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  • Two dead in shooting targeting Israeli embassy staffers outside Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.

    05/21/2025 9:44:25 PM PDT · by Morgana · 47 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 22, 2025 | Brittany Chain
    A crazed gunman shouted 'Free Palestine' after he shot and killed two Israeli embassy staff members outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, was pacing back and forth before allegedly opening fire on a group of four people who were standing outside the museum. Rodriguez then entered the building, where he was taken into custody. Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon described it as a 'depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism.' He said: 'The shooting outside the event at the Jewish Museum in Washington – in which Israeli embassy employees were also...
  • 18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects

    05/05/2025 5:29:26 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 74 replies
    The New York Times ^ | May 5, 2025, 6:05 p.m. ET | Karen Zraick
    Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.“This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,” said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs. She said the halt threatened “the loss of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions in investments” and was “delaying our transition away from the fossil fuels that harm our health and our planet.”The halt on federal permits for wind energy was first laid out...
  • DC STABBING: Good Samaritans intervened to save lives. They apprehended the attacker until police arrived.

    04/03/2025 7:07:33 PM PDT · by grundle · 5 replies
    Twitter ^ | April 3, 2025 | WUSA9 reporter Simone De Alba
    DC STABBING: Good Samaritans intervened to save lives. They apprehended the attacker until police arrived. Salvador Saucedo Guzman says the neighborhood is in shock. "He chose the wrong block to come on, we put him down"
  • The Mystery Buyer of That $23 Million DC Mansion? Mark Zuckerberg.

    04/03/2025 12:28:13 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 24 replies
    politico.com ^ | 04/02/2025 | Michael Schaffer
    Mark Zuckerberg is the latest billionaire to shell out tens of millions of dollars for a pricey outpost in Donald Trump’s gilded capital.For a month, neighbors in Washington’s upscale Woodland Normanstone neighborhood have speculated about the unidentified buyer who paid $23 million in cash for a 15,000-square-foot mansion. The sale was the third-most expensive in city history and was shrouded in secrecy, with real estate agents muzzled by non-disclosure agreements. Soon after the deal went through in early March, images of the house became pixelated on Google Maps.But on Monday, the same day flight-tracking web sites revealed that the Meta...
  • Appalling moment United passenger punches gate agent and knocks him out

    03/17/2025 10:02:32 PM PDT · by Morgana · 22 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | St Patrick's Day 2025 | James Gordon
    A disgruntled United Airlines passenger punched a gate agent in the face which knocked the airport staffer to the ground, leaving him unconscious. The violent outburst happened last Thursday evening at 5:30pm at Virginia's Dulles International Airport by gate D12 when Christopher Stuart Crittenden, a 54-year-old man from Frederick, Maryland, suddenly lost control and lashed out. Video footage, which has since gone viral, captures the moment as Crittenden strides toward the gate agent and without warning swings his fist striking the unsuspecting employee squarely in the face. The force of the impact was so severe the agent instantly fell to...
  • ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’ Being Dismantled and Painted Over in DC (VIDEO)

    03/10/2025 2:25:38 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 59 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | March 10, 2025 | Cassandra MacDonald
    Workers in Washington, D.C., have started the process of dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza — including the bright yellow mural that has been on 16th Street since the race riots of June 2020. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the eyesore painted a block away from the White House after George Floyd’s death. Bowser described the city-sanctioned vandalism as a show of “solidarity,” but it was widely mocked as pandering — even by the left. The 35-foot-tall letters cost taxpayers over $4 million to install and maintain. Congress passed the removal of the mural after Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a...
  • Planes receive mysterious false midair collision alerts near Reagan National Airport

    03/03/2025 10:53:04 PM PST · by ransomnote · 31 replies
    cnn.com ^ | March 3, 2025 | Pete Muntean,
    The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why multiple commercial flights about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC, repeatedly received midair collision alerts over the weekend when there were no other aircraft nearby.The alerts occurred only miles from the site of the deadly January 29 midair collision of American Eagle 5342 and a US Army Blackhawk helicopter.Several flight crews reported the mystery alerts on their Traffic Collision Avoidance System, known as TCAS, on Saturday “indicating another aircraft was nearby when no other aircraft were in the area,” the FAA said in a statement on Monday.“We were about...
  • US to get 30 nuclear microreactors to generate clean energy for data centers

