A UFC cage fight is coming to the White House grounds as a part of the Trump administration’s yearlong celebration of America’s 250th bday, Dana White said earlier today and a White House source confirmed to POLITICO 👇

Eleanor Holmes Norton is a ghost amid the fierce discussion over deploying federal forces in DC. Great reporting from Nicholas Wu

The fact that Newsom was able to build this in a matter of months - combined w his YouTube subs - tells you a lot about his attentional powers compared to other Dems As I’ve been saying! puck.news/gavin-newsoms-…

Extremely funny to have a podcast with 114 monthly listeners called "Unmuted"

"Seeing how US leverage can be used against them, our trading partners will seek to erode it. They & other countries have a growing incentive to band together against us. The victimized govts will look for ways to quietly renege on their commitments." chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/col…

Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped. Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)

Live: Homeless camp near Kennedy Center in DC cleared as part of Trump directive x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Worth your time today: ProPublica on the things that get taken and lost in homeless camp sweeps… projects.propublica.org/homeless-encam…

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NEWS: The DC Mayors Office confirms Mayor Bowser HAS BRIEFLY left DC, amid reports that she is traveling to Martha’s Vineyard: Statement to Scripps News: “The Mayor has a family commitment and will return to the District tomorrow afternoon.”

Assault with a deli weapon?

The draft MAHA report we got is good news for food & farm groups. “It's an administration at war with itself, because there are way too many industry influences on certain things, and the way they're getting their way is to try to keep sniping at Bobby." politico.com/news/2025/08/1…

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As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down. In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

What is the journalistic value of airing segments like this?

this military vehicle is stationed at the part of the road toward Union Station that splits between Uber drop offs and pick ups

Received a statement from DHS and they said Martinez was arrested tied to a DUI conviction. They also referenced an ICE vehicle being towed, which has gone viral on social media

The The Washington Post tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.

A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman identified the man detained in the video as a Venezuelan national who she said illegally entered the United States in 2023 and was ordered removed by an immigration judge later that year. Read more here: wapo.st/4fGJWOZ

Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops leaves some residents questioning why high-crime neighborhoods aren’t getting as much attention on.wsj.com/4oEMkdn