women’s right...
A Maryland judge heard the case of a $39 million transfer from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to Prince George’s County coffers. The M-NCPPC claims the transfer is unlawful and asked for a temporary restraining order to stop the transfer, which is supposed to happened July 1. “The money that they’re taking — and that’s what it is...
A candidate running for Montgomery County executive pulled one of his television ads after News4 asked the campaign about a man in the ad who organized a 2018 event where someone made antisemitic comments. In the ad, Montgomery County Councilmember Andrew Friedson, who is Jewish, is pictured walking alongside Joshua Lopez, a longtime D.C. politics insider who was an advisor...
Councilmember Robert White won in the race to fill the seat of Washington, D.C.’s, long-serving congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, after Councilmember Brooke Pinto conceded. White’s campaign told News4 Pinto called to concede shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday. White declared victory in a speech. “Washington, D.C., thank you. This is our time. We will not yield the promise of America,...
Virginia Democrats are celebrating a new deal to legalize a recreational marijuana marketplace in the commonwealth, but it comes as Virginia is quickly approaching the possibility of its first ever state government shutdown. For months, Democrats in the majority have been at odds over the state budget, and if a deal isn’t struck by the end of the month, teachers,...
A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House, killing one of them, has pleaded not guilty to charges in a new indictment. Those charges would him eligible for a possible death sentence if he is convicted. Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal was arraigned Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and 16 other counts in the new indictment. Lakanwal originally pleaded not guilty in January to charges in the November 2025 shooting that killed Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. A grand jury in Washington originally charged Lakanwal in a nine-count indictment.
President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education. Trump’s Republican administration made the announcement on Tuesday. The Department of Justice also will take over work protecting student privacy and will provide some training and advisory help to schools. Trump campaigned on shutting down the Education Department and moving education “back to the states,” but only Congress can close the department.
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