    03/03/2025 12:16:05 PM PST · by george76 · 103 replies
    IE ^ | Mar 01, 2025 | Prabhat Ranjan Mishra
    Last Energy’s PWR-20 is designed for mass production to scale output to user demand... Washington-based firm has decided to build 30 microreactors in Haskell County, Texas. Last Energy has obtained control of a 200-acre site to provide power to off-takers via a mix of private wire and grid transmission. The facility is expected to serve American data center customers across the state. “Texas is the energy capital of America, and we are working to be No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,” said Governor Abbott. “Last Energy’s microreactor project in Haskell County will help fulfill the state’s growing data center demand....
  • The Media Is Now Part of Trump’s War Against the Deep State

    02/22/2025 2:40:05 PM PST · by Beave Meister · 12 replies
    New York Magazine ^ | 2/22/2025 | Charlotte Klein
    Jim McCarthy is a 57-year-old public-relations boss known for being unusually combative with the press. As the head of the boutique firm CounterPoint Strategies, which has offices in New York and Washington, D.C., he is a spokesperson for big seafood (he helped “the shrimp industry to go hard at the AP just a few weeks ago”) and big vape (“my poor little vaping guys,” as he describes the industry to me, referring to its alleged persecution by the FDA). He speaks in a mannered drawl in keeping with his role as the flack who represented Augusta National Golf Club in...
  • President Trump just told reporters that he wants to take control of Washington, D.C., and run it.

    02/19/2025 8:58:53 PM PST · by hardspunned · 36 replies
    George ^ | 2/19/25 | DJT
    "I think that we [the federal government] should govern the District of Columbia... I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless... We could save people from getting killed. They have a great police department there. Somehow, they're not utilized properly." "I like the mayor, I get along great with the mayor, they're not doing the job - too much crime, too much graffiti, too many tents on the lawns, there's magnificent lawns and there's tents. It's a sad thing, homeless people all over the place. We've gotta take care of...
  • Connecticut family of DC plane crash victim files claims against FAA, Army

    02/18/2025 3:15:04 PM PST · by Third Person · 22 replies
    WTNH New Haven ^ | February 18th, 2025 | Jenn Brink
    The family of one of the 67 victims of a helicopter and plane crash on Jan. 29 near Washington, D.C., filed two legal claims against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Army on Tuesday. The claims were filed on behalf of the widow and children of Casey Crafton, 40, of Salem. He died as a result of the crash, leaving behind his wife of 16 years, Rachel, and three young sons. The pre-case claims were filed by the family of Crafton, according to Robert A. Clifford, the lawyer representing them. Clifford said he had also asked several companies...
  • Washington, DC real estate & homes for sale

    02/14/2025 8:01:20 PM PST · by dynachrome · 41 replies
    Realtor.com ^ | 2-14-25 | Realtor.com
    3,189 Homes Relevant listings
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plane diverted back to DC over mechanical issue

    02/13/2025 7:55:54 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 13 replies
    John Solomon on Twitter X ^ | February 13, 2025 | John Solomon
    John Solomon @jsolomonReports Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plane diverted back to DC over mechanical issue From justthenews.com 9:10 PM · Feb 13, 2025
  • Maxine Waters, House Dems ripped for 'unhinged' clash with security guard at Education Dept

    02/08/2025 3:51:57 AM PST · by Libloather · 26 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/07/25 | Andrew Mark Miller
    Conservatives on social media blasted Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., after she and other Democrats protesting President Donald Trump attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., while accosting a security guard in the process. Thirty House Democrats attempted to enter the Department of Education building on Friday morning to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter regarding Trump’s plans to significantly downsize or even eliminate the department, but they were stopped by security. Video of the Democrats attempting to convince the visibly uninterested security guard to let them in quickly spread on social media, sparking strong...
  • Republican lawmakers propose bill to end DC’s home rule

