In Northern Virginia, the chatter is happening—at the bus stop in Falls Church, at a party near Mount Vernon, during a PTA meeting in Fairfax, and on neighborhood Facebook pages from Fredericksburg to Leesburg. Should I take the buyout? Our big contract may be next on the chopping block. How much of my team will be furloughed?
Michael Warren is politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. A former on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at The Weekly Standard, he has spent more than 15 years covering lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the White House and the executive branch, the conservative movement, and political campaigns. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.
