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Local D.C. @Axios reporter. Writer of Town Talker, a column about money and power in Washington. Send me tips cuneyt @axios .com
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Trump Hotel signs are being taken down, hours after completion of $375 million sale
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D.C. coronavirus cases down to 51.3 per 100k residents. A 82% drop from omicron's peak on Jan. 4.
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D.C. releases late hour $500 million counter offer to Virginia’s plan for new Wizards and Capitals arena
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CHARLESTON, . (
@AP
) — West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans resigns after facing charges in connection with deadly riot at US Capitol.
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DC’s own local leaders a decade ago turned on the city’s own music, calling go-go a crime magnet, a characterization fans denounced as racist. Today go-go is part of the city’s Black Lives Matter movement.
Go-go band leads crowd to Black Lives Matter Plaza (that’s the White House at the end of the strip):
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This is newsprint nerd stuff, but the NYT printed in DC is still on broadsheet not berliner?
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D.C.'s daily case rate per 100k residents is below 20 for the first time since Dec. 5.
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It is sincerely puzzling how relatively quiet and unwilling to engage in politics the D.C. Council has become.
If DC actually had real politics, some 2026 mayoral contender would be giving a press conference today with a lectern sign saying "Muriel's Monumental Mistake"
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SCOOP: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to unveil an anti-crime package tomorrow morning that would crack down on drug dealing and retail theft — while loosening some recent policing reforms.
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New 8000 series Metro trains will have heated floors and charging outlets
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New: D.C. is getting a new 1.8-mile trail connecting Fort Lincoln to the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, thanks to a $25 million federal grant.
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It's June 8th, a.k.a my day of the year to shine: If you've wondered how to pronounce my name, saying today's date out loud fast will do the trick.
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Our
@axios
story: Dan Snyder hires Bank of America to explore selling Washington Commanders, welcome news to weary fan base that could re-energize stadium search.
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🚨 BREAKING: Senate votes 81-14 to block changes to D.C. criminal code, the first time Congress approved overturning city's legislation since 1991. w/
@AndrewSolender
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Lidl is also opening in Columbia Heights on groundfloor of DC USA, Bowser admin announces. Will be second Lidl after one broke ground at Skyland.
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Big Metro news: Free bus service and overnight service for 12 major bus lines is being added onto bill that would give $100 monthly SmarTrip cards to D.C. residents. D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson and Council member Allen unveil the bill changes, which seems likely to pass.
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Some personal news: I'm heading west to cover the California statehouse for
@AP
for the next seven months. Pumped to join the excellent Sacramento bureau at a big time for California politics!
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This is jaw dropping: "Across D.C.’s high schools, 60 percent of students were chronically absent in school year 2022-23"
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Hey D.C., it's my first day at Axios Local! PLZ send tips, links, events, press releases to cuneyt
@axios
.com
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Bowser and Lyft announce free bikeshare for D.C. residents due to Metrorail service reduction
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Pretty serious fireworks at Biden celebration outside White House
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D.C. has handed out 108,000 rapid test kits since beginning program last Wednesday, according to stats from Bowser’s presser.
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D.C. daily case rate now down 72% since the Jan. 4 peak of cases per 100k residents, from 288 cases to 80.9.
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Personal news: I'm headed back to
@AP
! For the next 9 months I'll be covering West Virginia state politics and the upcoming elections.
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D.C. Twitter, what are some of your favorite buildings in the city?
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One Georgetowner sold his house before Call Your Mother opened on his block, saying the bagel shop's impending arrival was a "primary driver for me to sell."
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NEW: Declining revenue estimates show D.C. won’t have enough to fund free Metro bus program, according to chief financial officer.
“The expansion of remote work, coupled with higher interest rates, pose a serious long-term risk to the District’s economy and its tax base.”
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Inside Washington’s pro sports world, there’s angst over crime. In my column this week, I report Ted Leonsis and Monumental Sports are unhappy about quality of life around Capital One Arena, one of the last remaining magnets for visitors downtown.
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Forbes reports Dan Snyder has hired Bank of America to sell Washington Commanders
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So terribly sad. GoFundMe for the Metro worker who tried to stop shooter has raised $107K
Metro has released a photo of Robert Cunningham, the man who jumped in to save lives at Potomac Ave shooting on Wednesday.
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Breaking: Caps and Wizards deal for Virginia arena is dead, mayor of Alexandria says.
Ted Leonsis and Mayor Bowser will make an announcement about the future of Capital One Arena tonight, according to a source with knowledge.
