https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/24/justice-department-alaska-senate-certification-lawsuit-dan-sullivan/ 2026-10-24T11:15:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Justice Department asks court to bar certification of Alaska Senate result if second Dan Sullivan's votes decide it 2026-10-24T11:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/24/council-more-study-audi-field-roof-city-money/ 2026-10-24T10:50:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Council members ask for more study of $300 million in city money for Audi Field roof 2026-10-24T10:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/24/state-department-visa-restrictions-colombia-bolivia-61/ 2026-10-24T10:25:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en State Department restricts visas for 61 more people in Colombia and Bolivia under hemisphere anti-corruption policy 2026-10-24T10:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/24/trump-section-338-canada-tariffs-product-list-october-30/ 2026-10-24T08:59:24Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump revises list of Canadian goods under 50% tariffs, effective Oct. 30 2026-10-24T10:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/romance-scam-losses-fbi-2025/ 2026-10-23T20:30:02Z The Washington Inquisitor en Romance scams cost Americans $929 million last year, the FBI says, and older hearts paid most 2026-10-24T00:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/nsf-acting-leader-retire-director-nominee-waits/ 2026-10-23T20:30:34Z The Washington Inquisitor en NSF’s acting leader plans to retire as the director nominee waits 235 days for a hearing 2026-10-24T00:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/opinion-coordinated-party-expenditures-disclosure-nrsc-v-fec/ 2026-10-23T20:30:18Z The Washington Inquisitor en Party money is back. Voters won't see most of it until December. 2026-10-23T23:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/pgcps-buses-on-time-report-parents-drivers-board/ 2026-10-23T23:20:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en PGCPS buses arrived on time 79.5% of the time this fall, report finds, as parents and drivers press the board 2026-10-23T23:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/chemonics-lobbying-hudgins-state-department-foreign-aid/ 2026-10-23T20:30:12Z The Washington Inquisitor en Chemonics, the former USAID contractor, hires its third lobbying firm in a year as State Department work shrinks 2026-10-23T22:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/opinion-housing-executive-order-investor-ban-supply-shortage/ 2026-10-23T20:30:29Z The Washington Inquisitor en The housing order trims the cost of a mortgage. The shortage needs houses. 2026-10-23T22:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/mpd-adult-arrests-rose-2025-most-since-2019/ 2026-10-23T20:30:57Z The Washington Inquisitor en MPD adult arrests rose 19% in 2025, the most since 2019, and the rise began before the federal surge 2026-10-23T22:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/pentagon-office-strategic-capital-conditional-loans-5-7-billion/ 2026-10-23T20:30:08Z The Washington Inquisitor en Pentagon lending office’s conditional loan offers reach $5.7 billion since June, led by Wolfspeed and Sila 2026-10-23T21:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/justice-hhs-false-claims-act-self-disclosure-pilot-health-care/ 2026-10-23T20:30:10Z The Washington Inquisitor en Health companies that self-report billing fraud can repay 1.25 to 1.6 times losses under new Justice-HHS pilot 2026-10-23T21:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/auditor-events-dc-owes-dc-45-million-excess-cash/ 2026-10-23T20:50:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Auditor says Events DC owes D.C. $45 million more in excess cash; the authority disputes the math 2026-10-23T20:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/new-lobbying-registrations-spacex-thales-metr-oct-2026/ 2026-10-23T09:58:23Z The Washington Inquisitor en Former Trump officials sign SpaceX, Thales and an AI testing lab in this week's new lobbying registrations 2026-10-23T20:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/ways-and-means-democrats-treasury-irs-filing-season-statistics-delay/ 2026-10-23T20:00:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Ways and Means Democrats give Treasury until Oct. 28 to explain missing IRS tax-return statistics 2026-10-23T20:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/veterans-ask-judge-block-memorial-circle-arch-construction/ 2026-10-23T20:30:15Z The Washington Inquisitor en Veterans ask judge to block Memorial Circle arch construction before Nov. 5 start 2026-10-23T19:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/who-is-lobbying-air-traffic-control-rebuild/ 2026-10-23T20:30:04Z The Washington Inquisitor en Who’s lobbying on the air traffic control rebuild: 99 third-quarter reports for 74 clients 2026-10-23T19:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/senate-leadership-fund-senate-majority-pac-clf-hmp-pre-general-reports/ 2026-10-23T18:45:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Leadership super PACs spent $344 million in two weeks and still had $327 million on Oct. 