After a locally organized pressure campaign urged residents to delete DoorDash, the food delivery company withdrew support for a bill on October 1 that would effectively end home rule (or the right to govern) in Washington, D.C. But instead of being able to celebrate, the organizers behind the win now have a new target on their backs. Rep. James Comer’s (R-Kentucky) HR 9720, the D.C.
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The board of trustees for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., voted on Thursday to place President Donald Trump’s name on the outside of the building, testing a previous court order that blocked the renaming of the institution after the president. The change is a loophole of sorts. While the vote doesn’t attempt to rename the building after Trump, it does place a…
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As we mark the one-year anniversary of the National Guard’s occupation of Washington, D.C., it’s worth pausing to learn what D.C. resistance has to teach us — especially heading into the midterms. Many of us are carrying real fear about how far Trump might go to interfere with this election. Our fear isn’t unwarranted. But it doesn’t have to be ungrounded, either. Yes, he will say outrageous…
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Ever since he reentered office, Donald Trump has laid siege to Washington, D.C., dropping banners with his face all over federal buildings, enacting a bizarre “beautification” project, and unleashing thousands of National Guard members to effectively put the city under military occupation. Now, as D.C. residents wonder what awaits the rest of his term, the delivery company DoorDash is joining…
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A grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted former U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn on a felony charge for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19. He is facing a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted. Hearn, who denies the accusations, says he had noticed a partly detached piece of the Reflecting Pool’s blue liner and reached into…
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On August 11, 2025, President Trump initiated a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. Nearly 11 months later, Washingtonians organized around one of the most progressive candidates in the District’s mayoral history, a democratic socialist named Janeese Lewis George. Since August 2025, every corner of the District of Columbia has swarmed with thousands of National Guard troops…
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