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DC councilmember introduces new crime bill

Posted on September 18, 2023

Julia Eisen – WMAL News | September 18, 2023 The DC council is back from its summer recess and Councilmember Brooke Pinto has introduced a series of bills aimed at reducing violence and protecting victims of domestic violence. The “Secure DC Plan” is designed to address “gaps” in criminal laws in the District. You can…… Read more

Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton to not seek re-election

Posted on September 18, 2023

Julia Eisen – WMAL News | September 18, 2023 Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton announced she will not seek re-election in 2024 following a recent diagnosis. The announcement came after she revealed her Parkinsons disease diagnosis last spring. However, she has now been diagnosed with Supra-Nuclear Palsy (PSP), an even more aggressive neurological disorder that is…… Read more

Prince George’s Co. teen arrested in shooting death of DuVal HS student

Posted on September 15, 2023

Julia Eisen – WMAL News | September 15, 2023 A 17-year-old Glenarden boy was charged as an adult with first and second degree murder in Prince George’s County in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old student at DuVal High School on Monday. After school, Jayda Medrano-Moore saw a group of students fighting outside. In…… Read more

Judge reveals investigation into LCPS’ handling of 2 sex assaults

Posted on September 15, 2023

Julia Eisen – WMAL News | September 15, 2023 A long-awaited investigation report into Loudoun County’s two sexual assault cases committed by one student at two schools in 2021 was finally released Thursday under a judge’s order. The report stated that the school system lagged in investigating the case and the sheriff’s department failed to…… Read more

Virginia lawmakers approve long-awaited budget

Posted on September 14, 2023

Julia Eisen – WMAL News | September 14, 2023 Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a revised budget this morning that will provide $1 billion in tax cuts to residents, expanded mental health services and teacher salary raises. The budget took the politically divided Virginia General Assembly more than six months to negotiate. “Listen, you waited…… Read more

Lauren Boebert kicked out of a ‘Beetlejuice’ show in Denver

Posted on September 14, 2023

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a “Beetlejuice” musical play in Denver on Sunday, according to security footage.… Read more

Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case, judge rules

Posted on September 14, 2023

A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.… Read more

Biden has been preparing to fight an impeachment for almost a year. This is his strategy

Posted on September 14, 2023

Associated Press | September 14, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — On Capitol Hill, House Republicans were all-in Wednesday on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Down Pennsylvania Avenue, the president was holding forth at the White House on the importance of bipartisanship in fighting cancer — and ignoring shouted…… Read more

New Hampshire secretary of state won’t block Trump from ballot in key presidential primary state

Posted on September 13, 2023

New Hampshire’s top election official said Wednesday he will not invoke an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on ballots in the state, which will hold the first Republican presidential primary next year.… Read more