Six MPD Employees Charged in $441,000 Overtime Fraud Scheme — More Than a Year After the Warning Signs Surfaced
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Six current and former members of the Metropolitan Police Department are facing arrest...
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Two Regulators, One Gas Company: DC and Maryland Both Weigh Washington Gas Pipe Spending This Week
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington Gas is facing scrutiny from utility regulators in two jurisdictions this week,...
Baltimore Wasn’t Spared — It Was Passed Over
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Inner Harbor was packed last weekend. Tourists elbow to elbow, families along the...
Stars, Stripes, and a Stunner: America’s 250th Ends With Gaethje Champion on the White House Lawn
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews It started with the sky and ended with the sky — and in between, on the South Lawn of the...
NFL Draft Coming to the National Mall — A Win for DC’s Suburbs, Another Missed Moment for Baltimore
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington, D.C., is set to host the 2027 NFL Draft on the National Mall, with the event...
Congress Demands D.C. Crime Data Records — And Maryland Should Be Asking the Same Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding records from the...
They Knew — And Didn’t: The Warning That Came Too Late, and the Sister Who Was Already in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — Cole Tomas Allen sent his family a manifesto minutes before he charged a...
The Dinner Was Over When the Perimeter Broke: A Security Autopsy of the WHCD Shooting
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — At approximately 8:40 p.m. Saturday, a gunman was confronted by security...
Weeks More of Sewage in the Capital: D.C.’s Infrastructure Failure Spills Into Public View
By MdBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. residents are now being told that a massive sewage leak fouling parts of the city will...
House Overturns D.C. Tax Changes, Escalating Fight Over Federal Tax Relief and Home Rule
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to overturn a District of Columbia...
Jeanine Pirro’s Gun Comments Expose a Growing Rift in Republican Rhetoric on the Second Amendment
By MDBayNews Staff In a development that has stunned many on the center-right, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro — the top...
The Kennedy Center Shutdown: Necessary Rebuild or Unnecessary Overreach?
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts...
Trump Moves to Shut Down Kennedy Center for Two-Year Overhaul, Framing Years of “Neglect”
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration has formally announced plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the...
A Week Later, Still Stuck: Why Maryland and D.C. Botched Snow Removal After the January Storm
By MDBayNews Staff Nearly a week after the January 24–26 winter storm buried the DMV, residents across Maryland and...
Congress Moves to Reshape D.C. Attorney General Role, Raising Local-Control and Accountability Questions
By MDBayNews Staff A newly revived congressional proposal to end the District of Columbia’s elected attorney general and...
Washington ICE Enforcement Remains Elevated: A Test Case for National Immigration Policy
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. — New data shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in the...
DC’s “Grassroots” Protest—or Something Else?
By MDBayNews Staff On Friday afternoon, Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown became the latest stage for a coordinated wave of...
Trump Administration Brings American Motorsports Spotlight to the D.C.–Maryland Region
By MDBayNews Staff The Trump administration is placing American motorsports front and center with a new White House...
Capitol Countdown: Why Washington’s Shutdown Standoff Is a Self-Inflicted Crisis
By MDBayNews Staff Today, January 30, 2026, was supposed to be a mundane deadline in the federal funding calendar. Instead,...
Moral Purity or Manufactured Crisis? The Dangerous Politics Behind Voting “No” on DHS Funding
By MDBayNews Staff When Angela Alsobrooks announced she voted no on a federal funding package because it included money for...
Who Was Responsible for the Potomac Sewage Failure—and Where Did the Money Go?
By MDBayNews Staff As details continue to emerge from one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, the environmental...
Federal Overreach or Needed Accountability? The Debate Over D.C.’s Public Golf Courses
By MDBayNews Staff | District Desk The Trump administration’s recent move to terminate the long-term lease for three of...
Catastrophic Sewage Spill Exposes a Familiar Failure: Neglect, Excuses, and No Accountability on the Potomac
By MDBayNews Staff A newly released sampling report from the Potomac Riverkeeper Network paints a grim picture of what...
Jeff Bezos Isn’t Saving The Washington Post — He’s Slowly Shutting It Down
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews By any fair reading, The Washington Post isn’t being “modernized.” It’s being...
Trump Team Targets Traffic Cameras in D.C. as New York Moves to Expand Them
By MDBayNews Staff A growing backlash against automated traffic enforcement is gaining momentum, and it’s now playing out...
DC Water’s Priorities Problem: A $55 Million Headquarters and a Half-Billion Gallons of Sewage
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C.’s latest sewage disaster has exposed more than just aging pipes—it has revealed a...
Former DC Teacher Sentenced to Jail in Insurance Theft Case, Raising Oversight Questions
By MDBayNews Staff A former Washington, D.C. public school teacher will serve one year in jail after being convicted of...
Maryland’s Giant Golf Ball: What’s Being Overlooked in the Rush to Celebrate the Sphere
By MdBayNews Editorial Board Maryland officials are celebrating the arrival of the Sphere at National Harbor as a marquee...
DC Attorney General Shuts Down Nonprofits Accused of Exploiting Low-Income Kids
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. — The Office of the District of Columbia Attorney General announced the shutdown of...
Maryland’s Energy Crisis Wasn’t an Accident — It Was Legislated
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Marylanders are, in Senate President Bill Ferguson’s words, “reeling” from...
“Make DC Square Again”? The History, Politics, and Reality Behind a Viral Proposal
By MDBayNews Staff A provocative political phrase has been circulating in conservative online circles: “Make DC square...
DC Celebrates Teacher Retention Gains — But Structural Problems Remain
By MDBayNews Staff | DC Desk Mayor Muriel Bowser is touting new data showing improved teacher retention across Washington,...
Metro Crime Hits 25-Year Low as Enforcement and Accountability Pay Off
By MDBayNews Staff Crime on the Washington region’s transit system fell to its lowest level in a quarter century in 2025,...
Montgomery County Council to Take Up Controversial Legislative Agenda Tuesday
By MDBayNews Staff The Montgomery County Council is set to convene Tuesday with a packed legislative agenda that touches on...
Teen’s Brutal Killing by MS-13 Renews Demands for “Safety First” in Maryland Immigration Policy
By MDBayNews Staff The alleged machete killing of a 14-year-old boy in College Park has reignited one of Maryland’s most...
The Sphere at National Harbor: Incentives, Jobs, and Who Really Benefits
Purpose:This explainer breaks down the public incentives, job claims, and economic risks behind Maryland’s deal to land...
Maryland Paid the Price — But Will Maryland Reap the Benefits?
By MdBayNews Editorial Board Maryland leaders are celebrating the announcement of a new Sphere entertainment venue planned...
Montgomery County’s Rent Stabilization Pitch Lands in Frederick—And Sparks Familiar Concerns
By MDBayNews Staff Frederick County leaders are facing renewed pressure to consider rent stabilization—this time with...
Opinion: Maryland’s Utility Shock Isn’t a Market Failure — It’s a Regulatory One
By MDBayNews Staff Marylanders are being told—again—that their soaring BGE bills are the unavoidable result of markets,...
Suspect Shot by Police After Allegedly Driving Toward Officer Outside D.C. Nightclub
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. — Metropolitan Police officers shot a suspect early Sunday morning after authorities...