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“ACLU-D.C. Comments on One-Year Anniversary of National Guard Troops in the Nation’s Capital”

By Prince Of Petworth

From The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C.:

“On August 11, 2025, President Trump announced that he was deploying National Guard troops to patrol Washington, D.C. Despite a lawsuit, protests by D.C. residents, and opposition from local elected leaders, the Pentagon confirmed last month that National Guard troops will continue to patrol the District until the end of Trump’s term in January 2029.

The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. has been among the vocal critics of the presence of National Guard troops in D.C. and has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with other advocates in the District’s challenge to the deployment. ACLU-D.C. Executive Director Monica Hopkins remarked on the one-year anniversary: (more…)

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

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Jordan Barab

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. 

Additionally: (more…)

LOOK – Winners of the WHNPA

By Matt Dunn


© Stephen Crowley / New York Times

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.