Caroline Lian has now resigned her seat as a Falls Church council member: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Prosecutors on Wednesday repeatedly played footage from the man's Ring camera that captured Karon Blake's dying words: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m just a kid. I was just playing, man.”

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson confirms FBI arrested Trayon White about 2 p.m. today, also does not yet know charges. "This is a surprise to me that the FBI was investigating," he says. Developing: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Breaking: Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White faces at least one bribery related charge. He has his first court appearance today washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Trayon White, a Marion Barry protege, faces his own moment of reckoning, by paul schwartzman washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

.⁦Councilmember Brooke Pinto⁩, chair of judiciary committee, pledges to hold “rigorous public hearings” this fall digging into extent of pay-to-play allegations involving DC’s violence intervention programs

It's a good question...what was the point of the first study if not this?

. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the delegates from the District of Columbia have officially cast their Votes for Kamala Harris as their choice for President of the United States during the DNC Convention. #DNC2024

In launching a write-in campaign in Ward 8, Philip Pannell, exec director of Anacostia Coordinating Council, says voters “should not be limited in the general election to a choice for Ward 8 Council to a right-wing Republican and a corrupt Democrat”; seeks leave from ACC role

I carried Malört shooters around the entire city of Chicago trying to get politicians to try what Gov. JB Pritzker called the unofficial drink of the Democratic National Convention for the The Washington Post. Here’s their reviews:

Council Chair Phil Mendelson says on The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi that Kenyan McDuffie will chair the Council’s committee investigating the Trayon White matter. McDuffie has actually done this before, back when a certain Marion Barry was the Ward 8 CM: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/345498…

Yesterday, I tested positive for COVID-19. I'm disappointed to not be able to celebrate the first day of Pre-K with our littlest learners. I will continue to follow public health guidelines.

D.C.'s chief risk officer is leading an urgent review of D.C.'s violence-intervention contracts looking for potential breakdowns in oversight. Aims to complete review ahead of new fiscal year Oct. 1, in case contracts need to be terminated. More: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…