Last July, while speaking at a prayer breakfast in South Carolina, Congresswoman Nancy Mace went off-script. To a roomful of conservative Christians, the two-term Republican announced that when she ...

Andrew Gifford slouched in the passenger seat, groggy and bewildered. His mother, Barbara, had rousted him from bed around 10 pm, made him change out of his pajamas, and dragged him to their station ...

Washington has always been a place where power conveys as much prestige as money, or even more. Not to say we haven’t also had some great wealth here: The man the city is named for, George Washington, ...

Chefs Amy Phan and Zach Ramos first started selling their jewel box-like chirashi bowls as a carryout luxury during the thick of Covid lockdowns. Now after a series of pop ups around town—in addition ...

The first thing you need to know is that no one has a good reason for joining Mensa. Pretty much anyone who tries to join a high-IQ society does so, ultimately, because he or she is an insufferable ...

mid-1980s: “I’m on an extended leave of absence.” ...

Chai Pani, 1325 Fifth St., NE. Though they’d never met until a few years ago, Meherwan Irani and Vishwesh “Vish” Bhatt have a lot in common. Both are Indian-born chefs and adoptive Southerners, and ...

The film Shattered Glass, which came out 20 years ago this fall, tells the story of Stephen Glass, a star writer for the New Republic who was fired in 1998 after Forbes reported he’d made up a story ...

Gluten intolerance and celiac disease rates are on the rise. Luckily, many area restaurants have not only kept pace with the demand for gluten-free food, they’ve excelled at it. Plus, thanks to ...

This article was updated on May 20, 2025. Looking for a place to take a dip? Here’s where you’ll find pools, splash parks, and water parks in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Another option is Old Town ...

Guido Reichstadter on AI, anti-war activism, and spending five days atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.

Near midnight last night, a man in a green shirt and khaki pants carried a keg to Georgetown Cupcake. He stopped right in front of the closed sweets shop—famous for always having a line—then threw the ...