City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer

City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer

🤔 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]

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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D.C. Insider Trivia

Black and white photo of President John F. Kennedy and officials looking at a small model of the yet-to-be-built Kennedy Center.
The Kennedy Center has been in the headlines, but how well do you know its history? (National Archive / Getty Images)

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