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1 week ago | 
washingtonian.com | Katie Doran |Kate Corliss |Andrew Beaujon
A statue that shows a giant “thumb’s up” gesture crushing the Statue of Liberty’s head, mangling her crown, and cracking her face down the middle, has appeared on the National Mall. The site is close to the space a tongue-in-cheek salute to January 6 rioters materialized last October. The statue’s pedestal bears the legend “DICTATOR APPROVED” and quotes from Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Kim Jong Un, and Jair Bolsonaro.
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1 week ago | 
washingtonian.com | Lindsey Byman |Katie Doran |Franziska Wild
Other than the tanks, everything was smaller than expected on Saturday—which marked the 250th anniversary of the US Army as well as President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The crowd at the military parade fell short of predictions, and at DC’s main counterprotest, the ratio of journalists to protesters was excessive.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtonian.com | Lindsey Byman |Katie Doran |Franziska Wild
This week, the House of Representatives will debate and vote on three bills that, if they pass the Senate and are signed by the President, would repeal local DC laws. The bills would end noncitizen voting in DC elections, force DC to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, and reinstate practices shielding police from disciplinary action. Here’s what to know about each of these proposals. This bill would prohibit noncitizens from voting in DC elections.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sydney Carroll |Katie Doran |Franziska Wild |Cassidy Jensen
Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown, outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night, according to reporting by Politico. Khan Suri is an Indian national, and postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He was lawfully in the United States through a student visa, according to a university spokesperson.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sydney Carroll |Katie Doran |Elizabeth Foster |Sarah Watson
In September, Anissa Nanavati (SFS ’26) interviewed for an internship with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) private sector engagement hub. In November, Nanavati received a tentative offer for the job. She was thrilled. “I was very happy, because it basically ticked off all my boxes on something that I wanted to do, and also actually really gave me the opportunity to help people,” Nanavati said.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katie Doran |Samantha Monteiro |Roman Peregrino |Kevin Huggard
Georgetown students gathered at events on campus and across D.C. to observe Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. Freezing temperatures moved the official ceremony indoors to the Capitol Rotunda rather than outdoors on the National Mall, keeping many ticketed guests from attending the ceremony in person. While some Georgetown students lined up with thousands of others for the modified inaugural parade in Capital One Arena, others watched the ceremony at events on campus.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katie Doran |Andrew Granville |Skyler Coffey |Annemarie Cuccia
News More than eight inches of snow fell in the Georgetown neighborhood beginning early Monday. Campus remains quiet tonight, with a few passerby’s walking dogs and students returning for the start of classes.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Katie Doran |Annemarie Cuccia |Rachel Cohen
More than eight inches of snow fell in the Georgetown neighborhood beginning early Monday. Campus remains quiet tonight, with a few passerby’s walking dogs and students returning for the start of classes.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sydney Carroll |Katie Doran |Emily Stephens |Jack Townsend
Hundreds of transgender activists and allies rallied outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 4 as justices heard arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case challenging Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The rally, titled “Freedom to Be Ourselves,” was hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, two of the organizations that filed the case against the state of Tennessee, and its Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katie Doran
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to “take over” the city and “make our capital beautiful again.”That message, and Trump’s focus on D.C., does not inspire confidence for a capital city that is overwhelmingly Democratic. Without D.C. statehood, the incoming Republican trifecta—a combination of a Republican president, House of Representatives, and Senate—will have broad powers to influence D.C.’s local affairs.
