Rachel Kurzius
Photo by Tim Brown.
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- 55 arrests for disrupting Congress in January, a five-fold increase from all of 2016. [NBC 4]
- Doesn’t seem like people in the Trump administration know too much about D.C. luminary Frederick Douglass. [Atlantic / TPM / Buzzfeed]
- But the Anacostia Watershed Society is here to help! [Twitter]
- D.C.’s irritation with Jason Chaffetz makes the Salt Lake Tribune. [SLT]
- “I think it’s time for him to … do something else”: Chaffetz gets a primary challenger. [DH]
- Teens behind racist graffiti sentenced to go to the Holocaust Museum. [Post]
- Charts that show what the decade has been like for D.C. real estate. [UrbanTurf]
- New dining trend: slurping soup out of a bong-esque contraption. [WCP]
- The mysterious circumstances around one man’s death following apparent arson. [Fox]
- How federal workers are pushing back against Trump. [Post]
- Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says immigration ban is having a chilling effect on businesses. [WBJ]
- This Maryland man cannot catch a break. [WJLA]
- Virginians are proceeding cautiously when it comes to weed reform. [WAMU]
- Beltway journalists might want to have a lawyer on speed dial. [Washingtonian]
- Chef Jose Andres waded into the Taylor Gourmet controversy and the results weren’t pretty. [Eater]
- Senators: they’re just like us. [SnappyTV]
- Central Treatment Facility returns to D.C. government control. [Post]
- ICYMI: Just when all hope seemed lost, the National Zoo found Ollie.
- ICYMI: If you call Jason Chaffetz’s office, there’s a new option for people who “are not from Utah’s 3rd Congressional District but have comments for Congressman Chaffez.”
- This Day In DCist: D.C. is the second best city for singles.
