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A Video of a Bat-Wielding Tenant Confronting Her Landlord Went Viral. But There’s More to the Story.

For months, Jeffrey Levin has portrayed himself as a small landlord struggling against harsh pro-tenant laws and a deadbeat ...
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The Needle: CBP Asked Itself Questions It Didn’t Answer, Trump’s National Guard Deployment Cost Half a Billion Last Year, And the FBI Is Pursuing Delusion

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The Needle: Families Sue Trump Over Boat Murders, Inhumane Conditions at Immigration Holding Center in Baltimore, And Another Kennedy Center Cancellation

Families of two men killed in a U.S. military strike on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea are suing the Trump administration ...
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Alvin Ailey Dance Returns to D.C. But Not to the Kennedy Center: City Lights for Jan. 29–Feb. 4

Alvin Ailey lands at the Warner, Exquisite Corpze hosts DIY drag, Singing Wings at NMAA, and art from Wayson Jones and ...
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The Needle: Bovino Booted, Arlington County Board Members Say Call 911 If You See ICE, And Treasury Department Cancels Booz Allen Hamilton Contracts

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Photographer Farrah Skeiky Wins the Fifth Annual HAUS AWARD

Queer collective haus of bambi celebrates Farrah Skeiky at the annual HAUS AWARDS ceremony, taking place on Jan. 29 at DC9.
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Termination of Officer Who Drove Drunk in His Take-Home Cruiser Reversed By Administrative Judge

In body cam footage, Officer John Bewley is seen slurring his words, mocking fellow officers, interfering with his fiancee’s ...
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The Needle: Federal Agent Shot and Killed Another Person in Minnesota, Video Contradicts Trump Administration’s Statements About the Shooting

A Customs and Border Patrol agent shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota Saturday. Pretti is the second person ...
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The NIH is RFK’s Primate Testing Problem Child

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to completely end cruel and wasteful taxpayer-funded experiments on primates. It was the second such pledge he has made, first in August 2025, when, in direct ...
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Swing Beat: What It Means for Local Artists to Cancel Shows at the Kennedy Center

Big-name performers can afford to cancel their shows at the Kennedy Center. But for some D.C. musicians, “they gotta put up ...
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The Needle: Trump Throws a Fit Over Noble Prize, National Guard to Remain in D.C. Through 2026, and Pro-ICE Provocateur Chased From Minneapolis

We are resetting the Needle to zero in order to more accurately reflect the D.C. quality of life in the current year, and to ...
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Daffo at DC9 and Ryan Conner Comes Home: City Lights for Jan. 22–28

Jennette McCurdy, a queer thriller on Silver Spring Stage, Jamming for Justice Song Circle, Collie Buddz, Daffo, and comedy ...