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In Moscow, NATO
Modi, Putin
embrace steps up
close ties its aid
A show of unity despite
U.S. attempts to isolate
for Kyiv
the Russian leader but alliance won’t
pledge membership
BY G ERRY S HIH,
M ARY I LYUSHINA Five more air-defense
AND C ATHERINE B ELTON systems arriving soon
NEW DELHI — indian Prime Min-
ister narendra Modi has been BY M ISSY R YAN,
hosted by President Biden at a M ICHAEL B IRNBAUM,
state dinner and lavished with E MILY R AUHALA
praise by White House officials, AND E LLEN N AKASHIMA
who describe ties with india as
“one of the most consequential naTo nations will provide
relationships” for the United Ukraine urgently needed air-
states. defense systems, President Biden
But this week, Modi reminded said Tuesday, vowing aid to shield
the world that he has another against deadly Russian attacks
close relationship — with “my even as the alliance stops short of
dear friend Vladimir Putin.” offering Kyiv concrete advances
as Modi makes his first visit to toward membership.
Russia since Russia’s 2022 inva- The U.s. leader, kicking off a
sion of Ukraine, the images summit marking the 75th anni-
emerging from Moscow of Modi versary of naTo, said the dona-
wrapping the Russian president tion of five air-defense systems by
in a hug send a clear signal that Germany, italy, Romania, the
the south asian giant will main- SuSAN WAlSh/AP netherlands and the United
tain deep ties with Russia despite President Biden delivers remarks on the 75th anniversary of NatO in d.C. on tuesday. Leaders of the alliance’s 32 nations descended states represented just one el-
the Biden administration’s efforts upon the U.S. capital ahead of a multiday summit and attempted to refocus attention away from Ukraine’s gloomy battlefield outlook. ement of naTo’s ongoing cam-
to woo its prime minister. it also paign to help Kyiv hold off a far
shows that Putin is not as isolated larger, better-armed adversary.
as the White House has hoped.
The trip to Moscow, which
overlapped with three days of
Fearful or resolute, Hill Democrats split on Biden “Make no mistake; Russia is
failing,” Biden said. “The war will
end with Ukraine remaining a
naTo meetings in Washington, free and independent country.”
was met with consternation in BY M ARIANA A LFARO, entertain freewheeling questions represents a competitive new The immediacy of Ukraine’s
Washington and Kyiv. asked M ARIANNA S OTOMAYOR from the press. Jersey district — became the 10th needs was starkly apparent Mon-
about the Modi-Putin meeting, AND J ACQUELINE A LEMANY
In-person meetings Before a meeting of senate House member to publicly or pri- day when Russian missiles
state Department spokesman bring no consensus on Democrats, sen. Chris Coons (D- vately call on Biden to abandon slammed into a pediatric hospital
Matthew Miller told reporters at a as President Biden prepared Del.), co-chair of Biden’s cam- his reelection campaign. in Kyiv and other sites, killing
press briefing: “We have made to address naTo allies gathered
president’s future paign, said the president had “i know that President Biden dozens in an attack involving
quite clear directly with india our in Washington on Tuesday eve- heard the message from lawmak- and his team have been true pub- dozens of missiles, some of which
concerns about their relationship ning, his advocates on Capitol ers that he needed to get out and lic servants and have put the evaded Ukrainian defenses.
with Russia.” Hill seemed to be growing a bit instead, there was a rising tide of do more events and interviews. country and the best interests of in a speech Tuesday evening at
on X, Ukrainian President Vo- louder. But so was the unease resignation from some, enthusi- “We need to remember that democracy first and foremost in the Ronald Reagan institute,
lodymyr Zelensky posted photos over Democratic prospects of asm from others — and despair President Biden for 30 years has their considerations,” sherrill Ukrainian President Volodymyr
of a children’s hospital in Kyiv beating Donald Trump and mak- and anger from still more — that been someone who has a stutter, said in a lengthy statement. “and Zelensky said he was “grateful”
that was struck by a Russian ing gains in Congress come the president would remain atop who occasionally misspeaks … see BideN on a7 for the new air defense but fo-
missile on Monday and criticized november. the ticket and be their nominee in and not judge him by too high a cused much of his remarks on
the meeting. “it is a huge disap- There was no unity among november. Hill Democrats were standard,” Coons said. still in his corner: For several urging the United states to allow
pointment and a devastating congressional Democrats who also holding their breath ahead of in many ways, things stayed Democrats, it’s Biden or bust. A5 see NatO on a11
blow to peace efforts to see the met personally for the first time a rare Thursday news conference, somewhat steady in terms of
leader of the world’s largest de- since Biden’s halting debate per- the first time since the debate Biden’s fate on Capitol Hill, Cognitive tests: What the exams Zelensky reacts: ukraine’s leader
mocracy hug the world’s most formance nearly two weeks ago. that the president planned to where Rep. Mikie sherrill — who measure and what they tell us. A6 “grateful” for NATO’s decision. A11
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Munro family THE DROWNING sOUTH Immunity case

sexual abuse shows risk of
a rising fOrtress On sinking land Jack Smith’s
was known in
author’s circle
A huge sea wall around a gas plant shows the tension between climate change and energy demand
approach
BY S TEVEN M UFSON
in PLaQUeMines PaRisH, La.

