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Bryan, left, and Jeremy León say changing their daughter in D.C. is difficult because few establishments have changing tables in the men’s bathroom.
parents, and Singer, 37, wound up converting his list into a fullblown website in 2013. At last count, of 400 D.C.-area restaurants evaluated on Singer’s site, babyfriendlyamerica.com, just 20% had changing tables in the men’s room. Now, the District may join New York and California in passing a law that makes bathroom changing tables equally available to fathers. D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau, D-Ward 1, has
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THE DISTRICT Having a kid changed a lot of things — including how Jeremy León enters restaurants. Today, when he steps through the door with 3-year-old daughter Naya, León immediately switches to “my logical mind.” He scans the scene, locates the restroom and sets out to answer the all-important question: Will there be a diaper-changing table in the men’s bathroom? More often than not in the D.C. area, the answer is no, leaving León — a stay-at-home dad in North Bethesda who is married to a man — at a loss. “It was very clear from the beginning that it was the expectation that men’s rooms would not have them,” León, 40, said. “I really just crossed places off my list — nope, not going to go there.” A few years ago, Maryland father Josh Singer came up with a similar solution: He started a spreadsheet to track which venues offered changing tables for men, and avoided places that didn’t. Interest grew among
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A new bill looks to bring changing tables into men’s bathrooms
D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau has introduced a bill requiring diaper-changing tables.
introduced the Equal Access to Changing Tables Amendment Act of 2019, requiring that publicly accessible government buildings offer diaper-changing accommodations for individuals of all genders. It also mandates that any newly constructed D.C. business or any business undertaking renovations costing at least $10,000 must do the same. “Having a changing table in a women’s room but not a men’s room puts the burden on the female partner in the relationship — and for a same-sex male couple, it’s just not fair,” Nadeau said. But the bill may face opposition from local entrepreneurs. Mark Lee, the coordinator of the D.C. Nightlife Council, said he has already heard complaints about it. Establishments that do not often serve families with young children are unwilling to face the burden and expense of installing unnecessary changing tables, Lee said. Asked about the pushback, Nadeau pointed to the cost of a changing table on Amazon: Prices start around $150. “All that I’m trying to do here is make the District a better place to be a parent,” she said.
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Newseum facade’s days are numbered Johns Hopkins University plans to remove the giant stone etching of the First Amendment that graces the exterior of the Newseum when it adapts the Pennsylvania Avenue building for its research and education needs. The new design will be presented Thursday to the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, one of two federal review boards that must approve the changes. A Newseum executive said that the etching will be removed after Dec. 31, when the Newseum closes and the university takes possession of the building. (TWP)
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THE DISTRICT A majority of Americans oppose making the District the 51st state, according to a new poll released Monday. The Gallup poll found a clear majority of 64% don’t think the nation’s capital should attain statehood, compared with 29% who support the idea. The poll comes as Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting delegate, and city officials have been trying to build national support for statehood, framing it as a civil rights issue and arguing that the city’s 700,000 residents are disenfranchised because they lack voting representation in Congress. Norton said the poll is valuable because it shows that most Americans are unaware that District residents lack representation in Congress. She noted that the poll did not include the fact that D.C. residents pay the highest federal taxes per capita in the nation. “Yet every American agrees that
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Of those polled, 2/3 say they don’t support D.C. becoming a state
Bowser responds to nationwide statehood poll D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday criticized a poll that showed 64% of respondents across the U.S. don’t support D.C. becoming a state. In a statement, Bowser called the poll a “missed opportunity,” arguing that the question didn’t provide respondents with adequate context. “This poll only further strengthens our resolve,” she said. (EXPRESS)
taxation without representation, which led to the creation of our nation, is wrong,” she said in a statement Monday. “The Founders, who went to war because they paid taxes without representation, did not intend for 700,000 taxpaying American citizens in the capital they created
to be the only Americans left without a voice in their own national legislature,” Norton said. “‘Taxation Without Representation’ was the rallying cry that founded this nation. It was unjust in 1776 and it still is in 2019.” Norton has garnered over 200 co-sponsors for legislation that
converts most of D.C. into a state. A Senate version of the bill, introduced by Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., has 33 co-sponsors. The House Oversight Committee was set to hold a hearing on July 24 on D.C. statehood — the first House hearing on the issue in a quarter century — but Norton said Saturday it will be postponed until the fall, so as not to conflict with testimony on the same day from former special counsel Robert Mueller. In March, the House passed a package of goals and values that included D.C. statehood, marking the first time in a generation that House leadership endorsed the issue. Many candidates for the 2020 presidential nomination say they support statehood, too. Gallup polled 1,018 adults in all 50 states and D.C. from June 19 to 30 on cellphones and landlines. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Congress has the final say on laws passed by the D.C. government, setting up showdowns between local officials and members of Congress. JENNA PORTNOY AND SCOTT CLEMENT (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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White supremacist gets second life sentence An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life plus 419 years on state charges Monday for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., 22, received the sentence for killing one person and injuring dozens during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. Last month, Fields received a life sentence on 29 federal hate crime charges. (AP) CRIME
Judge postpones trial for Appalachian attacker A federal judge in southwest Virginia has found that a man accused of fatally stabbing Iraq war veteran Ronnie Sanchez Jr. on the Appalachian Trail in May is incompetent to stand trial. The judge ordered James L. Jordan back into a mental health facility for further treatment, and she requested another report within four months on whether Jordan might be restored to competency at some point. (TWP)
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Report: D.C. residents worry about housing
Head utilities advocate fined for ethics breach
The office of D.C.’s deputy mayor for economic development surveyed more than 2,500 residents on attitudes about moving, as reported in DCist. Here are some key findings. (EXPRESS)
The District’s chief advocate for utility ratepayers has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle an ethics investigation for using government staff to perform personal tasks such as booking hair and nail appointments. Sandra Mattavous-Frye, director of the D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel, will pay her fine in 12 installments of $416.66 and attend ethics training. The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability approved the settlement last Thursday. (TWP)
20% 61% The approximate percentage of respondents from Wards 7 and 8 who said they felt it’s likely that they will need to move within the next three years because they can’t pay their bank or landlord.
