Katie Barlow
Katie is a journalist and former lawyer at a large international law firm in Washington, D.C.
As a lawyer, she practiced white collar defense and civil litigation with a focus on the Anti-Terrorism Act. As a journalist, she has covered political campaigns, Capitol Hill with WTOP, and the Supreme Court with SCOTUSblog and NPR’s Nina Totenberg. She also co-founded Circuit Breaker, a website that provided news and information about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Katie loves breaking down complicated legal stories for our FOX 5 audience. You can find her out and about in the DMV reporting on the latest news on law and the powers that create and enforce it. Or you can find her in the studio distilling the week's headlines In the Courts on Sundays at 11:30 p.m.
She received dual degrees in political science and broadcast journalism from the University of Georgia and a J.D. from Georgetown Law. Katie is a longtime lover of Washington. You can often find her running down the mall with her pup or reading a book at a local haunt.
The latest from Katie Barlow
Supreme Court to decide if US must bring back Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, will spend another night in a Salvadoran detention center despite a federal judge’s order that he be returned to the United States.
Supreme Court upholds Biden administration regulation on 'ghost gun' assembly kits
A win for gun control advocates came down from the nation’s highest court Wednesday. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the federal government to continue regulating kits that are used to assemble weapons — so-called ghost guns.
DC AG suing delivery company Gopuff for allegedly short-changing employees, denying benefits
The D.C. Office of the Attorney General is suing Gopuff delivery, accusing the service of short-changing drivers and denying employee benefits.
Montgomery County judges want more security amid increased threats against court employees
Two Maryland judges are sounding the alarm, saying there's a need for increased security as the number of personal threats against court employees is on the rise.
What caused the DC plane crash? Blackhawk helicopter may not have heard key transmission, NTSB says
A miscommunication and bad data may have contributed to last month’s deadly crash near Reagan National Airport.
'Fork in the Road': Federal workers receive email on Trump's plan to pay for resignations
Lawyers and unions are urging caution after the Trump administration appeared to offer federal employees seven months of pay and benefits if they resign by next week.
Honduran migrant accused of rape was arrested for sex crimes, released multiple times
Another woman says she was attacked by the same man accused of raping a woman on a popular walking trail in downtown Herndon.
2 teen girls found guilty in 2023 beating death of 64-year-old DC man
Two teenage girls have been found guilty in the beating death of a 64-year-old man who was attacked by a group of teenage girls last year.
Man arrested in murder of 18-year-old girlfriend: Montgomery County police
Authorities in Montgomery County say they have arrested and charged a man in connection with the murder of his girlfriend.
Can the president grant DC statehood? A look at the facts
At the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Mayor Muriel Bowser said a President Kamala Harris could help make the District of Columbia the 51st state. But is that even possible?