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4 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Campbell Robertson

Share The mayor of Washington, D.C., ordered citywide spending and hiring freezes on Tuesday and raised the possibility of furloughs after the U.S. House of Representatives left for recess with the District still facing a potential billion-dollar budget cut.The order does not lay out specific cuts, but it paves the way for possible steep reductions to city services if Congress does not act in the next few weeks.The budget crunch is not the only challenge the District has been wrestling with...

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Campbell Robertson

The mayor of Washington, D.C., ordered citywide spending and hiring freezes on Tuesday and raised the possibility of furloughs after the U.S. House of Representatives left for recess with the District still facing a potential billion-dollar budget cut. The order does not lay out specific cuts, but it paves the way for possible steep reductions to city services if Congress does not act in the next few weeks.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Billy Witz |Campbell Robertson

Mr. Balmer, in an interview with the police, "admitted to harboring hatred" of Mr. Shapiro and said that he would have "beaten him with his hammer" had he run into him that night at the mansion, according to an affidavit filed in the case. But Mr. Balmer's social media suggested not a particular ideology so much as a deep cynicism, in some posts espousing a libertarian bent bordering on anarchism, in others praising violence.

1 month ago | gvwire.com | Campbell Robertson

A Democrat won a surprise victory Tuesday in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate, narrowly prevailing in a district that Donald Trump won by 15 points last fall. The election, conducted in the small towns and suburbs of Lancaster County where no Democrat had won since the district was redrawn decades ago, joined two currents that are powering the political moment.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Campbell Robertson

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A Democrat won a surprise victory on Tuesday in a special election for the Pennsylvania State Senate, narrowly prevailing in a district that Donald Trump won by 15 points last fall.