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About the “Amtrak Trip Alert | Special Event Washington, DC Union Station” – Trump Speaking at National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner

Published March 25, 2026 at 11:55AM | Updated March 26, 2026 at 8:20AM

From the White House Press Pool: “7:20 PM EDT THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner
📍 Union Station”

C-Span will air the event at 7pm tonight – “President Trump gives remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner.”

Thanks to N. for passing on the alert from Amtrak:

“Due to a special event at Washington Union Station, station access and services will be adjusted on Wednesday, March 25th. Beginning at 9am, all vehicle access, including ADA transport vehicles, will be restricted and unable to access the main station entrance. All pick-ups and drop-offs must occur on local streets surrounding the station and customers should anticipate heavy traffic and the need to travel from surrounding areas to access the station.

Customers being dropped off or needing assistance getting into the station should consider being dropped off at a Metro Station and taking the Red Line to Union Station or modifying your reservation to depart from nearby Amtrak stations like Alexandria, VA, New Carrollton, MD, or Baltimore, BWI Airport. 

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OK where were we? Ah yes Trump photos stuck in piles of dog excrement, that’s right

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 20, 2026 at 1:35PM

Thanks to N. for sending from Adams Morgan:

“My husband saw these yesterday on all the dog poop. As seen on 19th street NW near Mintwood Place.”

Signs stuck in dog excrement are trending…

#signs of the times

Meanwhile on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House

By Prince Of Petworth

Published September 5, 2025 at 10:00AM

“Dear PoPville,

This was going to be a what the Helen of Troy is this but alas it is what we would suspect:

A barricade went up this week on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House, blocking pedestrian and bike access. (more…)

Trump: “the Mayor of Washington D.C.,..must clean up all of the unsightly homeless encampments in the City”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 6, 2025 at 1:00PM

John Henry replies on the X posting:

“For those here who care… property around buildings, like the State Department, here, in DC, are federal lands maintained by the federal government. The National Park Service is charged with maintaining most of the parks we have in the District too.”

#homelessness

LOOK – Winners of the WHNPA

By Matt Dunn

Published February 16, 2010 at 11:00AM | Updated February 9, 2026 at 5:52PM

ARRIVAL
President Barack Obama arrives in Columbus, Ohio, to address police academy graduates on March 6, 2009.

The White House News Photographer’s Association annual awards ceremony was Sunday, Feb. 14th. New York Times Photographer Stephen Crowley was awarded third place in the Presidential Category for this photo, titled Arrival.