D.C. voters have a second opportunity to vote on how to compensate tipped workers this election day. If passed, Initiative 82 would steadily increase the minimum wage of service workers to match that of non-tipped...
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase Congregation reaches out to youth during election season
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Unitarian Universalist congregation works to promote democracy through their youth and greater communities.
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Trans rights fight. Images from the Supreme Court
Journalists from American University document protest efforts outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Todd St Hill
In closing days of campaign, Democrats pushed back against enthusiasm gap
Update: With 98% of votes counted, Republican Glenn Youngkin has 50.89% of the vote for Virginia's gubernatorial seat. Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe has 48.42% of the vote. At least 3,257,029 residents of...
The Wash Staff
Trump’s conduct ‘impeachable,’ legal experts say
Constitutional experts diverge on crucial next steps and Democrats hint at a long list of charges.
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Listening and watching candidates, voters, signs
By Melany Rochester, Eric Perless and Jonah Goldman • Videos by Melany Rochester COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Wash staff fanned out across greater Columbia the morning of Feb. 29 to talk to voters and listen to last-minute...
Can Klobuchar reach black voters?
By Mallory Payne CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar spent several days in South Carolina trying to woo black voters in the days before the state’s first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary. At a CNN town...
Youngkin campaign leads a new Republican strategy in the first post-Trump election since 2020
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Tougher electric scooter laws ready for implementation
Law enforcement officials will be passing out fines for improper e-scooter usage this Fall.
Online events continue, despite virtual fatigue and no end in sight
Local organizations are getting more creative with virtual events. But while there’s a wide variety offered, attendance is beginning to fluctuate after nine months of virtual fatigue.
Dani Birzer