Capitol Police arrest man attempting to set his car on fire in Washington D.C.

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said they have arrested a person who tried to set his car on fire near the U.S. Capitol during President-elect Trump's visit late Wednesday. “On two occasions today, our officers stopped a man who posed a potential danger to the Capitol community,” said U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Munger. “This […]

Washington Post lays off 4% of workforce as turmoil engulfs paper

The Washington Post announced Tuesday that it will lay off about 4% of its employees. It's the latest blow to the paper, which has seen huge financial losses as well as an exodus of top talent from a newsroom increasingly estranged from owner Jeff. Bezos and publisher Will Lewis. The paper said the job cuts […]

Jimmy Carter is back in the Washington D.C. area

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital after a humiliating defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area for a three-day state funeral starting Tuesday. Carter's remains, which had been in state at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus on Tuesday morning, accompanied by […]

Tens of thousands of Amazon workers return to in-person work in Washington

Bruce Mosler, chairman of global brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield, weighs in on the push for in-person offices in New York City. Monday marked the first day 50,000 Amazon employees in Seattle returned to work in person. The return of employees was expected to impact traffic in the city, as many employees transitioned to remote […]