T
‘I knew this day was he marshes that blanket this
pancake-flat parish south of
going to come,’ her new orleans stretch for
biographer says of fallout miles, strewn with small streams
that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. a
lone four-lane road goes south
past a navy air base, an idle indus-
BY S OPHIA N GUYEN trial site, a coal export terminal
and a handful of small storm-
additional dismay reverberat- battered communities.
ed through the literary world Then, suddenly, a gigantic facil-
on Tuesday as it came to light ity rises from the wetlands. Cranes
that a biographer and others dot the skyline. They hover over
had known crews that are installing a jumble
for years that of pipes, pumps, storage tanks and
nobel Prize- two 720-megawatt power plants
winning Cana- — equipment needed to freeze
dian writer natural gas into a liquid form so it
alice Munro, can be shipped around the world.
who died in it might seem like a risky loca-
May at 92, had tion for a $21 billion liquefied
long kept se- natural gas plant, given this re-
alice munro cret that her gion’s ferocious hurricanes and
second hus- sea levels that are rising faster
band sexually abused one of her than almost anywhere else on the
daughters. planet. But the company building
in an essay published last this plant, arlington, Va.-based
weekend in the Toronto star, Venture Global, says it has an
andrea Robin skinner, a daugh- answer to these threats: a 26-foot-
ter of Munro’s, wrote that her high steel sea wall that surrounds
see mUNrO on a20 the 632-acre site, twice the size of
Washington’s national Mall.
Essay: Author’s work is saturated see Sea waLL on a8
with neglect and abandonment. C1
Conservative justices
often oppose how public
corruption is charged
BY D EVLIN B ARRETT
The supreme Court decision
on former president Donald
Trump’s claims of presidential
immunity has put new limits on
future prosecutors — constraints
that legal experts see as the latest
and most consequential result of
a long-running disagreement be-
tween conservative justices and
the Justice Department over how
to investigate public corruption.
The ruling leaves some con-
servative lawyers questioning
special counsel Jack smith’s deci-
sion last year to indict Trump for
a range of actions leading up to
the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.s.
Capitol. Those charges ultimately
led to a supreme Court ruling
weakening not just smith’s au-
riCky CAriOTi/The WAShiNgTON POST thority but that of future special
the Plaquemines liquefied natural gas plant is under construction in Port Sulphur, La. the counsels who investigate presi-
company behind the project, Venture Global, is protecting the site from sea level rise with a dents.
steel wall descending 60 feet underground and rising 26 feet above. The high court ruled 6-3 along
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Wisconsin
Man dies after pinned
down by hotel guards
Milwaukee police are looking
into the death of a Black man in
an incident that is drawing
comparisons to the 2020 killing of
George Floyd, after footage
emerged that appears to show
hotel guards pinning the man to
the ground as he called for help.
Witness video shows Dvontaye
Mitchell, 43, lying on the ground
and crying for help outside the
Hyatt Regency hotel as security
guards pin him down with their
Maxine Waters o≠ers a hallelujah chorus to uplift Biden
NEW ORLEANS —
Black folks have
been the spots of
light amid the
darkness that
swirls around
Robin President Biden
Givhan as his health and
mental acuity
the Critique
occupy center
stage in his
campaign to win four more years
in the White House. A phalanx of
Black men and women have
wrapped the president in an
embrace of bombastic truth-
telling, both secular and sacred.
They’ve laid hands on the man
and on his political campaign.
They’ve lifted him up as they’ve
knocked down his opponent
Donald Trump. They’ve prayed
and cussed. And exasperated
elders have spoken to
recalcitrant voters like they’re
wrangling prodigal sons and
daughters for the family reunion.
Thy will be done — despite
what the polls say.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.),
at the age of 85, walked out to
face an assembled crowd with
the attitude of an older relative
who’d come to create order out
of chaos, tease determination
out of frustration and spur
action out of malaise. Her
audience was mostly Black
women spread across multiple
generations who’d gathered here
for the Essence Festival of
Culture. There was something
both ancestral and intimate in
the way that Waters addressed
the group. Her posture and
message were a testament to her
experience as a politician, one
who knows her audience as well
as she knows herself. Waters was
a marvel to behold. And really,
that was all that the three other
speakers on the panel —
colleagues from the
Congressional Black Caucus —
O∞cials plan to kill 450,000 invasive owls that are endangering native owls
BY K YLE M ELNICK
T
o save one vulnerable owl
species, the federal govern-
ment has a contentious
plan: killing hundreds of thou-
sands of another owl species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service said its proposal, released
last week, might be the only way
to save the spotted owl, whose
population has rapidly decreased
in recent decades due to competi-
tion over food and shelter from
an invasive owl species. Shooting
roughly 450,000 barred owls over
three decades could help spotted
owls in the Pacific Northwest
rebound, the agency said.
The plan has divided wildlife
advocates, with some accusing
the agency of being reckless,
while others say the massive owl
hunt is necessary to save a species
that’s being crowded out.
Robin Bown, a biologist for the
Fish and Wildlife Service, said
settling on the plan wasn’t easy.
“We don’t usually get into this
job with this in mind,” Bown told
The Washington Post of killing
animals. “But we also see the
need to protect. And we have a
legal responsibility to do what we
can to keep our native and endan-
gered species still existing on this
Earth.”
The Fish and Wildlife Service
said in December 2020 that
northern spotted owls should be
reclassified to an endangered
species after their population
dropped by about 75 percent in
two decades. Some areas where
about 200 spotted owls lived in
the early 2000s now contain two
or three of the birds, Bown said.
Wildlife officials considered
several options to preserve spot-
ted owls but said they wouldn’t be
effective. Sterilizing barred owls
would take at least a decade
before a significant population
decline; caging them would be
expensive and difficult; and relo-
cation wasn’t an option since
wildlife officials on the East Coast
said they don’t have room for the
birds.
Killing the barred owls will
make the largest impact, the Fish
hands and knees. Mitchell can be
heard grunting and yelling
apologies.
Mitchell’s mother said her son
had mental health issues.
A spokesperson for Hyatt
extended condolences to
Mitchell’s loved ones. Aimbridge
Hospitality, a Texas-based
company, operates the Hyatt
Regency Milwaukee, according to
the spokesperson. The employees
involved have been suspended,
the spokesperson said.
Floyd, who was Black, died in
Minneapolis in 2020 after a
White police officer knelt on his
neck for more than nine minutes,
eZ su
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) flashes a thumbs-up as she walks
onstage at the Essence Festival of Culture on Saturday.
could do. Marvel and high-five
Waters with a smile.
Democratic Reps. Joyce Beatty
(Ohio), Troy A. Carter (La.) and
CBC chairman Steven Horsford
(Nev.) were assembled alongside
Waters under the banner of the
Global Black Economic Forum.
Former CNN journalist Don
Lemon was onstage as the
moderator. But they were all
mostly in service to Waters, who
was focused on making her
audience believe in the viability,
in the necessity, in the
inevitability of Biden continuing
on as the Democratic nominee
and deserving of a second term.
Many members of the CBC
have indicated their continuing
support of the president,
including Rep. James E. Clyburn
(D-S.C.) whose endorsement in
the 2020 campaign is widely
considered to have secured
Biden the nomination after his
campaign had gotten off to a
dismal start. Waters was intent
on making Biden’s successes as
president more evident and
Trump’s failings plain. She
wanted to counter polls that had
A northern spotted owl in 2003 in Oregon. The population of the species dropped by about 75 percent
in two decades due to competition over food and shelter from the invasive barred owl.
and Wildlife Service said.
The agency has at least 30 days
to decide if it will proceed with
the plan to shoot the owls, which
would only be the latest project to
kill invasive species in hopes of
protecting other animals. Federal
and state agencies have also
killed Burmese pythons, feral
hogs, nutria rodents and barn
owls.
Bown said people trained in
firearms would walk through for-
ests in the dead of night with
shotguns, flashlights and mega-
phones to replicate a barred owl
call in hopes of attracting them.
Once an owl has settled on a
nearby tree, the shooters must
identify it through the bar-
shaped spots on its brown-and-
white feathers and its call, which
is known to sound like: “Who
cooks for you? Who cooks for
y’all?”
If the shooter is within about
D ig e s t
an incident that sparked a wave of
global protests over racial
inequality. The officer, Derek
Chauvin, was convicted and sent
to federal prison.
No one has been charged in
connection to Mitchell’s death.
The Milwaukee district attorney’s
office said the matter has been
referred to the office and is
pending further investigation.
The Milwaukee County
Medical Examiner’s Office said
July 1 that the preliminary cause
of Mitchell’s death was homicide,
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
reported.
Police said they were called to
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nearly half of all Democrats and
Democratic-leaning
independents saying Biden
should step aside because of his
age. She wanted to calm the
panic over polls that had him
trailing Trump by as much as
nine points.
Waters sauntered onstage
wearing a lime green pantsuit
with a pair of high-heeled
pumps. As she settled into a
white armchair, her eyes were
almost hidden behind her tinted
glasses but even from a distance,
it was evident that she wasn’t
staring mindlessly into the
audience. She was plotting.
When Lemon introduced her
as “legendary,” Waters sat up
straighter on the edge of her
seat. She delighted in Lemon’s
characterization; she was
comfortable with the acclaim.
The audience roared its approval
of Waters, someone who
occupies a place that’s both
familiar and rarefied. A Black
woman who digs into the fight
with gusto, who has the facts and
figures to back up her insights. A
Black woman who carries her
100 feet of the owl and has a clear
shot, they can shoot. The carcass-
es could be buried on-site or used
for research, Bown said. Officials
said they’d aim to kill about
15,000 barred owls per year, start-
ing as early as this fall.
The plan calls for recruiting
environmental organizations,
conservation groups, landown-
ers, timber industry workers,
tribes and state and local govern-
ment agencies to help kill barred
owls. The shooters must show
documentation of training and
experience in identifying owls
and using firearms to participate,
the Fish and Wildlife Service
said.
Bridget Moran, a field supervi-
sor in the Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice’s Bend, Ore., office, said she’s
confident in the operation after
the agency experimented with a
similar plan between 2013 and
2021 in California, Oregon and
the Hyatt for a person causing a
disturbance about 3:20 p.m. on
June 30. When they arrived,
officers found the person
unresponsive and unsuccessfully
tried “lifesaving measures.”
In one video broadcast by local
media, a guard appears to address
the person recording the video,
shouting, “This is what happens
when you go into the ladies’
room.”
Mitchell, who lived in
Milwaukee, had two children,
ages 6 and 8, his mother, Brenda
Giles, told The Post.
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and Anumita Kaur
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clout easily, whose arrogance
might enrage her critics but to
her fans can feel like a powerful
embrace.
“We now have enough
members in the Black Caucus to
kick ass and call names,” Waters
said. And then laughed. “And
that’s what we’re doing.”
She uses profanity skillfully.
She sprinkles the naughty words
into her discourse like bits of hot
pepper. They add flavor; they
wake up the senses. But they
don’t take over. She addressed
the political issue at hand. “We’re
now at a point in time where
people are talking about Biden is
too old. Hell, I’m older than
Biden! And I get up every
morning and I exercise and I
work late hours. I take care of
Black people,” Waters said, and
the crowd cheered and
applauded and she stood up to
take it all in and make her next
points. “Trump has told you who
he is. He’s defined himself. He’s a
no good, deplorable, lying,
despicable human being.”
Waters sat down. She stomped
her feet. She laughed. She called
for high fives and her colleagues
obliged.
Waters lit up the room. She
placed Biden in the glow of her
fire. She argued that Biden is not
alone on this political journey.
Waters and others are with him,
doing the work of expanding
health insurance, protecting
reproductive care and preserving
democracy. It’s a group effort.
“If you don’t vote, you don’t
understand your power. If you
don’t vote, you don’t understand
your influence,” Waters said,
glasses off and fire in her eyes.
“And don’t tell me when you see
me in the streets that you got my
back — shit — if you ain’t vote!”
Lemon chanted, “All right, all
right,” like he was in Sunday
service and the minister had just
Don ryan/aP
Washington. Spotted owl popula-
tions stabilized in areas where
barred owls were killed, the agen-
cy said, but they continued to
decline in regions where barred
owls were left alone.
Barred owls began migrating
from the eastern United States to
west of the Mississippi River in
the 1950s, according to the Fish
and Wildlife Service. The agency
said humans probably paved the
way for barred owls to migrate as
they learned to suppress forest
fires and they planted trees in the
Great Plains and Canada’s boreal
forest. The owls settled in British
Columbia, Canada, before mov-
ing south to Washington and
Oregon in the 1970s, when they
interacted with native spotted
owls, the Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice said.
The owls look similar: They’re
brown and have small beaks.
Barred owls are a bit heavier and
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Air National Guard
chief killed in car strike
The commander of the New
Hampshire Air National Guard
was killed in a hit-and-run crash,
authorities said Tuesday.
Brig. Gen. John Pogorek was
securing a load on his trailer on
the side of the road in the city of
Rochester on Monday night when
he was struck by an SUV that
continued without stopping,
Rochester Police said.
Investigators later located the
vehicle and its 81-year-old driver.
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finished a stemwinder that left
the congregation shouting.
Caught up in the rhythms of
Waters’s husky voice, it felt like
she’d laid hands, if not on Biden,
then at least on his beleaguered
campaign.
Biden himself was present
when the minister, choir and the
congregation of Philadelphia’s
Mount Airy Church of God in
Christ shouted hallelujah and
beseeched the good Lord to
reinvigorate the president. Biden
was present for nearly the
entirety of the service, which is
to say he didn’t breeze in
sometime between the
invocation and the sermon to
greet the congregation and ask
for votes and then depart before
the passing of the offering plate.
Biden came for the votes and he
stayed to extend a hand of
friendship and to work the room.
The church’s pastor J. Louis
Felton addressed Biden’s critics
and the “issue of the president
and his condition with
stammering and not being able
at certain times to bring forth
words, while another person lies
fluently and you never challenge
his lies.”
When Felton reached his
sermon’s crescendo in its
comparison of the president to
his Old Testament namesake, the
congregation was exhorting
Biden to seize four more years.
Whether sacred or secular,
certain Black voices call for the
faithful to raise Biden up. They
call for those who have strayed to
come back home. To be stalwart.
When Biden finally addressed
the congregation at Mount Airy
church, he began by referencing
Psalms 30:5 and its promise that
weeping will endure for a night
and “joy cometh in the morning.”
The congregation cheered.
Thy will be done, they seemed
to say. Despite the polls.
longer than spotted owls, but
they quickly disrupted their
counterpart’s nests in old-growth
forests, ate their food sources —
flying squirrels, salamanders,
woodrats, voles and mice — and
sometimes killed them, accord-
ing to the Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice.
When the northern spotted
owl was listed as threatened on
the Endangered Species Act in
1990, wildlife officials listed the
barred owl as a potential threat to
their population, Bown said. The
barred owl population continued
to increase in the Pacific North-
west until the invasive species
and habitat loss were identified
as spotted owls’ primary threats
in 2008, Bown said.
However, some animal welfare
advocates still consider the agen-
cy’s plan to be misguided.
Animal Wellness Action, an
animal welfare nonprofit, said
135 wildlife organizations have
signed its letter to Interior Secre-
tary Deb Haaland, asking for the
plan to be revoked. Wayne
Pacelle, the group’s founder, said
he thinks other barred owls will
recolonize the habitats where af-
ter the project, allowing their
populations there to rebound. He
said the agency is “trying to play
God.”
Claire Catania, the executive
director of Birds Connect Seattle,
a bird conservation group, said
she thinks the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s plan is necessary. While
the spotted owl was once an
iconic species in Washington, Ca-
tania said, most of the state’s new
residents have only seen barred
owls.
“We are deeply saddened that
it has come to this point,” Catania
told The Post.
Moran, the Fish and Wildlife
Service field supervisor, said she
wants Pacific Northwest resi-
dents to have the chance to ap-
preciate both owl species.
“This isn’t at all about one owl
versus another,” Moran said.
“This is about having spotted
owls. If we do nothing, we will
have only barred owls. If we do
something, we’ll have both.”
The investigation continues, and
no charges have been filed.
Pogorek, 57, graduated from
the United States Air Force
Academy in 1989 and joined the
New Hampshire Air National
Guard in 1999. He was named
commander in 2022, serving as a
top adviser to Gov. Chris Sununu
and the state’s adjutant general
and overseeing all operations at
Pease Air National Guard Base.
“On behalf of the entire state of
New Hampshire, I extend my
sincere condolences to the family
of Gen. Pogorek,” Sununu said in a
statement.
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Sweltering inside a Houston seniors residence, without power or help
BY M OLLY H ENNESSY- F ISKE
HOUSTON — With no electricity,
air conditioning, working eleva-
tors or toilets, the tenants of
Walipp Senior Residence were in
post-hurricane crisis mode Tues-
day.
“I don’t know whether the gov-
ernment’s going to come see
about us,” said Diana Johnson, a
74-year-old breast cancer survi-
vor living on the top floor of the
four-story building, who was wor-
ried about neighbors on life-sus-
taining equipment that needs to
be plugged in.
Millions of people across the
sprawling Houston metropolitan
region remained without power,
with no end in sight, a day after
Hurricane Beryl walloped South-
east Texas with flooding rain and
punishing winds. Still, the most
vulnerable because of age or
health conditions were at great-
est risk given the sweltering sum-
mer heat.
Among those who died was
Judith Greet, 71, of nearby Crystal
Beach. She suffered from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
and succumbed after her oxygen
machine stopped working amid
the outages, officials said Tues-
day.
At the Walipp complex, just
south of downtown Houston,
Johnson had to navigate several
flights of darkened stairs and a
shattered glass front door to get a
cold drink at a nearby gas station,
where lines for filling up snaked
around the block, with occasional
fights.
The retired deli worker then
made her way back to her apart-
ment, opened the windows and
searched for a breeze. Tempera-
tures were expected to climb to
105 degrees. Her supply of vienna
sausages would soon run out. She
had food in the freezer but wasn’t
sure how long it would last.
On the third floor, Melvin Wil-
Recovery efforts underway after Beryl leaves Tex. region in blistering heat
Power outages knock out
air conditioning, adding
to dangers of weather
BY B RADY D ENNIS,
M OLLY H ENNESSY- F ISKE
AND S COTT D ANCE
HOUSTON — Power outages for
hundreds of thousands of people
across the nation’s fourth-larg-
est metropolis are likely to
stretch for days, the region’s
electric utility warned, as muggy
heat surged in the aftermath of
Hurricane Beryl.
About 1.6 million utility cus-
tomers were without electricity
Tuesday afternoon amid calm,
sunny weather and rising tem-
peratures, more than 36 hours
after Beryl made landfall south-
west of Houston, according to
utility company CenterPoint En-
ergy. The storm brought over a
foot of rain to the area, pouring
down on already saturated
grounds, and gusts of powerful
winds knocked trees into power
lines and buildings. More than
2.2 million CenterPoint custom-
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As cleanup continues and offi-
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A downed power line in Houston on Tuesday, when about 1.6 million customers of utility company
CenterPoint Energy lost power more than 36 hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall southwest of
the city. The company expects to restore power for 1 million customers by the end of Wednesday.
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Without air conditioning in their seniors apartment building, Yvette Scales looks out at a miserably hot Tuesday in Houston while Warren
Moss waits for his granddaughter to pick him up. Millions of people across the Houston area lost power because of Hurricane Beryl.
liams, 61, sat in a breezeway next
to his walker. He is disabled be-
cause of blood clots in his legs
that make walking tough. He
doesn’t have a car, it was unclear
when the buses would resume
running, and his family is in
Dallas, he said. “All my friends are
in this building.”
Williams figured he had
the storm, the utility said it
expects to restore power for
1 million customers by the end of
the day Wednesday, with hun-
dreds of thousands of others
facing a surging wave of heat
without electricity. The National
Weather Service warned that for
those without air conditioning,
conditions could become dan-
gerous, with temperatures fore-
cast to rise into the 90s amid
intense humidity.
“Heat index values are expect-
ed to get as high as around 106
degrees, and these values could
become dangerous in the after-
math of Hurricane Beryl,” the
Weather Service’s Houston fore-
cast office said in social media
posts. “Take precautions in your
recovery efforts.”
Authorities urged residents to
seek out shelter at cooling cen-
ters opened across Houston to
prevent the death toll from ris-
ing; at least four people died in
the area as Beryl churned
through. One person was killed
by a falling tree in Bossier
Parish, La., the sheriff ’s office
there said.
Eight people died when Beryl
ripped through the Caribbean as
a major hurricane, including
three in Grenada, three in Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines,
and two in Jamaica. Three
deaths were also linked to the
storm in Venezuela.
enough food to last four days.
“After that,” he said, sounding
worried, “I have to figure out
something else.”
The 56-unit complex was fully
occupied before Hurricane Beryl,
but residents with relatives near-
by were leaving to stay with them.
Some people persuaded neigh-
bors in their 90s to go, especially
For some Houston residents,
finding a cool spot was a battle.
Without electricity at home in
the Third Ward neighborhood,
Kianna Newman took her four
children — ages 8, 4, 3 and five
months — to a hotel, but the
power was out there, too. Her
father has a generator, but he is
out of town.
So the 25-year-old found her-
self in one of several lines for
gas, each more than a dozen cars
long, at the only gas station with
power and functioning pumps
near her home. Then another
SUV cut in front of her silver
Yukon — another woman with
children, her gas tank nearing
empty.
Newman got out of her car.
“I have a newborn! I’m not
playing!” she shouted.
The other driver backed up.
Newman got back in her car and
inched forward, reclaiming her
place in line for enough fuel to
power the air conditioning.
Even in neighborhoods where
much of the power had been
restored, homeowners and la-
borers sweated their way
through patching damaged
roofs, cutting fallen limbs and
gathering up mountains of
debris.
“Have you ever been to Las
Vegas? Phoenix? Then you know
how this feels,” said Keith Frank-
lin, 51, as sweat poured down his
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if they lived on the top floor.
Warren Moss, 94, a retired car-
penter and U.S. Army veteran, sat
in the lobby wearing his Korean
War veteran cap while he waited
for his granddaughter to pick him
up. Though he had enough water
and other supplies to stay in his
fourth-floor unit, “it’s tough com-
ing down them steps,” he said.
face outside his home on Chick-
ering Street in the Kashmere
Gardens neighborhood of north-
east Houston. Franklin had
spent much of the morning
cutting up fallen branches with
a chain saw. There was plenty
more work to do.
When he couldn’t bear the
heat any longer, he planned to
head back inside. “I’ll leave the
rest for tomorrow,” he said.
“Then I’ve got to come back out
and get it done.”
Outages affected police and
fire stations, a city animal shel-
ter and the Houston convention
center, which has served as a
mass shelter during past storms,
Mayor John Whitmire (D) said
Monday. CenterPoint said late
Monday that it deployed mobile
generation units to an emergen-
cy facility and a hospital and
that it expects to deploy more in
the coming days.
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from a neighbor.
She blamed the city for not
preparing better.
“Why aren’t they up to par?
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Gonzalez said.
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day, including some who were
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The pros and cons of Trump’s reported VP finalists
BY A ARON B LAKE
As Democrats reconsider their
presidential ticket amid growing
questions about whether Presi-
dent Biden can win in November
and serve a second term, the
other major presidential ticket is
set to take shape shortly.
Former president Donald
Trump’s pick for his running
mate is due by Monday, when the
Republican National Convention
kicks off in Milwaukee. Former
vice president Mike Pence is out
— excommunicated from the
MAGA movement for the sin of
not trying to overturn the 2020
election on Jan. 6, 2021 — and
someone else will soon be in.
While things can always shift
in the final days, particularly
with the mercurial Trump, it
appears as though his list has
winnowed.
The Washington Post’s Mari-
anne LeVine and Josh Dawsey
report that conversations have
centered on Sens. Marco Rubio
(Fla.) and J.D. Vance (Ohio), with
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
still in the mix. That’s after we
learned last month that at least
eight contenders were being vet-
ted.
So what would each of the top
contenders bring the ticket? Let’s
break it down.
Marco Rubio: The
pragmatic, just-win-baby
pick
We have come a long way since
“Little Marco” made a veiled dig
at a particular part of Trump’s
anatomy during the 2016 cam-
paign.
The pros: Among the three
apparent finalists, the senator
from Florida makes the most
sense if the name of the game is
winning the 2024 election. He
provides a bridge to independent
voters and more establishment-
oriented Republicans who might
have preferred Nikki Haley in
the GOP primaries and still
aren’t sold on returning Trump
to the White House. He’s argu-
ably the next best thing to Haley,
whose Trump broadsides are ap-
parently too recent and pro-
nounced for her to be a contend-
er.
Rubio, a Cuban American,
would also add diversity to the
ticket in a way Vance and Bur-
gum would not, potentially help-
ing Trump and the GOP solidify
recent gains with Hispanic vot-
ers.
The cons: You’ve got to won-
der if Trump, scarred by his
experience with Pence, will fear a
repeat with Rubio. Pence said all
the right things (by Trump’s
definition) for four years, until
he was asked to do something
beyond the pale at the most
critical juncture. Trump might
regard Rubio as similarly suspect
in his loyalties.
For instance, even beyond the
2016 campaign clashes men-
‘Unfit’ to serve, ‘con artist’: Potential running mates once bashed Trump
BY M ERYL K ORNFIELD
AND M ARIANNE L E V INE
Not a worthy business partner.
“Unfit” for the White House. “Con
artist.”
These are not the words of Dem-
ocrats attacking Donald Trump,
but comments from three Repub-
licans Trump has considered to be
his running mate. Sens. J.D. Vance
(R-Ohio) and Marco Rubio (R-
Fla.), who have been at the center
of discussions inside the Trump
campaign, and North Dakota Gov.
Doug Burgum (R), who is also in
the mix, have been lavishing
Trump with praise in recent weeks
as they jockey for position.
But that was not always the
case.
Previously, they have attacked
Trump’s character or policies, and
spoken in stark and sometimes
personal terms about him. As
Trump closes in on an announce-
ment, the finalists reflect a larger
shift in the party among scores of
ambitious Republicans since
2016. Recognizing Trump’s endur-
ing dominance, many have rallied
to his corner, including prominent
ex-critics.
Some observers regard their
moves as a cynical ploy to help
them climb the political ladder,
while others have dismissed them
as less meaningful bygones.
“It would be very hard to find a
leading Republican who had not
taken that journey to be honest,”
said former congressman David
Jolly, a Trump critic who left the
GOP. “That doesn’t allow them to
escape some criticism, because it
Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) speaks before former president Donald Trump at an event in West Palm Beach, Fla., last month. Rubio provides a
bridge to independent voters and more establishment-oriented Republicans, but both men’s residency in Florida is a major issue.
tioned above, Rubio as recently
as 2020 signed off on a biparti-
san report that cast a pretty
harsh light on the Trump cam-
paign’s ties to Russia — a report
that was in some ways tougher
than the Mueller report.
And then there’s the major
residency question. Both men
live in Florida, and one has to
move if they want the ticket to
get all of Florida’s 30 electoral
voters. Usually, this isn’t a big
deal. Dick Cheney just switched
his residency from Texas to Wyo-
ming to be George W. Bush’s
running mate in 2000. But Rubio
is an incumbent senator from
Florida, meaning he might have
to promise to leave his home
state while still serving as its
senator. And is Trump really
going to go out of his way for his
No. 2? For Little Marco?
The bottom line: Trump prob-
ably feels better about his
chances today than he has in a
long time, given the disarray on
the Democratic side. And that
might argue more for a running
mate who is geared more toward
his presidency than his cam-
paign.
J.D. Vance: The MAGA-
whisperer pick
The senator from Ohio and
“Hillbilly Elegy” author’s rise
from documenting the seeds of
is clear in those moments, and
now for his potential VP picks,
they are answering to their politi-
cal compass, not to their political
convictions.”
Trump has a habit of welcoming
former foes who come around to
showing fealty to him, and his
allies and advisers brushed away
the old jabs as typical politicking.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a
political opponent turned ally to
Trump, shrugged off concerns
about potential running mates’
critiques as he argued that Trump
should focus on a pick that can
help expand the map.
“In politics, people go at each
other,” Graham said.
Trump campaign spokesman
Jason Miller compared the re-
bukes to a heated moment be-
tween President Biden and Vice
President Harris, when they were
both vying for the Democratic
nomination in 2020. In the second
debate, Harris pointed out that
Biden had spoken fondly of his
relationships with segregationist
senators and opposed aspects of
mandatory busing to end school
desegregation, although she pref-
aced the attack with the caveat
that she wasn’t accusing Biden of
racism.
“By comparison, President
Trump and any of his prospective
VP picks will be much more sim-
patico,” said Miller.
Trump’s allies also highlight
that the potential vice-pre-
sidential candidates have proved
their loyalty, defending Trump on
television and the campaign trail,
as well as fundraising for him.
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum could appeal to Midwestern
voters but has never really played the part of a MAGA true believer.
the MAGA movement — and
casting a sharply critical eye on
its leader — to helping lead it
himself would be a remarkable
turn of events.
The pros: If Trump wants
someone who understands his
movement, perhaps even better
than he does, and will help him
chart a more MAGA course in a
second term, Vance is the guy. As
mentioned, Vance literally wrote
the book on all of this.
Some are viewed as potential ad-
ministration officials even if they
are not Trump’s running mate. Yet,
their previous comments could be
a liability exploited by Democrats
who have signaled a strategy to
emphasize the prospective run-
ning mates’ willingness to defer to
Trump’s demands and agenda.
Vance made some of his most
forceful attacks on Trump during
media interviews promoting his
successful 2016 memoir “Hillbilly
Elegy.” Vance called himself “a
Never Trump guy” and said he
didn’t vote for him in 2016. In an
August 2016 New York Times op-
ed headlined, “Why Trump’s Anti-
war Message Resonates with
White America,” Vance wrote, “Mr.
Trump is unfit for our nation’s
highest office.”
“There is definitely an element
of Donald Trump’s support that
has its basis in racism or xenopho-
bia,” he told PBS’s Judy Woodruff
in September 2016, when asked
about Hillary Clinton’s comment
that as many as half of Trump’s
supporters belonged to a “basket
of deplorables.” He added, “But a
lot of these folks are just really
hard-working people who are
struggling in really important
ways.”
Vance also sent a message that
year to his law school roommate,
Josh McLaurin, that McLaurin
has recounted publicly. In it,
Vance said he went “back and
forth between thinking Trump is a
cynical asshole like Nixon who
wouldn’t be that bad (and might
even prove useful) or that he’s
America’s Hitler,” according to a
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Vance has also gone further
than a lot of Republicans in
hewing to Trump’s particular
brand of populist, conspiratorial,
nationalist, own-the-libs politics.
He has embraced Trumpian
causes that other Republicans
have kept at arm’s length, even
suggesting that he would have
done what Pence refused to do on
Jan. 6. Perhaps nobody has audi-
tioned as hard for the job, and for
a former president who demands
screenshot McLaurin shared on
social media in 2022 when Vance
was running for Senate in Ohio.
McLaurin, now a Democratic
Georgia state senator, warned in
an interview that Vance might be
Trump’s “most dangerous” pick as
someone who would double down
on Trump’s vitriol and retribution.
He cited Vance’s ability to identify
and connect with the anger felt by
the MAGA base and how he wield-
ed that skill to get elected and
campaign for Trump.
Compared with Trump’s first-
term vice president Mike Pence,
who helped certify Biden’s 2020
election win despite Trump’s ef-
forts to overturn the election, he
said Vance would probably in-
flame partisanship and contempt
for the other side.
“There is an anger he wants to
vindicate that he’s carrying
around,” McLaurin said.
Vance has previously said that
his prior critical comments about
Trump no longer represent his
view of Trump, and his Senate
campaign at the time dismissed
the message to McLaurin as old
news.
Vance won Trump’s endorse-
ment for the Senate in 2022, which
proved decisive in his primary,
and he befriended Trump’s son,
Donald Trump Jr. He said he had
come around on Trump’s populist
appeals and thought he was an
effective president. He has since
become a vocal Trump campaign
surrogate, appearing with Trump
outside the New York courthouse
where Trump was convicted of a
scheme to illegally influence the
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fealty and loyalty, Vance would
seemingly provide it more than
the others.
Vance’s age — he has yet to
turn 40, which he does next
month — could also be compel-
ling in an election featuring the
two oldest major-party candi-
dates in history.
The cons: Vance has aligned
much more with Trumpism than
Rubio, but he’s got his own
harshly critical words about
Trump from the 2016 campaign
and early in Trump’s presidency.
He compared Trump to heroin,
wondered whether Trump was
America’s Hitler, and liked
tweets that linked Trump to
sexual assault and criticized his
handling of the white-suprema-
cist rally in Charlottesville.
Vance could also be a liability
on the campaign trail. Not only is
he relatively new to politics —
having first been elected in 2022
— but he didn’t do particularly
well in that campaign. Yes, he
won, but he was running in a
red-leaning state, and he far
underperformed every other
statewide Republican on the bal-
lot. That suggests he could alien-
ate some swing voters whom
Trump wants to bring into the
fold.
The bottom line: Vance is the
guy if Trump wants to go full
MAGA, and damn the torpedoes.
2016 election; and helped orga-
nize a fundraiser with tech entre-
preneur David Sacks.
“Like a lot of other elite con-
servatives and elite liberals, I al-
lowed myself to focus so much on
the stylistic element of Trump that
I completely ignored the way in
which he substantively was offer-
ing something very different on
foreign policy, on trade, on immi-
gration,” Vance told the New York
Times’s Ross Douthat last month,
adding that he voted for Trump in
2020.
Donald Trump Jr. defended his
friend’s previous remarks in a
statement, saying articles about
Vance’s critiques were already
written and it’s “embarrassing
that news outlets continue to re-
gurgitate them like they’re break-
ing news.”
Similarly, Rubio has become
one of Trump’s most vocal sup-
porters in the Senate after leveling
personal attacks on Trump in 2016
over Trump’s business dealings,
among other things. Before he
dropped out of that race and en-
dorsed Trump, Rubio called
Trump a “con artist” who would
fracture the GOP.
At one point, Rubio questioned
if Trump, then turning 70 months
before the election, was up to the
task given his age, a concern that
has become more significant for
some voters.
Trump did not hold back with
his own criticism of Rubio in 2016,
who he frequently called “Little
Marco,” and derided him as “a
disaster for Florida” and who
“couldn’t get elected dogcatcher.”
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Doug Burgum: The
governing, do-no-harm pick
Nobody in recent history has
spent so much money to win so
few votes — the North Dakota
governor unleashed about
$28,000 of his own cash per vote
in the 2024 Republican presiden-
tial primaries — but he at least
put himself on the map for a big
and potentially shocking promo-
tion.
The pros: Burgum, a two-term
governor, would give Trump an
experienced executive (not a sen-
ator, in other words) without
much (known) baggage. The two
also appear to have good person-
al chemistry, and Trump report-
edly views Burgum as an avenue
to wealthy donors.
Burgum, who hails from a
small town in North Dakota,
could also appeal to Midwestern
voters in the crucial states of
Michigan, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin — maybe even Minne-
sota? — in a way the Yale-educat-
ed Vance might not. And Trump
undoubtedly likes Burgum’s im-
age as a self-made man.
The cons: It’s hard to see who
would be excited by Burgum’s
selection, and it would seem
unlike Trump to pass up the
chance to pick someone who
would get people talking during
the Republican convention and
afterward.
Burgum has also never really
looked — or really even played —
the part of a MAGA true believer.
And his lack of vetting outside of
relatively low-profile races in
North Dakota could pose prob-
lems. So Trump isn’t necessarily
getting an ideological ally like
Vance or a campaign-booster like
Rubio.
The bottom line: If Trump
wants to keep the focus on
Trump and basically punt on
trying to do much of anything
(including harm) with this pick,
Burgum makes sense.
The wild cards
The five other names that
were among the eight candidates
we know have been vetted by the
Trump campaign are: Sen. Tom
Cotton (Ark.), Sen. Tim Scott
(S.C.), Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.),
Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.) and
former housing secretary Ben
Carson.
Perhaps the most noteworthy
exclusion from the presumed
three finalists is Scott, the most
high-profile elected Black Re-
publican in the country. Trump
has hailed Scott’s qualities as a
surrogate, and Scott has often
been viewed as a VP front-run-
ner.
Stefanik or another female
candidate would also make some
sense, but the process appears to
have moved away from female
candidates over time.
The process in 2016 didn’t
yield too much of a surprise, as
Pence was one of three finalists,
but it can never be ruled out.
Rubio later disavowed his diss-
es and fell in line behind Trump in
the general election. He helped
shape the Trump administration’s
Latin America policies and has
also been a surrogate for Trump
with Latino voters and in Florida.
“He became president, we
worked together on many things
that were important to the coun-
try, important to me,” Rubio said
in an interview with The Washing-
ton Post. “It was a very good work-
ing relationship. I didn’t know
him when I ran in 2016, didn’t
know him as a person.”
Of the three, Burgum has pub-
licly assailed Trump the least,
mostly avoiding speaking about
Trump during his brief stint in this
cycle’s Republican primary. (He
endorsed Trump on the eve of the
Iowa caucuses.) However, Bur-
gum, a tech entrepreneur, said last
July that he would not do business
with Trump.
“I just think that it’s important
that you’re judged by the company
you keep,” he told NBC’s Chuck
Todd.
Asked about that answer, Bur-
gum said in a Fox News interview
in May that he did not know
Trump personally when he was a
governor but that he has become
closer to Trump since he has been
on the campaign trail for him.
“I’ve had a chance to see him,
meet the real person, understand
what he’s like versus how the press
portrays him,” Burgum said. “I’m
telling you, I’ve known CEOs my
whole life. There isn’t a CEO in
America who works harder than
this guy.”
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ELECTION 2024

