“DHCD is a mess.” The agency forfeited roughly $35M in federal affordable housing assistance. Part of that money went to a “credit swap” used to bail out a well-connected developer. Full story:

We are excited to announce the honorees of our 2025 Right Direction Awards! 🏅 This year's theme was "District Youth Leading by Example." Each of these 26 young people has lived out that ethos by practicing determination, leadership, and resilience. They represent the best of DC and our future.

DC — the land of more than 4,000 Ginkgo trees.

Clearly, Bowser thinks this inside look at how she handled Trump vindicates her approach...but if we get new videos every day of ICE patrolling with MPD to deport people, is it having the effect she hoped? Not helping that she gets defensive about it at every turn:

Breaking News: America’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a rare statement rebuking the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.

Good DC news: food and beverage workers at 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis, and Lincoln Theater just won voluntary union recognition! Now, box office and production staff at the venues are fighting for union recognition too as separate bargaining units. Congrats to the workers!

Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."

78-22 disapproval for Trump on the economy with independents is absolutely brutal.

Another person taken by immigration enforcement — after being stopped by MPD. Why is MPD making stops if this is the result? The mayor and Chief Smith have said MPD isn't supposed to do immigration enforcement — so why does this keep happening? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/v...

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.

Dramatic video shows a man being taken into ICE custody in D.C. as he pleads for help.

DC's streateries are dying off thanks to... DC “This feels like a way to say ‘I don’t want streateries, but I don’t want to say that part out loud, and so we’re going to create this really onerous process.’” washingtonian.com/2025/11/11/i...

Temperatures in DC are expected to dip below freezing tonight for the first time this year! ❄️ Landlords are required to keep heating equipment working and able to maintain at least 68°F. If your heat is not working, please make a maintenance request and call OAG: 202-442-9828

Marbury Plaza is now under new ownership and has been renamed Langston Views. Congratulations to the Marbury tenants who fought back against dangerous, unlawful housing conditions for years with the strong support of their community. Every DC resident deserves a safe and healthy home.

Elazar Sontag is the new Washington Post food critic, replacing Tom Sietsema. He was previously restaurant editor at Bon Appétit. washingtonian.com/2025/11/10/e...

NEW: We secured a $41 million judgment over appalling conditions at Marbury Plaza in Ward 8. For years, 2,500 tenants endured mold, leaks, rodents, and a lack of heat, AC, and hot water — while the old owner defied court orders to fix it. This is the largest DC housing conditions judgment ever.

Tonight was a very bad night.

BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Sen. Louise Lucas is genuinely hilarious 😂

SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown: Clean CR Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills 1-year ACA funding extension Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care "This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."

ICE kidnapped a teacher inside a daycare, in front of little children and parents. This is not making us safer. This brutality needs to stop!

Sending nurses to collections for this is wild…

DC WORKER WIN: GW Hospital and The Hill Preschool will pay $127,000+ for subjecting workers to illegal stay-or-pay clauses. Stay-or-pay clauses force workers to pay for training costs if they leave before the end of their contract term. They cheat workers, hurt competition, and violate the law.

The Washington Post Editorial Board is such a joke.

BREAKING: My Congressman did not bother to vote on Tuesday or for Kamala Harris in 2024. He skipped SIX recent elections.

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

checking in on the state of our nation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.

As @mayorbowser.dc.gov is speaking to the D.C. Democratic Party meeting in Ward 5, there’s been a few interruptions from protesters angrily criticizing her over the apparent collaboration between D.C. police and ICE. They call her “complicit.”

Gov. Wes Moore (D) has started the process of potentially redrawing Maryland’s congressional map for 2026 by announcing a commission to draft maps. Despite Senate President Bill Ferguson’s recently announced opposition, Moore and House Speaker Adrienne Jones have expressed support. (Gift link)

Breaking news: California voters approved a congressional map that could give Democrats up to five more House seats, countering Texas’s GOP-favored redistricting in a nationwide battle over district lines. https://wapo.st/3WYEm2h

This 10-second Zohran video has: 📈 48,000+ likes on Bluesky 📈 212,000+ likes on Twitter 📈 622,000+ likes on Instagram 📈 11,000+ likes on Threads 📈 20,000+ likes on Facebook In just over an hour. And Zohran has not even spoken yet. This is a massive moment unfolding before our eyes.

Today, DC took a huge step toward combating poverty across the District.   We just passed an amendment that will deliver real cash relief to working families through the EITC and Child Tax Credit — two of our most powerful tools to lift families out of poverty.

Maine voters have rejected Question 1, protecting access to absentee voting across the state. Last election, more than 40 percent of Mainers chose to vote absentee.

Wow, NBC News just called it: Zohran wins it!

BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.

McDuffie is out with a statement: "At no point have I discussed, nor asked anyone on my behalf to discuss" the party switch idea. Says my story is "premised on an unfounded rumor." Though I disagree it "lacks factual basis," considering Bonds' spox admitted this has come up...

news - Rep. Ayanna Pressley is seriously considering jumping into the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey and has been checking in with allies about a possible run, per four ppl familiar w/ @kellygarrity.bsky.social www.politico.com/live-updates...

BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty. “They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...

“I heard banging and I thought it was a roommate cooking. Then I heard yelling. Suddenly there were half a dozen US Marshals, US Park Police, ICE, and DC police as well, pointing guns at me. National Guard was providing a perimeter.”

The leaves in DC are showing off this weekend. Gift yourself time outdoors, friends! 🍂 📍 Rock Creek Park

There really is no excuse for the establishment to be backing Haley Stevens in Michigan. McMorrow has the clearest path to victory in the general, and she and El-Sayed have real energy behind their campaigns, and are both charismatic and relatable. I genuinely don’t see an argument for Stevens.

Today, a court ruled that USDA acted unlawfully by completely suspending SNAP food assistance for November. A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds. No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

Exclusive: The U.S. Park Police is seeking to double its number of officers in D.C. over the next six months, according to documents obtained by The Post, which would bolster the agency's role in the Trump administration’s crime crackdown.

Dozens of people sounded off against MPD's cooperation with ICE during a D.C. Council on Thursday, but it's unclear what lawmakers will be able to do about it. My rundown on the hearing: 51st.news/dc-council-h...

District government has *plenty* to improve on, but I always thought the DMV was run relatively well?