We celebrate 50 years of a cultural phenomenon unique to Washington, D.C.: go-go music! Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.

Washington, DC, June 12, 2026 – Over the past 48 hours, in the latest example of intimidation tactics, agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...

In today’s edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn’t eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.

The influential church leader on his ties to Pete Hegseth, dismantling the fences of liberal democracy — and why Trump is ‘like chemo’

Every month I review rents and vacancy rates.

Price-to-rent index is 9.9% below 2022 peak

Housing DC

Number of leases signed for space priced at $100 or more per sq ft hit all-time high in 2025

The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.

DC Flex will be here to stay if a bill passes the D.C. Council, but advocates wonder if the program will change to address the growing need.

The government shutdown provides an unexpected test case for an increasingly urgent question: What would happen if official economic statistics became less useful, whether through declining resources,...

The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee blasted the two federal judges for the erroneous filings and called for new regulations on AI use in federal courts.

Introducing the D.C. Canon, starring Chuck Brown, Olivia Pope, George Washington, Leonardo da Vinci, Duke Ellington, Rites of Spring and — who could forget? — Gort.

Tricolor’s collapse highlights struggles of low-income consumers and their impact on the broader American economy