“I don’t want to pass this problem onto the next president, whoever it is.”

President Obama speaking to the press today (Getty Images) President Obama renewed his vow to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, telling reporters today, “I’m going to go back at this. I’m going to reengage with Congress to try to make the case that this is not something that’s in the best interests of the American people.” He called the facility is expensive and inefficient. “It hurts us in terms of our international…

Buck up, D.C. Of course we’re all still reeling from the Justin Timberlake-Cameron Diaz split confirmation, but there’s plenty to be cheerful about this Friday before a holiday weekend (especially one that’s shaping up to at least be mild temperature wise, if rainy). Why, even a few of this morning’s headlines seem downright cheery. New Taxi Zone Map in the Works: Even while the new District government is considering making the switch from zones to…

Neal Katyal is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He’s been a visiting professor at both Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Last year, the former law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer was named one of the National Law Journal’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40. He was co-counsel to Vice President Al Gore during the 2000 election fiasco in Florida. For most people, that’d be enough. But not for Katyal….

You may know, and as DCist has reported, that those Hollywood types are just crawling around the District, making movies and reminding us just how cool a backdrop this city can make. Kiefer Sutherland was in Lafayette Park yesterday, stalked and captured at right by Dupont Knitter. DCist learned on double super secret background that the man himself will be shooting in Georgetown today, Thomas Jefferson Street to be exact. Seeing that the dog days…