The percentage of Ward 8 residents who said they were somewhat likely or very likely to move in the next three years. Throughout the city’s eight wards, at least 38% of respondents said the same.
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The percentage of respondents in Ward 2 and in Ward 7 who reported a “bedroom shortage” in their home, which equates to fewer than one bedroom for every pair of adults and every pair of children.
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The percentage of black residents who last moved due to inability to pay a bank or landlord. This compares to 4% of white residents and 6% of residents who identified their race as “other.”
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The percentage of D.C. households with children who either experience residential instability or perceive a future risk of residential instability, which means they feel financial pressure to move.
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upending federal operations. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue finalized plans this summer to move about 550 jobs from D.C. to the Kansas City area. The White House has threatened to furlough as many as 150 Office of Personnel Management employees. “The problem with Washington is too many policy makers are far removed from the people they are there to serve,” said Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., in a statement supporting the move. But opponents argue that abrupt decisions to relocate or reassign federal workers have
not been justified by sufficient analysis, can disrupt families’ lives and have already cost the government valuable expertise. “If I wanted to dismantle an agency, this would be in my playbook,” said Steve Ellis, who retired as BLM’s deputy director in 2016. Many of the 77 BLM employees slated for a job transfer will move to Grand Junction, Colo., but some will move to other cities in the West. The bureau has 9,260 employees. Roughly 350 work in D.C. JULIET EILPERIN AND LISA REIN (THE WASHINGTON POST)
Neighborhood commissioner in D.C.’s Ward 7 announces 2020 bid for Vincent Gray’s D.C. Council seat
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Two killed in shooting at methadone clinic
BALTIMORE | Paramedics treat a victim of a shooting in which two people died, including the gunman, at a methadone clinic in Baltimore on Monday morning. A Baltimore police sergeant was also wounded in the process of apprehending the gunman. (EXPRESS)
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TRANSPORTATION People with disabilities will soon be able to use a smartphone app to navigate Metro’s rail and bus systems, the transit agency said. A free app and accompanying website being developed by the agency will provide riders with audio-based navigation beginning next fall. Here’s how it would work. Suppose you find yourself at an unfamiliar bus bay and are unsure where to go. Launch the app and an automated voice — think Siri or Alexa — would respond to questions and provide information, such as step-by-step directions to the next stop, when the next bus is arriving or where the route will take you. Initially, the system will cover 10 Metro stations and 2,200 Metrobus stops (about 20% of the system’s total), which were selected for their high senior and disabled ridership. If the pilot proves successful, it will be expanded to all stations. The agency hopes to launch the program, which will be funded from its capital budget, by Oct. 1, 2020. “This service addresses the challenge that seniors and customers with disabilities … have locating a Metrobus stop and knowing when their desired bus will arrive,” said James Hamre, Metro’s director of bus planning. “By addressing this challenge,
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Programs will provide riders with audio-based tools to navigate transit
Beacons, like the one above, are used to interact with the navigation app.
