Hate crime reports have soared in the District. Prosecutions have plummeted.
The number of crimes investigated by D.C. police as bias-motivated reached an all-time high of 204 last year. But a Washington Post analysis of 200,000 police and court records found that hate-crime prosecutions and convictions are at their lowest point in at least a decade.
Gay friends leaving a bar.
A Muslim veteran driving to work.
A girl, 12, walking home from school.
Most victims never see justice
Trump attacks Danish prime minister over ‘nasty’ comment about Greenland purchase
The prime minister had called the idea of selling the island to the United States “absurd,” prompting President Trump to cancel a trip to Copenhagen.
U.S. deficit to expand by about $800 billion more than previously expected over 10 years, CBO says
A two-year budget deal struck between lawmakers and the White House will help push the nation into levels of debt unseen since the end of World War II, the Congressional Budget Office said.
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The president ratcheted up his attacks on Jewish Democrats on Wednesday, dismissing an outcry from both sides of the aisle as well as Jewish organizations.
Campaign 2020Joe Walsh and Mark Sanford are leaning toward a presidential bid, while Jeff Flake is taking recruitment calls and John Kasich plans a visit to New Hampshire.
The administration plans to eliminate a 20-day cap for holding migrant children and create a licensing regime that would make it easier for federal officials to expand family detention nationwide.
Parkland students unveil gun-control proposal and hope for a youth voting surge in 2020
The March for Our Lives “Peace Plan” — announced in the wake of mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio — calls for a gun registry, an assault weapons ban and mandatory buybacks.
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Tom Bergeron tweeted that he thought the producers had agreed the show should be “free of inevitably divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.”
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