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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Democratic-run cities following in the footsteps of communist countries

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A speed camera sits in the center median along Bladensburg Road in Northeast, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE **

D.C.’s most-ticketed drivers not targeted by police, traffic officials to remove them from road

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Bowser orders renewed D.C. curfew, allows police to impose juvenile curfew zones

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Then-Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, at Langston Golf Course in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

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

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., on March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

D.C. resident went to several areas in Washington area while contagious with measles, officials say

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Jeanine Pirro brings strength and clarity to crime fighting in nation’s capital

By Gerard Leval

A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Machine guns have been illegal in the U.S. for decades, but in recent years the country has seen a new surge of weapons capable of automatic fire. Small pieces of plastic or metal used to convert legal guns into homemade machine guns are helping to fuel gun violence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Feds won’t return rapid-fire trigger switches to Democrat-led states

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A recently placed warning sign is seen at the sight of a massive pipe rupture, as sewage flows into the Potomac River, right, in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

DOJ, Maryland sue DC Water over Potomac River sewage spill

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metro Police vehicle. File photo credit: Nicole S Glass / Shutterstock.com. ** FILE **

D.C. police declare four weekend juvenile curfew zones a day after mayor’s order reauthorizing them

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks at a news conference ahead of severe storms that are expected to impact Washington in the afternoon on Monday, March 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) ** FILE **

Mayor Bowser restores D.C.’s curfew law through May 1

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A Metro bus makes its way down 16th Street in downtown Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Felon sentenced for bringing shotgun onto Metro bus

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro arrives at The Mar-a-Lago Club, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., to attend the wedding of White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Department's MP DC decal emblem badge shown on a police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

Curfew in effect in 4 D.C. juvenile zones this weekend

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Members of the National Guard walk past a banner with President Donald Trump hanging on the Department of Justice, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

National Guard to stay in D.C. until 2029

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference about the D.C. budget and the continuing resolution in Congress, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Mayor Bowser disavows plot to tax anyone driving to the capital

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A speed camera sits in the center median along Bladensburg Road in Northeast, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE **

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

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times