Washingtonian: Airbnb Says It Canceled Some Hate-Group Members’ DC Reservations and Plans to Do More
Airbnb Says It Canceled Some Hate-Group Members’ DC Reservations and Plans to Do More
Washington Business Journal: Here’s what D.C. businesses can expect in the aftermath of the U.S.…
For the next two weeks or so, D.C. businesses will need to be ready to close unexpectedly or adhere to new curfew orders, as the city figures out exactly how to manage the aftermath of Wednesday’s shocking attack on the U.S. Capitol by…
City Paper: Mayor Extends Emergency in Disenfranchised D.C.
MPD is reporting 68 arrests last night.
DCist: Could D.C. Actually Become A State Now That Democrats Control Congress And The White House?
In the relatively peaceful hours before a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Washingtonians who want D.C. to become the 51st state had cause to celebrate.
DCist: D.C. Mayor Says Capitol Police Response To Insurrection Was A ‘Failure,’ Calls For…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described the insurrection by pro-Trump extremists at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as “textbook terrorism,” and urged an investigation into the U.S. Capitol Police response to the events.
UrbanTurf: Seven Condos Proposed in Shaw Historic District
The Shaw residential pipeline may be growing by a handful.
WTOP: ‘They failed the country’: Ex-DC chief cites ‘double standard’ in Capitol, Black Lives Matter…
Retired D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey said the leadership of Capitol Police “not only failed themselves, they failed the Capitol, and they failed the country,” by failing to prevent Wednesday’s takeover of “The People’s House” by…
Washington Post: D.C. mayor after Capitol riot: ‘We must get statehood’
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser used the national spotlight in the wake of the Capitol riot to advocate for D.C. statehood as city officials argued the local government helped save a branch of the federal government.
DCist: A New 7-Foot Tall Fence Will Surround The Capitol For At Least 30 Days
A fence will surround the U.S. Capitol for at least the next 30 days, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said today. The fencing follows an insurrection at the building on Wednesday, when President Trump supporters stormed through…
Associated Press: Capitol police chief defends response to ‘criminal’ rioters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Capitol Police defended his department’s response to the storming of the Capitol, saying Thursday that officers “acted valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: How Trump supporters turned one mild-mannered D.C. lawyer into the angry…
Peter Tracey, a 60-year-old White lawyer in D.C., admits he was triggered.
DCist: After Mob Took Congress, Many Ask: How Did The Police Allow It To Happen?
As a member of Congress, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) is afforded a workplace befitting American democratic traditions — and one that’s secured accordingly, by its own police force with some 2,000 officers.
jonetta rose barras: Visionaries and innovators needed in DC government now
DC elected officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser and council Chairman Phil Mendelson, seemed roused by revenue estimates recently released by Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt. The city had enough money in December to instigate an…
Press Release: DDOT Launches Project to Improve Safety in High Crash Area of I-395
News Release — District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 7, 2021
Media Contacts:
Lauren Stephens
Mariam Nabizad
Pilot Advances Vision Zero Goals, Prioritizes Transportation Safety in the District…
WTOP: Ex-US Capitol Police chief: ‘I was sickened — there will be a reckoning,’ for takeover
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said he would expect to be fired, if he were still in charge Wednesday, when rioters broke windows, breached security and traipsed through “the people’s house” during a rally in support of…
Washington Business Journal: Businesses — from Chef Geoff’s to massive corporations — cope…
The frozen margarita machine was churning and the tacos were ready for assembly at Tortilla Coast on Capitol Hill Wednesday when police suddenly evacuated the longstanding restaurant a block from the Cannon House Office Building and the…
Washington Business Journal: D.C. to stay in state of emergency after pro-Trump mob invades U.S.…
The District will stay in a state of emergency until Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, after a mob supporting President Donald Trump invaded the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an incident that left four…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Did you see the law enforcement response to the rioters taking over the…
Everyone — millions of people — saw this coming.
Washington Post: Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about security failures
The storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters on Wednesday was a disastrous failure of security: In a city on high alert, in a building with its own 2,000-officer police department, people forced their way into…
District Links: Insurrection at Capitol leads to over 50 arrests, 4 deaths; unprecedented security…
Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an extraordinary day for the city and republic. DC officials released those numbers late on Wednesday and said police will…