Despite grousing from some, it’s not ‘Joever’ for these elected Democrats
BY L IZ G OODWIN
Ever since President Biden’s
June 27 debate flop, a cascade of
Democratic lawmakers’ concerns
and panic have dominated the
conversation, as hand-wringing
over the election became some-
thing of a full-time activity for
liberals.
But there is another, often far
louder, group of Democrats who
have doubled down on Biden in
recent days, and are urging their
fellow liberals to stay the course in
sometimes exasperated tones as
they barrel toward a faceoff with
former president Donald Trump
in November.
“To me it’s a no-brainer,” said
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), of his
decision to continue to back the
president against Trump. “I con-
tinue to be all in.”
Biden’s most vocal defenders
differ from the large contingent of
lawmakers who have lavished
praise upon him in the wake of
questions about his mental acuity
and fitness. Those elected officials
have also left themselves some
room to abandon ship if Demo-
cratic sentiment turns on the
president, by way of carefully
worded statements. They note
they have “concerns,” or need the
president to show his debate per-
formance was a one-off by having
more “unscripted” interactions
with voters in the coming days, for
example.
These unqualified Biden fans,
on the other hand, affirmatively
contend that the 81-year-old pres-
ident has the best chance to win
and that Democrats are simply
hurting themselves by engaging
in a messy intraparty brawl just
four months before an election.
“We’re losing the plot,” Rep.
Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) told a
swarm of reporters at the Capitol
on Monday. “We are not talking
about what we need to be talking
about.”
The Biden fans span the gamut
from lefties such as Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan
Omar (D-Minn.) to Democrats
who’ve won in swing districts and
states such as Rep. Haley Stevens
(D-Mich.) and Sen. John Fetter-
man (D-Pa.). Members of the in-
fluential Congressional Black
President Biden is greeted by Democratic Pennsylvania Sens. John Fetterman, center, and Bob Casey at Philadelphia International Airport
on Sunday. Fetterman says he refuses to join Democratic “vultures” feeding prematurely on the end of Biden’s career.
Caucus make up a sizable chunk
of the defenders. Some have been
loud and feisty in their counterar-
guments, mixing it up with other
politicians and people on X and
seem, in some cases, to be relish-
ing the fight.
Fetterman, who survived his
own disastrous debate perform-
ance ahead of the 2022 election, is
trolling everyone, per usual, on X,
and is painting the Democrats
calling for a change as disloyal
“vultures” who have never beaten
Trump in an election.
“Any Dem is free to put your bad
self into that arena for the Iron
Throne,” he wrote. “But if you’re
not proud to stan Biden, it’s just
cheap shots from the cheap seats.”
He called Biden’s demeanor
“perfect” in a Fox News appear-
ance after appearing with him
over the weekend in Philadelphia.
And Rep. Maxine Waters (D-
Calif.), 85, drew a standing ova-
tion at Essence Fest over the week-
end when she said “it’s going to
Biden” and “ain’t going to be no
other Democratic candidate.”
“People are talking about
‘Biden is too old’ — hell, I’m older
than Biden,” Waters declared.
“And I get up every morning. And
I exercise. And I work late hours. I
take care of Black people. Trump
has told you who he is, he defined
himself. He is a no good, deplor-
able, lying, despicable human be-
ing.”
The Biden defenders mix the
pragmatic with the idealistic.
Some argue the logistics and po-
litical risk of switching horses at
this point would be harrowing.
Others contend that Biden is
owed loyalty from his party, and
point to his first-term legislative
accomplishments.
“If we say that President Biden
is no longer our guy, I’m very
confused as to what team gets put
together,” said Stevens, who has
defended Biden in group chats
with nervous lawmakers in recent
days. She expressed concern
about reassembling a coalition for
a new nominee in her state of
Michigan. “I have a lot of faith in
him,” she said of Biden.
Other lawmakers said they
feared their colleagues were
jumping ship prematurely, after
enthusiastically backing the man
just a few months ago.
“Now most if not all of my
colleagues who have come out
against him running, they came
out after a 90-minute debate,”
said Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio).
“Those same colleagues were sit-
ting on the floor with me when in
the [March] joint session we were
standing up and applauding at his
delivery.”
A member of the CBC, Beatty
said she’d be “first in line” to
support Vice President Harris as a
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presidential candidate, but only if
that decision came from Biden
and Harris — not Congress.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.)
predicted “a hardening of the vast
majority of members” in favor of
Biden, including the CBC and the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
“I‘ve never had any doubts about
the president,” he said.
Biden’s campaign has eagerly
shared any positive comments
from lawmakers like Garcia in
recent days on social media as the
president attempts to tamp down
any possibility of a Hill-based re-
bellion against his candidacy.
House lawmakers returned to
Washington on Monday and will
meet Tuesday morning as a group
for the first time since the debate,
with senators gathering Tuesday
afternoon.
Biden spent more than three
decades on Capitol Hill as a sena-
tor and has built up goodwill
among many Democrats, espe-
cially in the Senate, and the calls
for him to step aside have clearly
irritated him.
“The question of how to move
forward has been well-aired for
over a week now. And it’s time for
it to end,” Biden wrote in a letter to
the Hill on Monday. “Any weaken-
ing of resolve or lack of clarity
about the task ahead only helps
Trump and hurts us.”
But questions about his candi-
dacy did not appear to be going
away on Monday. Several sena-
tors, including Sen. Martin Hein-
rich (D-N.M.) and Sen. Mark R.
Warner (D-Va.), said they still
needed more reassurance that
Biden can defeat Trump. Others
like Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
called for a “family conversation”
about a way forward.
Biden defenders are skeptical
these conversations can lead to
any other resolution than sticking
with Biden. “There’s no single cri-
teria of how Biden can prove him-
self that’s going to appease every-
body,” Padilla said. He added that
he hopes senators “move for-
ward” after a Tuesday lunch dis-
cussion on the matter.
Sanders, who ran against Biden
for the nomination in 2020, has
also championed Biden’s candida-
cy. He said on CBS’s “Face the
Nation” he would not participate
in a proposed discussion among
senators about Biden’s future,
even as he pushes the president
on some policy matters.
“This is not a Grammy Award
contest for best singer,” Sanders
said. “Biden is old. He’s not as
articulate as he once was. I wish
he could jump up the steps on Air
Force One, but he can’t. … What
we have got to focus on is policy,
whose policies have and will ben-
efit the vast majority of the people
in this country.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(D-N.Y.), another prominent liber-
al, called the matter “closed,” say-
ing Biden is the nominee.
And Omar who has been sharp-
ly critical of Biden’s handling of
the Israel-Gaza war, issued one of
the strongest statements of sup-
port on Monday.
“He’s been the best president of
my lifetime and we have his back,”
she told reporters.

