An associate of the former D.C. contractor Jeff Thompson pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws in what federal prosecutors call a “straw donor” scheme.

[UPDATED] Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of felony bank fraud.

A pair of former Metro workers who were fired in January after being arrested on charges they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the transit agency pleaded guilty today in federal court in Northern Virginia.