Trump says his ballroom will house a drone port. The Secret Service already has one next door
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s AI-fueled vision for a drone port he intends to install atop the new White House ballroom includes missile-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles and gun-toting troops, ostensibly to protect the 18-acre complex and the nation’s capital. A few hundred feet away, a drone port, run by the U.S. Secret Service and...
READ NEXT
More on the wire
FROM THE PUBLISHER
While Virginia’s numerous vineyards have long dominated the Mid-Atlantic wine conversation, Maryland is writing a compelling story of its own. For siblings Drew Baker, Lisa Hinton, and Ashli Johnson, that narrative has been long in the making. Fifteen years ago, the trio transformed a former juniper nursery into Old Westminster Winery, now one of Maryland’s […] The post This Scenic Vineyard and Working Farm Is a Destination for Maryland Wine first appeared on Washingtonian.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Cory, an attorney from Massachusetts, and Tyrone, a high-school history teacher from New York, met at a bar in DC. After just a few dates—starting with their first at Bluejacket in Navy Yard—Cory left DC for a job in Philadelphia, but on the ten-year anniversary of their meeting, they proposed to each other in a […] The post The Tables at This Wedding Were Designated by Framed Photos of “Pop-Culture Divas,” Such as Adele and Dolly Parton first appeared on Washingtonian.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Near the southwestern corner of Franklin Park, not far from the 14th Street NW entrance to McPherson Square Metro station, stands a low-slung black building. Erected in 2020–21 as part of the park’s $21 million makeover, the structure holds operational public restrooms. The rest of the pavilion is closed and partly blocked by orange traffic […]