Sudden Firings Rock the Commission of Fine Arts 
• November 11, 2025

The White House has fired all the members of the Commission of Fine Arts as a major White House construction project has been initiated by President Trump, who had the […]

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 […]

Independent Restaurant Coalition on Trump’s First Dinner Out in D.C.
• September 11, 2025

The following is a statement The Georgetowner received from Erika Polmar, the Executive Director of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, on President Trump’s dinner at Joe’s Seafood in D.C. this week: […]

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. […]

Opinion: Can This Democracy Be Saved?
• April 7, 2025

Like so much about that man, Saturday’s protests were unprecedented. Who would have imagined that this newly installed administration (has it only been 10 weeks?) could provoke such fierce and […]

Editorial: Protecting D.C., Bowser Style
• March 11, 2025

“We have bigger fish to fry,” Mayor Muriel Bowser told the press last week about her intent to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza and her quick response to administration officials […]

Super Bowl LIX: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
• February 10, 2025

The final score of Super Bowl LIX was as unexpected as Taylor Swift getting booed on the Jumbotron. The biggest story of the night was the unexpected final score—the Philadelphia […]

Opinion: Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump
• July 15, 2024

Regardless of what your politics may be, Saturday’s events in Butler, Pennsylvania, were a dark day for our country. This time, the all-too-familiar mass shooting unfolded —an AR-15 style rifle, […]

Bowser Declares State of Emergency; D.C. Events Canceled
• March 11, 2020

The District is recommending that nonessential gatherings of more than 1,000 persons, including conferences and conventions, be postponed or cancelled through March 31.

Impeachment Coverage: A Screen Split Like the Nation
• December 19, 2019

At the very time when Democrats and Republicans were loudly debating and preparing to vote on two articles of impeachment, Trump was speaking at a rally in the electorally critical state of Michigan.