Tim Carman
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Food writer for The Washington Post.
This was, perhaps, predictable, though it seems many restaurants are reconsidering the service charge option after learning about the tax and payroll implications. Gift link:
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Restaurants add World Cup service charges, fearing tourists wonât tip
Operators in U.S. host cities say they want to ensure workers share in the financial benefits that the tournament will bring.
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about 20 hours ago
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I had this brief, exquisite moment at Huong Viet recently. I was compelled to write about it: to figure out how it happened and why itâs important. Gift link:
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Column | How I found bliss in dish No. 140 at a Vietnamese strip-mall restaurant
Hereâs your reminder to look for the ecstatic in the prosaic, no matter where life takes you.
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Curious if those in the business of feeding people agree with Dina Daniel from Fava Pot: Will Syscoâs planned purchase of Restaurant Depot lead to higher prices at the discount wholesaler? Gift link:
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As restaurants struggle with costs, a major food supplier deal raises new fears
Restaurant Depot is a lifeline for small businesses. Many hope its sale to industry giant Sysco falls through.
https://wapo.st/43tINp3
9 days ago
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The owner of Martin's Tavern had no idea his historic pub would be featured on SNL this weekend. He was sound asleep by the time the skit aired. Gift link:
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Martinâs Tavern owner hopes SNL cameo gets people to âlighten up and laughâ
The historic Georgetown restaurantâs bar was the backdrop for a booze-fueled cold open featuring Trump administration officials.
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about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
"Itâs been a time of change and loss at The [Washington] Post. Some losses hurt the most because they can never be reversed."
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RIP to the great Dan Eggen, who pulled no punches. He was laid off in February.
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Dan Eggen, who shaped politics coverage at The Post, dies at 60
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/04/21/dan-eggen-dead-washington-post/
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The original Benâs Chili Bowl returns to action in less than two weeks, but the Ali family is keeping many of the details under wraps. They have a good reason. Gift link:
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Benâs Chili Bowl hopes May reopening meets its matriarchâs standards
Improvements to the historic U Street diner, shuttered since last summer, are being kept under wraps until a May 1 unveiling to Virginia Ali and the public.
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about 2 months ago
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The late Tanios âTonyâ Abi-Najm fled a civil war in Lebanon at age 44. He made a new life for himself and his family in the DC area, where he spread Lebanese food and culture far beyond his native land. This is his story and the story of Lebanese Taverna.
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How Lebanese Tavernaâs founder made an outsize impact on D.C. dining
The restaurantâs patriarch, Tanios Abi-Najm, fled war-ravaged Beirut before starting Lebanese Taverna in 1979. He died last week at 94.
https://wapo.st/3QmPQwc
about 2 months ago
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I spent a lovely afternoon going through the late food writer Marian Burros's home office. I read through her papers, sifted through her cookbooks, and examined her photos, all of which gave me an even deeper appreciation of this legend. Gift link:
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
Because I have no chill, believe deeply in APâs mission, and think covering the Middle East is more important than ever⌠some personal news!
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Erin Cunningham named Jerusalem news director | The Associated Press
In a memo to staff on Wednesday, Middle East News Director Victoria Eastwood announced that Erin Cunningham has been named APâs Jerusalem news director:
https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/erin-cunningham-named-jerusalem-news-director/
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For those looking for metaphors about the future of AI and government's ability to regulate it, well, here it is...
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3 months ago
SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo:
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/18/iran-cost-budget-pentagon/
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3 months ago
You can't see listeria. I ran a farm for 15 years, and no matter how well you know me or how many times you've been to my farm you have NO IDEA about my farm practices. Knowing your farmer does not protect you against food-borne diseases. Don't drink raw milk.
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This is a first: I flew to an airport to eat burgers from a vending machine. I lived to tell the tale. Gift link:
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Column | At a White Castle airport kiosk, we glimpsed a bleak fast-food future
White Castle and Cheesecake Factory vending machines at Boston Logan International Airport offer a limited selection of disappointing food â and human erasure.
https://wapo.st/47CF1fh
3 months ago
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Whether or not you plan to try the new McDonald's Big Arch, you gotta read the review by
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. Nobody's better at not-so-fine dining. Gift link.
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Review | McDonaldâs new Big Arch burger is an ode to American excess
The newcomer goes big with two quarter-pound patties, three slices of cheese and more than 1,000 calories.
https://wapo.st/4rRd23J
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The review nobody asked for, but everyone is writing. Iâd love to hear your thoughts too, if youâve tried the Big Arch. Gift link:
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Review | McDonaldâs new Big Arch burger is an ode to American excess
The newcomer goes big with two quarter-pound patties, three slices of cheese and more than 1,000 calories.
https://wapo.st/4rRd23J
3 months ago
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3 months ago
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
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The Post identified seven restaurants that received "notice of suspect documents" letters from DHS. Immigration attorneys tell me that many more letters are likely on the way. The DHS enforcement could lead to hundreds of workers leaving the local industry. Gift link:
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D.C. restaurants brace for a wave of immigration-related workforce losses
More than 100 workers have been terminated or left their jobs since Feb. 12, and many more could follow, immigration lawyers say.
https://wapo.st/4aK22z1
3 months ago
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Despite an objection from Harrison Suarez, one of the two co-founders of Compass Coffee, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia today approved the sale of many of Compassâs assets to Caffe Nero.