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🚨🚨🚨 AP reports Biden plans to NOT veto GOP-led overturn of D.C. criminal code reform. It had drawn unexpected support from numerous Dems. Big news for D.C.
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NEW
@axios
: Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was in the elevator of an apartment building on H Street NE when a man punched her and grabbed her neck, according to an MPD incident report. Craig tossed her hot coffee to escape, per the report.
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Um, I just watched a woman peel off an “endorsed by the Washington Post” sticker off an Eric Goulet sign and stick it on her purse…
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Breaking: Mayor Bowser returns budget unsigned to the D.C. Council. She calls for more cuts and criticizes new "mansion tax" and increased tax on businesses.
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More police?
Yes: Bowser.
No: Trayon White, Robert White.
Any public funds on football stadium?:
No: TWhite, RWhite, Bowser (on land, "yes")
Raising taxes on wealthy?
Yes: TWhite, RWhite
No: Bowser
Keeping current mayoral control of schools?
Yes: Bowser
No: T White, R White
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It's over -- AP has called it for Muriel Bowser winning a third term as D.C. mayor.
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@axios
Worth noting: Hours later, Craig joined 30 other Democrats today to vote in favor of a GOP-led effort to overturn D.C.'s criminal code reform.
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BREAKING: Plans unveiled for new Wizards and Capitals arena on the banks of the Potomac River in Virginia. 70 acre entertainment district w/ arena, performing arts venue, and more. See pix:
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D.C.'s VIP low number license plates handed out by mayor and council rack up $38,000 in speeding, parking tickets
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Unprecedented moment in D.C. politics as 12 council members in investigatory committee vote in favor of removing from office the longest serving lawmaker Jack Evans. (Final vote to come later this month.)
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Scoop: Council member Charles Allen faces recall effort
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🚨 Mayor Bowser's office has declined to lobby against Congress overturning the city's criminal code reform. "It is not up to the mayor to lobby for something she doesn’t believe in," a source familiar with Bowser’s thinking said.
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“We’re in! Keep it moving, baby!” a West Virginia lawmaker said as he filmed himself and a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol.
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FanDuel says its sports betting app is now offline in D.C. because the mayor has not signed the budget. "Upon final approval of the FY2025 DC Budget, FanDuel will resume its sports betting offering," it says.
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SCOOP: A new Congressional resolution to overturn recent local police reforms in Washington, D.C. is in the works, two sources tell Axios.
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Why not lobby
@SenLouiseLucas
earlier? "It's not my job. I'm a businessman. I'm not a politician," Leonsis told Axios.
"I mean, it just doesn't feel world-class," he said about Richmond politicking. "You don't treat big, important companies that way."
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NEW: "We are directing that all bars, nightclubs, wineries, brew pubs and the like be closed in the state of California,"
@GavinNewsom
announces.
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AP reviewed over 120 people linked to Capitol riot.
“The mob was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials, GOP political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists and adherents of the QAnon myth”
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VOTER GUIDE! Axios D.C. has published its Q&A with candidates for mayor, attorney general, and D.C. Council chair. Check it out.
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For D.C. followers: an investigation I began over a year ago published today in
@wcp
, showing how D.C. loses out on millions every year in its waste management operation.
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Police Chief Robert Contee will undertake one last major initiative before leaving for a new post at the FBI: getting cops out of their cars and walking in their communities.
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Low blow to insinuate our reporting is "breathless" or the result of campaign spin
@AlexKomaWCP
. Fact is I reported first the existence of the effort after spotting their filing in December. In fact, when I reached out, campaign was clearly unprepared for press coverage.
The campaign to recall Charles Allen may be spearheaded by frustrated Democrats, but Loose Lips reports GOP staffers and lobbyists provided nearly half of the first big fundraising haul. Read more for a closer look at the campaign's fundraising report.
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Scoop: New Brit regime atop Washington Post aims to boost local coverage. Will Lewis and new execs floating "Local+" concept, for readers who want to pay extra for premium local content. My column this week:
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The Height Act is having a moment again
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Scoop: The Capital One Arena agreement — while not final — has not been seen by the public or lawmakers who will vote tomorrow on the $515 million deal. Here is a look at the terms, per a copy obtained by
@axios
.
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Scoop:
@charlesallen
picks his predecessor
@TommyWells
to run campaign against the recall. Wells plans to file committee tomorrow. "This is a home rule issue," he tells me.
