Tom Morello curated a starry, activist-minded festival for Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, pairing big-name acts with voter-access programming and donations to advocacy groups.

A shooting in Washington Highlands left a man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. D.C. police say detectives are canvassing the area for witnesses and video.

Mostly clear this morning, then sunny and breezy with highs near 78°F and gusts to 26 mph. Boaters: Small Craft Advisory from noon to midnight.

Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell unveiled the Protect College Sports Act — a bipartisan package to limit transfers, curb NIL loopholes and allow voluntary media-rights pooling with protections for women's sports.

President Biden sued the Justice Department to stop release of roughly 70 hours of ghostwriter interviews used in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s probe, calling disclosure a privacy invasion.

At an Anacostia meeting, Mayor Bowser defended a summer juvenile curfew and warned some programs may face cuts while residents demanded better safety and grocery access.

A federal judge reset James Comey’s trial over the ’86 47’ seashells post to Oct. 21; arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the New Bern courthouse.

Dense fog this morning in D.C.; showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon with gusty winds and pockets of urban flooding.

A 32-year-old man was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot a U Street restaurant employee and using homophobic slurs; police are investigating it as bias-motivated.

Fog trims visibility across D.C. Tuesday morning; slow-moving storms could bring localized flooding today and a marginal severe risk on Wednesday.

President Trump and First Lady Melania attended a wreath‑laying at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25 as part of the national Memorial Day observance.

A man was found critically injured on the 3300 block of Ames Street NE; police say the suspect fled in a gray Mazda and the Homicide Branch is investigating.

Shots were reported near the White House Saturday evening, sending press into the briefing room while the FBI and Secret Service responded and investigators secured nearby streets.