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Montgomery Co. residents back 2 bills to limit how ICE operates in its borders

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Confidence increases for 'significant' winter storm in DC area this weekend

The redistricting plan approved "in concept" Tuesday by the Governor's Redistricting Advisory Commission. The map would shift Democratic voters into the 1st District, currently held by GOP Rep. Andy Harris, and will require changes to equalize population in the districts.

Moore’s redistricting commission recommends ‘congressional map concept’

DC Water crews and contractors are actively working to construct a bypass system to help control a sanitary sewer overflow coming from the Potomac Interceptor.

Sewer line collapse triggers wastewater spill into C&O Canal near Clara Barton Parkway

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Pushing Boundaries: What changes could come as Fairfax Co. reviews school boundaries?

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Touting affordability, Md. leaders call for end to dynamic pricing in grocery stores

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Montgomery County playground reopens nearly 2 years after fire

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Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Good government group calls them ‘disturbing.’

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Democrats win another special election to replace longtime delegate in Fairfax County

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Prosecution rests after focus on blood evidence in Banfield double murder trial

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Students at Bethesda high school walk out to protest ICE

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Huge fire at Md. junk yard damages over 100 vehicles

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Volunteers help spruce up Langston Golf Course on MLK Day

Capital One Arena hosts highest-attended game in US women’s hockey history

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How DC physically changed during President Trump’s second term

DC holds candlelight vigil for slain Iranian protesters

Women’s hockey brings Takeover Tour to DC

DC man gets 40 years for ‘sadistic’ killing of Virginia woman

Hockey for everyone: Washington Capitals host inclusive skating day

Virginia’s largest indoor waterpark to open this year

How a Fairfax Co. dad turned a passion project into a bagel business

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America's 'divorce papers' from Britain to tour the United States

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10-foot-tall replica of Trump’s alleged birthday message to Epstein appears on National Mall

Republican Senate candidate former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)

Larry Hogan says he's not running for office again

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Huge fire at Maryland junk yard sends black smoke into the sky

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DC Council chair announces nominee to fill McDuffie's at-large seat

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Democrats win another special election to replace longtime delegate in Fairfax County

Sewer line collapse triggers wastewater spill into C&O Canal near Clara Barton Parkway

Moore’s redistricting commission recommends ‘congressional map concept’

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National Guard members gather near a large portrait of President Donald Trump on the Labor Department headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid. The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any "division-wide effort to withhold recognition," as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many students submitted college applications.

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This out-of-the-way Smithsonian campus houses more than 150 million museum specimens

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