DowntownerDC
• December 8, 2025

Not MAGA: Sabrina Carpenter, Franklin the Turtle   After Sabrina Carpenter’s song “Juno” was used in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement video, Carpenter tweeted: “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.” Likewise, Franklin the […]

Buzz on National Security and Signal Chat Packs Q&A Café
• April 14, 2025

About 100 people crowded into the cozy upstairs dining room of the GeorgeTown Club on April 8 to have lunch and to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shane Harris, formerly with […]

Editorial: Et Tu, WaPo?
• March 3, 2025

The hits just keep on coming. Since the installation of the new regime, we’ve seen mass firings with no warning. Unqualified and dangerous people put in charge of every agency. […]

Downtowner News: Bezos, Mites, Mandates
• August 23, 2021

Jeff Bezos Donates to Smithsonian   In case you missed it, Jeff Bezos has donated an historic amount of money to the Smithsonian Institution — $200 million to be exact. The donation is the largest […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: David Rubenstein’s ‘How to Lead’
• January 4, 2021

The Carlyle Group co-founder is capitalizing on his television show by publishing some of his interviews. This volume features 15 men and 15 women he deems as exemplifying leadership.

Walking the Red Carpet at the American Portrait Gala (photos)
• November 18, 2019

Guests were treated to a private viewing of the honorees’ portraits, which will remain on view in the museum’s “Recent Acquisitions” exhibition through Aug. 30, 2020.

Washington Post Express Takes Its Last Ride
• September 12, 2019

The Washington Post made the sudden announcement of the demise of the Express, the commuter quick-read, on Sept. 11. Express employees have been fired.

Georgetown Gondolas: They’re Baaack!
• December 13, 2018

Everything changed when Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announced that the mega-retailer’s massive East Coast headquarters would be divided between a site in Queens and a site in Arlington County.

Business Ins & Outs, Jan. 24, 2018
• January 24, 2018

By Robert Devaney and Selma Khenissi In (Coming): Amazon on M St. The odds are looking good for D.C. to snag HQ2, the second headquarters for Amazon, the retail giant […]

D.C. Makes Amazon’s HQ2 Shortlist
• January 18, 2018

Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated D.C.’s nomination in the field of 20, which includes nearby Montgomery County, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.