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Compass Coffee is expected to have a new owner following Thursdayâs bankruptcy auction. Gift link:
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U.K.-based Caffè Nero wins auction to buy Compass Coffee
The multinational coffee company will continue to operate 17 D.C.-area cafes under the Compass brand.
https://wapo.st/3OBaF69
4 months ago
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Papa Johns has introduced a new pan pizza. Emily Heil and I did a taste test to see how it compares to the pan offerings at two other chains, including the ur-pie at Pizza Hut. Gift link:
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Papa Johns is taking on Pizza Hut (and Dominoâs) pan pizza. We tried all 3.
Papa Johns just debuted a pan crust pizza, but how does it stack up against Pizza Hut and Dominoâs?
https://wapo.st/4aAJBLT
4 months ago
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When it opened more than a decade ago, Compass Coffee was one of DCâs feel-good business stories. Now the companyâs in bankruptcy. I plotted out how it went from one to the other. Gift link:
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Compass Coffee had Starbucks-size ambitions. Hereâs how it unraveled.
The homegrown D.C. coffee chainâs push to expand its way to profitability ended in a January bankruptcy filing.
https://wapo.st/3MihGbs
4 months ago
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As
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assesses the damage from last weekâs layoffs, it turns out between 44% and 47.5% of the newsroom has been axed. It âmay have been the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation.â
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Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian
The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departmentsâsports, books, staff photographyâwiped away, and devastat...
https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/actually-the-washington-post-layoffs-were-a-bigger-bloodbath-than-you-thought/
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My sweet dog doesnât believe in reading, just snuggles.
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Our food environment is making us fat and sick. But RFK Jr.'s ideas about fixing it are mostly either bad (more beef tallow!) or ineffective (eliminate food dyes!). But it doesn't matter. Ozempic can do what regulations can't: change our food supply. (gift link)
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Column | GLP-1 drugs might do what food policy canât â change the way we eat
The desire for smaller portions and fewer junk foods is affecting what the food industry is selling us.
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4 months ago
Oh look. This package near the top of The Washington Post homepage is a collaboration between International and Sports (and ties directly to the U.S. political moment), two desks we hear are about to be obliterated by what could be some of the worst layoffs in the history of the paper.
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The Washington Post
5 months ago
Homeland Securityâs sweeping deportation campaign marks a sharp break from the agencyâs post-9/11 mission. âDHS has now become an immigration department, and thatâs not what it was founded for,â said a former senior DHS official.
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Shootings in Minneapolis underscore how Kristi Noem has transformed DHS
The agency was founded after Sept. 11 to prevent foreign terrorist attacks. Now it is almost exclusively focused on apprehending undocumented immigrants.
https://wapo.st/4k1RCO8
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Trump threatens Insurrection Act >>
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The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcementâs search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natansonâs property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
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Yesterday I documented how DHS lies all the time and suggested you not trust their claims, in case you did.
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Opinion | Kristi Noem and DHS do not deserve the benefit of the doubt
Philip Bump: The Department of Homeland Security and its leader have an honesty problem â and the numbers prove it.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/kristi-noem-dhs-ice-data
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This news had been expected for a few weeks now. The future of Compass is quite uncertain after its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Gift link:
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Compass Coffee files for bankruptcy amid lawsuits, lagging downtown sales
The Washington-based chain plans to close 11 of its more than 20 cafes around the region amid lagging sales and lawsuits.
https://wapo.st/3YnvZxQ
5 months ago
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âRNC Chairman Joe Gruters described being shocked by Trumpâs eating habits when they traveled together during the campaign. While flying to a campaign event, according to Gruters, Trump consumed french fries, a McDonaldâs Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish.â
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Good read on the existential challenges facing local restaurants. The danger with enacting a pileup of rules on our local businesses is that while each requirement may be well-intentioned, the cumulative effect suffocates the business.
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And next year is not looking so good either.
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âOne thing after anotherâ: 2025 was a brutal year for D.C. restaurants
A battered Washington restaurant industry is bracing for continued challenges in 2026.
https://wapo.st/4924PTn
5 months ago
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For the holidays, I gave myself the gift of boredom. And Tony Bourdainâs stew. Gift link:
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Column | Anthony Bourdainâs boeuf bourguignon offers the gift of time and patience
The slow-simmered stew gave me a chance to reflect on the things that hide under a mountain of distractions.
https://wapo.st/3L7Srrx
6 months ago
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Labor advocates are pushing for a $25 minimum wage in DC, as an antidote to the affordability crisis. It comes after D.C. Council twice overturned the will of voters over tipped minimum wage. The restaurant industry is expected to present fierce opposition to the new initiative.
