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The Needle: Free DC Marks One Year of Occupation, ICE Is Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, More Than 300 Trump Org Accounts Were Closed for Money-Laundering C…

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The Needle: Olympian Not Guilty of Vandalism, the Kennedy Center Stops Free Tours, Trump Spends $5 Million on Gold Leaf for Statues, and More

Federal prosecutors dismissed the Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn. Turns out it was a “botched ...
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The Needle: White House Spends Millions on Cadillacs, Americans Want the Iran War to End, RFK Jr. Has a New Cooking Show, and More

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D.C. Officer Terence Sutton Sentenced To Five Years for Second-Degree Murder in the 2020 Death of Karon Hylton-Brown

Metropolitan Police Department Officer Terence Sutton wiped away tears from his face as U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman sentenced him to more than five years in prison. Sutton was convicted in ...
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Lender That Helped Fund Slumlord Sam Razjooyan Was Warned About Alleged Fraud. They Loaned Him Millions.

This story was supported with a grant from Spotlight DC—Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism. North Carolina-based Red Oak Capital Holdings gave its first loan to D.C. slumlord Ali “Sam” ...
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Sam Elmore and the Ghosts’ Debut Album Seeks to Redefine Americana

Sam Elmore wants to change the sound of America. Leader of Sam Elmore and the Ghosts, the 31-year-old singer-songwriter and his band released their debut album, on March 24. It’s All On Fire is best ...
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The Needle: Trump Wants His Face on a Gold Coin, Republican Voters Are Not Enthusiastic, the Reflecting Pool Is Trending Again, and More

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Oh, SNAP: How Program Cuts Are Impacting Food Access in the DMV

Last year, Congress passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. Since then an estimated 4.5 million Americans have lost food ...
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The Needle: Preparations for Freedom 250 Grand Prix Are Underway, New Terrible Tariffs, Ending TPS for Migrants Will Harm Elders, and More

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Ekko Astral Frontwoman Jael Holzman Files Peace Order Petition Accusing Former Bandmate of Making Threats

D.C. punk band Ekko Astral announced their upcoming sophomore album, The Beltway Is Burning, on Wednesday, Feb. 11. By Friday, frontwoman Jael Holzman was standing in Montgomery County District Court ...
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D.C. Housing Authority Employees Allege Hostile Work Environment Under New CFO

That’s coming from Pettigrew himself, according to a recording of a meeting he held in May with employees in DCHA’s Office of Financial Management to address some recent grousing. That’s more than ...
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The Needle: Trump Bombs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Meddles With Smithsonian Signage, Blocks Funding to States Who Dislike Him, and More

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