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There’s still time for Congress to Trump-proof the Insurrection Act
A dormant law is a ticking time bomb ripe for abuse. But there are easy fixes that can be bipartisan.
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L.A. police clear USC encampment as other colleges prepare for graduation
Schools continue to grapple with balancing students’ free speech rights and maintaining an amicable atmosphere ahead of graduation ceremonies.
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Student’s wounding inside Dunbar H.S. detailed in D.C. documents
In a court hearing Saturday, a lawyer said a vehicle being driven erratically near the school had spurred fears of a drive-by shooting.
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From a forgotten Indian cookbook, a deeply flavored chickpea curry
“Lord Krishna’s Cuisine” by Yamuna Devi, 800 pages and a decade in the making, won awards in 1987. Why isn’t her work still talked about?
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Polo player sues woman who accused him of sexual misconduct
Polo player John Gobin claims the allegations were fabricated. The woman denies his claims.
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DEI is getting a new name. Can it dump the political baggage?
Under mounting legal and political pressure, companies’ DEI tactics are evolving.
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Divided Trump campaign debates joining TikTok, the app he tried to ban
The move could spark outrage among Trump’s supporters, but some advisers are arguing it would help him reach young voters who believe it’s cool to be “Trump-adjacent.”
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s May 5 crossword, ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’
You might need some alone time to solve this.
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D.C. wants more kids to finish college. Here’s what it would take.
Roughly 18 out of 100 of D.C. ninth-graders finish college within six years of graduating high school, an estimate shows. City leaders want to raise it to 80 percent.
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Biden’s abortion push reeks of desperation
The presidential election season has exaggerated our differences over the issue.
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The last 10 years of Met Gala guests, visualized
A-list celebs like Rihanna or Zendaya are standard fare at the Met Gala, but some of these other guests might surprise you.
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Democratic Md. Senate primary grows contentious with early voting underway
Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) has outspent Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) 10-to-1 as the high-profile race enters its final stretch.
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The Supreme Court’s Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case
The conservative justices must navigate a crisis moment of their own making.
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D.C.-area forecast: Scattered showers today with more rain chances through midweek
Some thunderstorms are also possible the next few days as temperatures gradually heat up.
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College protests. A Trump trial. Raging wars. Is everything ‘on fire’?
Americans have been thrust under a cloud of chaos that seems to thicken with every breaking-news alert. And there is seemingly no relief ahead.
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Driver dies after crashing into a White House gate
A motorist died late Saturday after crashing a car into an outer gate to the White House complex, the Secret Service said.
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Carolyn Hax: Working for a celebrity has this employee feeling ‘small’
A letter writer works for a celebrity, which a friend describes as being “a support player in a ‘real’ person’s life.”
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Ask Amy: I live with my boyfriend – and his sister and her family
Letter writer moved in with boyfriend knowing his sister and her family lived with him.
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D.C. United squanders two-goal lead, settles for draw with Union
United conceded the equalizer in the 79th minute, continuing its stretch of struggles against Philadelphia
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Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump
The former president was angered by Charlie Spies’s criticism of his false 2020 election fraud claims.
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Trump escalates attacks on prosecutors, says Democrats run ‘a Gestapo administration’
Saturday’s sometimes profane remarks illustrated the central role Donald Trump’s legal cases are playing in his bid to return to the White House for a second term.
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Sloppy first inning dooms the Nationals in a 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays
Toronto grabbed an early 4-0 lead, and Washington finished with four errors on the day.
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A 3-year-old is shot to death, and D.C. reels again: ‘Everyone loved her’
Ty’ah Settles, 3, was riding in a car that got caught in the crossfire of a gun battle, police said. She was the city’s youngest homicide victim this year.
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Trump lawyer John Eastman can’t pratice law in D.C. temporarily, court says
California temporarily suspended his law license in March over his role in a legal strategy to help Donald Trump stay in power after his 2020 election loss.
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Lovers & Friends Festival causes upset with last-minute cancelation
Fans who planned to see artists such as Ciara and Gwen Stefani perform at the sold-out Lovers & Friends Festival woke up to a sweeping change of plans Saturday.
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Silly pleasures abound in Opera Lafayette’s ‘Les Fêtes de Thalie’
Opera Lafayette presents the modern premiere of Jean-Joseph Mouret’s 1714 opéra-ballet featuring conductor Christophe Rousett and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody.
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Johnson could get help from Democrats who refused to save McCarthy
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed through the handshake deals that predecessor Kevin McCarthy abandoned after making them.
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PM Update: Duration and intensity of any rain increases tonight and especially Sunday
Tomorrow has the highest chance for steadier rain, downpours and even a thunderstorm.
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3 bodies found in Mexico during search for missing American, Australians
The bodies, which were not publicly identified, were in the same area of Baja California where American Carter Rhoad and Australians Jake and Callum Robinson were reported missing.
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How a recipe brought my son closer to the grandma he didn’t get to know
For Cinco de Mayo, people across the country will be reaching for Mexican food. So will my son and I, but for a different reason.
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