The District Report
Last Updated: August 24, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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- 13 students were arrested after occupying OpenAI’s new D.C. lobbying office for 2 hours.
- Is it just me or is DC considerably cleaner than most other major American cities?
- Why do so many Uber drivers refuse to use the AC?
- Serial groper in Bloomingdale/Eckington
- Metro Today: Meow
- 'It embarrasses me to be involved': Inside the National Guard D.C. deployment
- How patriotic
- Why is A League of Her Own so Straight Lately?
- MURICAAA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
- Is the Fudruckers in Chinatown a front?
DC News Now
- An absolutely gorgeous start to the week
- Maryland Zoo cheetah Davis passes away
- Stretch Your Dollar | Northern Virginia mom of 10 shares budget-friendly school lunch routine
- Man charged after link found to Loudoun County student fentanyl overdoses: Deputies
- New era begins at newly renovated John R. Thompson Jr. High as hundreds return to classroom
- Man hospitalized, 3 arrested after shooting in DC's Anacostia neighborhood
- Fresh Food Program returns, provides free groceries to Prince George's County families
- VSP issues alert for missing elderly woman last seen in Loudoun County
- Road closures, parking restrictions continue in DC after Freedom 250 Grand Prix
- Police investigate triple shooting on Birney Place in Southeast DC
Popville
- Folger Consort launches its 50th season with ‘Monteverdi’s Legacy’
- “All Souls bar fundraiser on Tuesday night for employee who fell ill”
- Last* Christmas Tree in Town – First Day of School edition
- Missed Connection – Kuro Listening Bar
- Malin DC Co-Working Space opens in former Peet’s Coffee & Tea space Downtown
- “Should my haircutter have said something?”
- De Facto “Dog Park” reopens in Logan Circle
- 2D Noodles Temporarily Closed in Tenleytown, “Fresh Noodles Coming Soon”
- “DDOT has their own robot?”
- Unpunctual Pizza Patrol: Slice & Pie opened their Downtown Location
- “Neko Health Is Coming to DC!”
- “New in DC: a Japanese head spa opens”
- Today* in Hawks*** Around Town – Raccoon Dive-Bombed by Angry Crows!
- PSA: Izakaya Seki has new hours!
- Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
- DCPS’s Own ‘School Without Walls’ High School was just ranked 5th Best Public High School in the Country!!
- Just An Absolute Glorious Shade of Brown on this Last* Christmas Tree in Town
- “MetroLeaf officially closed Monday”
- “Chuck Brown Day 2026: DPR Celebrates 50 Years of Go-Go on Chuck Brown’s Birthday” Though Not Without Controversy, See Statement from the Chuck Brown Family
- “Airports Authority Board Approves Budget for Dulles Transformation”
The Georgetowner
- Freedom 250 Grand Prix Wins New Fans Over the Weekend
- A Makeover for Book Hill Park
- Mayor, Officials, Family Celebrate Thompson High School on First Day of School
- UNIQLO TIMES: From Tokyo to Georgetown
- Freedom 250 Grand Prix Throttles D.C. This Weekend
- Last Chance: ‘Woody Guthrie’s American Song’ at The Wharf
- DC Artswatch: Anniversaries, NSO Season, Other News
- Weekend Round Up August 20, 2026
- Robin Hill: Artist, Birdman, Neighbor Dies at 94
- In Focus: Photographer Tony Powell
Arlington Now
- Fights caught on camera after spilling outside of Arlington bars
- Another cyclist was struck by a driver at a Wilson Blvd intersection over the weekend
- Beyer blasts Trump trade war with Canada
- Police investigating after woman found dead near Rosslyn Metro entrance
- Solace Outpost brewpub taking over El Rey taqueria in Ballston
- New in the ARLnow app: a real-time scanner feed and a daily audio briefing
- Arlington’s spotted lanternflies may reach a turning point in 2028 or 2029
- Independent candidate challenges Rep. Beyer, targeting ‘frustrated’ voters
- Falls Church advocates want affordable housing project to focus on lowest incomes
- Morning Notes for August 24, 2026
- UPDATED: Firefighters battle apartment blaze in Ballston
- ARLnow Daily Debrief for Aug 21, 2026
- After doping scandal, N. Va. triathlete passing through Arlington on 2,000-mile charity run
- National Chamber Ensemble celebrates 20 years of concerts and community in Arlington
- Falls Church faces slippery path to cracking down on businesses’ unplowed sidewalks
Washingtonian
- Surprise! The Freedom 250 Grand Prix Wasn’t All About Trump.
