The District Report
Last Updated: August 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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- National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump
- Who dropped the sex pump at the firehouse!?!
- Man who recorded himself touching woman's hair in Metro convicted for assault
- The AI restaurant flyers have to end
- Grand Prix Secure Event Area?
- Free2Move driver crashed into my car (caught on camera) last month and they are refusing to accept responsibility or cooperate with the MPD hit-and-run investigation by identifying the driver.
- DC Democrats call on DNC to reject ban on ranked choice voting in presidential primaries
- Right Turns on Red
- Mott's Market doing a 'ribbon cutting' for their grand reopening yesterday - but with a big honkin' sub instead!
Popville
- “Pure Green Dupont Circle is closing August 16, but we’re not going far!”
- Mount Pleasant Action: La Tejana taking their Two Week Summer Break Next Week and Each Peach Celebrating their 13th(!!) Anniversary Tonight!
- Welp, Another Bank Coming to a Once Super Cool Spot.
- Continuing Coverage of Streets Markets Opening in DC Cont. – SW Waterfront edition
- “Union Market Ace is open!!”
- Great Garden Haul – Squash, Beans and Tomatoes!
- Proper Signage Up at the coming Proper Cafe coming soon to Truxton Circle!! UPDATE: Soft Opening Monday!
- Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
- Meanwhile at 4th and Pennsylvania Ave, NW – See the Track Map for the coming 250 Grand Prix
- Friends of the White Whale Society Presents – The Leap!
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689: “Bus Operators Advised to Stop Quoting Fare for Safety”
- The old Capital Transit Company streetcar tracks continue to be torn up from 11th Street
- “Short term rentals / current and proposed legislation concerns”
- Official Word: “Highlands Tavern Set to Open in Cleveland Park This August!”
- Speaking of a Hullabaloo off Wisconsin Ave – About that Huge Police Presence this Morning – “Suspicious Package” found at the Firehouse
- Acqua Bistecca abruptly closes at City Ridge
- DC Fresh Finds for August 12, 2026
- Exclusive: Pura Vida Miami said to be opening on P Street next week! (Aug. 20th)
- Bombas Opens First Retail Store in DC this Friday!! There will be “exclusive Crab Socks” if you get there early…
- Botiwalla by Chai Pani said to be opening September 1st!!
Arlington Now
- Yorktown varsity football team looking to defend district crown
- Siranli Dental opens new office in Clarendon
- New apartment building next to Ballston Harris Teeter to open in 2027
- DUI driver who killed W-L graduate in 2024 crash is released from jail
- Falls Church history panel may again seek to change the city’s flag
- Morning Notes for August 13, 2026
- ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 12, 2026
- Report alleges history of antisemitism with limited consequences at Yorktown HS
- VHC Health gets record-breaking $17.5M donation, supporting new cancer center
- Seki Sushi opens in Crystal City with extensive sushi roll menu
- Sun & Honey Grazing brings people together through food in Arlington
- UPDATED: Firefighters battle blaze in condo tower near Ballston
- North Arlington neighborhoods lose power after tree falls across lines
- Arlington County Fair starts today with opening ceremony, outdoor fun
- Just Reduced Properties in Arlington: August 12, 2026
WTOP
- Before the ‘carnage’, Montgomery County fair makes the midway a little calmer
- 17-year-old arrested in connection with deadly shooting at Fauquier County quinceañera
- Step into a vault of rare texts from Shakespeare and beyond at DC’s Folger Library
- Things to do in the DC area: African Diaspora Film Festival, Tomato Party … and more!
