Category Archives: Local News

LANDOVER, MD - For all the injury problems and inconsistency the Washington Redskins have endured this season, they’re glad they’ve avoided quarterback roulette. Kirk Cousins has started e...

By Dan Merica CNN WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, fresh off signing his signature tax legislation, will travel from Washington down to Florida on Friday for a prolonged visit at Mar-A-Lago,...

FAIRFAX, Va. — A Virginia home remodeling contractor who tried to have a client killed has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Washington Post reports that contractor Daniel W. Jamison was...

 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) – A Republican candidate has survived a recount in Virginia’s 28th House District in the Fredericksburg area, ending a string of four recounts for tight House ...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has narrowly passed a short-term spending bill, the first step as the Republican-led Congress tries to avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday. The vote...

  WASHINGTON (AP/WMAL) – Two locals have been appointed to state government positions, one in Virginia and the other in Maryland. Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam has named a middle school...

  (CNN) — Republicans are trying to avoid a government shutdown just days ahead of the holidays, but passing a funding bill will require the party to go it alone in the House or risk oversh...

  (CNN) — A single ballot has put the control of the Virginia House chamber back in limbo for the second time in one week, and next Wednesday morning, the balance of power will be settled i...

RICHMOND, VA — Control of the country’s oldest legislative body could come down to which old film canister an election official pulls out of a glass bowl - or maybe an old fashioned tri-co...

WASHINGTON — As House Republicans spilled out of a closed-door meeting Wednesday night, it was clear that things hadn’t gone well. Members gave wildly varying accounts of the proposal that...