we empower our customers with disabilities to more fully use Metrobus for their travel needs.” Christiaan Blake, managing director for access services, said it is unclear how much the project will cost. The price will depend on how much of the system can be developed in-house versus by a third-party contractor. Metro intends to begin the bid process
for the project late this summer or early fall, he said. The project is being spearheaded by David Shaffer, ombudsman of Metro’s Americans With Disabilities Act office. He said he began researching the issue in early 2018 out of a desire to improve the travel experience for commuters with disabilities. Shaffer detailed the initiative
— called the Beacon Wayfinding Project — at a recent meeting of a subcommittee of Metro’s Accessibility Advisory Committee. In addition to providing directions and transit schedules, the app will also notify travelers when they have reached their destination and relay MetroAlerts, Shaffer said. Phil Posner, chairman of the Accessibility Advisory Committee, said he is excited about the app — both for himself as an older rider and for all Washington-area residents with disabilities. “Not only do I think it’s incredible but, looking at the timetable, the speed with which it’s being implemented, for a public organization, is amazing,” Posner said. “This would be a godsend.” Shaffer said Metro is still deciding how the app will allow users to locate where they are. It could use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or a combination of the two, among other options. A significant portion of it will rely on beacons, small devices that can be placed anywhere and interact with smartphones. When someone using the app approaches a beacon, the beacon will recognize the phone and prompt the app to play a prerecorded track giving information about that person’s location, Shaffer said. Beacons have already been installed at seven Metro stations: Gallery Place, Metro Center, L’Enfant Plaza, Fort Totten, Silver Spring, Rosslyn and Navy Yard-Ballpark. HANNAH NATANSON (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Va. express lane expansion underway
The next phase in Virginia’s plan to expand its network of toll roads is well underway as work on the 66 Express Lanes outside the Capital Beltway picks up. The 66 Express Lanes inside the Beltway — 10 miles of rush-hour, peakdirection lanes between the Beltway and D.C. — opened in 2017. This project will add 22½ miles of toll lanes, from Gainesville, Va., to the Beltway. It is expected to be completed in 2022. (TWP)
Canal Road between Reservoir and Foxhall roads in D.C. reopens after flash flooding last week
NPS working to slow drivers on Beach Drive TRANSPORTATION Drivers in Northwest Washington apparently like the feel of the new asphalt on Beach Drive so much that they’re hitting the gas a little too hard. So, the National Park Service, which owns the road, is taking steps to slow them down. Work crews this week will begin installing speed tables, markings and signs in an attempt to get motorists to obey the 25 mph speed limit and slow down as they approach busy crosswalks near the National Zoo and popular trails. “We want to make sure that folks who are using the crosswalk can do it safely,” Park Service spokesman Jonathan Shafer said. “We are hoping that drivers will lower the speeds and be conscious of where they are.” Beach Drive, a 6½-mile thoroughfare that runs through Rock Creek Park, is undergoing a three-year, $32.9 million reconstruction. Nearly 4 miles of the route have been rebuilt and reopened to traffic. The remaining 2.7 miles — from the Maryland line to Joyce Road, just south of Military Road — are under construction and expected to reopen this fall. Crews will be installing speed tables — like speed humps, but flat-topped and much longer — on both sides of the crosswalk at the two locations starting Monday. The work will require some lane closures this month, between 9:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. on weekdays. LUZ LAZO (TWP)
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New rules to restrict asylum Trump regulations aim to curb migration from Central America
Esper tapped to follow Mattis as defense chief
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IMMIGRATION The Trump administration said Monday it will end asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down immigration. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into effect today, also applies to children who have crossed the border alone. The new rule applies to anyone arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sometimes asylum seekers from Africa, Cuba, Haiti or other areas arrive there, but the vast majority of migrants arriving recently come from Central America. The rules has some exceptions, including for victims of human trafficking and asylum seekers who were denied protection in another country. If the country the migrant passed through did not sign one of the major international treaties governing how refugees are managed (although most Western countries have signed them), a migrant could still apply for U.S. asylum. But the move by President Trump’s administration, even if blocked by courts, is reversing decades of U.S. policy on how
New rules, which the ACLU called illegal, could limit asylum seekers like this Cuban family, above, in Laredo, Texas.
refugees are treated. It marks an escalation even compared to other hard-line efforts meant to choke off the flow of people from poor and war-torn nations. Attorney General William Barr said that the United States is “a generous country but is being completely overwhelmed” by the burdens associated with apprehending and processing hundreds of thousands of migrants at the southern border. The policy is almost certain to face a legal challenge; the American Civil Liberties Union already signaled it would sue. ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt, who has litigated some of the major challenges to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, said the rule was unlawful.
‘Safe’ agreements U.S. law allows refugees to request asylum when they arrive at the U.S. regardless of how they did so, but there is an exception for those who have come through a country considered to be “safe.” Right now, the U.S. has such an agreement, known as a “safe third country,” only with Canada. Mexico and Central American countries were considering a regional compact on the issue, but nothing has been decided. Guatemalan officials were expected in Washington on Monday, but apparently a meeting between Trump and Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales was canceled amid a court challenge in Guatemala over whether the country could reach an agreement with the U.S. (AP)
“The rule, if upheld, would effectively eliminate asylum for those at the southern border,” he said. “But it is patently unlawful.” The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act contains broad provisions allowing foreigners who reach U.S. soil to apply for asylum if they claim a fear of persecution in their native countries. Trump administration officials say the changes are meant to close the gap between the initial asylum screening that most people pass and the final decision that most do not win. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said in a written statement: “This interim rule will help reduce a major ‘pull’ factor driving irregular migration.” COLLEEN LONG (AP)
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Turing to be face of U.K.’s 50 pound note
Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50 pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday. During World War II, Turing worked at the secret Bletchley Park code-breaking center, where he helped crack Nazi Germany’s secret codes with the “Turing bombe,” a forerunner of modern computers. The banknote will enter circulation in 2021. (AP)
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WASHINGTON President Trump on Monday asked the Senate to confirm Mark Esper as the successor to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose resignation last December opened an unprecedented period of seniorlevel instability at the Pentagon. The moment the nomination was received by the Senate on Monday afternoon, Esper was required to step out of his role as acting defense secretary — a job he has held since June — until he is confirmed. He reverted to his previous position of Army secretary. Filling in for Esper pending his confirmation is Richard Spencer, who has been the civilian leader of the Navy since August 2017. Spencer’s tenure as acting secretary is expected to be brief. Esper will have his Senate confirmation hearing today and could be confirmed as early as Thursday. Spencer would then return to the Navy. Esper took over as acting defense secretary in June when Patrick Shanahan abruptly quit after having served as acting secretary since Mattis departed. Thus Spencer, filling in for Esper as of Monday, is the third acting defense secretary this year. Prior to the Trump administration, only twice before has the Defense Department been led by an acting secretary — most recently in 1989 — and never has it had more than one in a single year. ROBERT BURNS (AP)
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Conway to ignore House subpoena Oversight Committee will convene July 25 to discuss contempt vote POLITICS White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will ignore a congressional subpoena at the request of President Trump, refusing to testify about a government watchdog’s findings that she broke the law dozens of times, the White House said Monday. Last month, the House Oversight Committee authorized a subpoena for Conway after special counsel Henry Kerner said she blatantly violated the Hatch Act, a law that bars federal employees from engaging in politics during work. “We’re not requiring her to testify about advice she gave the president or about the White House policy decisions. … We are requiring her to testify before Congress about her multiple violations of federal law,” Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the committee, said at a session Monday. “This is bigger than just the Hatch Act. … This is about holding our government to the highest standard and not allowing [Trump officials to
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Some Native Hawaiians oppose construction on land viewed as holy MAUNA KEA, HAWAII Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Monday at the base of Hawaii’s tallest mountain to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred. At about daybreak, a group of kupuna, or elders, sitting in chairs
tied themselves together with rope and blocked the road to the summit of Mauna Kea. Another group of protesters lay on the ground with their arms shackled under a grate in the road. Around them, others sang and chanted. The road was later officially closed, hours after it was essentially blocked by protesters. Scientists hope the massive telescope planned for the site — a world-renowned location for astronomy — will help them peer
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protest leaders. The project already has been delayed by years of legal battles and demonstrations. Scientists selected Mauna Kea in 2009 after a five-year worldwide search for the ideal site. CALEB JONES AND JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER (AP)
The proportion of needed funds humanitarian organizations have received to provide relief to refugees affected by crises worldwide this year. The Norwegian Refugee Council said a total of $26 billion is required this year to help 94 million people in need. But donor countries have contributed only $7 billion. (AP)
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China’s economy continues to cool Biggest slowdown in at least 26 years comes amid tariff war with U.S. BEIJING China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The world’s second-largest economy grew 6.2% over a year ago, down from the previous quarter’s 6.4%, government data showed Monday.
Forecasters expected China’s economy to rebound in late 2018 but pushed back that target after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to pressure Beijing over its technology development tactics. Now, economists say the slowdown might extend into next year. Weaker Chinese activity carries global repercussions. China is the world’s second-biggest export market behind the U.S. Countries that feed raw materials to Chinese factories — from Chilean copper to Indonesian coal — are especially vulnerable
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to decelerating growth in China. Besides hurting countries that export raw materials to Beijing, the Chinese slowdown could come back to squeeze American companies that sell into the vast Chinese consumer market. Slowing demand in China could depress their revenue, earnings and stock market value, said Mary Lovely, a Syracuse University economist. “President Trump is probably happy that he’s starting to tank the Chinese economy,” Lovely said. “But it’s a case of ‘be careful what you wish for.’ ” JOE McDONALD AND PAUL WISEMAN (AP)
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India calls off lunar mission at last minute SPACE India called off the launch of its much-awaited second lunar mission shortly before liftoff on Monday, citing a technical snag, in a setback for the country’s growing ambitions in space. The countdown clock for the Chandrayaan-2 mission — which had been due to blast off from the country’s east coast at 2:51 a.m. local time — was halted with 56 minutes and 24 seconds remaining. The Indian Space Research Organization, which had planned to live-stream the event for online viewers, said in a tweet that a problem had been detected in the launch vehicle system and that officials had postponed the mission “as a measure of abundant precaution.” A new date is expected to be announced soon. The abortive launch represents a blow to India’s quest to build its capabilities in space. With Chandrayaan-2, India was hoping to become the fourth nation besides the United States, Russia and China to softland on the moon’s surface. India’s past successes in space have come from low-cost, homegrown technology that has helped to achieve breakthroughs such as the discovery of water on the surface of the moon. The space program, a source of national pride, has allowed the country to develop more accurate weather forecasting and improve navigation systems for its missiles. Many Indians replied to the agency’s tweet Monday with messages of support. NIHA MASIH (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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‘The Squad’ fires back
As Trump doubles down on racist attacks, congresswomen call for impeachment
(THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Twitter said Monday that President Trump’s tweets telling several Democratic lawmakers of color to “go back” to their countries didn’t violate its new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech. The platform bars attacks on people on the basis of their race, ethnicity or national origin. A Twitter spokesman, Brandon Borrman, said the tweets don’t violate Twitter’s rules. He declined to elaborate.
