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Penn Declines to Sign Federal “Compact for Academic Excellence,” Citing Threats to University Autonomy
PHILADELPHIA-The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday it will not sign the federal government’s Compact for Academic Excellence, a decision university leaders framed as a defense of academic freed...
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Maryland Attorney General Issues Sweeping Limits on Maryland Police Cooperation with Federal Law Enforcement and Immigration.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday issued a sweeping memorandum directing state and local law enforcement agencies to follow Maryland law—not federal policy—when participating in ...
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Brown University Joins MIT in Rejecting Trump Administration Offer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said Tuesday that the university will not join the White House’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” warni...
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Stubborn Dumpster Fire in NE at a Storage Facility
WASHINGTON — About 75 firefighters and 24 pieces of equipment responded Monday afternoon to a dumpster blaze in Northeast Washington’s Kenilworth area, according to D.C. Fire and EMS. The fire sent sm...
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Georgetown University Names New President.
WASHINGTON — Georgetown University has appointed Eduardo M. Peñalver, the president of Seattle University and a former dean of Cornell Law School, as its 49th president, the university announced Wedne...
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After Federal Deployment, D.C. Homicides Ease But Broader Violence Persists
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Sunday night in Southeast Washington.According to police, officers from the Seventh District responded around 10...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 4d
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Suicide Barrier Construction Starts on the Historic Taft Bridge in Woodley Park
WASHINGTON - Construction crews have started preparations at the Connecticut Avenue NW / Taft Bridge for the installation of suicide barriers along the historic structure.The District Department of Tr...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 6d
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Murder Suspect Fatally Shot by Police Task Force
A joint fugitive task force—including members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), U.S. Marshals, ATF, Diplomatic Security Service, Metro Transit Police, and other agencies—was involved in a f...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 9d
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Man With Anti-Religious / Anti-ICE Writings Found With 200 Explosives Outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral Before Red Mass for New Supreme Court Term
A man was arrested early Sunday morning outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral in NW Washington, D.C. after officers say they found a cache of over 200 homemade explosive devices in a tent on the church’s fr...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 10d
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Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discoveries About How the Body Controls Its Immune System
STOCKHOLM — The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for uncovering how the immune system stops itself from attacking the...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 11d
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Suspect Arrested With Molotov Cocktail Outside of Red Mass for Supreme Court's New Term.
WASHINGTON —Metropolitan Police Department officers assigned to security for the Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Sunday morning arrested a man who had set up a tent on the cathedral steps and w...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 11d
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Judge Rebukes Trump, Blocks Federal Takeover of Oregon National Guard.
WASHINGTON- A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s order deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, ruling that the move likely exceeded his constitution...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 11d
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Social Media Posts Claim Ransomware Attack on MedStar Health
WASHINGTON — Social media accounts that track ransomware activity claimed over the weekend that MedStar Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the Washington region, had been targeted by the...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 12d
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Army National Guard Soldiers Activated in Portland to Protect Federal Personnel and Property
WASHINGTON — About 200 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers have been activated and placed under federal command to assist in protecting federal property and personnel in the Portland area, U.S. Northe...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 13d
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Police Remove Another Protest Structure near the White House.
WASHINGTON - Daniel Kingery, a longtime resident of McPherson Square Park and the surrounding area, was arrested yesterday as police moved in to confiscate his protest kiosk that has stood for many ye...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 13d
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Trump–Epstein Protest Statue Returns to the National Mall
Washington, D.C. — A controversial sculpture linking former President Donald Trump to financier Jeffrey Epstein reappeared on the National Mall yesterday.The installation, titled “Best Friends Forever...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 14d
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Federal Agencies’ Websites Turn Into Political Blame Machines
WASHINGTON - When the federal government slipped into a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, most Americans expected the usual notices: warnings that services would be delayed, that inquiries would go un...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 16d
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Court Rebukes Trump Officials for Chilling Free Speech of Non-Citizens - The Washington Broadsheet
BOSTON — In a sweeping opinion issued Tuesday, a federal judge condemned the Trump administration for what he called an orchestrated effort to silence non-citizen students and faculty who joined prote...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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Oregon Sues Trump, Hegseth to Stop Military Deployment.
WASHINGTON--The State of Oregon and the City of Portland have filed a federal lawsuit challenging an order that places members of the Oregon National Guard under federal control for law enforcement du...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Release of Epstein Files, Warns She Is “Not Suicidal” if Harm Comes Her Way
WASHINGTON: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) is pressing the Justice Department to release all remaining documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein, and at the same time issued a stark warning abou...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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FBI Director Kash Patel Contradicts President Trump on FBI Role on January 6
WASHINGTON: FBI Director Kash Patel spoke with Fox News on Saturday to directly contradict a social media post made by President Donald Trump concerning the FBI's role in the January 6th riot at the U...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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FEMA Activates Maryland Task Force 1 for Hurricane Response Deployment in Carolinas
ROCKVILLE: Maryland’s elite urban search-and-rescue team from Montgomery County is headed south as a strengthening tropical system takes aim at the Carolinas.Officials said Maryland Task Force 1 (MD-T...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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Russia Launches Air Blitz of 600 Drones and 50 Missiles on Ukraine, Killing Four and Injuring 70.
KYIV: A massive Russian air assault swept across Ukraine last night, sending waves of drones and missiles that battered Kyiv and several other cities for more than ten hours.Ukrainian officials said t...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 18d
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Cyberattacks target Moldova’s election systems as voters head to the polls
Moldovan officials say they have fended off a barrage of cyberattacks against the nation’s election infrastructure just as voters cast ballots in a pivotal parliamentary race that could redefine the c...
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The Washington Broadsheet @washbroadsheet.bsky.social · 19d
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Trump Repeats FBI / J6 Connection Claim and Threatens Former Director Christopher Wray.
Former president Donald Trump has revived a claim that hundreds of FBI agents were secretly embedded in the crowd during the January 6 attack on the Capitol, using the figure of 274 as evidence that f...
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