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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom's internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.

Articles by Carleton Bryant

D.C. police identify Northeast man as gunman killed Monday in shootout with officers

D.C. police on Tuesday identified the gunman who was killed in a shootout with officers Monday in the lobby of a Northeast apartment building.

January 14, 2025

Muriel Bowser presses Chad Wolf for inauguration security

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has asked the Department of Homeland Security to extend the period of security for the inauguration beginning Monday through Jan. 24 in the wake of last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol.

January 10, 2021

Longtime Maryland Senate president Thomas V. Mike Miller announces retirement

Former Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller retired Wednesday, citing his poor health in a letter to his successor and ending a nearly 50-year career in public office.

December 23, 2020

Peter Newsham resignation surprises top D.C. lawmaker

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has expressed surprise over the resignation of Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham, who is leaving the District to become the top cop of Prince William County's police force.

November 25, 2020

Rock & Roll Hotel closes in D.C., cancels all shows

The management of the Rock & Roll Hotel announced Monday that the D.C. performance venue was ending operations and canceling all shows immediately.

March 2, 2020

Karl Racine, D.C. attorney general, files school residency fraud lawsuits against 7 parents

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday lawsuits accusing seven people of falsely saying they lived in the District in order to send their children to D.C. public schools for free.

March 27, 2019

D.C. streets closed for President George H.W. Bush’s motorcade

Officials in Washington have announced road closures Monday for the transport of former President George H.W. Bush's casket.

December 3, 2018

Daron Wint, ‘Mansion murders’ suspect, guilty in quadruple killing

The sole suspect in the 2015 deaths of a family and their housekeeper in Northwest Washington was found guilty Thursday of all charges against him in D.C. Superior Court, media outlets reported.

October 25, 2018

Ben Jealous, Democratic nominee, vetoes reporter from Monday’s debate with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan

Ben Jealous has vetoed a reporter from the only debate he will have with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the MDDC Press Association said Tuesday.

September 18, 2018

Arlington National Cemetery closes for bomb threat investigation

Officials at Arlington National Cemetery said they were investigating a bomb threat Wednesday morning.

August 22, 2018

Luwanda Jenkins, Baltimore Democrat, to run with Richard Madaleno in Md. governor’s race

State Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. has chosen Luwanda Jenkins to be his running mate in his race for Maryland governor.

February 18, 2018

D.C. officials slam Trump budget cut to tuition assistance program

City officials are slamming President Trump's call to cut all federal funding to a D.C. program that helps residents attend college anywhere in the nation.

February 13, 2018

Maryland Indian Status given to Accohannock tribe by executive order

Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford presented an executive order that grants the Accohannock tribe Maryland Indian Status on Tuesday.

December 19, 2017

Karl Racine, D.C. attorney general, sues property managers over rent-controlled apartments

Karl Racine has filed a lawsuit accusing the owners and managers of a Northwest apartment complex of misleading consumers about the rates for rent-controlled apartments.

December 13, 2017

Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. delegate, urges city action, taxes on foreign-owned sites

The District's congressional representative is urging city leaders to take action to improve neglected properties owned by foreign countries.

September 6, 2017

Deonte Carraway, ex-Maryland school aide, gets 75-year sentence in child porn case

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Prince George's County school aide to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing children and producing child pornography.

August 21, 2017

Sean Urbanski faces murder charges for fatal campus stabbing

A Prince George's County grand jury handed up a murder indictment against a white University of Maryland student accused of the on-campus stabbing of a black Bowie State University student in May, the county's top prosecutor said Thursday.

July 13, 2017

Desean Burt, Northeast man, charged in 2014 beating that led to victim’s death last year in D.C.

D.C. police have announced the arrest of a Northeast man in the November death of a man who suffered his fatal injuries in a 2014 assault.

July 11, 2017

James Hodgkinson friends abandon Facebook page, Yelp reviews hit his business

The Facebook page of the suspected shooter in Wednesday's rampage in Alexandria, Virginia, was steadily losing "friends" as news about the shooting mounted.

June 14, 2017

Friends abandon Facebook page of shooting suspect, Yelp reviews hit his business