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A $25 minimum wage for D.C.? It might be on Novemberâs ballot.
D.C. lawmakers have overturned the will of voters twice over ending the tipped minimum wage. Labor advocates are now aiming higher.
https://wapo.st/4aBXwmk
6 months ago
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Some news today on the D.C. streateries front.
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D.C. Council votes to change streatery rules after restaurant pushback
Some restaurateurs have said they canât afford to comply with the cityâs new program.
https://wapo.st/44xvDrO
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in todayâs
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A remarkable story about a Hiroshima survivor
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After surviving Hiroshima, she has a message for Trump
As the president weighs resuming testing of nuclear weapons for the first time in decades, Koko Kondo wants to ensure history doesnât repeat itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/23/trump-nuclear-testing-hiroshima-survivor/
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7 months ago
Make it stop! Endless papers pitting low-carb, low-fat, keto, Mediterranean, whatever diets against each other when ALL the differences are just a few pounds. It doesn't matter. No diet ever tested works for long-term, substantial weight loss.
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Effects of carbohydrate-restricted diets and macronutrient replacements on cardiovascular health and body composition in adults: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Carbohydrate-restricted diets (CRDs) are widely promoted for improving cardiovascular and body composition outcomes, yet evidence remains mixed acrossâŚ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916525005283?via%3Dihub
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My colleague
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has a beautiful essay on the music of Chris Whitley, who died 20 years ago
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Column | 20 years after Chris Whitley died, I canât shake his earthy, gutting songs
After a brief flirtation with the mainstream, Houstonâs Chris Whitley carved one of rockâs more fascinating paths. Itâs time to rediscover him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/11/20/chris-whitley-legacy/
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Should a Big Mac knockoff taste like the real thing? Or just steal the architecture of the famous burger? Emily Heil and I have a fun back and forth on the topic.
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Review | Chiliâs and Shake Shack are coming for the Big Mac. Which burger stacks up?
As McDonaldâs struggles with value-seeking diners, rivals are taking aim at the chainâs flagship burger.
https://wapo.st/3JOGab2
7 months ago
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Numerous restaurant owners say the Districtâs new guidelines and fee structure will force them to close their streateries. Some Washingtonians wonât miss them.
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After five years, D.C. streateries hit with higher costs and more rules
The city is introducing a plan that would charge restaurants for using public space, in addition to other requirements.
https://wapo.st/3LXgc5F
7 months ago
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I've known Elazar for a couple of years now. He's an exceptional human being and a wonderful food critic. You're in good hands, D.C.
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Column | Meet The Washington Postâs new food critic
Elazar Sontag is The Postâs next food critic â and he wonât be anonymous.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11/10/elazar-sontag-washington-post-food-critic/
7 months ago
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Three restaurateurs, three memoirs, three very different perspectives on what makes a successful life, in and out of dining rooms.
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Review | Three celebrated restaurateurs dish about life behind the scenes
Memoirs by Keith McNally, Drew Nieporent and Andy Shallal give readers an inside look at the restaurants they built â Balthazar, Nobu, and Busboys and Poets.
https://wapo.st/47wCPX5
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7 months ago
"Tim Carman ALMOST makes me want to go to Arby's," my husband says to me this morning. This is why. Terrific piece.
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writes so well about food..
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Review | Arbyâs steak nuggets may be as close to real barbecue as fast food gets
These protein-packed nuggets are better than they look.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/10/30/arbys-steak-nuggets-review-protein/
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled scrolling for this lark of a review on Arby's new steak nuggets.
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Review | Arbyâs steak nuggets may be as close to real barbecue as fast food gets
These protein-packed nuggets are better than they look.
https://wapo.st/3WPNbLL
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike and Ian from NPR's How to Do Everything. We chatted about whether the Pentagon Pizza Report can actually predict major military actions.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
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AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold Schwarzenegger : How To Do Everything
On todayâs episode, how to get rid of Googleâs AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commuteâwith an assist from a very overqualified exerciser and a very...
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558434/arnold-schwarzenegger
8 months ago
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We didnât realize how good we had it in 2015. A look at a group of restaurants that helped reshape DC dining. Gift link:
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These restaurants opened 10 years ago â and redefined D.C. dining
Washingtonâs restaurant class of 2015 introduced new cuisines to the city, helped revive neighborhoods and raised D.C.âs national profile.
https://wapo.st/3WdFRsH
8 months ago
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Some thoughts on last nightâs dinner in DC. Gift link:
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Column | Trump was dared to dine in D.C. He played it safe at a chain steakhouse.
In a city awash with dining options, the president dined within his comfort zone, one block from the White House.
https://wapo.st/3KezhPU
9 months ago
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More than 20 workers have been detained. Countless more have quit, called out of their shifts or scrambled to find alternative ways to get to work. The immigration crackdown in DC has the restaurant industry reeling. Gift link:
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ICE detentions roil D.C.âs already struggling restaurant scene
Restaurant owners say their workers are being targeted, picked up by immigration authorities while commuting to work.
https://wapo.st/3VIggIc
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