The testimony attached below was presented by Pamela A. Smith, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, to the District of Columbia Council Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety, the Honorable Brooke Pinto, Chairperson, on October 30, 2025.
The Metropolitan Police Department is providing an update on the first night of Special Juvenile Curfew Zone enforcement. Pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2025-115, Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith declared four Special Juvenile Curfew Zones Saturday...
Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith has announced the establishment of four Special Juvenile Curfew Zones. Mayor’s Order 2025-115 gives the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department the authority to order a Special Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area...
(MENAFN) Twenty-five U.S. states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over plans to stop funding for food aid used by more than 40 million low-income Americans. The legal action seeks to compel the...
On Sunday, November 2, 2025, a production crew will be filming in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and road closures that motorists should take into consideration: On Sunday, November 2,...
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today praised two federal court rulings that protect access to food assistance for millions of Americans – including hundreds of thousands of Oregonians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and 24 other state leaders, as well as the District of Columbia, today announced that they are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for unlawfully suspending Supplemental Nutrition...
On Saturday, November 1, 2025, the Remarkable Indonesia Festival will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration: On...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts DDOT Announces DC Streetcar Service to End March 31, 2026 (Washington, DC) — The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announces that DC Streetcar service will end on March 31, 2026. Following this date,...
Following his extradition from Ireland, a Ukrainian man had his initial appearance today in the Middle District of Tennessee on a 2023 indictment charging him with conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected victim computers and...
Sign up for our free newsletter to receive the latest LGBTQ news from the Carolinas in your inbox every week. A District of Columbia federal court issued a decisive ruling October 31, in League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, permanently...
Washington — A coalition of officials from half of the states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the suspension of food stamp benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown, as millions of Americans brace for...
(WIB) – Just hours before the benefits were about to lapse, two federal judges ruled Friday that theTrump administration must use emergency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, during the ongoing...
President Donald Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will comply with court orders that it continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the...
The situation leaves millions with uncertainty about how they will feed themselves. Benefits will be delayed in November regardless of the outcome of the court cases because many beneficiaries have their cards recharged early in the month and the...
Mark Bain, who is part of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, rubs his hands together as he checks the level on his oil at home in hopes that he will have enough oil to outlast the shutdown, in Bloomfield, Conn., Monday, Oct. 27, 2025....
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, pictured from the Eastport neighborhood in September 2025. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters) ANNAPOLIS — A revised agreement to restore the Chesapeake Bay is speeding toward final passage, after a key...
A Ukrainian national accused of participating in one of the most damaging ransomware campaigns in history has been extradited from Ireland to face charges in the United States. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 43, appeared in federal court in...
Donald Trump believes that if the U.S. Supreme Court declares tariffs illegal, the country’s economy will “go to hell.” He expressed this view in an interview with CBS News. When asked how a possible Supreme Court ruling deeming tariffs unlawful...
On October 21, the DC Council voted 9-4 to exempt most two-to-four-unit properties owned by individual landlords who do not own more than two housing properties in DC from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) under the revised RENTAL Act....