    02/07/2025 4:55:55 AM PST · by kevcol · 27 replies
    wtop.com ^ | February 7, 2025 | Ciara Wells
    On Thursday, Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles introduced the “Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident (BOWSER) Act” in Congress, named after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. The proposed bill would revoke the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973, which allows the city to have control of its own local affairs, including the ability to elect a mayor, a council of representatives and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners who manage neighborhood concerns.
  • Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash

    01/31/2025 3:42:44 PM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 4 replies
    Channel 3000 News/AP ^ | January 31, 2025 | AP Bitter LOSERS
    The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather's funeral, two Chinese nationals and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas. They were among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the commercial flight late Wednesday when it collided with the Black Hawk helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers. Officials say there were no survivors. As the search for remains continued Thursday, communities grieved. Faith leaders held...
  • FAA indefinitely closes helicopter routes near Reagan National Airport, official says

    01/31/2025 9:02:45 AM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 101 replies
    CNN ^ | Fri January 31, 2025 | Pete Muntean
    The low-altitude helicopter corridor that was in use at the time of this week’s fatal mid-air collision has indefinitely been shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency official tells CNN. The move is the most significant action taken by the FAA since an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Blackhawk helicopter collided midair on Wednesday night before plunging into the frigid Potomac River in clear weather. Sixty seven people were killed. The US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was using what’s known as helicopter Route 4, a specialized corridor utilized by law enforcement, medevac, military, and government...
  • Congress Approved More Flights at Reagan Despite Warnings of Danger

    01/30/2025 7:59:23 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 22 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Jan. 30, 2025 |Updated 7:33 p.m. ET | David A. FahrentholdKaroun DemirjianChristine Chung and Kate Kelly
    Lawmakers repeatedly added flights despite fears of delays and accidents.Congress has repeatedly voted to increase the number of daily flights at Reagan National Airport, adding departures that made life more convenient for lawmakers despite warnings that increased air traffic around Washington would raise the risk of delays and accidents.On Tuesday, an American Airlines regional jet with 64 people on board collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near the airport. Authorities have said that none of those on either aircraft are believed to have survived.The causes of that collision are still unclear. But a look back...
  • Records show pilots complained for 20 years about near misses at DC airport

    01/30/2025 7:09:10 PM PST · by rdl6989 · 29 replies
    NBC Chicago ^ | January 39, 2025 | Bennett Haeberle and Lisa Capitanini
    For at least two decades, pilots have complained about near misses with helicopters and other aircraft in the congested airspace above Reagan National Airport, according to an NBC 5 Investigates review of complaints lodged with NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System. The complaints are not necessarily investigated or corroborated by the federal aviation authorities but do underscore concerns raised by the pilots themselves about airspace congestion at one of the nation's busiest commercial runways in DCA. NBC 5 Investigates found at least 16 complaints in NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System dating back to 2006 where pilots referenced near misses with helicopters...
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Wednesday 1/22/2025*Trump Pardons DC Cops*Russian Inflation Surge*Deadly Knife Attack In Germany*Trump Prods Russia For Ukraine Deal*Arrest In Anti-Semitic Attack in Australia*

    01/22/2025 8:15:46 PM PST · by Nextrush · 2 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/22/2025 | Nextrush/Self
    President Donald Trump pardoning two Metropolitan Washington DC police officers convicted in the death... A new wildfire in northern Los Angeles County forcing thousands to evacuate... A deadly train accident killing 13 people in India... Saudi Arabia's defacto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaking with President Donald Trump promising more investment and trade... President Donald Trump sending 1,500 US troops to the southern border... Trump designating the Ansar Allah Movement of Yemen commonly called "The Houthis" as a terrorist... The British Defense Minister dramatizing the presence of a Russian surveillance ship... The inflation surge in Russia continues... In Nashville...