Inside the Michael Cohen Hearing (photos)
• February 28, 2019

Democrats mostly stuck to questioning Cohen about Donald Trump’s alleged criminal conduct, while Republican members tried their best to discredit a man who spent 10 years as his close confidante.

Protesting Trump’s Emergency Powers Declaration (photos)
• February 19, 2019

Activists in Washington D.C. joined in with President’s Day rallies across the country to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to fund additional spending for a […]

Washington Bids Farewell to John Dingell
• February 14, 2019

Holy Trinity Church on 36th Street in Georgetown was overfilling with love — and with people — for Dingell, who died on Feb. 7 in Michigan at the age of 92 from complications due to prostate cancer.

Update: Deployment of ‘Small Cells’ in Georgetown
• January 23, 2019

Small cells are cellular service transmission nodes that are being proposed to make the current generation of cellular service faster and more reliable by increasing capacity of our current fourth generation — 4G — telecommunications technology.

Women March in D.C. to Protest Trump and His Policies (photos)
• January 21, 2019

This year’s march came against the backdrop of a partial government shutdown, which began on Dec. 22 after the president refused to back down on his demand for border wall funding.

Inside the Confirmation Hearing for AG Nominee Barr (photos)
• January 17, 2019

Nominated by President Donald Trump, William Barr previously served as U.S. attorney general under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.

Oldest Synagogue Building Moves to New D.C. Site (photos)
• January 10, 2019

Before becoming a museum, the building served as an African American church, a Greek Orthodox church, various eateries, a barbershop, a bicycle store and a dental practice.

A State Funeral Illuminates the Life of George H.W. Bush and America         
• December 6, 2018

State funerals are high and mighty, sometimes surreal occasions, solemn and full of formality, and, contrarily, stretched to the limits of theatrical and historical high drama. For such an effect, the […]

Downtowner: NPS Fees, D.C. Duped, Other News
• November 8, 2018

In this report: items about National Mall permit fees, a costly scam, a campaign rally, a death from a stray bullet, an Adams Morgan grocery, driverless cars and dockless motor scooters.

A Not So Surprising Election Outcome Sets Us Up for 2020
• November 7, 2018

It’s over. The hurricane midterm—once in a different political landscape predicted to take on the proportions of a blue wave—has come if not entirely gone. The election—at times feared or […]