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Many of the most powerful unions continue to back Biden
BY L AUREN K AORI G URLEY
AND J EFF S TEIN
Many of the nation’s most pow-
erful unions confirm they are con-
tinuing to back President Biden,
despite faltering support among
some top Democrats, pointing to
his willingness to support their
priorities on almost every issue
during his first term.
The United Steelworkers, Com-
munications Workers of America,
Laborers’ International Union of
North America and Unite Here,
among other unions, confirmed to
The Washington Post that they
plan to continue to support Biden,
despite his disastrous debate per-
formance last month.
“Put us in the group of doubling
down unequivocally,” said Brent
Booker, president of the Laborers’
International Union of North
America, which represents some
400,000 U.S. workers in construc-
tion and other sectors. “He’s done
more for our members than any
president in my lifetime.”
This week, Biden appears to be
shoring up the support of various
parts of the Democratic Party. He
will drop in Wednesday on a meet-
ing of the nation’s top labor lead-
ers at the AFL-CIO in Washington,
although that invitation was ex-
tended before the debate.
“I have not seen any indication
that any of our union leaders have
at all backed off from [their] sup-
Harris kicks o≠ campaign sprint as dedicated ally and potential nominee
BY S ABRINA R ODRIGUEZ
AND C LEVE R . W OOTSON J R.
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Har-
ris on Tuesday afternoon offered a
full-throated defense of President
Biden as he continues to fight for
his reelection bid while she is on
the road this week to energize key
parts of the Democratic coalition.
“We always knew this election
would be tough, and the past few
days have been a reminder that
running for president of the Unit-
ed States is never easy,” Harris
said at a Biden campaign event
focused on Asian American, Na-
tive Hawaiian and Pacific Island-
er voters. “But the one thing we
know about our president, Joe
Biden, is that he is a fighter and he
is the first to say, when you get
knocked down, you get back up.”
Harris was met with loud ap-
plause from the diverse crowd of
several hundred attendees.
Harris’s remarks are the most
vocal defense she has offered of
the president before a group of
voters since Biden’s faltering de-
bate performance last month.
Since the June 27 debate, Harris
has been under an unusual spot-
light as she seeks to bolster
Biden’s candidacy while also
showcasing her own talents as a
campaigner.
Candidates could take cognitive test;
experts say results of limited value
BY L IZETTE O RTEGA
AND F ENIT N IRAPPIL
Doubts about the mental fit-
ness of President Biden and Don-
ald Trump to hold the White
House in their 80s have high-
lighted tests that could reveal
whether an older adult is experi-
encing cognitive decline.
Biden has not taken a cognitive
test during his presidency and
dismissed calls to take one argu-
ing during his recent ABC News
interview that leading the coun-
try amounts to a daily test. Trump
has bragged about passing a
short screening test in 2018, and
his personal physician said last
year that his cognitive exams
were “exceptional” but did not
explain what those exams en-
tailed and when they were con-
ducted.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
on Sunday said both Biden and
Trump should take cognitive
tests.
Such tests offer some useful
information, but they also have
limitations.
“People need to understand
that cognition isn’t one thing. It’s
really a set of different abilities,”
said Charan Ranganath, a profes-
sor of psychology at the Univer-
sity of California at Davis. When
asked about the call for elected
officials to undergo cognitive
testing, Ranganath said: “It’s
quite possible, maybe even likely,
that you’re not going to get a
clear-cut answer here. The tests
are going to be much less infor-
mative than functioning in the
port [for Biden],” said Steve Smith,
a spokesperson for the AFL-CIO,
the nation’s largest federation of
labor unions, which has affiliates
representing some 12.5 million
members.
Seth Schuster, a spokesperson
for the Biden campaign, said in a
statement that the president “has
always had union workers’ backs
— and he’s grateful to know they
have his.”
Organized labor’s solid support
for the president comes as key
constituencies appear to be com-
ing to Biden’s defense after several
days of high-profile internal tur-
moil. Biden met Monday on a
Zoom call with members of the
Congressional Black Caucus,
which has also bolstered him.
“There are some important
power centers in the party Biden
has spent decades cultivating loy-
alty with, and the support he’s
seen this week — not just from
unions, but also other groups, like
the Congressional Black Caucus —
is a culmination of those efforts,”
said Tobin Marcus, head of U.S.
policy and politics at Wolfe Re-
search and an economic policy
staffer to Biden when he was vice
president under President Barack
Obama.
Biden’s efforts to support
unions may be particularly impor-
tant in bolstering his case among
the Whiter and more politically
conservative building trades,
Harris’s visit to Las Vegas is
part of the campaign’s outreach
to AANHPI voters, a small but
vital group. She spoke shortly
after lawmakers 2,400 miles away
in D.C. met to discuss Biden’s
campaign amid calls from some
within his party for him to step
aside.
Harris’s campaign swing — she
visits Dallas on Wednesday and
Greensboro, N.C., on Thursday —
comes as some Democrats weigh
the possibility that she could be-
come their presidential nominee
if Biden steps aside. While Biden
has repeatedly said he will re-
main in the race, many Demo-
crats consider Harris the only
realistic replacement should he
drop his candidacy.
That leaves the vice president
with dual, delicate and potential-
ly contradictory goals this week:
strengthening Biden at a deeply
vulnerable moment of his politi-
cal career while also demonstrat-
ing her own potential appeal.
With Biden in Washington seek-
ing to tamp down any rebellion in
Congress, Democrats will be
closely watching Harris in the
coming days to gauge her abilities
as a campaigner, especially after
an ill-fated presidential run in
2020.
“There’s no playbook for this.
real world.”
What are cognitive tests
An array of simple cognitive
screenings exist that take min-
utes to answer straightforward
questions and perform basic
tasks such as copying shapes. The
preliminary tests do not involve
MRIs or other brain scans.
A Mini-Cog is one of the sim-
plest tests. It involves repeating
three words, drawing a clock,
then recalling the three words to
test cognitive functions such as
memory.
The Montreal Cognitive As-
sessment, known as MoCA, is one
of the most prominent tests and
the one Trump took. Patients may
be asked to repeat phrases such
as “The cat always hid under the
couch when dogs were in the
room” or name animals in draw-
ings.
If a patient scores poorly on
such preliminary exams, they can
be referred for more extensive
neurocognitive testing, such as
the Cambridge Automated Neu-
ropsychological Test Battery.
That test includes 25 computer-
ized cognitive tasks such as iden-
tifying emotions associated with
facial expressions and recalling
which patterns appeared in a set
of boxes.
Ishani Ganguli, a primary care
physician and assistant professor
of medicine at Harvard Medical
School, said people often “put too
much faith in a single test.” In
reality, doctors often combine the
results of a cognitive test with
other information such as famil-
ial accounts of the patient’s be-
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ELECTION 2024
People listen as President Biden speaks at a Laborers’ International
Union of North America training site in DeForest, Wis., in 2023.
which see him as an easier politi-
cal sell to their membership than
some of the alternatives, such as
Vice President Harris.
“Most of my members are al-
ready pretty well-attuned to how
Joe Biden feels about labor
unions. I don’t doubt [Harris]
would support labor unions, but I
don’t think she would stand a
chance” at winning the election,
said Dave Fashbaugh, 59, the busi-
ness manager of a local chapter of
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers in Michigan.
She’s walking on a fresh, un-
walked trail,” said Mike Trujillo, a
Democratic strategist and former
aide to Hillary Clinton. He under-
scored how unprecedented it is
for Democrats to be discussing
the status of their presumptive
nominee just weeks before the
Democratic National Conven-
tion, which begins Aug. 19.
“This is a massive test to prove
her mettle in terms of her loyalty
to the president, her loyalty to the
White House, her loyalty to the
policy agenda that this White
House has set forth, loyalty to the
campaign and a loyalty to our
democracy,” Trujillo added. “She
has not made a single mistake.”
The Biden campaign has long
seen Harris as a potent messen-
ger in reaching Black and Asian
American voters, an asset that
has become more important as
the president scrambles to shore
up his support from these influ-
ential groups. In 2020, exit polls
showed Biden winning Black vot-
ers by 75 percentage points and
Asian American voters by 27
points, and any faltering enthusi-
asm among them could be devas-
tating in a close race against
presumptive Republican nomi-
nee Donald Trump.
Harris’s mother was an Indian
immigrant, and her father came
havior and brain MRIs to make
diagnoses.
Who should take a cognitive
test
There’s some dispute over
whether older adults should re-
ceive cognitive tests during rou-
tine checkups or only when they
are already showing signs of
mental decline.
An extensive research review
by the U.S. Preventive Task Force,
which influences how health
providers and insurers handle
screenings, concluded that there
is insufficient evidence to recom-
mend that all adults 65 and older
undergo cognitive tests if they
show no symptoms of decline.
However, the American Academy
of Neurology recommends all
people in that age group receive
yearly cognitive screenings,
which the group says are key to
recognizing mild impairment.
Symptoms of mental decline
include forgetfulness, trouble
maintaining focus or processing
information, repeating questions
and struggling to articulate de-
sired words, according to the
Cleveland Clinic.
Medical experts previously
told The Washington Post that
the verbal stumbles by Biden and
Trump, such as mixing up proper
nouns and trouble retrieving
words, can simply be the normal
workings of an aging brain with-
out revealing a deeper problem
such as dementia or other cogni-
tive decline.
“I worry less about word-find-
ing problems,” said Earl K. Miller,
professor of neuroscience at the
sCOtt OlsOn/getty IMAges
Despite the panic in much of
the party over Biden’s debate per-
formance, union support has not
wavered for the president even at
the moments of maximum uncer-
tainty. Endorsements have taken
care to stress support for both
Biden and Harris, often endorsing
the two jointly, and many union
officials say publicly they would be
as confident in Harris as in Biden.
As Democrats on Capitol Hill
convened to discuss their way for-
ward, the AFL-CIO last week put
out a statement saying it “Stands
from Jamaica. Her ascent has
been a point of pride in Black and
Asian communities.
Her trip to Las Vegas marked
her sixth visit this year to Nevada,
a battleground state that Biden
won by fewer than 34,000 votes in
2020 and that recent polls sug-
gest could be slipping from the
Democrats’ grasp.
After praising Biden, Harris
hammered on the campaign’s ar-
gument that a second term for the
former president would be disas-
trous. Trump wants to turn the
United States into a dictatorship,
she said, “and the Supreme Court
basically just declared he can get
away with it.” That was a refer-
ence to a recent decision saying
Trump is immune from prosecu-
tion for his official acts as presi-
dent.
“Someone who vilifies immi-
grants, who promotes xenopho-
bia, someone who stokes hate
should never again have the
chance to stand behind a micro-
phone and the seal of the presi-
dent of the United States,” she
said.
Harris was joined by Padma
Lakshmi, an Indian American au-
thor and television host, who
touted Harris as the first female
vice president and blasted Trump
in her brief remarks.
A portion of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute test designed to detect mild cognitive
impairment such as the onset of dementia. It does not measure intelligence or detect depression.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. “I worry more about the
kind of long, rambling speeches
that get divorced from reality.”
Still, Ziad Nasreddine, a Cana-
dian neurologist who created the
MoCA test, and three former
employees in the White House
medical unit have said Biden’s
halting performance suggests he
should undergo cognitive screen-
ing.
What the result don’t show
The MoCA test is designed to
evaluate short-term memory,
visuospatial abilities, executive
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in Strong Solidarity With Biden-
Harris Ticket.” The union en-
dorsed Biden in June 2022, the
earliest it has ever weighed in on a
presidential race.
Biden’s meeting with its execu-
tive council Wednesday will focus
on “how do we mobilize our mem-
bers and union households to de-
liver the states Joe Biden needs to
win,” Smith said.
The International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers, International Union of
Painters and Allied Trades, and
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers also either re-
inforced their support for Biden to
The Post or have issued state-
ments in recent days doing so.
Randi Weingarten, president of
the American Federation of Teach-
ers, which represents some 1.7 mil-
lion members, posted on X last
week, “first act today — putting up
the sign,” with an image of a Biden-
Harris poster on her front lawn.
Neither the Teamsters nor the
American Postal Workers Union
has endorsed yet in the race.
Kara Deniz, a spokesperson for
the Teamsters, told The Post that
the transportation workers’
union, with some 1.3 million mem-
bers, will not endorse until after
the conventions. Teamsters Presi-
dent Sean O’Brien plans to speak
at the Republican National Con-
vention later this month at the
invitation of former president
Ahead of the appearance, the
Asian American Action Fund, a
Democratic-aligned PAC, de-
scribed Harris’s appearance as a
“community celebration to recog-
nize the accomplishments that
President Biden and Vice Presi-
dent Harris have delivered for the
AANHPI community — and all
Americans!”
Harris remains a vociferous
defender of Biden, urging voters
to focus on the dangers of a
second Trump term. A day after
the June debate, Harris was also
in Las Vegas for a rally, where she
sought to defend the administra-
tion’s record and neutralize con-
cerns about Biden, depicting him
as a leader and Trump as a liar.
“This race will not be decided
by one night in June,” she said
that day, seizing on what has
become her central message —
that Biden may have had a bad
debate night but that he is a great
president, and his performance
does not reflect deeper problems
with his health or competence.
Few if any communities are as
important to any Democrat’s na-
tional aspirations as Black voters,
especially Black women, whose
embrace of Biden in 2020 cata-
pulted him to the nomination and
the presidency. Harris spent Sat-
urday at the Essence Festival in
functions, language and orienta-
tion. It can be used to rule out the
impairment associated with Al-
zheimer’s disease, stroke and oth-
er conditions. It cannot rule out
underlying mental health prob-
lems such as depression and nar-
cissistic personality disorder be-
cause it is not a psychological
exam.
In his first reelection cam-
paign, Trump bragged about ac-
ing that test and challenged
Biden to also take the test. In
doing so, he inaccurately de-
scribed the assessment as an
intelligence test and distorted the
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Donald Trump. O’Brien has also
requested to speak at the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Labor unions also continue to
be among Biden’s biggest donors,
according to OpenSecrets, a Wash-
ington nonprofit that tracks cam-
paign finance and lobbying data.
The Biden administration has
gone to enormous lengths to make
good on his promise to be the
“most pro-union president in his-
tory.” He pushed for key legislation
that poured billions of dollars into
the creation of union jobs in clean
energy, semiconductors and other
industries. He has appointed la-
bor allies to key leadership posi-
tions and offered unions pension
bailouts, apprenticeship funds
and policies that have made it
easier for workers to organize.
Republicans have criticized
Biden’s support for organized la-
bor, saying that his pro-union pol-
icies have driven up costs for fed-
eral taxpayers and led to greater
inflation.
“Biden understands that all pol-
itics, especially in the Democratic
Party, is about catering to the pow-
erful interest groups, and none are
more powerful than the unions,”
said Stephen Moore, an economic
adviser to Trump. “Biden has
clearly been in the hip pocket of
teachers unions and the govern-
ment employee unions, so they
will stick with him through thick
or thin.”
New Orleans, speaking to a crowd
of mostly Black women in a mod-
erated conversation that focused
heavily on the stakes of the elec-
tion but did not touch on the
current controversy surrounding
the Democratic Party and its stan-
dard-bearer.
The vice president’s multiday
trip this week includes an address
to the historically Black sorority
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
on Wednesday in Dallas. Harris,
who graduated from Howard
University in 1986, is a member of
AKA, giving her access to a pow-
erful network of engaged activ-
ists.
On Thursday, Harris heads to
Greensboro, her sixth trip to
North Carolina, which Demo-
crats are attempting to flip blue
this election. Next week, she will
meet in Indianapolis with mem-
bers of Zeta Phi Beta, another
historically Black sorority with a
record of focusing on social jus-
tice.
Moderated or even scripted
events like the ones Harris is
participating in this week have
allowed her to make a campaign
pitch to key voters without having
to contend with the pointed ques-
tions that have arisen following
Biden’s rocky debate perform-
ance.
COurtesy Of MOCA
kind of questions that are asked.
Very low scores on cognitive
tests usually signal some brain
impairment, but a high score
does not rule out impairment,
according to the Cleveland Clinic.
The results can’t explain the con-
ditions or reasons for impair-
ment.
“They’re not all-encompass-
ing. It can be informative, but not
give you all the information you
need to take the next step, what-
ever that may be,” said Courtney
Marshall, assistant professor of
neuroscience at Wellesley Col-
lege.
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ELECTION 2024

