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Chair of DC elections gives update on tabulating ranked choice votes
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (544+ words) June 17, 2026, 4: 49 PM Tuesday's D. C. primary was the first time ranked choice voting was used in the District. That means the final vote counts are going to take a while. Workers at the D. C. Board of Elections continued to be busy counting the…...
White wins DC delegate primary, saying "people are tired of losing
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (558+ words) June 17, 2026, 4: 40 PM Voters in the District have chosen their Democratic nominee for delegate to Congress in a race to replace longtime Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Council member Robert White emerged from a crowded field of five candidates in a race…...
Federal government seeks to halt the first U. S. reparations program for Black people
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (548+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 16, 2026, 8: 52 PM The federal government on Tuesday asked a judge to halt the United States" first reparations program that offered…...
Killing of Russian artist in Poland has hallmarks of political assassination, prime minister says
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (434+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 10: 09 AM Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday said the killing of a Russian artist who was critical of President…...
A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public this week
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (567+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 9: 04 AM "It feels like you're stepping back into his world," Ward said of the grounds in Hyde Park, New…...
Turkey lashes out at European Parliament report urging EU sanctions on justice minister
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (321+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 12: 53 PM The annual report approved in a plenary session earlier in the day, urges the European Union to consider…...
Germany and Poland sign a new defense deal as the balance of power in Europe shifts
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (888+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 10: 35 AM Relations between the two neighbors in recent years have become more pragmatic in the wake of Russia's full'scale…...
NATO chief downplays US military cutbacks as top commander makes backup plans
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (579+ words) NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 9: 51 AM NATO's supreme allied commander, an American, is working on backup plans to defend Europe after the U. S. signaled on…...
More than 1, 000 people have been killed by Israeli fire since the Gaza ceasefire, officials say
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (101+ words) WTOP NEWS ALERT: Judge says Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense in murder case in killing of United Healthcare CEO June 17, 2026, 10: 50 AM That's according to the Gaza Health Ministry's latest toll released Wednesday. Earlier this week, the death toll…...
Trump's pick to lead the nation's embattled disaster relief agency faces questions from senators
9+ hour, 26+ min ago (301+ words) NEWS ALERT: What's in the Iran-US agreement? Details on the accord have been leaked June 17, 2026, 8: 37 AM Hamilton led FEMA briefly last year until he was fired after defending its existence. His nomination comes as the Republican administration has increasingly signaled…...