14 2026-10-23T18:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/public-comment-closes-northern-virginia-bus-merger-study/ 2026-10-23T20:30:33Z The Washington Inquisitor en Public comment closes today on study of merging four Northern Virginia bus systems 2026-10-23T18:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/venezuela-lobbying-q3-2026-state-department/ 2026-10-23T09:58:20Z The Washington Inquisitor en Venezuela's opening drew $3.6 million in lobbying last quarter, and most of it went through the State Department's door 2026-10-23T17:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/treasury-proposed-rule-road-to-housing-act-institutional-investors-single-family-homes/ 2026-10-23T20:30:26Z The Washington Inquisitor en Treasury proposes the rules for the ban on big investors buying single-family homes, which starts Jan. 7 2026-10-23T17:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/washington-fewest-single-men-per-single-woman/ 2026-10-23T20:30:40Z The Washington Inquisitor en Washington has the fewest single men per single woman among large U.S. cities 2026-10-23T17:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/senate-recess-31-civilian-nominees-waiting-nov-9/ 2026-10-23T09:58:19Z The Washington Inquisitor en Senate’s election break leaves 31 civilian nominees, including CFPB and surgeon general picks, waiting until Nov. 9 2026-10-23T16:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/pritzker-ready-for-the-fight-super-pac-filings-house-republicans/ 2026-10-23T16:15:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Pritzker has supplied $10 million of his super PAC’s $10.9 million as it targets 10 House Republicans 2026-10-23T16:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/beverly-hills-foundation-returns-prince-georges-grant-money/ 2026-10-23T15:50:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Beverly Hills foundation returns $7.6 million in Prince George's grant money 2026-10-23T15:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/navigators-global-lobbying-income-q3-2026/ 2026-10-23T20:30:13Z The Washington Inquisitor en Navigators Global's lobbying income fell for a third straight quarter as Citgo and Anthropic joined its roster 2026-10-23T15:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/dccc-nrcc-coordinated-spending-districts-pre-general/ 2026-10-23T15:00:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en House party committees spent $57 million on coordinated ads in two weeks, most of it in 20 districts 2026-10-23T15:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/order-curbing-dhs-voter-eligibility-sweeps-nine-states/ 2026-10-23T20:30:39Z The Washington Inquisitor en Order curbing DHS voter-eligibility sweeps in nine states set to take effect today 2026-10-23T14:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/occ-stablecoin-final-rule-drops-yield-presumption/ 2026-10-23T20:30:18Z The Washington Inquisitor en OCC’s final stablecoin rule drops a proposed presumption against paying yield through affiliates 2026-10-23T14:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/trump-defense-production-act-petroleum-pentagon-wind-turbines-section-232/ 2026-10-23T20:30:30Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump extends oil-industry emergency financing power to the Pentagon and opens wind-turbine trade talks 2026-10-23T13:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/dc-council-hearing-audi-field-roof-plan/ 2026-10-23T20:30:41Z The Washington Inquisitor en D.C. Council hears $620 million Audi Field roof plan today 2026-10-23T13:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/wuxi-apptec-lobbying-biosecure-list/ 2026-10-23T09:58:12Z The Washington Inquisitor en WuXi AppTec rebuilds its Washington lobbying team ahead of the first BIOSECURE list 2026-10-23T12:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/dscc-nrsc-pre-general-reports-loans-coordinated-spending/ 2026-10-23T12:30:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Senate Democrats borrowed $15 million and outspent Republicans 3 to 1 on coordinated ads in early October, filings show 2026-10-23T12:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/dc-man-indicted-fentanyl-sale-sterling-man-death/ 2026-10-23T20:29:49Z The Washington Inquisitor en D.C. man indicted in fentanyl sale prosecutors tie to a Sterling man's death 2026-10-23T12:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/f-35-framework-ten-years-multiyear-limit-congress/ 2026-10-23T20:30:06Z The Washington Inquisitor en The Pentagon’s 10-year F-35 deal outruns the five-year limit on multiyear contracts, leaving Congress to set its terms 2026-10-23T11:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/new-hampshire-poll-vance-rubio-tied-buttigieg-leads-2028/ 2026-10-23T20:30:56Z The Washington Inquisitor en New Hampshire poll finds Vance and Rubio tied for 2028, separated by three respondents 2026-10-23T11:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/arlington-sues-armed-federal-agents-polling-places/ 2026-10-23T20:30:36Z The Washington Inquisitor en Arlington sues to keep armed federal agents away from polling places 2026-10-23T10:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/panama-maritime-authority-checkmate-lobbying-sanctions/ 