- 28 Things to Do in the DC Area This Week and Weekend
- Brent Leggs on Suing Trump and Saving Historic Places
- DC Could Get Another Grand Prix Next Year, Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Karen Attiah, and a Blue Frog Draws Fans to Fairfax
- A Lesbian Bar Coming to Arlington Will Celebrate DC’s Queer History
- Metrobus Wants Drivers to Tell Passengers the Fare. Drivers Say That’s Dangerous. Who’s Right?
- Sean Duffy’s Road Trip Show Is Rife With Corporate Plugs, Man Staying in Vacant Kalorama House Attacked a Teen Next Door, and the Navy Might Name an Aircraft Carrier After Trump Instead of a Pearl Harbor Hero
- Movies, Tennis, College Football: Photos of the Best Parties Around DC
- A Waterfront Legacy on Combs Creek: Breton Bay
- 6 Hands-On Classes and Creative Workshops to Try in the DC Area This Month
WTOP
- Patients could see smaller incisions, shorter recoveries thanks to U.Va. Health robotic heart surgery program
- New buildings, new rules, same excitement surrounds 1st day of school in DC region
- Back to school: Hear from Howard County’s superintendent
- ‘It was nice and loud and fast’: Fans react to inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix
- As school starts in Fairfax County, the challenge facing ‘one of the largest school bus fleets in the nation’
- Nationals Notebook: Meltdown in Miami
- Bus driver in deadly Stafford County crash seeks delay of October trial
- Prince William Co. starts school year with new buildings but under threat of local funding cuts
- WATCH: WTOP’s Top Local Headlines for Aug. 24
- What to expect from Alexandria City Public Schools ‘necessary’ boundary changes
- DC Public Schools work on lowering on chronic absenteeism, ‘a national challenge’
- After boundary review, some Fairfax County students attending new schools this fall
- ‘Mitigating the harm’: Virginia prepares for sweeping Medicaid changes
- Maryland Zoo’s lone female elephant moving as facility transitions to all-male herd
- Teen girl dies after being pulled from water near Francis Scott Key Bridge
The Washington Informer
- ‘People Are Dying’: HIV Survivor Sounds Alarm as Global Aid is Cut
- In D.C., Better Asthma Care May Start at Home
- Our Parks Are Going to the Dogs — And We’re Here for It
- Kay Family, OAG Reach Agreement in Settlement Dispute
- Be Heard: 10 Ways Black Women Can Get Better Care at the Doctor
- Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Greenbelt FBI Headquarters
- Actor Morris Chestnut Brings Sable Bourbon to D.C.
- Superintendent Shawn Joseph Shares Plans, Goals for the Future of PGCPS
- Black America’s Financially Fragile Retirees: Black Wealth Will Be 4 Times Lower Than Whites by 2050
- Judge Ousted from Karmelo Anthony Case Ahead of New Trial Showdown
730DC daily newsletter
The 51st
- Mount Pleasant residents say 'hell no' to trees of heaven
- The broken promise of D.C.’s Commission on Poverty
- After standing up to Trump, D.C. bishop has a new children's book about bravery
- 11 things to do this weekend
- 23 ways to volunteer around D.C. this week
- The Phillips Collection’s new exhibit puts local artists on a global stage
- 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
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