America 250 Bus Tour: Revolution & Remembrance
• April 1, 2026

Baltimore was a key city in the fight for Independence. Did you know Edgar Allan Poe’s grandparents were famous Revolutionary War patriots in Baltimore? Join us for an America 250 […]

Kennedy Center Adds ‘Trump’ to Its Title
• December 19, 2025

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts added the name of President Donald J. Trump to the east facade of the the arts center on Dec. 19. […]

Editorial: The Cruelest Month 
• October 7, 2025

“I want federal employees to be traumatized, I want to put them in trauma, I want them to not want to come to work.”  —Russell Vought, OMB director  “When you shut it […]

Editorial: Where’s Our Billion?  
• September 10, 2025

Where’s our billion dollars? We’re not talking about Powerball. We’re talking about a Congressional power play that stripped $1 billion from the D.C. budget. The president and the Senate approved […]

University Presidents Testify Before Congress on Campus Antisemitism
• July 28, 2025

By Maren Fagen Three university presidents, including Georgetown University Interim President Robert Groves, testified before a congressional committee on July 15 about college antisemitism. Groves, the City University of New […]

Capitol Cook Off: A Recipe for Unity
• May 22, 2025

The grand hall of the historic National Building Museum was where Senators and Representatives traded suits and dresses for aprons on May 14 for the annual March of Dimes Gala. […]

Opinion: It Is Time for America to Heal Its Divisions 
• October 9, 2024

By Fred Ryan Study after study confirms what we all already feel: America is deeply divided. Toxic partisanship rises as institutional trust craters. We trust our neighbors little and our […]

Profs & Pints DC: Chaos in Congress
• October 23, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Chaos in Congress,” an analysis of the speakership battle in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Matthew Green, professor of politics at Catholic University and […]

Profs & Pints DC: Understanding the Trump Investigations
• January 24, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Understanding the Trump Investigations,” with Randall Eliason, former federal prosecutor, professorial lecturer on white-collar criminal law at George Washington University Law School, and contributing columnist […]

Profs & Pints DC: Predicting Election Results
• August 26, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Predicting Election Results,” a look at the tools of political prognostication and what they tell us about what will happen in November, with Matthew Green, […]