2026-10-23T09:58:05Z The Washington Inquisitor en Lobbying firm reports $200,000 from Panama's ship registry as U.S. sanctions hit Panama-flagged vessels 2026-10-23T10:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/23/trump-housing-executive-order-mortgage-insurance-title-insurance/ 2026-10-23T20:30:43Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump orders Fannie and Freddie to test automatic cancellation of mortgage insurance and cheaper refinancing 2026-10-23T10:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/halloween-saturday-bars-metro-daylight-saving/ 2026-10-22T23:16:32Z The Washington Inquisitor en Halloween on a Saturday means bars until 3, Metro until 2 and an hour that happens twice 2026-10-23T00:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/former-cftc-fcc-pentagon-interior-officials-register-lobbyists/ 2026-10-22T23:16:28Z The Washington Inquisitor en Former CFTC, FCC, Pentagon and Interior officials sign on as lobbyists 2026-10-23T00:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/trump-vance-endorsement-2028-too-early-opinion/ 2026-10-22T23:16:24Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump is right that it’s too early to endorse Vance. Republicans should keep the 2028 race open 2026-10-22T23:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/dc-council-rats-school-names-ticket-fines-october-20/ 2026-10-22T23:15:59Z The Washington Inquisitor en D.C. Council advances a rat-control bill and two school names, and puts off a cut to ticket fines 2026-10-22T23:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/our-reporters/ 2026-10-22T23:17:35Z The Washington Inquisitor en Our Reporters 2026-10-22T23:17:35Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/state-department-paraguay-itaipu-crusoe-ai-deal/ 2026-10-23T23:12:20Z The Washington Inquisitor en State Department announces an Itaipú-powered AI data-center partnership in Paraguay; fact sheet gives no investment size 2026-10-22T22:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/trump-signs-13-bills-chiricahua-national-park-license-to-drill/ 2026-10-23T20:31:23Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump signs 13 bills in six days, creating Chiricahua National Park and extending drilling-permit fees 2026-10-22T22:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/dc-crime-guns-north-carolina-trafficking-tracing-report/ 2026-10-23T20:31:02Z The Washington Inquisitor en Gun-running case spotlights D.C.’s out-of-state crime guns and a required tracing report not posted since 2024 2026-10-22T22:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/fcc-49-ghz-band-manager-selection-committee/ 2026-10-22T21:40:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en FCC sets up a $400,000-a-year panel to pick who runs public safety’s 4.9 GHz band 2026-10-22T21:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/prosecute-noncitizen-voting-cases-not-lists/ 2026-10-22T21:15:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Prosecute noncitizen voters case by case. Don’t set aside ballots by list 2026-10-22T21:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/montgomery-pedestrian-cyclist-crash-data-state-highways/ 2026-10-22T20:20:07Z The Washington Inquisitor en Montgomery's crash records show the most pedestrian and cyclist deaths in years, concentrated on state highways 2026-10-22T20:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/geo-group-lobbying-q3-ice-adelanto-sale/ 2026-10-22T20:25:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en GEO Group kept up its Washington lobbying in the quarter before ICE bought three of its detention centers 2026-10-22T20:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/fox-poll-sherrod-brown-jon-husted-ohio-senate-october-spending/ 2026-10-22T20:29:32Z The Washington Inquisitor en Fox News poll finds Sherrod Brown ahead of Jon Husted in Ohio, where Republican groups are outspending Democrats this month 2026-10-22T20:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/judge-dc-police-seized-phones-lawsuits-proceed/ 2026-10-23T20:30:57Z The Washington Inquisitor en Judge lets protesters pursue claims that D.C. police routinely keep seized phones for months 2026-10-22T19:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/hegseth-guard-special-tactics-squadron-florida/ 2026-10-23T20:31:16Z The Washington Inquisitor en Hegseth orders a new Guard special tactics squadron in Florida, with most details left to the 2028 budget 2026-10-22T19:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/unaccompanied-children-immigration-court-no-lawyer-vera-data/ 2026-10-22T20:24:15Z The Washington Inquisitor en Most unaccompanied children’s immigration cases this year closed without a lawyer, new data show 2026-10-22T18:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/fairfax-supervisors-flock-license-plate-readers-no-action/ 2026-10-22T20:24:02Z The Washington Inquisitor en Fairfax supervisors question police over Flock license plate readers and put off a decision 2026-10-22T18:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/binance-zhao-executive-relief-lobbying-after-pardon/ 2026-10-23T20:31:04Z The Washington Inquisitor en After his pardon, Binance’s founder hired a new Washington team, and