Senate, DC and budget

Senate passes DC funding fix to prevent $1 billion in cuts, shifting fight to House
D.C.’s financial fate was tied into a House stopgap funding bill that didn't include a provision to prevent cuts to the district's budget.
Senate passes Trump-endorsed fix to avert DC budget cuts
Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials warned the District faced a $1 billion hit under a stopgap
Senate passes bill to avert $1B hit to D.C. budget in spending plan
The bill, which would allow the city to continue operating under its 2025 budget, still needs to be approved by the House to go into effect.
Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill To Protect Washington D.C. From House GOP Budget Slash
Senators moved quickly to cobble together a standalone bill to shield Washington D.C. from a $1 billion budget cut
Senate swiftly approves bill to allow DC to keep budget intact
The Senate swiftly approved legislation late Friday that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact, rather than roll back to 2024, fixing a provision that had drawn protests from the mayor and residents warning it would require $1 billion in cuts to services.
Senate approves bill to block budget $1.1B cuts to DC included in GOP funding bill
The continuing resolution approved by the House this week would force DC officials to make $1 billion in cuts to city services.

DC, Congress and GOP

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Last-minute legislation could save DC from $1B in funding cuts
The continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded until September appears to have the votes to pass the U.S.
Trump suggests federal government take over DC if local leaders ‘can’t do the job’
President Trump suggested Friday that the federal government could take over Washington, D.C., if the national capital’s administration “can’t do the job” as he pursues making the District ...
Protesters disrupt St Patrick's event in Washington DC
A St Patrick's Day event involving the Taoiseach (Irish PM) has been disrupted by members of a high-profile evangelical ...
DC fears revenue cliff as Congress debates its financial future
Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and ...
Trump says he’ll put FBI’s new headquarters in DC despite it being promised to Maryland
President Donald Trump said Friday that he doesn’t want the new FBI headquarters to be built in Maryland but rather in the ...
DC housing market shows signs of cracks amid mass federal layoffs
The inventory gains in the D.C. area are not all due to people putting their homes on the market. New listings rose, but by ...
Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren’t made before crash
The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., revealed an alarming number of ...
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National Pi Day 2025: Deals and freebies in DC
March 14 marks National Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π (3.14) with freebies and deals. Here's what you ...