Matt Delaney

D.C. mayoral candidates take aim at each other in combative second debate

The leading candidates in the D.C. mayoral race made a bigger splash with their personal attacks on one another than they did with their plans to fix the city's problems during the second debate Monday night, less than a month before the primary election.

May 19, 2026

FBI helping investigate viral juvenile brawl inside Navy Yard restaurant

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the FBI is joining the effort to track down the juveniles responsible for a melee that erupted inside a Navy Yard Chipotle and went viral over the weekend.

May 19, 2026

Trial begins for ex-school administrator over role in 6-year-old’s shooting of Virginia teacher

The trial of a former elementary school assistant principal began Monday in Virginia, with the ex-administrator accused of disregarding warnings in 2023 about a 6-year-old having a gun on campus that he later fired at a teacher.

May 18, 2026

Man accused of fatally shooting woman in Alexandria apartment charges at police who kill him

Alexandria, Virginia, police said officers shot and killed a suspect who had fatally shot a woman inside an apartment and then barricaded himself inside early Monday.

May 18, 2026

Man, 68, charged with wounding six and carjacking in Prince George’s County crime spree

Prince George's County police said they arrested and charged a man who wounded six people in several shootings and carjacked another in a crime spree this weekend.

May 17, 2026

‘Culture of fear’ helped influence D.C. police leaders to fudge crime numbers, internal report says

The full report on the District's Metropolitan Police Department crime data manipulation scheme shows that the department's higher-ups reclassified hundreds of crimes as lesser offenses, as multiple police leaders pointed to a "culture of fear" created by Chief Pamela A. Smith that motivated some officials to fix the numbers.

May 14, 2026

Uptick in D.C. homeless population driven by increase among families, census shows

The District's homeless population has increased by more than 4% this year, according to the city's annual census of people living on the streets, with families experiencing homelessness jumping by 16%.

May 13, 2026

Security concerns, responses reviewed by federal intelligence officials ahead of World Cup

Federal intelligence officials on Tuesday coordinated with law enforcement authorities to go over security protocols before the FIFA World Cup kicks off next month.

May 12, 2026

Dozens of Tren de Aragua members charged in cross-country operation

The Justice Department charged more than two dozen suspected members of Tren de Aragua in a nationwide operation targeting weapons and drug trafficking carried out by the Venezuelan prison gang.

May 12, 2026

Cargo ship owners, employee charged for roles in deadly 2024 Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed criminal charges against the operators and an employee of the Dali, the foreign-flagged cargo ship that toppled Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge and killed six workers two years ago.

May 12, 2026

Widow of FSU mass shooting victim accuses OpenAI of assisting gunman’s rampage

The widow of a mass shooting victim at Florida State University has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, saying the company's artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT enabled the attack that killed two people and wounded six others.

May 11, 2026

Man accused of Trump assassination attempt at WHCA dinner pleads not guilty

The man accused of sprinting past the Secret Service with guns and knives and attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner pleaded not guilty to four federal criminal charges.

May 11, 2026

Trump skewers Iran after regime counters latest peace proposal

President Trump ripped the Iranian regime Sunday for "playing games" as his team reviewed Tehran's latest response to a peace proposal that calls on the Islamic republic to abandon its nuclear ambitions and release its stranglehold on shipping in the Persian Gulf.

May 10, 2026

Virginia state senator says FBI raid all about politics, but probe dates to Biden days

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas accused the Trump administration of greenlighting an FBI raid on her businesses because of the Democrat's support for last month's congressional redistricting push, despite the senator first coming under investigation during President Joseph R. Biden's term.

May 7, 2026

Texas man charged in National Mall shooting was stalking path of VP Vance’s motorcade

The man accused of shooting at Secret Service agents near the Washington Monument this week had been following the path of Vice President J.D. Vance's motorcade moments before he opened fire on authorities, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

May 6, 2026

D.C. Council passes curfew zone law, but does not revive emergency curfew as stopgap

The D.C. Council gave final approval for a permanent youth curfew but did not reinstate an emergency curfew for the upcoming summer months.

May 6, 2026

FBI raids office of Virginia Democratic senator who championed the state’s redrawn congressional map

The FBI's raid Wednesday on Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas' office and cannabis dispensary business is part of a major corruption probe, sources told The Washington Times.

May 6, 2026

D.C. police suspend 13 officers implicated in scheme to fix crime numbers

Metropolitan Police Interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll said 13 officers, including an assistant chief and a precinct commander, have been placed on leave after they were linked to a scheme in which higher-ups were accused of manipulating crime data to make the District appear safer than it is.

May 6, 2026

Texas man identified as suspect in shooting near Washington Monument

The suspect accused of shooting at Secret Service agents near the National Mall on Monday has been identified as a Texas man in his 40s, according to reports.

May 5, 2026

Perceptions of higher crime don’t align with reality of less violence overall, report says

A new report shows that the public's perception of crime rising nationwide has remained unchanged on average for nearly 20 years, despite a sharp decline in most types of crime.

May 5, 2026