Category: District of Columbia

Reporter for Epoch Times’ Sister Media Outlet Robbed at Gunpoint in Washington

A reporter with The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet was robbed at gunpoint on Jan. 28 right outside her apartment complex in Washington, raising concerns about the area’s rising crime rate as well as questions about whether the robbery was more than a random act. “Give me your phone,” was the first thing that Iris…


DC Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto, Approves Lesser Penalties for Violent Crimes

The Council of the District of Columbia on Tuesday overrode the mayor’s veto to force through a plan to fundamentally change the way the city penalizes crimes including robbery, carjacking, and home invasion burglary. In a decisive 12–1 vote, the city council overrode Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Jan. 4 decision to veto the proposal, known as…


House Oversight Committee Probes GAS Administrator Over Telework Allegations

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is seeking answers from a Biden administration official for allegedly spending most of her work hours somewhere else, not in her Washington office. It was one of several investigative moves the panel is pushing forward after GOP took control of the House, pledging tougher oversight of the…


Republicans Introduce Resolution to Stop Non-Citizens From Voting in DC Local Elections

Top Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate have introduced a joint resolution to prevent a law that allows non-citizens the right to vote in the District of Columbia’s local elections, from going into effect. Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-Ky.) introduced H. J. Res. 17 to challenge the D.C. Local Resident…


Bowser Unveils DC’s 5-Year Economic Plan to Create Jobs, Attract Remote Workers

The District of Columbia’s five-year, six-part economic development plan includes harnessing remote workers and young people in the education-to-work pipelines around Washington. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development unveiled “DC’s Comeback Plan,” a strategy outlining the district’s economic development goals for the next five years. The…


DC Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Wounded Including 8-Year-Old

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A man was killed and three people including an 8-year-old child were wounded in a Tuesday night shooting in Washington, D.C., police said. The Metropolitan Police Department said a man was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting around 6 p.m., WJLA-TV reported. Two other men suffered gunshot wounds. The child who was…


Colorado Governor to Send Illegal Immigrants to New York, Other Cities

The state of Colorado is organizing transportation to send the illegal immigrants flooding into the state to other major cities around the United States. Announcing the move on Jan. 3, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said in a statement that Colorado had been “working tirelessly” to address the dramatic influx of immigrants, of which the state…


‘Hundreds’ of Security Improvements Made 2 Years After Jan. 6 but ‘Attack’ Could Happen Again: USCP Chief

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) have made 100 “significant improvements” to security following the Jan. 6, 2021 breach, but there is still much to be done nearly two years after the incident, according to a top official. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a press release on Jan. 2 that the breach of the Capitol was…


Busloads of Illegal Aliens Sent to Kamala Harris’s Home on Christmas Eve Were Headed for NY: Officials

Multiple busloads of illegal aliens that were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve were initially set to arrive in New York, according to relief agencies. Tatiana Laborde, the managing director of SAMU First Response, a relief agency working with the city of Washington to assist the aliens, told The…


Illegal Immigrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home in DC on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON—Three buses of recent illegal immigrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived late Saturday…