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DCA Tower Staffing ‘Not Normal’ Prior to Plane Crash: Report A preliminary FAA report says that staffing at the D.C. airport’s air-traffic control tower was “not normal for the time of day.”
trump inauguration
Jan. 20, 2025
Trump Begins Blitz of January 6 Pardons, Executive Orders Here’s what happened on Trump’s second inauguration day along with commentary and analysis from the entire Intelligencer team.
who’s buying
Dec. 10, 2024
Did Howard Lutnick Just Buy Bret Baier’s D.C. Mansion? Trump’s pick for commerce secretary just dropped nearly $30 million on the Fox New host’s palatial home, sources say.
The TikTok Ban Just Got One Step Closer to Reality A federal appeals court upheld the law that would restrict the app within the country’s borders.
election 2024
Nov. 27, 2024
It’s Christmas for D.C.’s Luxury Brokers “We were calling all our clients and saying, ‘Hey, do you want to sell your $9 million house?’”
stop the presses
Nov. 17, 2023
The Centrists Cannot Hold In D.C., Ritchie Torres is full of conviction, while the journalistic Establishment show passionate intensity about the second coming of Donald Trump.
early and often
Nov. 13, 2023
The Secret Service Shot at 3 People Outside Biden’s Granddaughter’s Home An agent protecting the president’s eldest granddaughter fired after a Secret Service car window was smashed.
extreme weather
Aug. 7, 2023
Severe Storms Threaten Much of East Coast: Updates Some tornados were reported, but so far it seems the thunderstorms didn’t pack as much of a punch as they were forecast to.
the money game
May 30, 2023
All That for $46 Billion? The Biden-McCarthy deal could have been a disaster. Instead, the hostage-taking over the debt limit produced a budget that’s basically status quo.
the grub street diet
Apr. 28, 2023
a truly terrific new york listing
Apr. 24, 2023
A Rare Corner Loft in SoHo A divorce turned an art studio into a full-time apartment with an uptown feel.
u.s. capitol
Aug. 14, 2022
Man Dies by Suicide After Driving Car Into Barricade Near U.S. Capitol The man drove into a barricade and fired a gun in the air, but police don’t seem to believe he was targeting any members of Congress.
doing the work
July 1, 2022
Samuel Alito’s Right to Privacy The justice’s wealthy neighborhood, now a site of protests, was built to keep people out.
getting around
Mar. 22, 2022
The MAGA Trucker Convoy Is Having a Hard Time The drivers have faced rogue cyclists, Tesla drama, (possible) COVID, and the finger.
Suspect Arrested in Shootings of Unhoused Men in NYC and D.C. Law-enforcement officers in D.C. arrested a suspect on Tuesday morning, following an extensive search.
Protest Over Capitol Riot Arrests a Nonevent Media and police far outnumbered actual protesters on the National Mall on Saturday.
the money game
Sept. 2, 2021
The Big SPAC Crackdown SPACs have seen a massive two-year boom, resulting in a wave of companies going public. That might be coming to an end.
Man Arrested at Capitol Hill Standoff Charged with Threatening to Use Explosives A man was seen on a livestream in a pickup truck that he said was full of explosives, holding what appeared to be a detonator.
the national interest
June 21, 2021
D.C. Statehood Is the Democrats’ Only Option Hoping to win by coupproof margins is not a strategy.
washington dc
Mar. 14, 2021
The Slow Push to ‘Free the Capitol’ From Its Fencing Two months after the Capitol riot, the political divide inside Congress has made it difficult to address the razor-wire divide outside.
transition liveblog
Jan. 28, 2021
Biden Moves to Undo Trump Health Policies: Live Updates President Biden is signing executive actions that expand access to health care amid the pandemic and begin unraveling his predecessor’s policies.
national guard
Jan. 22, 2021
Biden Apologizes After National Guard Troops Are Sent to Parking Garages After two weeks protecting the Capitol grounds, troops were ordered to vacate the complex and sleep on the concrete floors of parking garages.
vaccinations
Jan. 5, 2021
Washington, D.C., Targets February 1 to Vaccinate Restaurant Workers Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, food-industry workers have been among those who have borne the brunt of the pandemic.
DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay.
civil rights
July 29, 2020
D.C.’s Lone Representative Thinks She Might Have Some Company in Congress Soon “You feel that you are not treated as an American citizen in your own country,” she told Intelligencer.
Actually, D.C. Is Full of ‘Real People’ GOP senators are sounding some old-fashioned dog whistles while arguing against statehood for Washington, D.C.
coronavirus
June 22, 2020
The White House Is Rolling Back Its Coronavirus Safety Protocols Mandatory temperature checks will no longer be conducted on all visitors, and last week, mask wearing became voluntary.
Huge ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Painted on Street Leading to White House Black Lives Matter D.C. called the move a “performative distraction from real policy changes” meant to appease “white liberals.”
street vendors
June 4, 2020
Street-Vendor Organizations Declare Support for Black Lives Matter “We condemn the violence and brutality police are using against those fighting for the right to exist.”
george floyd
June 1, 2020
As Protests Continue, Chefs Pledge Solidarity “Our window can be replaced. George Floyd can’t”
coronavirus
Mar. 11, 2020
Senate Aide Tests Positive for Coronavirus The staffer, who works in the D.C. office of Washington senator Maria Cantwell, apparently had no known contact with any members of Congress.
the fall classic
Oct. 25, 2019
José Andrés Throwing Out the First Pitch at World Series Game 5 in D.C. The same game Trump is expected to attend, if the Astros make it that far.
washington d.c.
Apr. 10, 2019
Shunned by the Usual D.C. Circles, Trump Staffers Made Their Own Social Club Meet the 45 Club, a group of Trump staffers who wear bullet-casing lapel pins and hang out with each other, because no one else in D.C. wants to.
the other critics
Sept. 7, 2018
Is D.C.’s Sushi Nakazawa a Bust? A local critic says it’s crickets inside the lauded sushi destination’s Trump Hotel location.
white nationalism
Aug. 12, 2018
Anti-Hate Protesters Far Outnumbered Unite the Right Rally Attendees By the time Jason Kessler spoke at the Unite the Right rally, only 20 participants remained.
charlottesville anniversary
Aug. 10, 2018
White Supremacists Are Planning a Second ‘Unite the Right’ Rally in D.C. What to know about the event, which is set to take place on the anniversary of Charlottesville.
Watch a Woman Confront EPA Chief Scott Pruitt at Lunch Kristin Mink held her 2-year-old son in her arms as she urged the politician to resign “before your scandals push you out.”
confrontations
July 2, 2018
Mother and Toddler Confront Scott Pruitt in a D.C. Restaurant “I just wanted to urge you to resign because of what you’re doing to the environment and our country.”
Chef Mike Isabella Settles Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Harassment at His Restaurants Financial terms weren’t disclosed, but the chef promises “corrective measures” to ensure an abuse-free workplace.
keeping up with kongress
Apr. 24, 2018
We’re No Longer Getting a List of the Hottest People in D.C. The Hill is ending their annual ranking of the “50 Most Beautiful.”
sexual harassment
Apr. 3, 2018
Former Employee of Celebrity Chef Mike Isabella Files New Lawsuit The new complaint alleges that NDAs were used to hush accounts of sexual harassment.
sexual harassment
Mar. 19, 2018
everybody’s a critic
Mar. 16, 2018
Trump’s D.C. Hotel Has Taken Aim at the Local Food Critics “Another big miss not mentioning @TrumpDC Dessert Night happening every Friday.”
Man Shoots and Kills Himself in Front of White House He was standing in a crowd of more than 100 people at the time.
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