- Montgomery Co. teens act as judge, jury and attorneys in unique summer academy
- How AI is starting to influence political campaigns
- ‘This guy’s really pointing a gun at my head’: Virginia woman speaks out after viral ICE video
- Kennedy Center board set to vote on whether to move forward with closure
- Fairfax County’s ‘Paws & Read’ program boosts kids’ reading skills, pets’ adoptability
- Metro union calls for policy reversal involving fare announcement on buses following recent assault
- Man accused of filming himself stroking women’s hair on Metro train found guilty
- Sex toy outside DC fire station prompts bomb squad response
- Man hoarding cache of stolen reptiles in Capitol Heights home arrested, police say
- Police identify Frederick man, 67, killed in crash near Damascus
- Virginia’s vaccine recommendations, requirements won’t change after Trump order, officials say
Washingtonian
- DC Bartenders Tell Us What We Should Be Drinking This Summer
- NSO Reels Amid Kennedy Center Chaos, Karoline Leavitt Will Step Down, Hair-Touching Metro Creep Found Guilty
- 7 Luxury Home Sales in the Washington Area—and Who Bought and Sold Them
- A DC Contestant in Trump’s Patriot Games Says It Was Actually Pretty Great
- Confused by Solar? This Group Offers Free Help.
- The Most Expensive Home Sales in May
- Go Flower Picking at This Farm Festival Near DC
- Inside the True Reformer Building, DC’s Hidden Historic Gem
- An Upscale Vietnamese Restaurant Arrives in Eden Center
- Trump Let Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller Fly on Decoy Plane, White House Wants to Keep Prosecuting Local Canoeist, and Kennedy Center Must Pay Musician’s Court Fees
DC News Now
- NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke retires, logging 549 days in space
- 'Where is the ... money'; victim assaulted, carjacked at Chrissy Condos in DC
- Driver taken to hospital after vehicle crashes, catches fire in Arlington parking garage
- Water main break causes delays in on Huntington Avenue
- Mainly dry and humid today, storms return Friday
- Daniels sends LSU cease-and-desist letter regarding decision to give No. 5 jersey to current player
- Arlington County Fair celebrates 50th anniversary
- Fairfax prosecutor reviewing video of ICE agent pointing gun at woman
- Metro hair toucher convicted on assault charge in DC
- DC police: 'Suspicious' device was portable sex device
The Georgetowner
- ‘Ma Rainey’ to Open Round House’s 50th Anniversary Season
- Weekend Round Up August 13, 2026
- Welcome, President Peñalver!
- Milo & Mav: Coffee, Canines and Community
- TalentOurs: Remote Work Is the New Frontier
- Journalism in the Age of AI
- Back-to-School Round Up
- Fall Gala Guide, 2026
- July Real Estate Sales
- A New Vision for Washington’s Forgotten 230 Acres
The 51st
- 19 things to do in D.C. this weekend
- The five best desserts in D.C. for people who don’t like sweets, from a Capitol Hill baker
- 22 ways to volunteer around D.C. this week
- What D.C. residents will remember from a year of National Guard occupation
- A closer look at the restaurant closure that rocked Deanwood
- We surveyed over 300 Ward 7 residents. Here’s what they said
- D.C. is having a third space renaissance
- 14 things to do around D.C. this week
- 12 ways to volunteer around D.C. this week
- Alex Koma joins The 51st as a Senior Reporter
- D.C.'s war on rats reaches new heights
- We asked for gruesome stories about D.C.’s rats. You delivered.
- MLK Library sleeping ban could lead to arrests and displacement, advocates warn
- Imagining the future of D.C.'s arts and culture scene
- Elliot C. Williams joins The 51st as a Senior Reporter
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The Washington Informer
- Families of Police-Shooting Victims Criticize D.C. Attorney General Schwalb
- A Lifeline Within Reach: New Bill Brings Mental Health Support Closer to Students
- D.C.’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program Gives Startup Boost to D.C.-Area Students
- Wisdom Walkers: Steps That Change Lives
- A Look Back at the 2026 Mubadala Citi Open
- 8-13-2026 Informer Edition
- EDITORIAL: More Black Youth Refuse to be Silenced – It’s Time to Listen to Their Concerns
- EDITORIAL: A Profile in Cowardice
- Things to Do, DMV: Weekend Rundown, Aug. 13-16
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Justice for Nolan