It was yet another sign that Trump, who won the presidency in 2016 in part by energizing disaffected voters with incendiary racial rhetoric, has no intention of backing away from that strategy going in 2020. Trump has faced few consequences for such attacks, which typically earn him cycles of front-page attention. The four congresswomen, often referred to as The Squad, rejected the president’s racist remarks at a press conference Monday, calling his tweets a distraction from the issues facing the country, in particular the detention of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Mass., Rashida Tlaib, Mich., and Ilhan Omar, Minn., told reporters at the Capitol that they were not surprised by the president’s attacks and vowed not to be silenced by them. “This is the agenda of white nationalists. ... This is his plan to pit us against one another,” Omar said. “It is time for us to stop allowing him to make a mockery out of this Constitution,” she said. “It’s time for us to impeach this president.” Pressley said Americans should “not take the bait” from Trump and should instead focus on their own agenda, even as the lawmakers called for Democrats to take up impeachment proceedings against the president. Addressing the children of the United States, Ocasio-Cortez rejected Trump’s words and said that they were the opposite of what America stands for. “No matter what the president says, this country belongs to you. And it belongs to everyone. … This weekend, that very notion was challenged,” she said. JILL COLVIN,
President Trump, using language not prevalent in the U.S. for decades, said Monday that if the lawmakers “hate our country,” they “can leave” it.
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WASHINGTON Unfazed by widespread criticism, President Trump on Monday intensified his incendiary comments about four Democratic congresswomen of color, urging them to get out if they don’t like things going on in America. They fired back at what they called his “xenophobic, bigoted remarks” and said it was time for impeachment. Late Monday, after Trump defended his calling for the lawmakers to go back to their “broken and crime infested” countries, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Trump “does not know how to defend his policies and so what he does is attack us personally.” Trump said condemnation of his comments, including belatedly from some Republicans, “doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me.” “The Dems were trying to distance themselves from the four ‘progressives,’ but now they are forced to embrace them,” Trump boasted. “That means they are endorsing Socialism, hate of Israel and the USA! Not good for the Democrats!” The president responded to questions at the White House after his Sunday tweet assailing the lawmakers, all of whom are U.S. citizens and three of whom were born here. He has been roundly criticized by Democrats who labeled his remarks racist and divisive. A smattering of Republicans also have objected, though most leading Republicans have been silent. Trump, resurrecting language not prevalent in the U.S. for decades, said Monday that if the lawmakers “hate our country,” they “can leave” it. “If you’re not happy in the U.S., if you’re complaining all
Reps., from left, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley vowed not to be silenced by the president’s attacks.
the time, you can leave, you can leave right now,” he said. The lawmakers’ criticism has been largely aimed at Trump and his administration’s policies and actions. Earlier Monday, Trump made clear he had no intention of backing down, asking on Twitter when “the Radical Left Congresswomen” would “apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said.”
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Some rebuke, some defend Trump remarks Top Republicans remained largely silent after President Trump said over the weekend that four women of color in Congress should “go back” to the countries they came from. Several reacted publicly Monday, some defending and others rebuking the president. (AP) “He could have meant go back to the district they came from — to the neighborhood they came from.” - Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md. “We all know that [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] and this crowd are a bunch of communists. They hate Israel. They hate our own country. They’re calling the guards along our border — Border Patrol agents — concentration camp guards.” - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “There is no excuse for the president’s spiteful comments.” - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska “I think it’s a mistake and an unforced error. I don’t think the president is a racist.” - Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas “You ought to be a little more concerned about the Republican brand.” - former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake “We all, including Republicans, need to speak out against these kinds of comments that do nothing more than divide us and create deep animosity — maybe even hatred.” - former Ohio Gov. John Kasich “We must work as a country to rise above hate, not enable it.” - Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio “The president failed badly.” - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah
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NEW YORK | Protesters march Monday in New York City near property owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The protest, to raise awareness of the company’s facilitation of surveillance efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, coincided with Amazon’s Prime Day event.
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Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls. Judge Richard M. Berman said he’ll rule Thursday whether Epstein can be freed on bail, but noted at the outset of a two-hour hearing that there was a presumption in sex trafficking cases involving juveniles that the defendant will remain locked up. Federal prosecutors also said Monday that a search of Epstein’s home safe turned up a bogus passport that listed a residence in Saudi Arabia, along with “piles of cash” and “dozens of diamonds.” (AP)
A nonprofit foundation set up by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that relied on health care world partnerships to speed a cure for cancer has suspended its operations, it announced Monday. The Biden Cancer Initiative’s sudden move to cease activities comes two years after it was founded in 2017. The nonprofit promoted nearly 60 partnerships with drug companies, health care firms, charities and other organizations that pledged more than $400 million to improve cancer treatment. Biden and his wife, Jill, left the group’s board in April as an ethics precaution before he joined the presidential campaign. (AP)
After causing flooding and landslides in Nepal, three rivers have overflowed in northern India and submerged parts of Bihar state, killing at least 14 people, officials said Monday. Farther east, 17 people were killed by flooding in Assam and other states in India’s remote northeast. More than 2 million were affected by the flooding and mudslides in Assam and elsewhere in the far northeast in recent days, officials said. Eleven soldiers were among a dozen bodies recovered from the debris of a three-story building that collapsed Sunday after monsoon rains hit a hilly area of northern India, officials said Monday. (AP)
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Rehabbing Smith sheds heavy brace
Experience beats youth NATIONALS If Tony Sipp weren’t playing baseball, he’d be an accountant, or maybe a nurse, or anything that kept him on his feet. At 36 years old, he’d only just be settling into his field. Javy Guerra would be an architect, if he too weren’t a major league reliever, perhaps at 33 on the path to his own company. But he’d still have a long way to go. Ryan Zimmerman doesn’t know what he’d be doing but hopefully the 34-year-old first baseman would “be starting to make some money by now … right?” “We’d be the rookies in a parallel world,” said Sipp, gray flecking the hair above his temples. “In here we’re the old men.” In a sport getting younger all the time, they help make up baseball’s oldest team. The average age of the Nationals’ 25-man roster is just over 31, young almost anywhere but professional sports. They became the league’s oldest club when they added relievers Fernando Rodney (42 and the league’s oldest player) and Jonny Venters (34) in late June.
