Bowser, Mendelson, Schwalb Quizzed by Congress
• September 22, 2025

Mayor Muriel Bowser, District Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb appeared before the House Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for five hours on Sept. […]

Bowser’s Quotes on Home Rule  
• September 10, 2025

Staying the course and answering her critics, Mayor Muriel Bowser has said: “Our North Star is protecting Home Rule and D.C.’s autonomy. D.C. residents, we are going to continue to […]

Editorial: Where’s Our Billion?  
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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 […]

Kennedy Center Honors To Be Hosted by President Trump
• August 13, 2025

By Maren Fagen Five honorees will receive the 48th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievement, announced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Aug. 13. […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump
• January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]

New Release: The Georgetowner’s Peggy Sands’ Primer on Immigration Basics
• November 18, 2024

By Edward Segal Immigration, a hot-button issue in the presidential election that President-elect Donald Trump said would be a priority in his second term, is the focus of The Georgetowner […]

January 6, One Year On: The World Is Watching 
• January 6, 2022

On this day, one year past, the sovereign people of the world’s oldest constitutional republic pause to reflect on the horrific events of January 6, 2021, the single most traumatic […]

Bowser Joins Protesters, Pushes Back at Trump (photos)
• June 7, 2020

Mayor Bowser strolled through the earnest and sometimes festive crowd near the St. Regis hotel and St. John’s Church on June 6, speaking briefly at the corner of 16th and Eye Streets NW.

Georgetown Rector Gassed, Forced Off Lafayette Square to Make Way for Trump
• June 2, 2020

The Rev. Gini Gerbasi was at her old church to protest George Floyd’s death. Her account of her experience on June 1 launched a Twitter hashtag: #aforcetobereckonedwith.

4th Women’s March in D.C. Brings Out Many Faithful (photos)
• January 19, 2020

This year’s Women’s March coincided with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave and guarantees women’s Constitutional right to vote.