Matt Delaney

Texas teen charged in fatal stabbing of track athlete raises nearly $300K

The family of the Texas teenager charged with murder in the deadly stabbing of a fellow teen track athlete has brought in close to $300,000 in donations, though what the money will be used for is unclear.

April 9, 2025

Spike in juvenile crime, fentanyl in Albuquerque prompts deployment of New Mexico’s National Guard

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Albuquerque as police in the state's largest city are overwhelmed by rising juvenile crime and a worsening fentanyl crisis.

April 9, 2025

Murder trial against illegal immigrant details gruesome injuries of slain Maryland mother

The trial of the illegal immigrant accused of killing a Maryland mother of five entered its third day Tuesday as medical officials described some of the grisly injuries Rachel Morin endured when she was dragged off a running trail, raped and beaten to death two years ago.

April 8, 2025

Record tax increase, massive budget cuts expected as Maryland Legislature ends session

Maryland state lawmakers were closing in on a $1.6 billion tax increase and $2 billion in budget cuts as their legislative session drew to a close Monday.

April 7, 2025

Texas police slam fake information about teen’s stabbing death at track meet

Police in Frisco, Texas, are warning about the spread of false information about the stabbing death of a teenager last week at a track meet.

April 6, 2025

Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash

President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and are likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy.

April 4, 2025

D.C. cop detained with guns, drugs in car gets off with traffic tickets

A D.C. police officer once celebrated as a community leader was pulled over and detained in Prince George's County with guns and drugs inside his car -- but is only being cited for traffic violations.

April 3, 2025

New D.C. police unit created to stem rising juvenile crime

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police leaders unveiled a new police unit Thursday to crack down on the city's growing juvenile crime problem and track the young offenders' rehabilitation after arrest.

April 3, 2025

Nearly 50 suspected Tren de Aragua members, including children, nabbed in Texas

Federal and local authorities in Texas said they arrested nearly 50 suspected members of Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, including children, during a raid outside Austin this week.

April 3, 2025

House lawmakers trade accusations over weaponized federal law enforcement in fiery hearing

House Republicans on Wednesday bashed the former Biden administration for weaponizing the FBI to enforce its political agenda, while Democrats countered that President Trump is remaking the Justice Department into a protection service for his allies.

April 2, 2025

Would-be Kavanaugh assassin to take guilty plea, defense team says

The California man accused of plotting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh told a federal judge Wednesday he will plead guilty to the scheme that came about in 2022 over the high court's pending rulings on abortion and the Second Amendment.

April 2, 2025

Columbia student charged with hurling unlit Molotov cocktail from dorm window

New York City police on Tuesday said they arrested a Columbia University student who chucked an unlit Molotov cocktail out of his dorm window.

April 2, 2025

While Cory Booker rails against Trump, his Senate aide busted for having handgun at Capitol

One of Sen. Cory A. Booker's staffers was arrested Monday after police said the employee brought a handgun onto Capitol grounds.

April 1, 2025

California prostitute convicted of killing man who wanted refund after learning sex worker was trans

Federal prosecutors in California on Monday said a jury found a transgender prostitute guilty of killing a man who wanted his money back after discovering the sex worker was a biological man.

April 1, 2025

White House says Marylander deported to El Salvador was MS-13 leader

The White House on Tuesday said the Maryland father deported to El Salvador's mega-prison was an MS-13 leader who will not be returning to the U.S., despite the Trump administration conceding in a prior court filing that he was mistakenly flown to the facility housing some of Latin America's most notorious gang members.

April 1, 2025

Ex-D.C. Council member Trayon White to run in special election for former seat

Former D.C. Council member Trayon White said Monday that he will compete in the Ward 8 special election to fill his old seat, less than two months after the council made him the first lawmaker in modern history to be expelled from the body due to his ongoing federal bribery case.

March 31, 2025

Several brawls force police to close Pentagon City Mall early

Arlington County police said they forced Pentagon City Mall to close early on Saturday after multiple brawls broke out in the food court.

March 30, 2025

Feds nab MS-13 leader in Virginia, challenge sanctuary cities to work with Trump

U.S. authorities on Thursday said the MS-13's top leader on the East Coast was captured by federal agents in Northern Virginia.

March 27, 2025

Senate panel grills FAA chief over years of near misses at Reagan Airport leading up to deadly crash

Senators questioned the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday why the agency didn't act sooner to improve safety in the crowded skies around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, after a passenger jet and a military helicopter collided mid-air in January and killed 67 people during the airliner's final approach.

March 27, 2025

New Mexico ex-cop’s lawyer says juror’s ties to ‘defund the police’ movement tainted guilty verdict

A lawyer for a former New Mexico police officer who was convicted in a deadly 2022 shooting says a biased jury tainted the verdict last month.

March 25, 2025