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Newsom's team "has discussed going on Fox News, with one adviser arguing that for Newsom, 'it’s about the feeling we’re getting our asses kicked; that the Trumpers are owning the libs and we have to get into the fighting mode and make this a choice.'"
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🚨 Endorsement alert: Attorney General Karl Racine gives his coveted nod to Zachary Parker in Ward 5 D.C. Council race.
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The fallout from the Kevin McCarthy drama on the Hill could embolden conservatives who want to meddle in D.C. laws.
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The D.C. I know
At Steve Bannon's trial, a reminder that not all D.C. residents are political obsessives:
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Alexandria’s mayor faced a critical Zoom community meeting this evening featuring an onslaught of arena hate in the chat. From
@mimi_montgom
on the “NIMPY” backlash.
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I don't see an immediate outpouring of support on D.C. Council so far for reviving the vax mandate, with special vote set for Friday. Nine votes needed. Two CMs — Janeese Lewis George and Robert White — so far say they are a yes, joining bill introducer Brianne Nadeau.
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Breaking: Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announces that chief of staff and deputy mayor for economic development John Falcicchio is out of city government. Massive departure of the mayor’s longtime no. 2. No explanation immediately released.
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A D.C. neighborhood ice cream shop has fostered a tradition of customers gifting forward scoops to less fortunate kids.
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Scoop: D.C. pushes back Connecticut Avenue bike lane designs. Final concept design was initially expected this spring; now delayed to end of this year as DDOT takes growing input from advocates and opponents.
@axios
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OUR STORY: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has won the Democratic primary, putting her on track for a third term to lead the nation’s capital.
@axios
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At mayor’s election night party. Famously Bowser once said she was not a big fan of mumbo sauce.
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The National Cathedral is the best building in Washington, according to a survey of Axios D.C. readers.
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“For Krift, it was textbook local journalism. Reporters methodically tracked down the facts while tuning out the national noise.”
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My time at the AP Sacramento bureau ended last week, and this is my final story: How much outside groups, special interests and foreign gov’ts were paying to take California legislators on trips across the world before the pandemic.
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This is just getting comedic
So not only is Turkey now Türkiye, but the Aegean next to Turkey is now the "TurkAegean"?
#helloT
ürkiye
In this 3-page travel ad for Turkey in
@TravelLeisure
magazine
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Republicans celebrating blocking D.C. criminal code, first D.C. law to be overturned since 1991.
@SpeakerMcCarthy
says “no longer will Washington be soft on crime.”
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NEWS: Council Chair Phil Mendelson calls special meeting Friday to vote on emergency legislation reviving proof-of-vax mandate that mayor just rescinded.
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D.C. spent $2.5 million of federal coronavirus relief money on hiring new parking enforcement officers, per AP review of questionable uses of pandemic funds. (h/t
@dclinenews
)
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Parking enforcement car parked inside bike lane at Audi Field is everything you need to know about D.C.’s parking enforcement
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D.C. carjackings rise for fifth straight year
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New: House GOP is ushering in a new era of intervention in local D.C. affairs, targeting the city's handling of crime. Rep. Andrew Clyde will seek to block D.C. Council revision of criminal code, which has been lambasted by mayor and Fox News.
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D.C. Public Schools has spent less than 3% of the $195M it received in federal pandemic funding for schools, WaPo reports.
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“Our next mayor” chants break out as Karl Racine takes mic to speak at Silverman rally. “When does asking government agencies questions become caustic?” he says.
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New policy for D.C. Public Schools: students will need to test negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 4 to be able to return to school on Wednesday.
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Karl Racine says he’s so worried about carjackings in D.C. he fills his gas tank every chance he gets so his partner and kids aren’t “at the wrong gas station at the wrong time,” Racine said. “We’re afraid like everyone else.”
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Council Chair Phil Mendelson criticizes Bowser for not signing the D.C. budget
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Is "North End Shaw" real? Where does NoMa start and end? Can you draw Deanwood's borders?
If you think you know D.C. neighborhoods... try our new
@axios
game: .
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This is such a great city scene story, and reminds me of a thing always gnawing at me: where are the D.C. stories like this we're missing?
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Rest in peace to my grandmother, who being as old as the Turkish Republic witnessed it all, the promise of the republic and its highs and lows.
#cumhuriyetkad
ını
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DDOT tells me it is weighing suggestion from
@WABADC
to widen protected bike lane from five feet to seven feet and extend project couple more blocks north to Chevy Chase Circle.
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