Washington Wizards News
Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs
The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to…
Source: Washington Times
Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows
The Trump administration insists it hasn't wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America's children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has…
Source: Washington Times
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels sign declaration of principles to end conflict in eastern Congo
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decadeslong fighting and commit to a comprehensive peace agreement that would include the restoration of…
Source: Washington Times
Baseball game in Montgomery County canceled after fire department floods field
A game in the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League was canceled this week after a fire truck flooded the field.
Source: Washington Times
Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks
President Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest…
Source: Washington Times
New York agrees to settle lawsuit with ex-aide who accused Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment
The state of New York agreed Friday to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit from an ex-aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who alleged Cuomo sexually harassed and groped her while he was in office.
Source: Washington Times
Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in Cincinnati
Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the immigration detention of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying…
Source: Washington Times
Family of a man crushed at an Atlanta homeless encampment sues the city
The family of a homeless man who died after a bulldozer crushed his tent during an encampment sweep sued the city of Atlanta on Friday over his death, calling it "tragic and preventable."
Source: Washington Times
Microsoft to stop using China-based engineers for military tech help
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said China will no longer be involved in his department's cloud services after a report detailed how Microsoft uses Chinese engineers for the Pentagon's computer systems…
Source: Washington Times
Russia pounds Ukraine with over 300 drones, killing 1 in Odesa
Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough…
Source: Washington Times
Senate's next appropriations vote to test depth of partisan rancor after Trump spending clawback
Partisan tension over Trump administration efforts to cut spending is raising the prospect of a shutdown fight come September, when government funding will run out.
Source: Washington Times
Tourist boat capsizes during a thunderstorm in Vietnam, leaving 18 dead and 23 missing
A tourist boat capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 18 people and leaving nearly two dozen others missing, state media…
Source: Washington Times
Yellowstone staff kills black bear after it learned to 'outsmart' campers' food storage systems
Yellowstone National Park staff killed an adult female black bear there on July 11 after it managed to climb a pole and eat human food.
Source: Washington Times
Trump sues Wall Street Journal for $10 billion over 'false' Epstein letter
President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal, its owners, and reporters for publishing what the president says is a "false" letter, purportedly wishing the late Jeffrey Epstein a happy birthday with…
Source: Washington Times
Federal court blocks state law that would have required priests to break seal of confession
A federal judge in Washington blocked a state law that would have taken effect later this month, which requires Catholic priests to notify law enforcement about child abuse when they learn of it…
Source: Washington Times
A vehicle drives into a crowd in Los Angeles, injuring 30 people, including at least 3 critically
A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people.
Source: Washington Times
Immigration arrest at Oregon preschool's morning drop-off rattles parents
Parents at a preschool in a Portland suburb are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school during morning drop-off hours, breaking his car window to detain him in…
Source: Washington Times
New airport scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports lack them
Travelers celebrated the suggestion that American airports might soon ease restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags that create endless hassles at security checkpoints, but more than a third of all…
Source: Washington Times
Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf
Moving at the "speed of Trump" is one of the White House's favorite phrases, meant to convey the administration's attempts to bring big changes to government at breakneck speed. But when it comes to…
Source: Washington Times
Former Wizards starter without a job clearly deserves to be signed
This former Wizards deserves to be on an NBA roster before the offseason concludes.
Source: Wiz of Awes
