Category: Washington (DC)

Golf’s Titanic Deal Stokes Anger on Capitol Hill

American lawmakers and officials are studying the pact between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.
Judge Dismisses D.C.’s Privacy Lawsuit Against Meta

The District of Columbia accused the company of sharing user data in deceptive ways. A Superior Court decision said Meta had made its policies clear.
Daniel Snyder’s Command Performance: He Finally Went Away

Snyder’s fellow N.F.L. owners gave him every opportunity to restore the Washington franchise to respectability. He passed. Now he is giving them what they want most: his departure.
Capturing a Kid’s-Eye View of Travel

The New York Times – Travel:
Parents often have high hopes when they take their children on vacations. But do kids see what their parents expect them to see? We tried to find out.
George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’

The New York Times – Sports:
The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.”
TikTok Stars Go On a D.C. Field Trip

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
On the bus, off the bus and all over Capitol Hill with creators turned temporary lobbyists. Wait, does anybody need a bathroom break?
D.C. and Congress Health Data Breach Affected More Than 56,000

The New York Times – Business:
The Social Security numbers and personal information of thousands of people, including some lawmakers, were stolen in a hack of a D.C. health marketplace disclosed this week.
China’s Leader, With Rare Bluntness, Blames Troubles on U.S. Containment

The New York Times – Business:
Xi Jinping criticized what he called a U.S.-led campaign of “encirclement and suppression.” His new foreign minister said it was impossible for China not to fight back.
Behind China’s Balloons, a Push for Business to Serve the Military

The New York Times – Business:
The Chinese government has tried to meld its military and civilian innovation, prompting a backlash from the United States.
Blake Hounshell, ‘On Politics’ Editor at The Times, Dies at 44

The New York Times – Business:
He was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before overseeing The Times’s popular political newsletter.
John Fetterman Got a New Suit for His Senate Swearing-In

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Pennsylvania lawmaker joins the Washington establishment. Sort of.
What Would It Take to Turn More Offices Into Housing?

The New York Times – Business:
Vast amounts of empty real estate are a crisis for building owners. But some politicians and business leaders hope they can be converted into something new — and transform downtown neighborhoods.