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🤔 The Dulles Trump terminal?
January 23, 2026 · — Adrian González
Good morning! It’s producer Adrian González filling in for Kaela and bringing you delicious news.
Dozens of places have extended Winter Restaurant Week into late January and even mid-February. Where are you going first? 😋

What's CITY Talking About
Vincent Orange To Run for Mayor
The race for mayor just got another candidate. Vincent Orange, former D.C. Councilmember and former president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, announced his intention to run yesterday. He’s expected to pick up the petition for his mayoral run this morning. [ABC7]
Trinity Rodman Is Here To Stay
Trinity Rodman, the US national team forward, signed a new three-year contract on Thursday to stay with the Washington Spirit. The deal makes her the highest-paid female soccer player in history. [ESPN]
Gov Contractor Indicted Over Alleged WaPo Leaks
Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, the government contractor whose handling of classified information triggered a court-authorized search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home, was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury in Maryland with six felony violations of the Espionage Act. [Politico]
- Related: On Wednesday, a federal judge sided with the Washington Post, barring the government from accessing data from devices seized from reporter Hannah Natanson until further review. [Washington Post 🔒]
Dulles Could Include a Donald J. Trump Terminal
More than half a dozen companies have submitted proposals to the U.S. Department of Transportation for redesigns of Dulles International Airport, many of them with a terminal featuring the President’s name. Sound familiar? [Washington Business Journal 🔒]
- Related: Some Congressional Democrats are escalating the fight to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, with at least one federal lawsuit questioning its legality. [CBS News]
DC’s $9.18M Traffic Camera
Ten of the District’s 547 automatic traffic cameras raked in $65 million of revenue in 2025, and the most lucrative of them all is the Potomac River Freeway cam. The Trump administration is making a push to ban traffic cameras, but Mayor Bowser says that would endanger the community and cost D.C. $1 billion over four years. [City Cast DC 🎧]
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What To Do
Friday, Jan. 23
- 🧀 DJ Charcuterie at Femme Fatale (Cleveland Park)
- 🎨 Super Art Fight at the Black Cat (14th St. NW)
- 🌱 Propagation Workshop at PLNTR (Dupont)
- 🪩 Panic at the Dyke Show Night at DC9 (Shaw)
- ☃️ Winter Wonderland Bake Festival at Potters House (Adams Morgan)
- 🎵 Tunes: Garret Elias (Alt-Rock) at DC9 (Shaw)
- 🎞️ Film Screening: “The Crowd” at the Asian Art Museum (National Mall)
Saturday, Jan. 24
- 🐦 Feminist Bird Club: Wingspan Game Night at MLK Library (Downtown)
- 👯 DC Square Dance Party at St. Stephen’s (Columbia Heights)
- 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Art Workshop at Ukraine House (Kalorama)
- 🎤 The Drunken Spelling Bee: Winter Wonderland Edition at Mixxed (Adams Morgan)
- 🛻 Monster Truck Jam at Capital One Arena (Chinatown)
- 🥃 Burns Night at Fish Shop (The Wharf)
- 🎶 Tunes: Lucy Bright at The Pocket (Truxton Circle)
- 🇫🇷 La Galette des Rois Celebration at the French Embassy (Georgetown)
- ✍️ Sketching the Great Hall Workshop at the National Building Museum (Penn Quarter)
- 😮💨 Artists Recovering Together at the Rhizome (Takoma)
- 🎭 Musical: “Dark Lady” at Folger Theatre (Capitol Hill)
Sunday, Jan. 25
- 🍫 World of Chocolate Class at Each Peach (Mt. Pleasant)
- 🎸 Tunes: Daffo at DC9 (Shaw)
- 🎲 Booze Free Bingo at metrobar (Brentwood)
- 🎞️ Film: “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” at the Asian Art Museum (National Mall)
Bundle up! City Cast DC is excited to get some snow this weekend, but it will bring Arctic temperatures, and, per Capital Weather Gang, "disruptive amounts of snow and ice." Stay safe and warm out there...and send us your best snow pics on Instagram!
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