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Jan 16, 2013

Native American Group Supports Changing ‘Skins Name

The National Congress of American Indians agrees with Mayor Vince Gray: the ‘Skins have to change their team name if they ever want to return to D.C.

Oct 04, 2012

PBS Says Romney ‘Does Not Understand’ Value of Public Broadcasting

After Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he’d cut funding for PBS, the network came to its own defense with a strongly worded rebuke.

Oct 03, 2012

Norton is For Budget Autonomy Referendum As Much As She’s Against It, and She’s Against It As Much As She’s For It

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is very carefully wording her support for (or is it opposition to?) a proposed D.C. referendum on budget autonomy.

Oct 02, 2012

Norton Not a Huge Fan of Budget Autonomy Referendum

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton today expressed her concerns with a D.C. Council plan to authorize a referendum on budget autonomy.

Sep 12, 2012

Lawyer of Man Accused of Stealing D.C. Campaign Funds Fires Back in Epic Fashion

The lawyer of the man accused of stealing $113,000 from Councilmember Michael Brown’s (I-At Large) re-election campaign has fired back with what we can only call an epic statement.

Sep 12, 2012

Obama: ‘No Justification for This Kind of Senseless Violence’

President Obama addressed the attack Tuesday night on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in which U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three career foreign-service officers were killed, saying that “justice will be done.”

Aug 25, 2012

Obama on Armstrong: ‘Among the Greatest of American Heroes’

Statements from President Obama, Mitt Romney and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the death of Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong.

Jul 19, 2012

Gray Speaks! (Well, His Attorney Does)

Mayor Vince Gray’s attorney spoke today, saying that Gray has been “treated very unfairly by some in the media and those with their own political agendas.”

Jul 16, 2012

Graham Asks Gray for Formal Statement on Shadow Campaign, But Doesn’t Call for His Resignation

Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) today asked Mayor Vince Gray to provide a formal statement on the illicit $653,000 shadow campaign, but he stayed away from asking him to resign.

Jun 06, 2012

Gray Says He’s “Shocked” By Kwame Brown’s Fraud Charge

Mayor Vince Gray said he was “shocked” with the news that D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown was being charged with bank fraud and would have to resign.

 
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