Only one other team, the Giants, has an average age over 30 this season. The Orioles, who the Nationals visit today and Wednesday, are the youngest team at just over 25. The league’s average age is around 28. Two Nationals outfielders, 20 -year- old Juan Soto and 22-year-old Victor Robles, bring the average age down. But it stays high with 15 players over 30 — not including injured Max Scherzer, who will be 35 this month — bringing wisdom to the pennant race. “Even most of our young guys are old,” said reliever Matt Grace, 30, pointing to the lockers of soonto-be 30-year-old Patrick Corbin, 29-year-old Anthony Rendon and even 26-year-old Trea Turner. Last winter, dozens of veterans had trouble finding work. Teams leaned on young, club-controlled players instead of spending on well-priced 30- to 35-year-olds. But Washington’s approach was different. GM Mike Rizzo signed 35-year-old catcher Kurt Suzuki. He traded for 31-year-old catcher Yan Gomes. He added
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Clockwise from top left: First baseman Ryan Zimmerman, 34, reliever Fernando Rodney, 42, catcher Kurt Suzuki, 35, and starter Aníbal Sánchez, 35, are among the 15 players over 30 on the Nats’ active roster.
32-year-old second baseman Brian Dozier, 35-year-old starter Aníbal Sánchez and 32-year-old starter Jeremy Hellickson. The payroll neared $200 million before the season began. Then, as Washington struggled to start, Rizzo padded his roster with Guerra and outfielder Gerardo Parra, 32,, and soon Rodney and Venters. It sent a clear message: age matters. Experience does, too. “Most teams would rather take a chance on a rotating door of young players that they can pay $550,000 and if it doesn’t work out you can option them down and try someone else out,” Zimmerman
said. “I get that as a strategy. But I think with veterans you often know what you’re going to get.” Part of the Nationals’ resurgence, from 19-31 to 49-43, has been their unshakable clubhouse. Their veteran leaders, such as Zimmerman, Scherzer and 32-year-old closer Sean Doolittle, have been steady. So do these Nationals, still very much in the thick of it, really feel old? Sipp: “It’s hard for me to see ee Soto and Robles and not feel like ke a grandpa.” Doolittle: “I feel lucky to be a lefty, that’s for sure. Because se 32 isn’t cute around here these se days.” JESSE DOUGHERTY (TWP)
The rehabilitation process for Alex Smith has taken a significant step forward. The Redskins quarterback’s external fixator, which he had worn since breaking his right tibia and fibula, has been removed after nearly eight months. Smith’s wife, Liz, announced the news on Instagram with a picture of Smith holding the contraption that held his leg together. She wrote: “We are shedding the weight Alex has been carrying (literally and figuratively). It’s one step closer to the goal.” Smith has expressed optimism about his future, but he’s a long way from returning to the field. His gruesome injury and subsequent complications required a lengthy hospital stay and multiple surgeries. (THE WASHINGTON POST)
DECISIONS, DECISIONS
Nats mull pitching changes
The pressure on every Nationals starting pitcher increased Saturday when the club put Max Scherzer on the 10-day injured list with a mid-back strain. Austin Voth will pitch in his spot today in Baltimore. Manager Dave Martinez has been noncommital about a rotation strategy, but he’ll need to implement a four-man rotation and throw his top healthy starter, Stephen Strasburg, left, against the Orioles on Wednesday or bring up another spot starter. (TWP)
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Contract decision looming for Beal WIZARDS The Wizards’ Bradley Beal has been the antithesis of the shorttime superstar, long expressing a preference to stay with the franchise that drafted him in 2012. “I’m just going to give it all here until I can’t no more, until they don’t want me anymore,”
he said in February. But Beal’s upcoming decision on a contract extension looms large over the team’s future. On July 26, exactly three years after Beal signed his max deal, the Wizards can officially present a three-year, $111 million extension. The team has indicated it plans to give Beal the offer. But others around the league don’t view it as a done deal. There is a growing belief that Beal, 26, could be dealt or leave at the end of his contract,
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The Wizards can officially offer Bradley Beal a threeyear, $111 million extension July 26.
