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  • SIMMONS: 1-party rule unhealthy for ethics debate

    The District's attorney general, Irvin B. Nathan, is slated for a tete-a-tete on government ethics this evening with the Ward 3 Democratic Committee, and because fireworks are unlikely from this biased tribe of wealthy and educated stakeholders, Republicans, independents and conservatives should crash the incestuous party.


  • D.C. Council member David A. Catania (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    Probe of D.C. nonprofit leads to on-air insults

    The director of a nonprofit group accused of misappropriating more than $300,000 from the District's HIV/AIDS program to renovate a strip club used derogatory and homophobic terms on his radio program to describe two openly gay members of the D.C. Council, saying efforts to hold him accountable were part of a racist agenda.



  • A stripper was hit in the face with a champagne bottle during a tussle between a patron and the entourage of rapper Lil' Wayne earlier this month at the Stadium Club. The 13,000-square-foot strip club is located in the 2100 block of Queens Chapel Road, an industrial area. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

    D.C. seeks to recover nonprofit funds used to renovate strip club

    D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan filed a false claims complaint Tuesday against the nonprofit group Miracle Hands and its director, reformed gangster Cornell Jones, charging them with misappropriating more than $300,000 from the city's HIV/AIDS program for renovations on a proposed job training center in Northeast that instead was used to open a high-end strip club.


  • **FILE** D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    2 D.C. council members call for Thomas to resign

    Two D.C. Council members are calling on Harry Thomas Jr. to resign his council seat after he settled a lawsuit brought by the city accusing him of using money from a charity he operated as a personal slush fund.


  • **FILE** D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Cheh, Catania call for Thomas to resign from D.C. Council

    Two D.C. Council members on Saturday called on Harry Thomas Jr. to resign his council seat after he settled a lawsuit brought by the city accusing him of using money from a charity he operated as a personal slush fund.


  • **FILE** D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    D.C. Council member Thomas settles AG's lawsuit

    D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. has settled a lawsuit that accused him of using grant money and charitable donations for personal golfing trips, hotel stays and a new sport utility vehicle, the Office of the Attorney General said Friday.


  • City State: Morning Roundup

    McDonnell the pragmatist; D.C. online gambling is legal; ACLU inconsistent on petition objections; D.C. fire alters course; D.C. budget in flux (again); Liquor tax more than advertised; Grasmick's last day; D.C. drivers love cameras


  • Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times
D.C. Lottery chief Buddy Roogow (center) and D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan (left foreground) attend a D.C. Council committee hearing Wednesday on the lottery's forthcoming online-gambling program. Mr. Nathan said the program complies with federal laws and may proceed toward a September launch .

    D.C. Lottery's online-gaming plan ruled legal

    The D.C. Lottery's plan to introduce unprecedented online gambling in the District is legal as long as play occurs within city borders, the District's top lawyer said Wednesday.


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