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It’s Trump’s Capital Now, but Voters Aren’t Living in It
His obsession with remaking Washington might hurt his party politically.
The Kennedy Center
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Trump Elevates Ben Moss, Former Vance Aide, as White House Staff Secretary
The move amounted to one of the few major changes in West Wing personnel in Mr. Trump’s second term.
Ben Moss, chosen as the next White House staff secretary, at the Oval Office on Thursday.
Secrecy in Lawsuits Has ‘Run Amok,’ Scholars Say
Two recent studies say judges are not doing enough to protect the public interest in openness.
The U.S. Supreme Court in June.
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Man Accused of Bringing Guillotine to D.C. Is Arrested
Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, Calif., was taken into custody for “being in possession of the guillotine,” the police said.
The Capitol Building earlier this month.
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Trump’s Summer of Fun Ends With IndyCar Race on Streets of D.C.
It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix took place on Sunday on a 1.7-mile track made up of streets around the National Mall.
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Trump’s Summer of Fun Ends With an IndyCar Race on the Streets of D.C.
It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix took place on Sunday on a 1.7-mile track made up of streets around the National Mall.
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For Some in a Disrupted D.C., Grand Prix Is More Irritation Than Celebration
Race preparations have snarled traffic, rerouted flights and forced the National Gallery of Art to conduct vibration tests.
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Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.
The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.
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Duffels Full of Khat Seized at Baltimore Airport’s Baggage Claim
While Customs and Border Protection said it intercepted more than half a ton of the controlled substance, experts say far more of the East African plant makes it into the country.
Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.
Joshua Fisher, the director of White House management and administration, estimated that the construction of the White House ballroom was 65 percent complete.
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Judge Allows Limited Testing in Trump Plan to Paint Eisenhower Building White
A federal judge ruled that initial preparatory steps, including testing out paints on the building’s gray granite exterior, could proceed for now.
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building in May.
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Judge Releases Woman Accused of Vandalizing World War II Memorial
Prosecutors led by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, argued that Melissa Farris posed a flight risk and asked the court to reverse its decision.
National Guard troops patrolling the World War II Memorial in Washington after it was vandalized last week.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Scrap F.B.I. Move to Maryland
The ruling is almost certainly not the end of the lengthy fight over the F.B.I.’s future headquarters, which has lasted for years.
The J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building in Washington last year. An imposing symbol of the F.B.I.’s vast federal powers when it opened in 1974, the building has long been deteriorating.
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Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence
After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.
Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
Attorney General Todd Blanche has said President Trump has never asked him to do something illegal.
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President Trump Takes Credit for Steep Crime Rate Declines
Violent crime rates, including murder, have dropped precipitously. The trend began before the president’s current term.
President Trump at an event in Garden City, N.Y., on Long Island on Friday.
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DOJ Charges Kentucky Woman in World War II Memorial Vandalism Case
Two felony charges have been filed against a Kentucky woman after spray paint was seen on the memorial in the capital.
National Guard troops patrol the World War II Memorial on Friday after it was vandalized.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight White House Ballroom
The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and is part of the president’s broader effort to remake Washington in his own style.
Construction of the new White House ballroom at the White House in July.
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David Hearn’s Lawyers Ask Court to Bar Future Reflecting Pool Charges
Citing comments by President Trump, David Hearn raised the prospect of “prosecutorial harassment.”
Workers inspected the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool last month.
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Trump Picks Project 2025 Co-Author for Role That Would Oversee Any Reflecting Pool Review
Dennis Kirk, a former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, is President Trump’s nominee for inspector general for the Interior Department.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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D.C.-Area Airport to Close for 3 Hours for Grand Prix Event
The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed other closures at Reagan National Airport over events for the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.
Ronald Reagan National Airport will face delays.
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One Year Later, Trump’s ‘Takeover’ Has Changed D.C. Is It Better Off?
The deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents into the streets has been expensive. How effective it has been is debatable.
Trump Concedes There Was ‘Some Contractor Error’ in Reflecting Pool Renovations
The president had insisted for weeks that the landmarks’ algae-stained waters and peeling lining were the fault of vandals, not the project itself.
Investigators concluded that botched work by a contractor, not vandalism, had caused the Reflecting Pool’s recent problems.
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