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Internal memo details goals for DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force. The goal is to make D.C. “the pride of every American to whom it belongs,” according to the White House. The task force, which the White House said will include members of “key government agencies,” is directed to increase police presence in public...
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DC police unit to focus on stopping juvenile crimes before they happen
Washington, D.C., is dedicating a new police unit to juvenile crime as the city experiences an increase in young people committing some crimes. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said the Juvenile Investigative Response Unit, or JIRU, will focus on responding to and preventing crimes that involve young people. “Recently, we have seen an...
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DC recovers nearly $900K after impounding cars that owed thousands in tickets
Drivers owe the District more than $1 billion in unpaid traffic and parking fines, but D.C. has has been cracking down on what they call the “high-dollar scofflaws.”
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Trayon White announces campaign for DC Council seat weeks after he was expelled
The D.C. Council voted unanimously to expel Councilmember Trayon White, who was arrested last summer on a federal bribery charge and accused of accepting $35,000 cash.
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DC Council chair defends proposal to close some meetings to public
The D.C. Council is set to approve a major change designed to keep some of its discussions a secret. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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Removal of DC's Black Lives Matter Plaza nearly complete
The work to remove D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Plaza is nearly complete. News4 video shows solid paint where huge yellow letters spelled out “Black Lives Matter” three weeks earlier. “It’s really sad to see that the whole block has been removed because it shows there’s not so much of a difference between federal government and D.C. the city anymore,”...
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Former DC government official pleads guilty to bribery
Another high-ranking D.C. government official has been charged with taking a bribe in order to steer government contracts related to public safety. Dana McDaniel was the deputy director of the D.C. Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement from 2020 through mid-2023. According to federal prosecutors, McDaniel accepted at least one payment of $10,000 in exchange for steering a government contract...
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Maryland Air National Guard sending jets to ‘aircraft boneyard' as focus shifts to cyber
Maryland will soon be the first branch of the Air National Guard in the country to not have a flying mission as it transitions to a focus on cyber security. On Wednesday, divested the first of 21 combat jets, an A-10C Thunderbolt II, at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River. “We will be the only state in the…
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House committee approves bill mandating DC comply with federal immigration laws
The Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved legislation Tuesday that would require D.C. comply with federal immigration laws. H.R. 2056, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., would mandate the District cooperate with immigration enforcement, specifically when noncitizens are held in D.C.’s jail. “My bill enforces the District of Columbia into compliance with federal law,” Higgins said...
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What DC's top prosecutor said about gun crime, funding cut, firing Jan. 6 lawyers
Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., has made some controversial moves since he took over as the District’s top prosecutor, including firing attorneys who prosecuted Jan. 6 defendants. In one of his first public appearances since being named to his new position, Marin spoke to residents in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday and didn’t hold back on his...