Divided Hill Democrats

worry about Biden —
and their own futures
biDeN from A1
because I know President Biden
cares deeply about the future of
our country, I am asking that he
declare that he won’t run for re-
election and will help lead us
through a process toward a new
nominee.”
Sherill said in a brief interview
that she believes Vice President
Harris would be a “fantastic nom-
inee.”
Harris, meanwhile, kicked off a
campaign sprint aimed at ener-
gizing key Democratic constitu-
encies, just as she has become the
subject of intense speculation
about whether she would be the
nominee if Biden chose to exit the
contest. Harris has fiercely de-
fended Biden since the debate
and insists he will be the nominee.
And the Democratic drama is
playing out just days before
Joe manchin III, an independent
from West Virginia who is retir-
ing, nudging him to reconsider
entering the presidential contest
(he declined, she said).
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the
No. 2 leader of the caucus, exited
the meeting still unsure of Biden’s
standing, wanting the entire
presidential campaign team to
show it can defeat Trump.
“It still remains to be seen. He’s
putting together a campaign
that’s going to demonstrate
whether he’s ready to beat Donald
Trump,” Durbin told reporters.
House Democratic leader
Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and Senate
majority Leader Charles E. Schu-
mer (D-N.Y.) have offered support
for Biden so far, as the president
has ramped up pressure on law-
makers to stick with him, vowing
defiantly to stay in the race. De-
spite the public show of unity, allison robberT/The WashingTon PosT

republicans intend to formally
nominate Trump at their conven-
tion in milwaukee and he is
expected to announce his vice-
presidential nominee.
In the Senate on Tuesday, few
Democrats left a caucus-wide lun-
cheon offering full-throated en-
dorsements of Biden’s campaign.
following a meeting of his col-
leagues, Sen. richard Blumenthal
(D-Conn.) acknowledged that
some Democrats do not currently
want Biden to remain atop the
ticket in November. But he sug-
gested that the president could
win back their support.
“The Democratic candidate is
Joe Biden, and he has my sup-
port,” Blumenthal said. “I think he
needs to continue effectively and
aggressively making his case to
the American people, and earning
their support as well as a number
of my colleagues.”
While no sitting senator has
publicly called on the president to
exit the race, some want Biden to
do more to prove that he can beat
Trump in November.
one GoP senator who is no
Trump fan, Lisa murkowski (Alas-
ka), said she’d appealed to Sen.
however, dissension and concern
still surround Biden’s decision to
continue running and what it
might mean for Democrats’
chances of making gains in Con-
gress in November’s elections.
After the Tuesday morning
meeting, House Democratic Cau-
cus Chair Pete Aguilar (Calif.)
echoed an adage from former
speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
when he said, “Unanimity is not
the same as unity.”
“Let’s see the press conference.
Let’s see the campaign stops. Let’s
see all of this because all of it is
going to be necessary,” Aguilar
said about the public and private
rift among the rank and file.
According to numerous House
Democratic lawmakers and aides
who spoke to The Washington
Post, there was a feeling entering
this week that concerns over
Biden’s ability to beat Trump
could amount to dozens of law-
makers soon calling on him to
step aside.
But that movement appears to
have been blunted after the Con-
gressional Black Caucus — often
described as the “conscience of
Congress” — embraced Biden,
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) leaves a closed-door meeting of lawmakers at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
and House members are now cau-
tious about whether to call on
Biden to leave the race, according
to three people familiar with the
dynamics.
As they trickled out of the Dem-
ocratic National Committee’s
headquarters Tuesday morning,
some House Democrats ex-
pressed brief support for Biden
and at times gave stilted com-
ments to reporters. The meeting
was described as a “family discus-
sion” where members spoke
openly and passionately about
the somber moment in which
they find themselves. There was
no agreement on a course of ac-
tion — though many accepted
that it would be Biden’s choice
alone to step aside. Some also
worried that if Democrats don’t
stop griping and quickly close
ranks behind their nominee, they
will be penalized by voters in
November.
multiple House Democratic
lawmakers and aides, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity to
freely discuss the meeting, said
there remains a pervasive feeling
among House Democrats and
campaign strategists that the
president’s “age issue will contin-
ue to be a huge distraction.”
“They’re also worried about his
decline,” a member said, referring
to questions about Biden’s cogni-
tive health after the debate.
“There were people on both sides
of the issue who spoke.”
rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) —
who just two days ago privately
called for Biden to leave the ticket
— said that, while he still has
concerns about the president’s
candidacy, those are now “beside
the point.”
“He’s going to be our nominee,
and we all have to support him,”
Nadler said.
A majority of House Demo-
crats, however, dodged the media
or said they would not discuss the
meeting. They had been warned
about leaking after lawmakers
were struck by public reporting
based on a private virtual meeting
Sunday in which some members
said they wanted Biden to step
aside.
A person familiar with the
House Democratic conversation,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to freely discuss inter-
nal dynamics, said the mood also
shifted monday when more-liber-
al members of the party, including
rep. Alexandria ocasio-Cortez
(N.Y.), began saying that Biden is
the clear Democratic nominee
and they will work to reelect him.
“You can’t be less supportive
than ‘the Squad’ is going to be,”
the person said, referring to the
group of progressive House Dem-
ocrats who have at times clashed
with the president on politics and
policy.
rep. ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a
Biden campaign surrogate, said
in an interview with Washington
Post Live on Tuesday that most
people agree that Biden is “an
underdog at this point” — but an
underdog who still has a path to
win the presidency.
And rep. Diana DeGette (D-
Colo.), head of the House Pro-
Choice Caucus, released a state-
ment saying that Biden is “still up
to doing the job for a second
term.”
“Looking ahead, it is a waste of
time and potentially dangerous
for Democrats to spend the next
few months wringing our hands
trying to find an alternative path
forward. President Biden has
been a very successful president:
defending our reproductive
rights, protecting our environ-
ment, and upholding the values of
our democracy. meanwhile,
Trump is a crazy felonious author-
itarian,” she said.
one House Democrat from a
swing district, speaking on the
condition of anonymity to discuss
a private conversation, said that
“everyone’s dealing with the issue
of having to outperform the top of
the ticket.”
“So the question is, do we take
back the House?” the member
said. When asked if there is con-
sensus on Biden, the lawmaker
said, “Everyone understands he’s
got to make that decision.”
Theodoric Meyer, liz goodwin, leigh
ann Caldwell, Paul Kane and abbie
Cheeseman contributed to this
report.

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a boom
in fossil
fuel sites
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The fortress highlights a crucial
tension for this region of the coun-
try. The sea is rising here and the
land is rapidly sinking, in large
part driven by decades of oil and
gas drilling and the planet-warm-
ing emissions that come from the
burning of those fossil fuels. That
is accelerating the destruction of
wetlands, which serve as a critical
barrier, and speeding up flooding
across the coast, often with less
advantaged communities most
vulnerable.
At the same time, the gulf is
seeing a boom in facilities like this
one. Local and business leaders
and some geopolitical strategists
argue they help not only the local
economy but also the United
States’ ability to meet the world’s
energy demand — even if that
makes the region, and the projects
themselves, more vulnerable.
“It highlights the irony that
they’re having to armor these fa-
cilities at considerable expense to
guard against extreme weather
that is their own doing,” said Brad-
ley Campbell, president of the
Conservation Law foundation, an
environmental advocacy organi-
zation.
To overcome the elements, Ven-
ture Global is armoring its invest-
ment with hundreds of pilings
buried 220 feet into the ground,
and with the steel wall descending
60 feet underground and rising 26
feet above. The pilings, which sta-
bilize storage and liquefaction
tanks, must reach below wet sedi-
ments.
The company says these fortifi-
cations will protect the facility,
known as Plaquemines LNG, from
whatever the Gulf of mexico can
deliver.
“During the operations of
Plaquemines LNG, stormwater
management systems will enable
the efficient and safe manage-
ment of flood plain storage and
stormwater flows within the
Plaquemines area,” Venture Glob-
al spokeswoman Jessica Szymans-
ki said. “regulators concluded
Plaquemines would not cause any
significant impacts to the sur-
rounding area during any storm
surge events.”
But the company is taking enor-
mous risks in building a gas plant
in low-lying Plaquemines Parish,
said five environmental scientists
interviewed by The Washington
Post. A large storm could overtake
the facility, they say, flooding it
and spreading debris, or it could
simply be cut off from the land.
“Sure they may have massive
flood walls, but the facility may
evolve into becoming an island
surrounded by open water,” said
Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, a professor
at Tulane University’s department
of earth and environmental sci-
ences.
The gulf has become the epi-
center of the fight over America’s
contribution to climate change,
and its impacts. President Biden
recently paused the construction
of new LNG facilities — a move
former president Donald Trump
has promised to reverse if he wins
this fall. (The Plaquemines facili-
ty, which is near completion, is
unaffected by Biden’s policy,
which itself has been temporarily
stayed by a federal court.) Texas
and Louisiana alone produce
more than 90 percent of the na-
tion’s LNG exports.
But the region also leads the
way in rising seas. According to a
Post analysis of satellite data, sea
level in the Gulf Coast since 2010 is
growing at twice the global aver-
age rate.
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the coast where sinking land, or
subsidence, makes a rising Gulf of
mexico more dangerous. The fed-
eral tide gauge at Grand Isle, La.,
just across a bay from Plaque-
mines Parish, has registered near-
ly 7 inches of sea level rise since
2010, according to the Post analy-
sis.
Despite these risks, the con-
struction of terminals along the
Gulf Coast is accelerating, partly
because of the enormous profits
that can be made shipping lique-
fied natural gas to Europe and
other markets. Eight U.S. LNG
export plants are already up and
running, and federal regulators
have approved seven others that
are under construction, many of
them with barriers meant to pro-
tect against the rising sea.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers is developing an ambitious
plan for a 60-mile “spine” of con-
crete sea walls, earthen barriers,
floating gates and steel levees
along the Texas coast. In Port Ar-
thur, Tex., an energy company
called Sempra is erecting levees
20.6 feet above sea level to protect
one of its LNG export plants.
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ty director of the Louisiana State
University Hurricane Center, said
federal and state agencies that
issued permits for these facilities
failed to take the full risks of fu-
ture sea level rise or land subsid-
ence into account. Nor did they
fully evaluate the hurricane
threat, he said, including the po-
tential for storm surge to overtop
the plant’s sea wall, flooding the
interior and dispersing toxic
chemicals into surrounding wet-
lands and communities.
“The concerns about overtop-
ping are not just hypothetical,”
said van Heerden, who has done
work for the Sierra Club, an oppo-
nent of new LNG plants. When
Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf Coast in
2021, it flooded the then-largely
undeveloped site of the Plaque-
mines LNG plant and nearby com-
munities. It also disrupted more
than 94 percent of the nation’s oil
refining and gas production, and
damaged a Phillips 66 refinery in
Plaquemines Parish beyond re-
pair.
With just 23,000 people,
Plaquemines Parish is a shallow
strip of marshland that juts into
the Gulf of mexico, with the levee-
FLa.
lined mississippi river running
down its center. The lone highway
passes landmarks such as the
Belle Chasse naval air base, Ben &
Ben Becnel father-son sellers of
produce, boat houses, furnished
log cabins for rent and Vulcan
materials limestone sales.
The plant is, according to the
company, the fourth largest infra-
structure project in the world, in
terms of dollars invested. At its
center is a giant liquefaction
plant, fed by two pipelines that
carry gas from up to 15 miles away.
The facility has 7,000 feet of front-
age on the mississippi river,
where the liquefied gas will be
transferred onto as many as three
double-hulled carrier ships at a
time.
The site of the Venture Global
plant offers a deep shipping chan-
nel, proximity to natural gas sup-
plies and support from local lead-
ers. Van Heerden and other ex-
perts argue, though, it also poses a
number of risks that were not
closely analyzed by federal agen-
cies during the permitting proc-
ess.
To begin with, much of the site
sits slightly above or just below
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sea level, according to federal doc-
uments. This low elevation —
combined with high groundwater
— creates a risk of concrete de-
grading and steel piping corrod-
ing, according to the project’s fi-
nal environmental impact state-
ment.
In addition, the Venture Global
plant both contributes to an epi-
demic of sinking land here and
will be steadily undermined by it.
Since 1932, the state has lost more
than 1,900 square miles of land,
an area equal to Delaware, accord-
ing to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. Ac-
cording to NOAA, such valuable
coastal wetlands “are Louisiana’s
first line of defense during hurri-
canes and storms.”
But during construction, Ven-
ture Global destroyed 368 acres of
wetlands by draining them and
filling them in to build on top,
according to the Army Corps, the
federal Energy regulatory Com-
mission and the company. Ven-
ture Global has agreed to finance
wetland restoration undertaken
elsewhere by buying credits from
private “mitigation banks” that
fund the creation of wetlands.
Van Heerden knows all about
these storms. Before Hurricane
Katrina struck New Orleans in
2005, he used computer models to
warn the city and its surrounding
TOP: Alex Kolker, a parishes that they faced the risk of
professor at the Louisiana deep flooding because of multiple
Universities Marine levee breaks.
Consortium, gives a In 2022, the Sierra Club hired
walking tour of the levee van Heerden to review the safety
system surrounding and environmental impacts of the
Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG plant. His re-
Plaquemines liquefied port concluded that state and fed-
natural gas facility. eral agencies failed to adequately
MIDDLE: The Black review three potential factors —
community of Ironton, “climate change and accelerating
about five miles north of sea level rise; hurricanes and their
the Plaquemines LNG associated surges; and thunder-
site, has been hammered storms ‘on steroids.’” (Van
by numerous floods and Heerden is not a Sierra Club mem-
hurricanes. Now the ber and his contract with the Sier-
community is contending ra Club has expired.)
with the LNG plant’s If a hurricane such as Ida hit the
construction, as large LNG facility, van Heerden wrote,
trucks with construction it could overtop the steel flood
material rumble through wall and dislodge industrial
every day. The company equipment. Such flooding, he
says it is providing added, “would pollute adjacent
training opportunities to wetlands with construction ma-
local residents. terials and petrochemicals, thus
BOTTOM: Pipelines harming water quality, severely
raised above the levee stressing the coastal wetlands,
system surrounding and endangering surrounding
Venture Global’s facility. residents and communities.”
While Venture Global declined
to make officials available for in-
terviews, it has insisted its steel
wall is designed to withstand a
once-in-500-years storm. fErC
“reviewed its design thoroughly
during the permitting of the proj-
ect,” the company said.
Experts interviewed by The
Post, however, said that 2019
analysis by fErC and other agen-
cies — completed during the
Trump administration — was defi-
cient.
richard Glick, who served as a
fErC commissioner under
Trump and as chair during Biden’s
first two years in office, said his
predecessor Neil Chatterjee
pushed strongly to hasten LNG
permit approvals. Glick dissented
strongly from the approval of the
Plaquemines LNG facility, saying
the agency didn’t properly study
the climate implications.
“The commission had a reputa-
tion for being a rubber stamp for
these projects and I don’t think
the commission did anything be-
fore I was chair that would dis-
avow that reputation,” Glick said.
Chatterjee disagreed, hailing
fErC staff and saying that “the
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benefits, both environmental and
energy security, of the facilities
themselves have proven self-evi-
dent.” FERC declined to comment.
The town that Hurricane Ida
broke
About five miles north of the
Plaquemines LNG site, the Black
unincorporated community of
Ironton has seen this story play
out before. Over the years, it has
existed near coal export terminals
and an oil refinery that has now
closed its doors, while being re-
peatedly hammered by floods and
hurricanes.
Before Hurricane Ida, there
were about 50 homes in Ironton,
which was founded nearly a cen-
tury and a half ago by formerly
enslaved people.
Only eight homes, all elevated
on stilts, survived the storm; a
dozen other families now live in
state-provided mobile homes.
Many in the community — which
didn’t get piped running water
until 1980, followed by a sewer
system, paved roads and street-
lights — believe their basic needs
have been neglected.
Now Ironton is contending
with the LNG plant construction.
Nearly every day, large trucks
rumble past residents’ homes
kicking up dirt and debris, on
their way to deliver crushed stone,
gravel, concrete and asphalt to the
enormous construction site.
Critics say the building of the
facility follows a history in the
United States where people of col-
or have often disproportionately
suffered the consequences of en-
ergy development and industrial
pollution.
“The build-out of LNG is repro-
ducing the same racist siting pat-
terns and economic destruction
patterns that started post-World
War II,” said Robert D. Bullard, a
professor at the Bullard Center for
Environmental and Climate Jus-
tice at Texas Southern University.
“Ironton is a textbook case of
those toxic trade-offs.”
Venture Global said that “from
its inception, Venture Global has
made community investment and
engagement a core principle en-
grained in the company’s DNA”
and noted that it is providing
training opportunities to local
residents.
Ironton residents say they look
forward to less traffic once Ven-
ture Global finishes construction
and starts operating the LNG
plant, possibly later this year. But
at that point, people living near
the industrial complex could start
experiencing other impacts, in-
cluding the type of conventional
air pollution that comes out of
industrial facilities like these.
The scars of past hurricanes
remain visible across Plaque-
mines Parish, and some in Ironton
fear what could happen when the
next one hits.
Up the road from Ironton, Phil-
lips 66 shut down its oil refinery —
which had operated for five dec-
ades and employed 900 workers
— after Hurricane Ida struck in
2021.
Ida also flooded and demol-
ished much of Ironton, ripping
coffins from the cemetery and
dumping them on front yards.
Cassandra Wilson has lived in
the town her entire life, and when
Ida approached, her family fled to
Texas. When they returned, they
found snakes and high-water
marks. “We lost everything,” Wil-
son said. “The only stuff we were
able to salvage was the three days
of clothing.”
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Since returning to Ironton, Wil-
son has lived in a small camper
van provided by the state. It has a
bathroom, queen-size bed and
two bunk beds for her 14- and
15-year-old children.
“There is nothing that’s going
to run me out of my community,”
Wilson said.
During Hurricane Ida, at least
10 feet of water flooded the St.
Paul Missionary Baptist Church,
with its small bell tower and light
blue, yellow and rose-colored win-
dows.
Earlier this year, the Rev. Hay-
wood Johnson stood inside and
pointed to several layers of soggy
floorboards, which tell the story of
the church’s flood history, similar
to geological core samples. One of
these layers dates back to the early
1920s — four decades after the
church was first built — followed
by another put down in 1958. An-
other layer followed after Hurri-
cane Isaac hit in 2012.
Following Ida, community
members started rebuilding the
church, but the Federal Emergen-
cy Management Agency, which is
paying for the reconstruction, or-
dered them to hold off until the
structure could be lifted at least 12
feet off the ground. Johnson said it
would be raised close to 15 feet
with an elevator and an entrance
on a new third floor.
“We always say that God only
gives you a warning about things,
especially with the environment,”
Johnson said. “Some people don’t
take notice of it. But I have.”
Venture Global says its LNG
plant will help Ironton and other
communities in the area by creat-
ing 6,000 construction-related
jobs for people all over the region.
They include skilled workers as
well as bus drivers who ferry
workers from a remote parking lot
to the construction site. The com-
pany says about 300 to 400 per-
manent jobs will be created.
Venture Global also said in an
email that it was “in constant con-
tact with the Ironton community.”
It said it wanted “to see where we
can best help repair and rebuild
the community from flooding im-
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of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, walk through the flood-damaged property. An “Ironton
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pacts.”
Audrey Trufant Salvant, a re-
tired member of the parish coun-
cil who lives in Ironton, said Ven-
ture Global was currently doing a
drainage study.
“They have really been a good
neighbor,” said Trufant Salvant,
whom the company suggested for
an interview. “I don’t want to
make it sound as though we’ve
been bribed. The community was
devastated and we were left to
fend for ourselves.” She said an
improved drainage system would
enable people to move back into
their homes “much sooner.”
Rose Jackson, now in her early
80s, was part of the coalition that
fought an additional proposed
coal terminal several years ago.
While she now lives up the road
from Ironton, she retains ties
close to her hometown, where
some of her relatives live and
where forebears have their names
chiseled into a cornerstone of the
church.
“When they designed this, who-
ever did, did not think what the
repercussion would be. They were
only looking for the profits,” Jack-
son said. The Plaquemines LNG
plant will “have a horrible effect.
It is so congested. The traffic is
unbelievable, I mean for miles.”
An uncertain future for
exporting gas
As it anchors itself to Plaque-
mines Parish and other low-lying
parts of the Louisiana coast, Ven-
ture Global now finds itself at the
nexus of a fierce climate battle:
whether it should export liquefied
gas at all.
“The issue of climate change is
very real, but so is the surging
demand for electricity in the de-
veloping world,” said J. Robinson
West, a managing director at the
Boston Consulting Group and vet-
eran oil expert. “If this LNG isn’t
available and renewables will be
very slow in coming, then devel-
oping nations will turn to coal and
residual fuel oil, which would be a
serious mistake.”
But environmentalists have ar-
gued that these exports are en-
larging not only America’s carbon
footprint, but the world’s. The ac-
tivists have focused on the compa-
ny’s proposed Calcasieu Pass 2
project, which would rival the
Plaquemines terminal in size and
which the Biden administration
paused along with other new LNG
projects so that the Energy De-
partment could study their cli-
mate impacts.
Venture Global has said it will
fight these delays, and it has pow-
erful allies on its side.
In Louisiana, the company has
bipartisan support — from senior
House Republican Reps. Garret
Graves and Steve Scalise, and for-
mer senator Mary Landrieu (D),
who advises a gas industry advo-
cacy group and argues that natu-
ral gas is better than alternative
fossil fuels. Natural gas plants, she
said, are “helping the global cli-
mate. Period.”
Regardless of who holds the
White House, it is unlikely to af-
fect the nearly completed Plaque-
mines gas export facility. It has
nearly all the permits it needs.
Only the forces of nature and cli-
mate change hold sway over its
future.
On a grassy berm earlier this
year, Alex Kolker — a professor at
the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium — sidestepped some
fire ants and stood looking at the
Venture Global plant. Overhead
some osprey, a hawk and a bald
eagle glided among the nearby
tupelo, sweet gum and oak-hack-
berry forest trees. Many of the
trees were dead from saltwater
inundation.
“Yes, Louisiana has its particu-
larly intense challenges with land
loss and storms and the oil indus-
try,” Kolker said. However, he not-
ed that “the kinds of challenges we
are experiencing in Louisiana are
the kinds of things that people will
experience across the country in
the coming decades.”
The state is a test case of wheth-
er human engineering can protect
a vast swath of coastline against
rising seas and more intense
storms.
Last November, Louisiana
broke ground on a $2.3 billion
project to shunt some of the mud-
dy flows of Mississippi under and
past Ironton into degraded wet-
lands to the west. The project is
being financed largely with settle-
ment money from the 2010 Deep-
water Horizon oil disaster, and
aims to halt losses of wetlands by
mimicking the Mississippi River’s
historical path.
If the project is successful in
restoring wetlands, it could fur-
ther help buffer the Plaquemines
LNG facility from storms.
Stephane Hallegatte, a senior
climate change adviser at the
World Bank and co-author of a
report about rising seas, said the
race is on between nature and
adaptation.
“Even a very small change in
average level of the sea can make a
disaster 10 or 100 times more like-
ly,” Hallegatte said. “Will people
realize that risk is increasing and
improve defenses before a disas-
ter occurs? Or do we all realize this
only when we get flooded?”
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The World
Repeated bouts of extreme weather
BY C HRISTIAN S HEPHERD
AND L YRIC L I

