Washington, D.C
A Storied Washington Home Has Sat Empty for 22 Years
A “grand Beaux-Arts” house has sat at 2920 R Street in Georgetown for centuries. Mark Ein has been in possession of it for the last 22 years—and never lived there. The New York Times has the saga of the storied home, which was built by Georgetown’s second mayor in 1784, was home to the founder of the CIA’s precursor 150 years later, and hosted the elite of Washington, DC, over the years under Katharine Graham’s ownership. She became a famed editor of the Washington Post following her husband’s 1963 suicide. Upon her 2001 death, her estate sold it to Ein for $8 million. It would be more than a decade before he tried—and failed—to move in.
Ein wed Sally Stiebel at the house in 2013, and they planned to move in and raise a family there following some renovations—the home had last been updated in 1960. As Elizabeth Williamson details at length, they were stymied by some neighbors and the Old Georgetown Board, which must approve changes to the neighborhood’s historic homes and rejected four versions of plans the Eins presented in 2014. Their original plan involved adding living space and garages in the front. One neighbor said it would ruin the “dappled afternoon light” they experience and damage some trees. The Eins’ tweaks put the garages underground and reduced the size of the addition; an arborist confirmed the trees would be fine. The board still said no. They tried again, fruitlessly, in 2021. (Read the fascinating full story, which ends with quite the kicker, here.)
As part of the launch of World Pride in Washington, D.C. the American Civil Liberties Union and the Gender Liberation Movement is unveiling the Freedom To Be quilt on the National Mall on May 17, a 9,000 square-foot collection of over 250 quilt panels handmade by transgender people and their families from across the United States. Co-creators Abdool Corlette and Gillian Branstetter were working with a team of people to install the quilt panels on Thursday, May 16. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)
As part of the launch of World Pride in Washington, D.C. the American Civil Liberties Union and the Gender Liberation Movement is unveiling the Freedom To Be quilt on the National Mall on May 17, a 9,000 square-foot collection of over 250 quilt panels handmade by transgender people and their families from across the United States. Co-creators Abdool Corlette and Gillian Branstetter were working with a team of people to install the quilt panels on Thursday, May 16. (AP Video: Mike Pesoli)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FBI is leaving its longtime headquarters in D.C. and will transfer 1,500 employees to locations around the country, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
What we know:
Patel announced the news Friday morning, stating he didn’t expect to share the details of the move.
“This FBI is leaving the Hoover building because this building is unsafe for our workforce,” Patel told Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in a preview clip of an interview that is set to air on Sunday, May 18 on the network.
“The FBI is 38,000 when we are fully manned, which we are not. In the national capital region in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees. That’s like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn’t happen here.”
“So we are taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out. Every state is getting a plus-up. And I think when we do things like that, we inspire folks in America to become intel analysts and agents and say we want to work at the FBI because we want to fight violent crime, and we want to be sent out into the country to do it.”
He added that the transition will begin in the next “three, six, nine months.”
“We want the American men and women to know if you’re going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we’re going to give you a building that’s commensurate with that, and that’s not this place.”
The Source: Information from Fox News was used to write this report.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Capitals are back on the ice Thursday night in hopes of defeating the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5.
The breakdown:
As an organization, the Washington Capitals have orchestrated what some would describe as a dream season.
From Alex Ovechkin becoming the NHL’s all-time goals-scoring leader to the Caps finishing with the best record in the Eastern conference, coupled with the team advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2018. But if Washington doesn’t find a way to win tonight, the dream will have come to an end.
It’s game five of the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes’ best-of-seven series, and after taking games 3 and 4 at home, the Canes hold a suffocating 3-1 lead. In game three, Carolina staved off the Caps’ strong start to ultimately win a shutout. In game four, the Hurricanes flexed their collective muscle from the start, holding on for a 5-2 victory.
Capitals win game 2 over Hurricanes
The Washington Capitals won game two in their second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night as they chase the Stanley Cup.
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And that brings us to tonight. The Washington Capitals are facing elimination. A team that has defied the odds all season long now has the inevitable task of needing to win three games in a row to advance to the conference finals. In what has already been a season, the likes of which could be the plot of a blockbuster movie script, pulling off that task would be a fitting ending. But this is the NHL playoffs, not a Hollywood movie set. The Caps must claw back against the Canes, one game at a time.
The Washington Capitals host the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at Capital One arena. The puck drops at 7 p.m. and it’s win or go home.
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