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DC area braces for steep jobless spike, report warns

DC area braces for steep jobless spike, report warns

The DC region’s unemployment rate could more than double should federal workforce cuts continue, according to a new Urban Institute analysis as reported by the Washington Business Journal. The study projects that unemployment could soar from to 7.3% from 2.8 percent if half of all federal civilian

Trump backs DC budget fix, signals support for House vote

Trump backs DC budget fix, signals support for House vote

President Donald Trump is throwing his weight behind efforts to restore the $1.1 billion cut to DC’s funding in the just-passed CR, as reported by Politico. House Republicans unexpectedly, and some say inadvertently, cut the capital city's spending authority of its own tax dollars in recent

DC’s use of web surveillance raises transparency concerns

DC’s use of web surveillance raises transparency concerns

As reported by the *Washington City Paper,* the District of Columbia has spent over $348,000 since 2020 on Tangles, a web-surveillance platform developed by Cobwebs Technologies, an Israeli-founded cyberintelligence firm. Licensed by the city’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA), Tangles is marketed as a tool for