The Supreme Court may soon decide whether to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The justices are scheduled to discuss the case at their closed-door conference on March 17. If four of the nine justices vote to hear…
Supreme Court May Wade Into Fight Over Trump’s Former DC Hotel
March 16, 2023
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Group Sues to Block DC Law Allowing Immigrants to Vote in Local Elections
March 15, 2023
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A good-government group is suing the District of Columbia to block its new law allowing immigrants—legal or otherwise—from voting in local elections. The law, which took effect on March 14 after Congress failed to overturn it, authorizes an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents, including illegal aliens, to participate in local district elections. Critics say allowing noncitizens…
Group Sues to Block DC Law Allowing Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections
March 15, 2023
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A good-government group is suing the District of Columbia to block its new law allowing noncitizens—legal or otherwise—from voting in local elections. The law, which took effect on March 14 after Congress failed to overturn it, authorizes an estimated 50,000 noncitizen residents, including illegal aliens, to participate in local district elections. Critics say allowing noncitizens…
Senate Democrat Leadership Refuses to Block DC from Giving Non-Citizens the Vote
March 14, 2023
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A coalition of election integrity and voting rights leaders made an unsuccessful 11th-hour appeal to the U.S. Senate on March 13 to block the District of Columbia Council from giving non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections. Though the House of Representatives had passed a resolution of disapproval with strong bi-partisan support in February,…
Data Breach at DC Health Link Exposed Personal Information of House Members and Staff
March 8, 2023
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The House of Representatives’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) sent a letter saying there was a data breach impacting members of the House and their staff. CAO Catherine Szoindor stated in a letter that the U.S. Capitol Police and DC Health Link had informed her office of a “significant data breach” that occurred on or before…
‘Keep Violent People in Jail’ to Reduce Growing Crime Rate: DC Police Chief
March 8, 2023
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Keeping criminals in jail and not letting them loose among the general populace is a way to reverse the increasing homicide rate in Washington, according to Robert Contee, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). “The things that we have been doing is locking up bad guys, taking guns off the street. What we got…
Mother Sues Doctor Who Allegedly Administered COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Without Consent
March 8, 2023
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A doctor violated the law by administering COVID-19 vaccines to children without consent, according to a new lawsuit. Dr. Janine Rethy, chief of community pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is being accused of holding two children in a room until she convinced them to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The minors are both children of NaTonya…
DC Mayor Wants Federal Agencies to Coordinate Policies for In-Person Work
With the Biden administration’s announcement that it will end the COVID-19 emergency status across the federal workforce and the nation by May 11, the District of Columbia is also trying to return to a prepandemic economy. Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging President Joe Biden to do more to reinvigorate Washington’s economy, including requiring a unified return-to-work…
Biden Walks Away From Question About Holding China Accountable for COVID Origin
March 3, 2023
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Days after FBI Director Christopher Wray said the origin of the COVID pandemic is “most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan,” President Joe Biden abruptly walked away from the White House press corps when asked about whether he intends to hold China accountable. On March 3, the president approached the waiting press corps on…
Disgruntled Democrats Bemoan Biden’s Vow to Block Washington Crime Law
March 3, 2023
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Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are expressing frustration with President Joe Biden after he signaled his support for a Republican-led effort to reverse a local District of Columbia law that softens penalties on violent crimes. The Revised Criminal Code Act, initially vetoed by Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, was passed by the district’s city council in…
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