Category: Front Page Features

13 Jul, 2018

City of Champions: The Capitals Bring the Stanley Cup to Washington

When Lars Eller scored the goal that would secure the championship in Game 5 in Las Vegas, massive crowds both inside and outside the arena back home went wild, jumping in unison and altering their chant to “We HAVE the cup!” Some swear the ground shook that night. What is certain is that the win caused a seismic shift in the city’s psyche.

Front Page

5 Sep, 2017

Exclusive Interview: Louise Linton Gets Real

“I deserved the criticism,” the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says as she apologizes for the Instagram post seen ’round the world.

Features

4 May, 2017

WHCD 2017 in a Nutshell

Another White House Correspondent’s weekend in the books, and in true President Trump fashion he didn’t even let celebrated journalists get a breather Monday (see CBS interview). By not participating in the tradition of...

Front Page

28 Apr, 2017

On the Record: Covering Trump

Five White House correspondents speak candidly about covering the first 100 days of President Donald Trump. The same week White House press secretary Sean Spicer made those controversial comments comparing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

Features

13 Apr, 2017

Feature: Hope for the Ocean

The Library of Congress calls Sylvia Earle “a living legend” and when the 81-year-old conservationist, oceanographer and Explorer-in- Residence at National Geographic stops by her office, in between public appearances and deep sea expeditions,...

Diplomatic and Embassy

30 Dec, 2016

From the Archives: Inside the Closed Russian Dacha on the Eastern Shore

In 2007, then-Russian Ambassador Yuri Ushakov and his wife Svetlana showed us around their weekend escape on the Eastern Shore. Editor’s Note: In light of President Obama’s December 29 decision to expel Russian diplomats...

Access Pollywood

23 Dec, 2016

Hotel Watch: The Opening of MGM’s ‘Vegas on The Potomac’

This is not your grandma’s casino. In a star-studded opening worthy of P.T. Barnum, MGM Resorts International opened its $1.4 billion resort and casino in Oxon Hill, Md., bringing Vegas-styled gaming to a 23-acre hilltop along...

Front Page

7 Dec, 2016

Social Diary: Power and Society

Connectors in Washington discuss the state of the city’s social scene and the importance of breaking bread together to get things done. In his best-selling book the “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell labels individuals...