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09/14/2025

Democrats are threatening to vote to shut down the government at the end of the month if Republicans don't extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

Democrats are threatening to vote to shut down the government at the end of the month if Republicans don't the Affordable Care Act premium subsidies

09/14/2025

George Washington University’s Mount Vernon Campus stepped up security after it received threats due to a staff member’s social media post about the death of Charlie Kirk.

George Washington University’s Mount Vernon Campus stepped up security Saturday after it received threats due to a staff member’s social media post about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. News4 talked to a few students who refused to go on camera due to safety concerns, but they a...

09/14/2025

The North Korean government has intensified repression inside the isolated, nuclear-armed state, expanding electronic surveillance and publicly executing people for sharing foreign media, the United Nations said in a major new report.

Government control over people in the isolated, nuclear-armed state has tightened in the past 10 years, researchers said, and access to information has “significantly regressed.”

09/14/2025

Fairfax County held its first ever expungement clinic, which leaders hope will improve community safety by making it easier to find jobs.

Fairfax County held its first ever expungement clinic, which leaders hope will help improve community safety by increasing job prospects. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

09/14/2025

With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies.

Here's how Big Tech's data centers are threatening power grids in the US and why they could face disconnections during emergencies

09/14/2025

A flood of false and misleading claims filled social media in the two days it took officials to arrest and publicly identify the suspect in Wednesday's assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Here's a look at the facts.

The reaction followed a well-worn pattern of misinformation and conspiracy theories that often come after breaking news events when facts can be fluid

09/13/2025

What happens when the News4 Quiz MC becomes the quizzee? Will Tommy McFly pass this Sketchy News pop quiz?

09/13/2025

Every year since 1992, Dulles International Airport has hosted teams of up to 25 people, working together toward a shared goal: pulling an 82-ton aircraft 12 feet in the shortest time they can.

Why? Well, the Dulles Plane Pull raises money for Special Olympics Virginia every year. Over the last 34 years, it's raised almost $6.6 million total.

But also... wouldn't you like to see if you could pull this off with your friends? (News4's Joseph Olmo certainly would.)

Let us know in the comments.

09/13/2025

With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution.

Here's how Big Tech's data centers are threatening power grids in the US and why they could face disconnections during emergencies

09/13/2025

A growing number of Republican-led states are moving forward with efforts to make it more difficult for citizen-led ballot initiatives to succeed.

A growing number of Republican-led states are moving forward with efforts to make it more difficult for citizen-led ballot initiatives to succeed

09/13/2025

PepsiCo is swapping out artificial dyes for natural colors made from beets, radishes, paprika and more.

Instead of Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6, the snacks will be colored with a mix of beets, radishes, paprika, annatto and turmeric.

09/13/2025

The person was struck just before 3 a.m. on Saturday, according to Fairfax County Fire Rescue.

A person has died after being struck by an Orange Line train outside Vienna overnight into Saturday, Metro said. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org.