Binance kept paying for “executive relief” 2026-10-22T17:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/senate-permitting-deal-s-5653-lobbying-reports-q3/ 2026-10-22T20:24:27Z The Washington Inquisitor en The Senate’s permitting deal drew 162 lobbying reports in the quarter it was introduced 2026-10-22T17:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/high-heel-race-dupont-singles-mixer/ 2026-10-22T20:24:49Z The Washington Inquisitor en The best mixer in Washington this month is a 39-year-old footrace in heels on a Tuesday 2026-10-22T17:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/ernst-young-pentagon-audit-single-quote/ 2026-10-23T20:31:19Z The Washington Inquisitor en One firm, one quote, $2 billion: Ernst & Young’s expanding hold on the Pentagon’s audit 2026-10-22T16:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/pritzker-38-million-fec-records-super-pacs/ 2026-10-22T20:24:47Z The Washington Inquisitor en Pritzker says he has put $38 million into the midterms. Federal records account for $17 million of it 2026-10-22T16:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/prince-georges-sphere-national-harbor-bonds-final-vote/ 2026-10-22T15:50:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Prince George's council takes a final vote on $215 million in Sphere bonds Tuesday 2026-10-22T15:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/k-street-tracker-late-amended-q3-lobbying-reports/ 2026-10-22T20:36:33Z The Washington Inquisitor en K Street Tracker: CVS’s lobbying falls 43%, and late and amended reports reshape the third quarter 2026-10-22T15:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/white-house-pulls-independent-reporter-iowa-trip-pool/ 2026-10-23T23:12:16Z The Washington Inquisitor en White House removes The Independent’s reporter from the press pool for Trump’s Iowa trip 2026-10-22T15:00:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/supreme-court-bureau-of-prisons-transgender-inmates-order/ 2026-10-22T20:24:25Z The Washington Inquisitor en Supreme Court leaves in place D.C. judge’s order keeping transgender inmates’ hormone therapy 2026-10-22T14:35:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/bremberg-thales-lobbying-air-traffic-control/ 2026-10-23T20:31:07Z The Washington Inquisitor en Trump’s first-term domestic policy chief registers to lobby for Thales as the FAA rebuilds air traffic control 2026-10-22T14:10:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/nevada-2028-democratic-calendar-candidate-visits/ 2026-10-22T13:45:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Nevada, second on the Democrats’ 2028 calendar, draws seven potential candidates in five days 2026-10-22T13:45:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/rfk-stadium-natural-gas-commanders-pepco-power-plant/ 2026-10-23T20:31:05Z The Washington Inquisitor en D.C. rules out a gas power plant at RFK but says the Commanders' stadium will need gas for a time 2026-10-22T13:20:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/mcentee-tencent-innolight-lobbying-q3/ 2026-10-22T09:21:31Z The Washington Inquisitor en McEntee reports another $225,000 from Tencent and adds a second company on the Pentagon’s China list 2026-10-22T12:55:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/mississippi-senate-outside-spending-colom-hyde-smith-super-pacs/ 2026-10-22T12:30:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Democratic groups have outspent Republicans 15 to 1 in Mississippi’s Senate race, FEC filings show 2026-10-22T12:30:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/barracks-row-shooting-federal-complaint-guard-member/ 2026-10-22T12:05:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Federal complaint charges D.C. man in Barracks Row shootout but does not say whose bullet hit the Guard member 2026-10-22T12:05:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/cbp-delays-postal-formal-entry-rule-de-minimis/ 2026-10-22T20:24:14Z The Washington Inquisitor en Customs gives postal importers three more months on formal-entry rule, on the day it was to take effect 2026-10-22T11:40:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/toledo-chemical-leak-glycidyl-methacrylate-evacuation/ 2026-10-23T20:31:09Z The Washington Inquisitor en Toledo’s chemical leak shut schools, a Jeep plant and the port. Officials say the tank is nearly spent 2026-10-22T11:15:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/amazon-drops-gw-ashburn-campus-data-centers-loudoun-deal/ 2026-10-23T20:30:58Z The Washington Inquisitor en Amazon drops its data center plan for GW's former Ashburn campus in a deal with Loudoun 2026-10-22T10:50:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/state-department-ordered-departure-saudi-arabia-houthis/ 2026-10-22T10:25:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en State Department orders nonessential staff and families out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks mount 2026-10-22T10:25:00Z Blog https://washingtoninquisitor.com/2026/10/22/warner-himes-russia-midterm-misinformation-briefing/ 2026-10-22T10:00:00Z The Washington Inquisitor en Intelligence Democrats say Russia is targeting Democratic candidates, and that pre-election threat reports are missing 2026-10-22T10:00:00Z Blog