T
hree years after Zhengzhou

awaken China to climate change

was hit with China’s deadli-
est flash floods in decades,
the central Chinese city was un-
derwater once again.
For over three hours on Mon-
day afternoon, 9.21 inches of rain
fell on this city of 13 million —
and forced an all-out effort to
prevent a repeat of 2021, when
300 people died in a sudden
deluge that flooded the subway
and trapped people in sub-
merged cars.
This time, local authorities
weren’t taking chances. They
canceled buses, closed tourist
sites and warned residents to stay
home. Water pumps were de-
ployed to prevent underpasses
from flooding. Subway entrances
were barricaded with sandbags
and metal sheeting.
China’s summer has begun
with a huge emergency-response
effort in multiple provinces to
prevent extreme weather, now
routine, from turning into a polit-
ical and humanitarian crisis for
the ruling Communist Party.
After last year’s record-break-
ing heat waves, June brought
drought, floods and typhoons —
sometimes quickly coming one
after the other. Extreme heat
delayed crop planting in the
eastern province of Shandong
weeks before it was hit with
floods.
After decades of campaigning
by climate activists that was
largely ignored, Beijing has made
adapting to bouts of extreme
weather a greater policy priority.
Last week, weather officials is-
sued an unusually direct warning
about the country’s vulnerability
to intensifying heat and rainfall
worsened by climate change.
A month earlier, the Ministry
of Ecology and Environment had
released its first progress report
on adaptation to the threat of
climate change, which highlight-
ed the need for better early-warn- reuters

ing systems and improved coor-
dination among departments in
charge of construction, water
management, transportation and
public health.
“When these departments are
siloed off, it impedes a systematic
response to climate,” said Liu
Junyan, a Beijing-based cam-
paigner for the environmental
advocacy group Greenpeace. “We
can’t miss the big picture because
we’re all tucked away in different
corners putting out our own
crises.”
This coordination, Liu said,
will be key to saving lives during
this year’s floods, as will improv-
ing advanced notice for residents
in the remote and mountainous
countryside, where mitigation
work remains weak.
Forecasts for the rest of July
underscore a sense of urgency:
Torrential rain is expected in
18 regions across the country. The
government has sent in hundreds
of soldiers, relocated tens of
thousands of villagers, and allo-
cated $200 million to aid disaster
relief.
Some of the worst flooding this
year has been in Hunan province
along the middle stretch of the
Yangtze River. There, four towns
in Pingjiang county were evacu-
ated Tuesday.
A 740-foot breach in the dikes
of China’s second-largest fresh-
water lake over the weekend has
reignited debate about farmland
and industrialization encroach-
ing on wetland that is better at
absorbing rainfall.
China’s climate-change adap-
tation problem is worsened by
vast differences in wealth and
geography. The country’s 1.4 bil-
lion people mostly live in dense
concrete sprawl prone to flash
flooding during downpours. Fac-
tories and financial centers are
Flooding last week in the city of Yueyang, Hunan province. Beijing has made extreme weather a greater policy priority, with unusually direct warnings on climate change.
Buildings stand amid floodwaters last week in the city of Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. In Shandong
province, extreme heat delayed crop planting in June, weeks before the area was hit by heavy rains.
concentrated along the low-lying
east coast.
While local governments rec-
ognize the importance of climate
change, “differences in economic
development between regions
mean there are gaps in capacity
for disaster prevention, resis-
tance and response,” said Tang
Xu, a professor of atmospheric
sciences at Fudan University in
Shanghai.
Tang, who previously served as
director of the Shanghai Meteo-
rological Bureau, reels off the
disasters that regions faced in
recent years — drought in the
northwest, landslides and mud-
slides in the southwest, typhoons
and storm surges on the east
coast — to underscore why “dis-
aster prevention is a formidable
task.”
The result, according to Tang,
is that some places are moving
fast to find and address risks
while others take their time —
but at least everyone is now
aware of the issues. “You can’t use
the same standard to say who’s
doing a good job and who’s doing
a bad job,” he said.
The central government in Bei-
jing is increasingly asking local
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officials to do better.
China is especially vulnerable
to extreme weather intensified by
climate change, China’s Meteoro-
logical Administration under-
scored in its annual “blue book”
on the topic released last Thurs-
day. The report laid out mounting
evidence of the threat, such as
record-breaking temperatures
last year that melted glaciers and
permafrost at speeds never seen
before.
More dramatic than the report
were a weather official’s unusual-
ly stark warnings of worse to
come.
At a news conference to launch
the report, Yuan Jiashuang, dep-
uty director of the administra-
tion, told journalists that heat
waves will scorch China for 15
more days a year and reach
temperatures 3 to 5 degrees Fahr-
enheit higher within 30 years.
Yuan highlighted that parts of
Xinjiang will be among the most
severely affected regions. Last
July, temperatures in its Turpan
Depression, which sits 500 feet
below sea level, reached 126 de-
grees Fahrenheit, China’s highest
temperature on record.
Over the same period, down-
pours lasting five days and con-
centrated in the center and
northeast of the country are ex-
pected to become more frequent,
until eventually more rain and
snow will fall during extreme
weather events than as normal
precipitation, Yuan said.
The Chinese government only
recently began warning openly of
the dangers of climate change.
For decades, officials accepted
the science but argued that re-
sponsibility lay with richer, de-
veloped nations like the United
States, which has released more
carbon dioxide historically.
That position became harder
to sustain as the country’s reli-
ance on coal-fired power and its
massive construction boom
made it the world’s leading emit-
ter of greenhouse gases.
In China, the gradually warm-
ing atmosphere took a back seat
to concerns about clearing haz-
ardous smog that blanketed ma-
jor cities. Public discussion and
scientific research on the topic
were limited compared with that
in Europe or North America.
That situation has changed
dramatically in recent years, in
part because Chinese leader Xi
Jinping wants to be seen as a
global leader on climate issues.
Green technologies are also now
a critical driver of the Chinese
economy.
China brought more solar pan-
els online last year than the rest
of the world combined, and the
country is projected by the Inter-
national Energy Agency to ac-
count for 60 percent of global
renewable energy installations
by 2028.
Experts on Chinese energy sys-
tems widely believe that the
country could reach peak carbon
dioxide emissions ahead of the
official goal of “before 2030” — if
Beijing keeps a check on local
governments that keep approv-
ing new coal-fired power plants.
But the focus on climate adap-
tation has also been driven by the
annual drumbeat of natural dis-
asters that underscored the
threat of extreme weather for
everyday Chinese and policymak-
ers in Beijing.
For the leadership of the Chi-
nese Communist Party, which
prides itself on nature-defying
feats of engineering and disaster
preparedness, more-frequent cri-
ses are becoming public relations
nightmares for its carefully craft-
ed image.
A year after the deadly flash
floods in Zhengzhou, the lengthy
heat waves of 2022 turned lakes
into streams, wilted crops and
sparked forest fires.
Last August, Beijing faced its
largest downpours since 1883.
Authorities responded by activat-
ing a massive flood-diversion sys-
tem that sacrificed rural areas to
protect the capital and a new
development zone personally
backed by Xi.