which has two years and more than $55 million remaining. “He’s out of there,” one wellplaced person in the N BA predicted. In Las Vegas, where the NBA spends its summers, executives
said the Wizards’ rebuild would make Beal’s decision tough. Many around the league wondered whether the Wizards’ general manager vacancy will affect Beal’s future with the franchise. Beal himself echoed
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a similar sentiment last month. More than 100 days after the Wizards removed Ernie Grunfeld, the open president of basketball operations position remains a hot topic. One Western Conference senior executive said it would be hard to predict Beal’s future until the team’s leadership is settled. Tommy Sheppard, who maintains the title of senior vice president of basketball operations, has run the team for the past three months. Beal’s youth and ever-expanding game are alluring to many teams, league insiders say. “If he doesn’t accept [the extension],” a rival general manager said, “it will be a big blow to Washington.” CANDACE BUCKNER (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Boxer Whitaker dies after accident Olympic gold medalist went on to win titles in four weight classes 1964-2019 Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, who won lightweight boxing gold at the Olympics and then was champion in four weight classes as a professional, died Sunday night after being struck by a truck in Virginia Beach. Whitaker, 55, was walking at the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road around 10 p.m. when he was hit. The driver remained on the scene, police said. Devon Whitaker, his youngest son, told The Virginian-Pilot that visibility may have been an issue. “I guess he was wearing dark clothes, the road was dark and the driver didn’t see him,” he said. A native of Hampton, Va., Whitaker was known as a supremely elusive southpaw, one of the best defensive fighters in history. He turned pro after the 1984 Los Angeles Games and won his first major belt with a unanimous decision over Greg Haugen for the IBF lightweight title in 1989. Whitaker beat Jose Luis Ramirez six months later for the WBC title and then scored a first-round knockout of Juan
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Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 55, died after being hit by a truck Sunday night in Virginia Beach.
Nazario in 1990 for the WBA belt. Whitaker successfully defended those titles six times, the longest-ever run for a unified lightweight champion, before moving up in weight classes and winning titles in the junior welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight classes. Whitaker’s later career was marred by drug use: A 1997 win was overturned after he tested positive for cocaine, and he served two years in prison on a drug possession charge after his final bout in 2001. Finishing with a career record of 40-4-1 with 17 knockouts, Whitaker was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007, his first year of eligibility. MATT BONESTEEL (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Lavelle to sit Saturday U.S. soccer star Rose Lavelle will not be in a Washington Spirit uniform this weekend because of a lingering hamstring issue, coach Richie Burke said Monday. She will still attend Saturday’s 7 p.m. match against the Houston Dash and greet fans at Maryland SoccerPlex. Lavelle, 24, could play again July 24, Burke said. (TWP) Giants suspend S Kamrin Moore after domestic violence charges
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Reversing anxiety’s rise Nearly one-third of American adults say they feel more anxious than a year ago, according to a May poll from the American Psychiatric Association. Google searches including “anxiety” have increased steadily over the past five years, according to Google Trends. And the National Institute of Mental Health reports anxiety disorders have become the most common group of mental disorders, with about onefifth of U.S. adults struggling with an anxiety disorder each year. Why is anxiety increasing? It has to do in part with how we evolved
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Evolutionary mismatch
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Humans evolved to be good at detecting threats in the environment. Living in the developed world does not often bring us into contact with life-threatening danger, but our threat-detection system remains vigilant, and it is bombarded like never before. “We live in constant state of threat owing to the 24-hour news cycle” and digital interconnection, says David Sloan Wilson, professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University. Whether in reaction to an article about a shooting, grounded planes or trade wars, our anxiety has constant opportunity to flare up. Our ancestors were physically active. They slept when night fell and belonged to tight-knit communities. In contrast, we move less, sleep less and have weaker bonds. Our sleep has been compromised by light-emitting devices, information overload and societal standards. Uneven economic opportunities and geographic mobility have led to the decline of traditional communities. More than a quarter of U.S. adults live alone, and nearly half reported feeling lonely or excluded in a 2018 survey.
Evolutionary mismatch is not the only issue. Another is how we’ve been trying to deal with anxiety. Because being anxious is uncomfortable and even scary, we resort to conscious or unconscious strategies that help reduce it in the moment — watching movies or TV, eating, drinking, internet browsing, playing video games and overworking. Smartphones provide a distraction any time of day or night. But these avoidance strategies make anxiety worse in the long run. Being anxious is like getting into quicksand — the more you fight it, the deeper you sink. Indeed, research strongly supports Carl Jung’s maxim that “What you resist, persists.” People can become consumed with trying to manage anxiety at the expense of everything else — and they’re passing this problem on to their children. “In almost 40 years of practice, I have noticed that people are becoming less tolerant of distress,” says clinical psychologist Mary Alvord. “Parents are more protective of their children,” robbing kids of the opportunity to learn how to deal with stress, she says.
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For this to stick, he better have stacks Q. I am dating again two years after a bitter divorce. My ex-husband was incapable of pulling his weight financially, so it was up to me to keep us afloat. He did not keep jobs for long and thought nothing of blowing our savings. This time, I am determined to find someone who can provide, at least for himself, to avoid this source of stress. I am getting pushback about being a “gold digger,” that I need to get to know someone longer before hearing about their financial situation. Is it that bad for me to want to know right off the bat that I am not wasting my time with someone who will be like my ex-husband? First, where is this pushback coming from? Are you publicly attempting to secure the bank account numbers of your blind dates before you’ll agree to meet them? Or are you just telling your friends that finding a man who can pull his weight financially is important to you, and they are opining in a negative way? I’m guessing it’s the latter, but their opinions shouldn’t dictate your behavior, and they may be oversimplifying the situation. Sure, money
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loves to shop and is always buying things for everyone. I think she comes from a wealthy family and just is able to spend a ton of money without thinking about it. But I also think she uses it as a control thing. Honestly, most of the things she buys are nice and I do want them, but I feel like that makes me beholden to her if I accept them. I’m not comfortable with it. And yet I’ve already accepted enough things that it would feel really strange for me to stop accepting them, but I feel like I’m getting dug into a hole here. Please help! It may feel strange to stop accepting them, but it clearly doesn’t feel great to you to keep it up, and waiting will only make it harder to stop. Feeling beholden to her (whether that’s her intention or not) won’t magically cease — it will only get more entrenched. And by not speaking up about something that makes you uncomfortable, you make that problematic power dynamic even more stark, and give her even more control. “Bernice, you’ve been so generous for so long. I can no longer accept these purchases, though. It’s very kind, but it’s too much.” Then utilize a “That’s so nice, but no thank you” as many times as necessary when the cashmere starts popping up again. Send questions to Dr. Andrea Bonior at baggage@wpost .com. Andrea is a licensed clinical psychologist and hosts a live chat Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at washingtonpost.com. Your questions may be used in the chats.
