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September 29, 2021

Congressional Baseball Game means something extra to Steve Scalise, 4 years after shooting

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park is a little extra special to him, in an interview with Fox News at the final practice before the big game.

September 28, 2021

Ron Klain ends Jennifer Rubin snub, retweets column as WH aide poured Twitter love on WaPo colleague Max Boot

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain appears to have rekindled his Twitter love affair with Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin just as he was forming another with one of her own colleagues.

September 27, 2021

New Los Angeles protest law aims to curb demonstrations targeting private homes

A new law passed in Los Angeles aims to tamp down on protests targeting private homes, casting a spotlight on a trend that appears to have grown across the country.

September 24, 2021

DC police officer charged with murder in deadly pursuit of moped driver

A Washington D.C., police officer has been indicted for the murder of a man on a moped who was fatally struck by a vehicle during a 2020 chase and conspiring with another officer to hide the circumstances of the collision, federal prosecutors said.

September 23, 2021

Woman stranded in Washington DC flood waters saved by bus full of Marines: 'Most American thing ever'

A woman stranded in floodwaters in Washington, D.C., last week was rescued by a bus full of U.S. Marines who helped push her vehicle through the rising water to safety.

September 23, 2021

Will judge in Sussmann case consider recusal after wife represented Lisa Page?

The judge in the case of recently indicted Democratic lawyer Michael Sussman is married to the lawyer who represented a disgraced former FBI official that worked on the Donald Trump-Russia probe that Sussman played some role in advancing.

September 23, 2021

Special police officer fatally shot in Southeast DC is identified, reward offered

Police on Wednesday identified the special officer who was shot and killed while on duty in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night, according to authorities.

September 18, 2021

Police and media outnumber 'Justice for J6' protesters at Capitol Hill rally

In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent. It didn’t.

September 17, 2021

Capitol Hill frustration with State Dept bubbles over: 'The DMV-ification of a hostage crisis'

Frustration on Capitol Hill with the State Department continues to mount, as Americans and Afghan allies remain stranded in Afghanistan more than two weeks after the U.S. completed its withdrawal from the country.

September 17, 2021

DC getting zero Afghan refugees in first wave of resettlement, as many states get 1,000+

Some of the loudest voices calling for the resettlement of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees in the United States have come from Washington, D.C. – and yet the nation's capital won’t be receiving any of the initial wave of refugees.