A former senior Fed adviser was given 38 months after a jury found he lied about passing restricted central‑bank material to alleged Chinese operatives. Prosecutors warned the information could have let an adversary profit from U.S. Treasuries.

Duball paid $23.1M for 1090 Vermont and plans a roughly $100M conversion into about 150 apartments with retail and a rooftop pool. Construction is slated to start late 2026.

Senate Democrats blocked the FY2027 defense authorization in a 50-46 vote as the U.S. resumed strikes on Iran and reimposed a naval blockade amid attacks on commercial ships.

FedEx-flagged packages led police to a Woodbridge smoke shop, where a multi-state probe recovered thousands of grams of cannabis, psilocybin and thousands of THC products.

A new Urban Institute brief finds nearly 20% of working‑age adults used savings not intended for daily expenses to buy groceries in 2025, as credit use rose. The trend highlights growing pressure on household budgets.

A retired Prince George's County firefighter was sentenced to five years' probation after pleading guilty in a decades-old sexual‑abuse case involving a junior firefighter.

A published 4th Circuit opinion says CBP officers may manually inspect phones at U.S. ports of entry without a warrant, while forensic extractions remain limited. The ruling will bind courts across the circuit.

House Republicans scheduled a Thursday Budget Committee markup to tee up a third reconciliation bill that could pair large defense spending with voter‑ID grants. The plan tests a fragile GOP majority and faces steep Senate hurdles.

A U.S. Park Police pursuit of a vehicle tied to an armed robbery ended in Northeast D.C. Monday, with three arrests and a firearm recovered.

Rubio expanded a State Department ministerial on an alleged "resurgence of transnational far‑left terrorism" to more than 70 countries, drawing pushback from allies and civil‑liberties groups.

Demis Hassabis is pitching a U.S.-led, industry-funded watchdog to test frontier AI models before release; the plan follows recent export-control clashes and model gating.

The D.C. nonprofit broke ground on a $30M, 17,000-sq-ft expansion to more than double medically tailored meal production and add private nutrition counseling. The project aims to ease growing demand and keep deliveries running during construction.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a joint Pentagon‑DOJ task force to identify and refer unauthorized leaks to prosecutors. The move follows a proposal for governmentwide NDAs and recent reporter subpoenas.