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GAMES There was something about Dungeons & Dragons that spoke to Mario Alvarenga in a deep way. He tried it for the first time five years ago. While experiencing the role-playing game, he could imagine scenes down to the tiniest detail: the bump of cobblestones on a street, the smell of baked goods in a market, the coldness of the wind. The boredom in his life melted away. He joined one regular group, then two, then four. Soon, he was leading games as a “dungeon master” at his local game store. Alvarenga, who is in his early 30s and works full time as a caregiver, quickly found his nonworking life overtaken by elves, gnomes, dwarves and wizards. “If you asked me to add up how many hours I spend thinking about Dungeons & Dragons, I’d be too embarrassed to answer,” he says. Yes, D&D is back. But it’s cool now (sort of). And legions are into it, including an unprecedented number of adult and female players, attracted by a popular recent revamp and new online playing options. It’s the ultimate sign that nerd culture is now mainstream. Vin Diesel, Jon Favreau, Drew Barrymore, Dwayne Johnson, James Franco, Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Joe Manganiello: The list of celebrities who have “come
The stars of “Girls Guts Glory” don costumes to play Dungeons & Dragons, which now counts 38% female players.
out” about rolling the 20-sided dice is as long as a wizard’s beard. “Game of Thrones” writer George R.R. Martin first flexed his storytelling muscles as a young dungeon master, as did the showrunners on the HBO series. You can now buy a “Stranger Things” tie-in D&D starter set. The game’s popularity has waxed and waned over its 45year history. But in 2018, its developers, Wizards of the Coast, sold more units than ever before. “If you told me that a game that has a 328-page rulebook would have grown to the size it’s grown in the past five years, I wouldn’t have believed it,” says Mike Mearls, the game’s lead developer. In D&D, players pretend to be
fantasy characters who embark on a group adventure. They battle monsters, explore terrain and roll the dice to decide outcomes. A dungeon master guides the narrative. D&D has come a long way since Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson invented it in 1974 as an alternative to military war gaming. For one, the company made the game more inclusive. Gone is the rule mandating female characters’ strength be less than males’. Characters come in a rainbow of skin colors, body types and sexual orientations. The number of female players is now at 38% and climbing, according to Wizards of the Coast. That surge in popularity is reflected in web series such as
“Girls Guts Glory,” in which eight Los Angeles actresses play D&D. Technology also has been a game changer. In 2019, people play D&D by video conference, via Skype and Discord. They use dice-rolling apps, fill out online character sheets and draw maps on laptops and iPads instead of on graph paper. They live-stream on Twitch. When they can’t make it to a physical tabletop, they log on to “virtual tabletops” to crawl through dungeons with players half a world away. “Gone is the era of, ‘I can’t find a group,’ ” says Satine Phoenix, who started Los Angeles’ largest D&D Meetup group. “Now, it’s, ‘What style of game do I want?’ ” GENDY ALIMURUNG (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
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“The Dead Don’t Die” actor Austin B Butler will play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about the king of rock ’n’ roll, the director aannounced Monday. Butler, left, reportedly beat out Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Harry Styles for th the role in the film, which also will star Tom Hanks as Presley’s manager, Col. Tom Parker. “It was an h honor for me to encounter such a vast array of talent,” Luhrmann said in a statement. (EXPRESS) Deadline: Emma Stone in talks for Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon”
Variety: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach to write “Barbie” movie
BOOK REVIEW “I know what concentration camps are,” George Takei tweeted last month. “I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.” Takei was speaking, of course, of the immigrant detention facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border. While a small boy, during World War II, the Los Angelesborn Takei and his family were kept behind barbed wire for four years in two internment camps. The actor-activist has turned his experience into a riveting graphic novel-memoir. “They Called Us Enemy” — co-written with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker — arrives today as a necessary testament to what federal racism looked like eight decades ago. Takei wants us to feel, even smell, the inhumane treatment as he relives the spring of 1942, when his family of five was among those herded like livestock to the Santa Anita racetrack — living in stalls that reeked of horse manure — before being “tagged” for relocation. The pictures are heart-rending and the prose is stark. Yet Takei also pulls back to reflect the sweeping scale of the tragedy, as Executive Order 9066 sent more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent to relocation centers. At 82, Takei with this novel finds himself at peak moral clarity — an unflinching force in these divisive times. MICHAEL CAVNA (TWP)
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