Di g es t

MeXiCO
Fentanyl seizures drop
as those of meth rise
Even as Mexican-made
fentanyl continues to flood into
the United States, Mexico’s
efforts to seize the drug have
declined dramatically, according
to figures released Tuesday by
Mexico’s Defense Department.
Figures for the first half of
2024 show that Mexican federal
forces seized only 286 pounds of
fentanyl nationwide between
January and June, down
94 percent from 2023.
The synthetic opioid has been
blamed for about 70,000
overdose deaths annually in the
United States, and U.S. officials
have tried to step up efforts to
seize it as it comes over the
border. Rather than join in the
effort, Mexico’s army and
national guard appear to have
refocused their attention
far more toward seizing
methamphetamines, which are
much more widely consumed in
Mexico than fentanyl.
Mexico seized a record of over
400 tons of meth in 2023, more
than 12 times what it seized in
2022. That pace appeared to
continue in the first half of 2024,
with 168 tons of meth seized.
Mexico’s Defense Department
did not explain why seizures of
the two drugs have changed so
dramatically.
— Associated Press
iNDONesiA
23 killed in landslide;
dozens still missing
Rescue workers dug through
tons of mud and rubble Tuesday
as they searched for dozens of
missing people after a landslide
hit an unauthorized gold-mining
area on Indonesia’s Sulawesi
island, killing at least 23 people.
More than 100 villagers were
digging for grains of gold Sunday
in the remote and hilly village of
Bone Bolango when tons of mud
plunged down the surrounding
hills and buried their makeshift
camps, said Heriyanto, head of
the provincial Search and Rescue
Office, who goes by a single
name like many Indonesians.
According to his office,
23 villagers were pulled out alive,
including 18 with injuries, and
23 bodies were recovered,
including that of a 4-year-old.
About 35 people were missing.
Torrential rains that have
pounded the mountainous
district since Saturday triggered
the landslide and broke an
embankment, causing floods up
to the roofs of houses, said a
National Disaster Management
Agency spokesperson.
— Associated Press
PeRU
American killed in ’02
by avalanche is found
Police in Peru said Tuesday
that they have found the cold-
preserved body of an American
mountaineer who was buried by
an avalanche 22 years ago as he
tried to climb one of the highest
peaks in the Andes.
Police in the Ancash region
said they found the body of
William Stampfl on Friday near a
camp 17,060 feet above sea level.
The 58-year-old had been trying
to climb 22,205-foot Mount
Huascarán. Police said his body
and clothing had been preserved
by the ice and freezing
temperatures. His driver’s
license was also found. It says he
lived in Chino in California’s San
Bernardino County.
Hundreds of climbers visit the
mountain each year with local
guides. Stampfl and friends
Matthew Richardson and Steve
Erskine attempted the ascent in
2002. Erskine’s body was found
shortly after the avalanche, but
Richardson’s is still missing.
— Associated Press
A court in Moscow on Tuesday
ordered Yulia Navalnaya, the
widow of Russian opposition
politician Alexei Navalny,
arrested in absentia for two
months. The court accused
Navalnaya, who lives outside
Russia, of participating in an
“extremist” group. The decision
means she would face certain
arrest if she set foot in the
country. Navalnaya, 47, stepped
into the spotlight after her
husband’s death in an Arctic
penal colony in February and
said she would continue the fight
for what Navalny called the
“beautiful Russia of the future.”
Writing on X on Tuesday,
Navalnaya told her supporters to
focus not on the court order but
on the battle against Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
The European Union’s
ambassador to Georgia said
Tuesday that the bloc had frozen
$32 million in military aid to
Georgia amid what he said was
“a low point” in relations.
Georgia’s Parliament in June
passed a bill requiring groups
that receive funding from abroad
to register as foreign agents, a
measure criticized by the
opposition and the West as a
Russian-inspired move to stifle
dissent. Speaking in Tbilisi,
Ambassador Pawel Herczynski
said the freezing of military aid
“is only a first step.” He said the
E.U. would “gradually diminish”
aid to Georgia’s government and
shift toward supporting its civil
society and media.
— From news services
wednesday, july 10 , 2024
Zelensky expresses his gratitude for additional air defenses from NATO
Decision to send systems
came after devastating
Russian missile attacks
BY F RANCESCA E BEL,
A NASTACIA G ALOUCHKA
AND R ACHEL P ANNETT
KYIV — The United States and its
allies have agreed to provide addi-
tional air defenses to Ukraine af-
ter devastating russian missile at-
tacks monday that killed at least
38 people across Ukraine and de-
stroyed a Kyiv children’s hospital.
on the first day of a NATo
summit in Washington, President
Biden unveiled plans to provide
Ukraine with dozens of tactical air
defense systems to protect Ukrai-
nian cities, including Patriot mis-
sile batteries and components and
other advanced defense systems.
“I am grateful to our partners —
the United States, Germany, the
Netherlands, Italy, and romania
— for adopting a strong declara-
tion in support of Ukraine’s air
defense system to protect its peo-
ple, cities, and critical infrastruc-
ture,” Ukrainian President Volod-
ymyr Zelensky said in a social me-
dia post as he joined the NATo
summit. “russia’s air terror
against Ukrainians, including yes-
terday’s brutal strike on the chil-
dren’s hospital, must be met with
unity and strength.”
The attacks had prompted Zel-
ensky to request a lifting of restric-
tions on the use of U.S. weapons to
strike targets on russian territory
that have put key air bases out of
reach. Zelensky said his military
needs to be able to hit russian
planes where they are housed and
get rearmed with new missiles.
The Biden administration so far
is refusing to loosen those restric-
tions beyond allowing strikes in
border areas where russian forces
are planning imminent attacks.
According to Ukrainian author-
ities, 33 of 44 missiles were inter-
cepted during monday’s attack.
Those that penetrated the
country’s air defenses brought
death and fiery havoc, including in
Kyiv, where two people were killed
at the okhmatdyt Children’s Hos-
pital, as well as in the cities of
Dnipro and Kryvyi rih. more than
70 people were wounded.
In emotional testimony to the
U.N. Security Council on Tuesday,
the hospital’s director, Volodymyr
Zhovnir, described “complete
hell” as ceilings collapsed and peo-
ple screamed for help.
“At 10:42 a.m., we heard a pow-
At celebratory summit for NATO, admitting Ukraine remains contentious topic
NAto from A1
his forces to use U.S.-provided
offensive weapons to reach far
into russia, something that
Biden has long resisted as a possi-
ble provocation to russia that
might draw the United States into
the war.
The summit, he said, was tak-
ing place in the “shadow” of the
upcoming U.S. election, suggest-
ing that was the reason for
Biden’s hesitation. “It’s time to
step out of the shadows and get
busy and not to wait for Novem-
ber or any other month in defend-
ing democracy against [russian
President Vladimir] Putin,” Zel-
ensky said.
In an on-stage back-and-forth
with fox News anchor Bret Baier
after his speech, Zelensky ducked
a question about whom Putin
would prefer as U.S. president.
“Biden and Trump are very differ-
ent, but both are supportive of
democracy,” he said. “That’s why I
think Putin will hate both of
them.”
While alliance leaders are ex-
pected to unveil other steps to
train and arm Ukraine at this
week’s gathering, the modest
package of expected deliverables
underscores questions about
whether Kyiv’s Western backers
can help it prevail in a grinding
war for survival.
russia has managed to defy a
barrage of Western sanctions im-
posed following President Vladi-
mir Putin’s 2022 invasion, instead
surging troops and military pro-
duction in its quest to cement
control over vast swaths of
Ukraine.
Leaders of the alliance’s 32
nations, who descended upon the
U.S. capital ahead of the multiday
summit, are attempting to refo-
cus attention away from
Ukraine’s gloomy battlefield out-
look by highlighting ongoing alli-
ance support for Kyiv. for Biden,
the summit is a moment of in-
tense scrutiny as he faces pres-
sure over his readiness to serve
another four years.
NATo Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg sought to cast the
stakes of the Ukraine conflict in
historic terms, saying the oppo-
nents of democracy would ben-
. the washington post
the okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv was hit in a missile attack Monday that killed a doctor and another adult. Russian officials
confirmed that they had carried out a massive air assault on Ukrainian cities but insisted that their targets were strictly military.
erful explosion — the ground
shook, and the walls trembled.
Children and adults began to
scream and cry from fear,” Zhovnir
said. “Three complex surgeries
were being performed. Children
were on IVs, on dialysis and in
intensive care. What happened
put their lives at risk.”
Daria Chechylo, okhmatdyt’s
press officer, said in an interview
with The Washington Post on
Tuesday that when the first explo-
sion hit she immediately ran to the
bomb shelter. Another deafening
explosion then shook the ceiling
so violently that Chechylo said she
thought it would collapse.
When Chechylo left the shelter,
she said, she confronted an apoca-
lyptic scene of billowing smoke,
blown out windows and children
covered in blood.
“I didn’t feel anything except for
absolute horror,” she said, her
voice cracking. “To hit a place
where children are healing? I
couldn’t believe that they had ac-
tually shelled the biggest chil-
dren’s hospital in Ukraine.”
The barrage occurred just a day
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Warsaw on Monday. Along with providing urgently
needed air-defense systems, NAto leaders are expected to unveil more steps to train and arm Ukraine.
efit if Western nations did not
make good in backing Kyiv’s
fight.
“There are no cost-free options
with an aggressive russia as a
neighbor; there are no risk-free
options in a war,” he told leaders
of the 32-nation summit. “re-
member the biggest cost and the
greatest risk will be if russia wins
in Ukraine; we cannot let that
happen.”
Against the backdrop of
Ukraine’s struggle to sustain its
military effort — along with Euro-
pean anxiety about the potential
for upheaval under a second
Trump presidency and a rise in
far-right parties in some alliance
members — NATo leaders are
expected to approve a shift from
U.S. to NATo control elements of
the effort to arm and train
Ukraine, and other measures offi-
cials are depicting as a “bridge” to
Ukraine’s future accession to the
alliance.
more direct action to admit
Ukraine, such as setting a time-
line for entry, remains a conten-
before the NATo leaders gath-
ered. Although the United States
and some other NATo countries
have refused to fast-track mem-
bership in the alliance for
Ukraine, many have signed bilat-
eral security agreements with
Kyiv promising ongoing aid.
The russian Defense ministry
confirmed monday that it carried
out a massive air assault on Ukrai-
nian cities, but senior officials in
moscow continued to insist that
their targets were strictly military
and they denied responsibility for
the strike on the hospital.
Investigators from Ukraine’s
State Security Service, or SBU, said
the hospital was hit by a russian
Kh-101 high-precision cruise mis-
sile. Video and photos of the attack
appeared to show a Kh-101 missile
striking the building.
russian foreign ministry
spokeswoman maria Zakharova
called the destruction of the hospi-
tal a “tragedy” but blamed it on a
NATo-provided NASAmS missile
— an assertion for which she pro-
vided no evidence.
“Attempts by the Zelensky re-
tious subject among NATo mem-
bers, some of whom fear absorb-
ing a country mired in conflict
with a nuclear superpower.
Ivo Daalder, who served as U.S.
ambassador to NATo during the
obama administration, said the
new support constituted a “sig-
nificant step forward” that would
thrust the alliance more directly
into the day-to-day actions sup-
porting Ukraine’s military effort.
“It does bring Ukraine and
NATo closer together on the
practical and operational sense,”
Daalder said. “What it doesn’t do
is solve the strategic issue, which
is: When will Ukraine become a
member of NATo?”
officials were still racing to
finalize the summit’s communi-
qué Tuesday as the summit got
underway. The latest proposal
would offer Ukraine an “irrevers-
ible” path toward NATo member-
ship, but it would also include
extensive language about the
need for Kyiv to make anti-cor-
ruption and good governance
changes before it can join, 12
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gime to use the tragedy with the
children’s hospital in Kyiv for
propaganda confirm its inhuman
nature,” Zakharova said.
At the Security Council meet-
ing, russia’s ambassador to the
United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya,
also blamed Ukraine. “They claim
that the enemy intentionally tar-
geted children,” he said of
Ukraine, “although everyone
knows that the rocket was acci-
dentally shot down.”
Nebenzya said Ukraine was
pushing false propaganda on the
eve of the NATo summit “to divert
attention from other issues” in-
cluding “why military facilities are
located so close to residential ar-
eas and hospitals.”
Speaking to reporters Tuesday,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pesk-
ov insisted that moscow does not
strike civilian targets — though
countless apartment buildings,
hospitals, theaters and other civil-
ian structures have been damaged
and destroyed since russia’s inva-
sion in 2022. In some cases, entire
cities have been laid waste.
“I urge you to be guided by the
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officials familiar with the conver-
sations said, some of whom spoke
on the condition of anonymity to
discuss ongoing negotiations.
That language was the result of
an agreement struck by Andriy
Yermak, Ukrainian President Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff,
and U.S. national security adviser
Jake Sullivan, the officials said,
one that reflected Biden’s on-
going reservations about
Ukraine’s path to NATo member-
ship.
NATo members that favor a
faster membership track for
Ukraine had sought to include
the word “irreversible” to demon-
strate that Kyiv has moved closer
to alliance entry since last year’s
summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Some acknowledged that the
word was more symbolic than
substantive.
Biden, who has remained more
resistant on the subject than
many of his senior aides, initially
rejected the plan to include the
irreversibility language and de-
clared in more than one oval
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statement of the ministry of De-
fense, which absolutely rules out
that the strike was on civilian tar-
gets and states that it was the fall
of an antimissile,” Peskov said.
Yuriy Ignat, head of the press
office of Ukraine’s air force, said
russia has modernized its mis-
siles and drones to make them less
detectable, and that russia had
multiplied its use of ballistic mis-
siles over the past three months.
Some missiles have recently been
equipped with radar and thermal
traps, he said.
“During today’s strike, the
cruise missiles flew at extremely
low altitudes, combat work on
them was carried out in some plac-
es at a height of up to 50 meters,
which of course can also lead to
terrible consequences on the
ground,” Ignat wrote in a detailed
facebook post monday.
Karolina Hird, an analyst at the
Institute for the Study of War, a
research group based in Washing-
ton, said monday’s attack was “an-
other very painful example” that
Ukraine does not have enough
Western-made systems to defend
office meeting that much work
remained to be done to combat
corruption before Ukraine could
gain membership, two U.S. offi-
cials and one former official said.
In an interview in may, the
president said he was “not pre-
pared to support the NAToiza-
tion of Ukraine,” appearing to
rule out the country’s member-
ship altogether and contradicting
the U.S. government’s official
stance.
Biden continued to express
skepticism in talks with Stolten-
berg in Washington last month,
the officials said, saying the more
cautious “bridge to NATo” lan-
guage U.S. officials were already
using would suffice.
When Biden’s top advisers
once again pitched the president
on the “irreversible” wording af-
ter the Stoltenberg talks, Sullivan
was able to secure his support on
the condition the United States
would also require language cit-
ing the need for Ukraine to make
extensive progress on corruption
and political accountability be-
fore gaining membership, the of-
ficials said. Even so, Biden agreed
only to say that Ukraine’s path to
“Euro-Atlantic integration” was
irreversible, officials said.
That led some NATo countries,
especially Eastern European
states that border Ukraine and
russia, to object. Secretary of
State Antony Blinken did a last-
minute round of work to con-
vince Biden to get on board with
stronger language — adding
“NATo membership” to the list of
things that are irreversible —
then securing the agreement of
allies to go along with the plan,
officials said.
The discussions were a sign of
Biden’s concern that admitting
Ukraine before it is ready could
eventually saddle the alliance
with corruption challenges that
would be hard to root out, the
officials said.
“Ukraine is not a teeny-tiny
Balkan country that we’re talking
about,” one official said. “It’s huge
and it will have a sizable impact.”
for now at least, top Ukrainian
officials appear publicly focused
on what their country will gain,
rather than what remains elusive.
U.S. and NATo officials sought
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its cities.
Hird, in an interview, said
Ukraine needs the consistent pro-
vision of Patriot systems. “I hope
that this attack spurs realization
that Patriots are absolutely criti-
cal,” she said.
Hird said that with russia de-
veloping new tactics to maximize
the damage of its airstrikes,
Ukraine must be able to adapt, as
it did in response to russian at-
tacks using Iranian-made Shahed
drones last year.
The attack on okhmatdyt Chil-
dren’s Hospital, a flagship cancer
center, killed a doctor and another
adult and destroyed a dialysis
unit. Eight children were hospital-
ized with injuries.
According to Ukraine’s Health
ministry, there were 627 children
being treated in the hospital.
Nearly 100 other patients were
evacuated to other hospitals in
Kyiv and some were awaiting
transfer abroad; while 68 children
remained in the surviving build-
ings of okhmatdyt for treatment.
The rest were discharged home.
“We will have serious long-term
consequences for the medical field
regarding the treatment of chil-
dren,” Zhovnir, the hospital direc-
tor, said. “Patients will not receive
proper care.”
Three bodies were uncovered
Tuesday morning from the debris
of a residential building that was
also monday, bringing the total
death toll in the capital to 11.
After monday’s attack, the
White House reiterated that it
would not further loosen restric-
tions on Ukraine striking targets
within russian territory using
U.S.-provided weapons. John Kir-
by, a spokesman, said U.S. weap-
ons may be used only to strike
border areas in russia where mos-
cow’s forces may be preparing im-
minent attacks on Ukraine.
Zelensky said that his nation
urgently needed more than sym-
pathy from its backers and to be
cleared to strike russian military
aircraft on their bases.
“mere concern does not stop
the terror. Condolences are not a
weapon,” Zelensky wrote in a
statement monday. “We need to
shoot down russian missiles. We
must destroy russian combat air-
craft where they are based. Strong
steps must be taken to eliminate
any security deficit. … our part-
ners are capable of making this
happen. Decisions are needed as
soon as possible.”
karen deyoung in washington
contributed to this report. Pannett
reported from wellington, new
Zealand.
to portray the deliverables, fol-
lowing a recent peace summit, as
proof of unshakable Western
commitment. They also high-
lighted a new Group of Seven
decision to unlock $50 billion in
proceeds from frozen russian as-
sets for Ukraine and recent U.S.
moves to send additional air-de-
fense interceptors and to permit
Ukraine to use American weap-
ons to strike certain sites inside
russia, even though some key
targets remain out of reach.
But the summit’s offerings for
Ukraine remain less ambitious
than Kyiv and some within the
alliance had hoped.
This spring, for instance, Stol-
tenberg raised the idea of creat-
ing a multiyear fund to lock in
commitments from allies and
protect Ukraine aid from the
winds of political change. Some
allies, including the United
States, balked at the idea of a
years-long obligation. Instead,
the alliance is expected to an-
nounce a plan to sustain the
current level of military aid —
roughly $40 billion — for next
year.
A chief deliverable this week
will be the establishment of a new
NATo structure that will take
over some duties of the Ukraine
Defense Contact Group, a body
that has been coordinating mili-
tary aid to Kyiv since 2022 under
the leadership of U.S. Defense
Secretary Lloyd Austin, including
the training for Ukrainian troops.
Jim Townsend, a former Penta-
gon official for Europe, said that
while Ukraine would not be get-
ting a near-term invitation to join
NATo, the summit would still
send Putin a message that the
alliance is not walking away from
the fight.
Zelensky, who is expected to
hold a one-on-one meeting with
Biden later in the week, “will be
told ‘Please don’t do it again,’” a
senior NATo official said. But in
his remarks Tuesday evening,
Zelensky focused on the much
more immediate question of how
to defend against the russian
onslaught in the immediate fu-
ture.
karen deyoung and john Hudson
contributed to this report.
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israel-gaza war

