Matt Delaney

Big pay raise for D.C. cops marks further shift away from ‘defund the police’ movement

D.C. leaders put the city's "defund the police" era firmly in the rear view Wednesday by announcing a major pay raise for officers, sergeants and detectives in the Metropolitan Police Department.

September 3, 2025

Republican senators to talk up wins of Trump’s D.C. crime-fighting push

A group of Republican senators will host a briefing Wednesday to tout the success of President Trump's surge of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops into the District of Columbia.

September 3, 2025

‘The Sports Junkies’ producer charged with domestic violence in Virginia

A producer for the popular "Sports Junkies" radio show in the D.C. area remains in jail Tuesday after he was arrested on domestic violence charges over the weekend, according to authorities and court documents.

September 2, 2025

Another case tossed: D.C. grand jury lets woman go after Trump threat

A federal grand jury in the District refused to indict a woman accused of threatening President Trump over social media as juries keep cases out of the courtroom amid his crime crackdown in the nation's capital.

September 2, 2025

Houston man faces murder charge after boy, 11, gunned down over ding-dong-ditch prank

Houston authorities on Tuesday arrested and charged a man accused of chasing after and fatally shooting an 11-year-old boy who was caught playing the ding-dong-ditch prank on the suspect's home.

September 2, 2025

Putin shores up ties with India and China while U.S., EU plan way forward on Ukraine

A defiant Vladimir Putin thumbed his nose at the West by embracing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's Xi Jinping on Monday, leaving no sign of progress on Ukraine as President Trump's peace deadline came and went.

September 1, 2025

Ukraine-Russia peace appears distant as Zelenskyy hints at future strikes behind enemy lines

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy promised new strikes in the Russian interior, just a day after Moscow carried out a fresh wave of bombardments in southeastern Ukraine as the war shows no signs of slowing down in spite of U.S. efforts to the contrary.

August 31, 2025

D.C. Council members dismiss benefits of Trump’s crime crackdown after mayor offers praise

Several D.C. Council members have bashed the ongoing federal surge in the city initiated by President Trump, seemingly in response to Mayor Muriel Bowser praising the takeover for helping drive down major crimes.

August 28, 2025

D.C. mayor notes major drops in violent crime amid federal crackdown

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised the sharp reductions in violent crime brought on by President Trump's surge of federal law enforcement authorities throughout the District.

August 27, 2025

Transportation Dept. to run Union Station, aims to improve commercial prospects, clear out homeless

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it plans to take managerial control of Union Station to unlock the historic station's commercial potential.

August 27, 2025

D.C. sees first homicide since law enforcement surge, as Trump calls for death penalty for murder

The District recorded its first homicide in the nearly two weeks since federal law enforcement surged in the nation's capital, while President Trump declared Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in the city will face capital punishment.

August 26, 2025

DC’s 12-day streak of no killings ends, as prosecutors ID violent suspects nabbed by feds

The District witnessed its first killing in nearly two weeks amid the federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, while prosecutors began identifying some of the criminal suspects arrested by authorities during the citywide crackdown.

August 26, 2025

Trump signs orders targeting cashless bail policies in D.C., other states

President Trump signed an executive order Monday threatening to pull federal support from the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions that refuse to ditch their cashless bail policies.

August 25, 2025

Trump trades barbs with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over ‘crime ridden’ Baltimore

President Trump blasted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore about "crime ridden" Baltimore on Sunday after the Democrat sent a letter last week inviting the president to visit his state amid dramatic reductions in violent crime.

August 24, 2025

Military attorneys to help with D.C. crime caseload during federal takeover

Military attorneys are being sent to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District as prosecutors look to add some extra legal muscle amid President Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the nation's capital.

August 21, 2025

Trump speaks to police, National Guard troops ahead of joining patrol

President Trump on Thursday spoke to a large crowd of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Southeast before his nighttime patrol with guard members and D.C. police as part of his mission to lower crime in the District.

August 21, 2025

Old accusations of D.C. police distorting violent crime data resurface amid DOJ probe

Two lawsuits from former Metropolitan Police Department officers accusing the department of suppressing violent crime numbers are getting another look during the political rumpus over President Trump's deployment of troops to fight crime in the District of Columbia.

August 20, 2025

Justice Department investigating D.C. police for minimizing violent crime numbers

The Justice Department on Tuesday opened an investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department allegedly publishing phony crime data to make the city appear safer than it is, according to multiple reports.

August 19, 2025

National Guardsmen expand operations into 10 D.C. Metro stations

Three more Republican-led states are sending National Guard troops to the District amid President Trump's declared emergency over crime.

August 19, 2025

Residents in D.C.’s high-crime neighborhoods back federal takeover of city police

Robbie Woodland was skeptical of President Trump's takeover of the District of Columbia until she spotted a patrol firsthand in Southeast.

August 18, 2025