Matt Delaney

WATCH: Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with how to treat President Trump's attempt to block children of illegal immigrants and short-term visitors from getting birthright U.S. citizenship, with the justices trying to stack his executive order up against more than a century of tradition.

April 1, 2026

Ex-human rights commissioner in San Francisco charged with misusing government money

The former leader of San Francisco's Human Rights Commission has been charged with steering millions in city money to her old nonprofit group, which was led by the man she lives with.

April 1, 2026

D.C. Council postpones vote on juvenile curfew, allowing measure to expire

The D.C. Council on Tuesday postponed its vote on extending the emergency juvenile curfew until late April, which effectively ends the curfew that has been credited with helping prevent teenagers from running amok in popular nightlife spots.

March 31, 2026

Woman accused of murder in Rock Creek crash was driving at 100+ mph before collision

The woman charged with murder in a major 2023 crash that killed three people on Rock Creek Parkway was driving up to 100 mph and had high levels of alcohol in her system, according to expert witnesses who testified Monday in D.C. Superior Court.

March 31, 2026

Fight inside Arundel Mills mall leads to shooting, police chase

Anne Arundel County Police said three people were arrested Saturday after the trio jumped a man inside a shopping mall, which led to a shooting and then a police chase that crossed county lines.

March 29, 2026

Drone inspections underway along broken sewer line that flooded Potomac River

DC Water began drone flights Thursday to inspect the 54-mile sewer line that ruptured this winter and sent hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River.

March 26, 2026

GOP’s plan to defeat Virginia’s new congressional map: Strong rural vote, no city blowouts

Virginia Republicans aim to replicate the Youngkin model to defeat the Democrat-led push to redraw the state's congressional map.

March 25, 2026

Two arrested in D.C. ‘ambush’ shooting that wounded Park Police officer

Officials said a U.S. Park Police officer was wounded in an "ambush" shooting Monday night while working an undercover operation in the Southeast section of D.C.

March 24, 2026

Armless, legless pro cornhole player charged in deadly Maryland shooting

A quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player is accused of fatally shooting a man in a Maryland suburb, then dumping the body and fleeing to Virginia before he was captured.

March 24, 2026

Trump celebrates major crime drop in Memphis after federal intervention

President Trump on Monday championed his law enforcement operation in Memphis, saying it has achieved one of the largest, fastest crime declines in the nation's history.

March 23, 2026

Feds seek custody of illegal immigrant accused of killing Chicago college student

The Department of Homeland Security asked Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago leaders on Monday to honor an immigration detainer for a Venezuelan man charged with fatally shooting a college student.

March 23, 2026

Trump to visit Memphis amid federal mission to cut down on crime

President Trump heads Monday to Memphis as a sharp decline in killings, muggings and assaults resulting from his federal crime-fighting push has turned around the Southern city long dogged by violence.

March 22, 2026

Feds accused three people of trafficking firearms from Georgia to D.C. area

Federal prosecutors in Georgia have charged three people with buying guns in the Peach State and trafficking them to criminals in the national capital region, including one that ended up in the hands of a high schooler.

March 19, 2026

D.C. traffic cameras in danger of going dark after House Oversight advances bill

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation to shut down the District's expansive traffic camera system, a move that the bill's supporters said would end a money grab by D.C. leaders who have long hailed the devices as a boon for road safety.

March 18, 2026

U.S. Capitol Police request first-ever $1 billion budget, citing increasing threats on lawmakers

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan is asking the federal government to support the department's largest budget ever in light of a growing number of threats made against lawmakers.

March 18, 2026

No hate crime charges for California trio accused of yelling ‘F—- the Jews’ before attack

Prosecutors in the San Francisco Bay Area have charged three men with assault in connection with an attack on two Hebrew-speaking men -- but not a hate crime charge even though the suspects reportedly shouted "F--- the Jews" during the violence.

March 17, 2026

D.C. pipe bomb suspect wants a presidential pardon

The Virginia man accused of placing pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic national headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol says he deserves the same clemency as the rioters.

March 17, 2026

EPA to handle Potomac River water testing after sewer pipe burst

The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is taking over water quality testing in the Potomac River after a major sewer pipeline ruptured and sent roughly 250 million gallons of human waste into the waterway.

March 16, 2026

Las Vegas police in legal fight with judge who ordered the release of a suspect with 35 arrests

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is defying a judge's order to release a serial offender, arguing in a Nevada Supreme Court petition that it has the final say in keeping the 35-time arrestee behind bars.