A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard in front of the Capitol building as the American flag flies at half staff. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard in front of the Capitol building as the American flag flies at half staff. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

  • Watch Eleanor Holmes Norton make the case for statehood on the House flood ahead of Monday’s Senate hearing. [C-SPAN]
  • Former Bush speechwriter on assignment that asked students to compare the former president to Hitler: “I think that anybody who considers that to be an appropriate assignment is irreparably flawed and shouldn’t be teaching.” [Times]
  • VIDA Fitness says “yoga tax” stopped them from bringing a location to H Street NE. [CityDesk]
  • Affordable housing may come to Hebrew House. [HousingComplex]
  • Search for missing Germantown woman, children continues. [WAMU]