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December 29, 2023

A crowd of prominent Jewish community members and elected officials from the local, state and federal levels converged on Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Silver Spring on the morning of Dec. 21 for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington’s annual Maryland legislative breakfast, which was highlighted less by typical legislative agendas and more so through a large showing of support for Israel.

Issues: Congress

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December 16, 2023
Lesley Wolf worked in relative obscurity for nearly 16 years as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, but now the former federal prosecutor says she’s been threatened and harassed after Republicans falsely accused her of going easy on Hunter Biden.

December 14, 2023
WASHINGTON — A former federal prosecutor told lawmakers Thursday that she has been receiving threats since Republicans accused her of coddling the president’s son Hunter Biden.

November 27, 2023
This holiday season, a bipartisan group of lawmakers isn’t worried about Santa coming down the chimney. Instead, they’re worried about thieves running in through the front door. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Maryland) joined "Good Day DC" Friday to talk about his support of what’s called the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act.

November 26, 2023
New York Congressman George Santos is doubling down against the ethics committee report alleging his misuse of campaign funds. Meanwhile, another House vote to expel him is expected this week. Ethics committee member Rep. Glenn Ivey joins MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend to discuss what to expect.

November 24, 2023

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) joined Fox 5 DC to talk about a bill to curb organized retail crime.


November 13, 2023
Maryland Congressman Glenn Ivey is firing back at Virginia lawmakers and the director of the FBI for questioning the fairness of the process that selected Greenbelt, Maryland as the new headquarters of the FBI.

November 11, 2023
After nearly 10 years of back and forth about where the new FBI headquarters would be located, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) chose Greenbelt, Md., on Nov. 8. The other two options were Landover, Md. and Springfield, Va.

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November 10, 2023

Dozens of federal, state, county and municipal officials came together Friday to celebrate the future home of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s headquarters in Prince George’s County.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) led a nearly 90-minute celebratory press conference during which a dozen elected officials praised the General Services Administration’s decision Wednesday to select the city of Greenbelt as the new home for the bureau’s 7,500 employees.


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November 10, 2023
After more than a decade of political jockeying between Virginia and Maryland over the future headquarters of the FBI, the General Service Administration announced Greenbelt in Prince George’s County secured the bid.