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“Radical DC Democrats want to solve their spending problem by reaching deeper into taxpayer pockets and driving farther on the path to socialism,” Comer argued at during a recent committee markup session.

“[Besides], this problem isn’t going away,” continued Evans. “There is no prediction — none — that next year is going to be any better.”

"Georgia underscores a political truth that should not be ignored. Voters are still willing to trust Black women at the ballot box despite failed bids from Harris and Abrams. "

All roads lead to Mendelson.

“The public policy behind these laws is to prevent actual and apparent corruption in our candidates and our elected officials, who must serve the public trust,” Kevin Sobkoviak wrote in his campaign finance complaint.

A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening (April 20); it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum, one sponsored by The 51st, The Washington Informer and SpotlightDC. Six Democratic candidates participated in this week’s forum: Gary Goodweather, Rini Sampath, Hope Solomon, former at-large DC Councilmembers Vincent Orange and Kenyan McDuffie, and current Ward 4 Coun

The can has met the end of its road.

LAST year, during the city’s annual budget deliberations, Ward 5 DC Councilmember Zachary Parker was on the hunt for money to fund a local child tax credit ; undoubtedly, he hoped it would be the signature legislation for his first term, allowing him to comfortably campaign for reelection. However, even with the possibility of an end-of-the-year surplus, the city’s economy was on the ropes, making it difficult for him and the legislature’s other spendthrifts to satiate their

Democrats must remember we back Black and Brown working-class voters by becoming more relevant to daily life.

DEMOCRATS ended 2025 with important victories that steadied a rattled party still reeling from Donald Trump’s return to power. Yet even after those wins, Democratic approval ratings remain stubbornly low. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found only 18 percent of voters approve of the way congressional Democrats are handling their jobs. A record low of 73 percent disapprove. In stark contrast, congressional Republicans have a 35 percent approval rating while 58 percent dis

I kept thinking of the Bamiyan Buddhas as I watched Donald Trump engage in an aggressive campaign of cultural cleansing the last 12 months.

Five months after DC voters approved the “Make All Votes Count DC” ballot initiative that could bring semi-open primaries and the...

“I was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and part of my life was lived during segregation. My family protected us. They also educated...

DONALD Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just how...

By Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler , The Fellowship of Reconciliation USA January 15, 2025 WE keep running in circles when it comes to...

RAW emotions consumed me as I reflected on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s accounts of her meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and her...

DURING the first presidential candidates’ debate in 2024, hoping to challenge Joe Biden’s handling of immigration along the southern...

CALL it the “Saga of Trayon White Sr.” The DC Council has been considering since August how it should punish the Ward 8 legislator for...

SOME DC government officials, private-sector education researchers and advocates with whom I spoke during the past week seemed unfazed...

DC residents and their political leaders are understandably anxious about Donald Trump’s second presidential term. They are also...