NEWS: @brianneknadeau.bsky.social says she will *not* be running for re-election to the Ward 1 seat on the D.C. Council, setting the stage for what is already looking to be a crowded and competitive race.

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This seems like a lot to ask of a napkin

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

The US Park Police tell me they and the National Park Service removed a statue that depicts Donald Trump cavorting with Jeffrey Epstein from the National Mall. USPP tells me the statue wasn't in compliance with its permit. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty)

We reported this first. No credit from the Post. Our story: www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...

Good morning. Keep your eyes out for wily escalators.

The group made plans to mess up the show because Williams is a “liberal” and “a vocal opponent of President Trump.”

Theoretically, if you lived in a market served by a Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate like Washington, D.C., how could you watch Kimmel's return tonight?

"You have a little child, little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in."

Another happy customer!

Welcome back to whatever it is that we're living through. Here's today's roundup.

Another day, another Jeanine Pirro case going to shit. Prosecutors are seeking to drop felony charges they filed against two other D.C. residents accused of assaulting a federal agent. Cases went nowhere. Judges are clearly exasperated by this stuff: www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...

“The judge said a new complaint may be filed within 28 days and must be under 40 pages long.”

The world may be falling apart but at least we finally have alligators in D.C. Here's today's roundup.

wow ironic

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Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled. Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.” Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”

Yeesh, good luck, all. Here's today's roundup.

Welcome back to it. Here's this morning's roundup.

A worker at Richmond airport pushed a plane back too far, causing a wingtip to hit the window of the airport Applebee's

Yeesh, things are bad out there. Here's today's roundup.

A day after Trump was protested at a DC restaurant, Joe Biden hit up L'Ardente, where he was greeted with applause. www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/11/j...

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I just attended a hearing for Sean Dunn aka Sandwich Guy at DC District Court. He pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial. That’ll likely begin the week of Nov. 3.

I was wondering this!

THE WEEK IS NEARLY HALF OVER and also here is some other news to endure.

"He was accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and greeted with boos from the crowd gathered on the street."

Here's today's roundup, which also asks you to nominate people for our next class of Washingtonians of the Year.

"Another hiker was hallucinating a bridge that did not exist."

Hello. It is Monday. Here is a roundup, in case you feel like getting out of bed.

Fox News quotes liberally from our story in this "report"

Praise be, it's Friday. Here's today's roundup.

Any restaurant Trump chose “would immediately find itself in a losing situation.”

I have finally updated the Washingtonian Today playlist after a month of being a slacker about it. Spotify:

Bonjour! Here is today's roundup, which is grimmer than yesterday's roundup, which was grimmer than the one the day before.

Stephen Nakagawa, who once identified himself as a "MAGA former dancer" online, will oversee the Kennedy Center's dance program after complaining about “radical leftist ideologies in ballet." One challenge: Ticket sales for dance have cratered since Trump took over the center.

Today will be worse than yesterday. Here's your Wednesday roundup.

I ask you, friends, what else could it be?

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I have eaten four garbage plates in my life and each time I felt like I was going to die. The last time, I left the restaurant and noticed it was next to a crematorium.

Hello, I am back! Here is today's roundup.

A good Ike Allen profile of Gregg Pemberton, the D.C. Police Union boss who's become a frequent guest on Fox News and an online combatant against members of the D.C. Council.

When Hannah Arendt talked about "the banality of evil" do you think she meant the half-dozen armed National Guard troops at the McPherson Square Starbucks waiting in line for their pecan crunch oat milk lattes

Here's today's roundup. Good luck out there.

"The remarkable failure by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington was the second time in recent days that it was unable to persuade grand jurors to bring an indictment in a felony assault case against a federal agent."

Gotta get that local angle. Here's today's roundup.

Special gubernatorial edition of Washingtonian Today, with lots of governor-related stories in the roundup:

Here's today's newsletter. I'll publish them all quite early this week while I'm visiting family in Edinburgh, where I am not sad to be right now!