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Trump Orders Mosquitoes and Rats Out of the District of Columbia

Time to deploy gene drives to eliminate these disease-carrying pests?

Reason · Sep 30

Housing groups challenge Trump funding clawback

The National Urban League and several local housing nonprofits nationwide challenged part of the Trump administration’s last-minute cancellation of congressionally appropriated funds. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday night in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, focuses on one portion of the $810 million cancellation the Trump administration announced…

Roll Call · Sep 30

Walmart's conservation pledge has helped protect 2.2 million acres

In 2005, Walmart made a commitment to help permanently conserve one acre of wildlife habitat in the United States for every acre of land developed by its stores. Twenty-one years later, the Acres for America programme has supported 138 projects that have permanently protected more than 2.2 million acres across…

The Times of India · Sep 28

Kentucky woman faces charges after vandalising World War II memorial in Washington DC

A Kentucky woman has been arrested and charged with two felonies after vandalising the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday

The Times of India · Aug 15

Trump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation

In the latest twist in one of the strangest ongoing scandals in Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced that the government would be dropping charges against the four people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the 2,000-foot long water basin that connects…

The Conversation · Aug 7

White House ballroom must be approved by Congress, court rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a ruling that the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before it continues construction on a ballroom on the former site of the White House’s East Wing. The 2-1 ruling affirmed the preliminary injunction granted in…

Roll Call · Aug 7

States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits

More than 20 states and the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families

The Independent UK · Aug 3

18 statewide candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks

August is a busy month for unaffiliated, write-in, and judicial retention candidates intending to run in the November election. Eighteen states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands have statewide candidate filing deadlines in the next two weeks.

Ballotpedia · Jul 31

The 10 Best States for Public Schools Are In: Here's Who Came Out on Top

Massachusetts has the best public school system in the United States, while New Mexico ranks last, according to WalletHub's 2026 report comparing K-12 education across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The annual study evaluated school systems using 32 metrics measuring both educational quality and student safety.

Latin Times · Jul 21

Appeals court upholds contempt of Congress conviction for Navarro

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a contempt of Congress conviction against Trump ally Peter Navarro tied to his defiance of subpoenas from the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously…

Roll Call · Jul 21