A new interview and fresh reporting revisit the 2015 roadside death of Stephen Smith as SLED continues its homicide probe.

A Fifth Circuit panel ruled that many immigrants who entered without inspection can be detained without bond hearings, deepening a national split in federal courts.

White House lawyer Kara Westercamp apologized at a Senate hearing for inflammatory social posts about senators and Jan. 6, putting her trade‑court nomination under scrutiny.

A Superior Court jury convicted a 51-year-old man after prosecutors say he bound and brutalized his partner in a Northeast D.C. apartment; the victim escaped while still tied. Sentencing is set for May.

Organizers plan a march from Memorial Circle across the Memorial Bridge into the National Mall this Saturday, with an afternoon downtown rally. Expect heavy Metro crowds and marshals on site.

The House approved H.R. 1958 to make certain benefit-related fraud a deportable offense. Supporters framed it as tax‑dollar protection while critics called it overbroad.

A U.S. Park Police officer was critically wounded Friday in Southeast D.C. and flown to a hospital by medevac. Authorities are investigating in the 5000 block of Queens Stroll Place SE.

A suspicious package on the U.S. Capitol's East Plaza closed Visitor Center screening and nearby streets Monday as U.S. Capitol Police investigated.

A Maryland man was arrested after allegedly pulling a gun on a D.C. parking enforcement officer over a ticket. MPD says he was charged with felony threats while armed.

A single-vehicle crash early Sunday on Norbeck Road left one person dead and closed multiple Rockville streets as investigators worked the scene.

Longtime South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn filed to run for an 18th House term in Columbia and said he'll run a vigorous campaign.

A West Health–Gallup survey finds one in three U.S. adults — about 82 million — have cut basic spending to afford health care, with many rationing prescriptions or delaying retirement.

The Lake-led USAGM asked a D.C. appeals court to delay a judge’s order to reinstate hundreds of Voice of America journalists while the agency appeals.