Tag: Washington

This is a picture of the D.C. Streetcar going down on H Street in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul should race the DC streetcar

Philip Wegmann · May 17, 2018 4:45 pm

Posters comparing lethal amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil, are on display during a news conference about the dangers of fentanyl.

Washington, DC, has the biggest drug problems in America, study shows

Anna Giaritelli · May 14, 2018 2:05 pm

Plaintiff Cathrine Schmid, second left, listens as attorney Natalie Nardecchia speaks to media members in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing there Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Seattle. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman says she won't immediately consider President Donald Trump's new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. Pechman is one of four federal judges who have issued orders blocking Trump's decision last year to overturn an Obama-era directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly.

National Security

Why it will be years before Trump’s transgender military cases are settled

Travis J. Tritten · May 13, 2018 4:00 am

A train hauling coal heads north out of Seattle.

Energy and Environment

Coal industry, farmers, refiners join lawsuit to stop Washington from blocking export terminal

John Siciliano · May 3, 2018 8:37 pm

JPMorgan steps up DC expansion with $140 million headquarters

James Langford · May 2, 2018 6:33 pm

More than 90 D.C. police officers have been arrested in the past three and a half years.

DC police: 4 pedestrians struck by vehicle near City Center

Anna Giaritelli · April 24, 2018 7:11 pm

JPMorgan promises $4B in loans in major push into DC

James Langford · April 19, 2018 7:10 pm

FILE - In this July 25, 2016 file photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Gutierrez will announce he is retiring and wonât seek re-election next year.

Luis Gutierrez: Be ready to storm Washington if Trump fires Russia investigators

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 5:26 pm

Washington becomes first state to ban nonstick chemicals in food packaging

Anna Giaritelli · April 10, 2018 4:00 am

Supporters of Illinois government employee Mark Janus cheer as he walks to thank them, outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Washington. The Supreme Court takes up a challenge Monday in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. The court is considering a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join.

Democrats mobilize to offset Supreme Court’s expected ruling against unions

Sean Higgins · April 9, 2018 4:01 am

Major tourist attractions are trimming back as they grapple with federal budget cuts -- just in time for Washington's busy season. (Photo: Thinkstock)

National Security

Homeland Security: Spy devices in Washington DC are tracking cellphone calls and messages

Kelly Cohen, Katelyn Caralle · April 3, 2018 6:19 pm

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a bill banning licensed therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Olympia, Wash. Washington joins 10 other states, including California and Oregon, plus the District of Columbia that have laws or regulations banning conversion therapy for LGBT minors.

Washington state bans sexual-orientation conversion therapy

Mandy Mayfield · March 29, 2018 3:46 pm