Federal Government

“FEMA announced federal disaster assistance is available to the District of Columbia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a sewer line collapse”

By Prince Of Petworth

From FEMA:

“FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is available to the District of Columbia to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from a sewer line collapse from Jan. 19, 2026, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.

This assistance is for the District of Columbia and the area where the District of Columbia has responsibilities in the State of Maryland and Commonwealth of Virginia.

Specifically, (more…)

Trump announces Kennedy Center will Close July 4th for Two Years for “Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex.”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Olaf Zerbock

CNN reported:

“The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President Donald Trump said Sunday, a move that comes as the nation’s preeminent arts institution contends with a flood of cancellations.”

Read Trump’s full announcement from Sunday: (more…)

“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term.”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by DC@rt

From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:

“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term.

“I’ve had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded,” Norton said. “With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 33 years.

“The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it’s time to lift up the next generation of leaders. For D.C., that time has come. With pride in all we have accomplished together, with the deepest gratitude to the people of D.C., and with great confidence in the next generation, I announced today that I will retire at the end of this term.”

Norton’s unrelenting advocacy has produced prolific and transformative results for the District. Her major legislative accomplishments include (more…)

Heads Up – For Some Reason There Will Be Fireworks Tonight AND There Will be Parking Restrictions and Street Closures

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by LaTur

From AlertDC:

“On Monday, January 5, 2026, the Illumination of America: Washington Monument Lighting and Freedom 250 Fireworks will take place on the National Mall. In support of this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration: (more…)

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