." -- D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D) is now trying to share his side of the story after the FBI raided his home as part of a corruption probe. Fenit Nirappil reports: "'The events of the last week, so to speak, have been very inflammatory, and when the actual facts are heard by everyone, I believe that w

U.S. airlines. (Lori Aratani) • Trump attended a fundraiser at his D.C. hotel without a mask. The city sent an investigator to inspect the hotel. (Fenit Nirappil and Julie Zauzmer) • Two cafeterias used by staff in the White House complex were closed after an employee tested positive. (NYT) Colleges are cr

ur president. We can't ... there's no way.'" • "Los Angeles County reimposes indoor mask mandate for all as coronavirus cases rise nationwide," by Fenit Nirappil: "Los Angeles County announced Thursday it will revive an indoor mask mandate applying to everyone regardless of vaccination status in response to

ce the EFTA00162682 start of the pandemic. The daily increase is the smallest number in the three jurisdictions since April 3," Dana Hedpgeth and Fenit Nirappil report. "The region recorded five new fatalities Monday, with no daily deaths reported in Virginia for the first time since March 28. It is also th

toms," my colleagues Dan Diamond, Joel Achenbach, Chico Harlan and Lesley Wroughton reported this weekend. And, as my colleagues Annie Linskey and Fenit Nirappil reported today: "[A]fter nearly 21 months of covid-19 restrictions, there is little appetite in the country for the kinds of school closures, indoo

tunity." -- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said she will not accept a federal government plan to house unaccompanied migrant children in Washington. Fenit Nirappil reports: "Bowser was reacting to an application from Dynamic Service Solutions, a federal contractor, to open a temporary shelter for children in t

County died from what authorities believe was a heat-related medical emergency. It was the hottest weekend of the year in the Washington region. (Fenit Nirappil, Rebecca Tan and Cortlynn Stark) 7. A man attending his child's baptism was shot while trying to stop a car thief outside a church in Northeast D.