Renewed Israeli o≠ensive leaves hospitals in northern Gaza struggling

BY L EO S ANDS,
H AZEM B ALOUSHA,
S ARAH D ADOUCH
AND K AREEM F AHIM
Hospitals in the northern
Gaza Strip are struggling to treat
patients and offer desperately
needed medical services amid
Israeli operations in Gaza City,
according to local officials and
hospital administrators.
The resumed military offen-
sive, which forced tens of thou-
sands to flee, has sown chaos
among sick and injured Palestin-
ians, as the city’s remaining med-
ical facilities have been caught
up in Israeli-ordered evacuation
zones while others struggle to get
fuel and medical supplies.
Military action was not limit-
ed to the north. At least 17 people
were killed after an Israeli air-
strike early in the day on a home
in the Nuseirat refugee camp in
central Gaza, according to Nas-
sar Ghareez, a spokesman for the
Palestinian civil defense. Eleven
were children, according to a list
of the victims provided by the
civil defense. Later Tuesday, the
Gaza Health Ministry said 25
people were killed and 53 injured
in an apparent Israeli strike near
the Al-Awda school in eastern
Khan Younis, which was being
used as a shelter for displaced
people.
The Israel Defense Forces de-
clined to say whether it had
carried out the Nuseirat strike
but said it “follows international
law and takes feasible precau-
tions to mitigate civilian harm.”
The IDF has not commented
publicly on the Al-Awda school
strike.
In northern Gaza, civil defense
spokesman Mahmoud Bassal
said fighting has made it too
dangerous for patients or ambu-
lances to reach Gaza City’s
al-Ahli Hospital. As of Tuesday
morning, Israeli troops re-
mained in southern areas of
Gaza City, he said, including
around the headquarters of the
U.N. Relief and Works Agency
(UNRWA), which aids Palestin-
ian refugees.
According to the World Health
Organization, both the al-Ahli
A room at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, which the WHO said was one of two hospitals that effectively
had stopped functioning as of Monday evening. Wards had been emptied of patients, photos showed.
In northern Gaza, civil defense spokesman
Mahmoud Bassal said fighting has made it
too dangerous for patients or ambulances
to reach Gaza City’s al-Ahli Hospital.
and Patient’s Friends Benevolent
Society hospitals had effectively
ceased to function as of Monday
evening.
The Episcopal Diocese of Jeru-
salem, which helps operate al-
Ahli, said in a statement that
drones were fired around it Sun-
day evening and that those in-
side were forced to flee. Photo-
graphs of al-Ahli taken Monday
showed wards emptied of pa-
tients and hospital workers, with
medical equipment strewn
across the floor.
In a post on X, WHO Director
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
said patients at the hospitals
have been discharged or self-
evacuated, with some referred to
the nearby Kamal Adwan and
Indonesian hospitals — both of
which he said were suffering
from shortages of fuel, beds and
trauma medical supplies. “Indo-
nesian Hospital is triple over its
capacity,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Palestine Red
Crescent Society said that all its
medical stations and emergency
clinics in Gaza City were “out of
service due to the Israeli occupa-
tion’s forcible evacuation mea-
sures.”
anadolu/anadolu vIa getty Images
The IDF denied that it includ-
ed hospitals and medical facili-
ties in its evacuation orders.
“There is no need to evacuate the
hospitals and medical facilities
in the area,” it said in a statement
Tuesday morning, although it
said that civilians in specific
areas were ordered to evacuate
to protect them from active com-
bat. Monday’s evacuation order
covered 70 percent of the city.
In a separate statement Tues-
day morning, the IDF said it has
killed dozens of militants and
was operating “above and below
the ground” in Gaza City’s Shejai-
ya neighborhood.
Since the war began Oct. 7,
Israel has made hospitals a key
target of its military campaign,
alleging that Hamas uses them
for militant activity. Wartime
conditions have eviscerated
Gaza’s medical infrastructure,
with hospitals suffering from
shortages of medical supplies
and fuel needed for generators.
Health officials have repeatedly
warned that the system is on the
brink of collapse.
Numerous medical workers
have been detained by Israeli
forces, including some who have
died in custody.
Gaza’s largest hospital, the al-
Shifa complex in Gaza City, has
been mostly reduced to gutted
ruins, after a weeks-long offen-
sive by Israeli troops against
Hamas militants who Israel said
had barricaded themselves in-
side.
The Israeli military concluded
its operations in Gaza City
months ago but has repeatedly
reentered parts of the Gaza Strip
to deal with what it has de-
scribed as resurgent Hamas forc-
es.
Meanwhile, U.S. negotiators
returned to the Middle East to
continue cease-fire talks this
week, as hopes for an imminent
breakthrough faded after Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-
yahu injected further uncertain-
ty by insisting that Israel should
be able to resume fighting as part
of any deal accepted by negotia-
tors.
The delegation includes CIA
Director William J. Burns, a key
U.S. participant in past cease-fire
negotiations, and Brett McGurk,
President Biden’s coordinator for
the Middle East and North Afri-
ca, who White House National
Security Council spokesman
John Kirby said met with their
Egyptian, Israeli and Jordanian
counterparts in the Egyptian
capital.
Burns met with Egyptian Pres-
ident Abdel Fatah El-Sisi on
Tuesday, discussing “joint efforts
to reach an agreement on a
cease-fire,” according to a read-
out from the Egyptian presi-
dent’s office. State-affiliated
Egyptian media reported that a
delegation would travel to Doha,
Qatar, on Wednesday for more
talks, amid “intensified activity”
to bring the two sides closer
together.
In its report, the state televi-
sion outlet cited officials saying
there was “agreement on many
points.”
At a news briefing Monday,
Kirby said “there are still some
gaps that remain” in the two
sides’ positions. “But we
wouldn’t have sent a team over
there if we didn’t think we had a
shot there.”
Here’s what else to know
Australia appointed a special
envoy for combating antisemi-
tism. Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese said that Jillian Segal,
announced Tuesday as the office-
holder, will help ease tensions
brewing in Australia “as a result
of the devastating conflict in the
Middle East.” A special envoy for
Islamophobia will also be an-
nounced, the statement said.
A Hezbollah member was
killed in the Damascus country-
side on the Damascus-Beirut
highway, Hezbollah confirmed
in a statement after local reports
of a drone attack striking a car in
the area. The IDF declined to
comment. A member of Hezbol-
lah’s media office, who spoke on
the condition anonymity in ac-
cordance with the group’s media
rules, confirmed that Hezbollah
member Yasser Qaranbash was
killed near the border but gave
no further details. Hezbollah
said it targeted IDF headquar-
ters of the 210th Golan Division
with dozens of rockets in re-
sponse to the attack in Syria.
Syrian state media accused
Israeli forces of bombarding
targets in the coastal city of
Baniyas. The state news agency
reported that an overnight attack
resulted in “some material loss-
es,” without offering details. The
IDF declined to comment.
At least 38,243 people have
been killed and 88,033 injured
in Gaza since the war started,
according to the Gaza Health
Ministry, which does not distin-
guish between civilians and com-
batants but says the majority of
the dead are women and chil-
dren. Israel estimates that about
1,200 people were killed in
Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including
more than 300 soldiers, and it
says 324 soldiers have been killed
since the start of its military
operations in Gaza.
mohamad el Chamaa, lior soroka
and Heba Farouk mahfouz
contributed to this report.

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The far-right ascendancy in France looked certain. The polls were wrong.
Blackout period before
vote meant data missed
candidate maneuvers
BY R ICK N OACK
AND S COTT C LEMENT
PARIS — It was one of the greatest
political upsets in french history,
and an outcome that pollsters
failed to predict.
When far-right supporters
gathered for their election watch
party in Paris on Sunday, they
were ready to celebrate a historic
night. The far right had been com-
fortably ahead in the first round of
voting, with the support of 1 in 3
voters, and second-round polls
showed them placing first again.
A majority of seats in the National
Assembly, and a far-right govern-
ment, appeared to be within
reach.
But marine Le Pen’s National
rally party ended up not only
falling short of a majority but
coming in third, behind a surging
left and even President Emmanu-
el macron’s ailing centrist alli-
ance.
Why was the result such a sur-
prise?
Polling firms say their models
weren’t able to fully capture the
shifting dynamics in the days be-
fore the vote — either the late
efforts to block the far right with a
coordinated “republican front” or
an apparent softening of enthusi-
asm for National rally.
The far right’s chances shrank
significantly in the week between
the voting rounds, as left-wing
and centrist candidates who had
placed third in the first round on
June 30 voluntarily withdrew
from more than 200 runoffs. The
idea was to prevent splitting the
vote in a way that would have
enabled far-right victories.
There were only three days be-
tween the finalization of the can-
didate list and the legally mandat-
ed polling blackout before the
election.
“The biggest challenge for us is
time,” Ipsos research director ma-
thieu Gallard told The Washing-
ton Post on Tuesday.
Although Ipsos and many other
firms accurately estimated the na-
Supporters of the French Rassemblement National far-right party
react after the first results of the second round of voting Sunday.
tional vote share for National ral-
ly in first round, the statistical
models used to forecast local con-
tests in the second round overesti-
mated far-right wins. Ipsos’s final
survey of 10,101 registered voters
on July 3 and 4 projected that
National rally would win be-
tween 175 and 205 seats. The pos-
sibility of the far right securing
DimitAr Dilkoff/AfP/Getty imAGes
the 289 seats needed for a majori-
ty appeared to be diminishing.
“my assumption is that the dy-
namic still progressed on friday,
Saturday and Sunday,” Gallard
said.
National rally ended up with
143 seats.
french pollsters misjudged the
resistance to the far right in the
last election, too — but in the
opposite direction. In 2022, the
leftist and centrist alliances end-
ed up getting fewer seats than
expected, below the lowest end of
the range for any survey.
This time, when results came
in, it was clear that the strategy to
prevent a far-right surge had been
more successful than anticipated
in the polls. Antoine Jardin, a
political researcher, said there
was “a strong transfer of votes” in
a way that consolidated the oppo-
sition.
In head-to-head contests be-
tween the left and far right in the
second round, between 43 and 54
percent of people who had initial-
ly supported a macron-backed
candidate voted for a left-wing
candidate, according to france’s
public broadcaster, which com-
missioned an Ipsos-Talan exit poll.
And in districts with second-
round contests between a ma-
cron-backed candidate and the far
right, 72 percent of voters who had
supported the left-wing New Pop-
ular front alliance turned out to
support the centrists.
The far right may have also lost
some momentum among its own
supporters in the week between
the two rounds of voting, said
Pierre mathiot, a political re-
searcher.
Hastily recruited after macron
unexpectedly called snap elec-
tions last month, some far-right
candidates struggled in debates
on television and in other public
appearances. “Not all of them
were very well prepared,” said re-
naud Dehousse, director of SAIS
Europe.
“I think that for a small portion
of voters, this caused a rethink,”
mathiot said.
In the wake of National rally’s
defeat at the polls, questions
about its ability to govern are un-
likely to wane. The party had
hoped that it would be busy this
week preparing to share power
with macron. Instead, the Paris
prosecutor’s office said Tuesday
that it had opened a preliminary
investigation into the possibility
that Le Pen illicitly financed her
unsuccessful 2022 presidential
election campaign.
Clement reported from Washington.
lenny Bronner and elie Petit
contributed to this report.

BY A NDREW J EONG

Thousands took to the streets

of Barcelona over the weekend to
protest overtourism, some
armed with brightly colored wa-
ter pistols that sent bewildered
visitors fleeing restaurant patios,
abandoning half-eaten meals.
The protesters, who carried
signs reading “Tourists go home,”
say tourism has inflated the cost
of living for Barcelonians, while
the revenue from visitors hasn’t
been fairly distributed across the
city. As travel rebounds after the
end of pandemic restrictions, the
frustration in Spain reflects
growing backlash against over-
tourism around the world.
The facts
Led by the Assemblea de Bar-
ris pel Decreixement Turístic, or
the Neighborhood Assembly for
Tourism Degrowth, the protest-
ers listed 13 demands in a mani-
festo published Saturday, includ-
ing restrictions on tourist accom-
modations, fewer cruise termi-
nals in the city’s port and an end
to tourism advertisements using
public money.
Local authorities estimated
2,800 people participated in the
protests. Daniel Pardo rivacoba,
48, a member of the organizing
group, said as many as 20,000
people from 170 organizations
took part in the protests.
rivacoba said the use of water
guns was a spontaneous decision
made by individual protesters
and was not suggested by orga-
nizers. “receiving water on your
face is not nice, but it’s not
violent,” he said.
responding to growing con-
cerns, Barcelona mayor Jaume
Collboni pledged Saturday to re-
serve 10,000 residential units
usually used by tourists for local
residents and increase taxes on
tourists, among other measures.
Background
Barcelona has long been a
Fed up with overtourism in Barcelona,
protesters blast visitors with water guns
a protest against overtourism in Barcelona on Saturday. Thousands of locals marched and delivered a manifesto about the cost-of-living
impact of tourism, the latest backlash against a global travel surge since the end of pandemic restrictions.
popular tourist destination. Last
year, close to 26 million visited
the region, according to official
figures, and Spain was the sec-
ond-most-visited country in the
world, according to U.N. Tour-
ism. Barcelona’s population is 1.7
million.
Along with Venice, it is where
the backlash against overtour-
ism began, said T.C. Chang, a
professor of geography at the
National University of Singapore
who researches urban tourism.
“As far as I know, there has
JoseP lAGo/AfP/Getty imAGes
been no explicit violence. But
[overtourism] was already recog-
nized at least 2-3 years before the
pandemic,” he said in an email,
noting that residents have also
put up “No tourists welcome”
signs in neighborhoods. “What
has happened in Barcelona will
spread to more tourist-crowded
places beyond Europe,” he add-
ed.
The bigger picture
Locales in Japan, Indonesia,
Greece, Italy and the Nether-
lands have also taken steps to
curb influxes of visitors in the
past year.
In Japan, one town sought to
install a huge screen at a popular
photo spot in front of mount fuji
to stop tourists from taking self-
ies and causing traffic jams. Last
year, the Greek government im-
posed a new timed ticketing
system for the ancient Acropolis,
a UNESCo World Heritage site,
along with a visitor cap of 20,000
people per day. Venice experi-
mented with extracting extra
fees from tourists, while Amster-
dam restricted the construction
of new hotels.
“I think the key point here is
about sustainable tourism devel-
opment and sustainable man-
agement of tourist flows within a
country,” said J.J. Zhang, a tour-
ism geographer at Nanyang
Technological University in Sin-
gapore.
As a possible solution, Zhang
suggested determining the ca-
pacity of popular sites and con-
trolling traffic, such as by “using
technology where real-time data
can be communicated to tourists
such that overcrowded places
could be avoided,” he said.
But Bob mcKercher, a profes-
sor in tourism at the University
of Queensland in Australia,
raised another issue: The majori-
ty of tourists worldwide are do-
mestic. “So while overtourism
may be a long-standing issue,” he
said, “can you really stop people
from visiting their own coun-
try?”
Beatriz ríos contributed to this
report.

Despite U.S. e≠orts to woo Modi and isolate Putin, India-Russia ties continue
iNdia from a1
bloody criminal in moscow on
such a day,” he wrote.
The meeting represented a
coming together of two leaders
who need each other but are
otherwise drifting closer to duel-
ing camps led, respectively, by the
United States and China. for
modi, russia remains a crucial
source of weaponry and energy
and space technology that India
sees as indispensable in becom-
ing a great power. Analysts also
say India does not want russia to
grow overly dependent upon In-
dia’s rival neighbor, China.
Putin’s war effort, mean-
while, has been funded in signifi-
cant part by Indian purchases
of russian oil products, which
have increased almost 20-fold
since 2021. russia, likewise,
hopes India will keep some dis-
tance from the United States,
and Putin spokesman Dmitry Pes-
kov mocked the West this week
for feeling “jealous” about russia-
India ties.
The moscow meeting appeared
to deepen what the two countries
call a “special and privileged stra-
tegic relationship.” As modi
wrapped up his visit Tuesday eve-
ning, Indian and russian officials
announced their ambition to ex-
pand annual trade volumes to
$100 billion by 2030 and sign
long-term agreements on oil and
gas supplies while diversifying
trade beyond the energy sector.
The two countries signed
agreements to collaborate on po-
lar research and, in a speech to
the Indian diaspora in moscow,
modi also announced the open-
ing of new consulates in Kazan
and Yekaterinburg to enhance
ties between the two peoples.
“India and russia are walking
shoulder-and-shoulder and in-
fusing new energy into global
prosperity,” modi said in his
speech. “Any mention of russia
reminds every Indian of an ally
that has been with us through
good times and bad, as a trusted
friend of India.”
Almost immediately after
modi arrived monday evening,
the leaders showcased their
friendship at the russian leader’s
residence in Novo-ogaryovo,
near moscow, for tea on an out-
door terrace.
“It is a great honor to visit a
friend’s home,” modi said, accord-
ing to clips released by russian
state media, after he warmly em-
braced Putin with his trademark
hug. Putin congratulated modi on
his recent reelection victory and
drove him around his dacha’s
manicured grounds in a golf cart,
the official footage showed.
on Tuesday, Putin led modi on
a tour of an exhibition by russia’s
State Atomic Energy Corpora-
tion. officials at rosatom said
this week that it is in talks to build
six new nuclear power reactors in
India — a fast-growing economy
with soaring energy needs.
modi’s trip to moscow, coming
less than a month after he was
sworn in for a third term, broke
with the Indian tradition of prime
ministers visiting South Asian
neighbors first after an election.
But it demonstrated modi’s global
aspirations and gave him a
chance to show Putin that India
has not lost its autonomy even
though it is receiving new invest-
ments, technologies and weapon-
ry from the Biden administration,
Indian analysts say.
“The decision to go early in the
term is a signal that India re-
mains invested in the russia rela-
tionship — that is part and parcel
of India’s foreign policy, cutting
across party lines,” said Pankaj
Saran, a former Indian ambassa-
dor to russia and deputy national
security adviser who continues to
advise the Indian government.
The Indian establishment, Sa-
ran added, still considers ties
with Washington its highest pri-
ority. India could seek to assuage
U.S. concerns by arguing that an
India that is friendly with russia
could prove useful as a potential
interlocutor between moscow
and the West, he said.
At a formal meeting with Putin
at the Kremlin on Tuesday after-
noon, modi called for “dialogue”
to end the fighting in Ukraine and
indirectly raised the hospital at-
tack in Kyiv a day prior that
Zelensky accused russia of carry-
ing out. “Anybody who believes in
humanity is aggrieved at the loss
of life in war or in terror attacks,”
modi told Putin. “Even so, it
breaks our hearts to see innocent
children get killed.”
Putin replied: “I am grateful to
you for the attention you are
paying to the most pressing is-
sues, including trying to find
some ways to resolve the Ukraini-
an crisis, and of course, primarily
by peaceful means.”
Indian foreign Secretary Vinay
Kwatra told reporters russia
would work to discharge all Indi-
ans currently serving in the rus-
sian military, after modi appar-
ently requested the step.
The issue became politically
contentious in India this year
after reports emerged that Indi-
ans seeking job opportunities as
“security helpers” or porters were
recruited to russia and deployed
to fight on the front, possibly
against their will. Indian officials
say at least four Indians have
been killed in combat so far.
Even though the India-russia
relationship was cemented dur-
ing the Cold War, the energy and
defense ties between russia and
India — the world’s largest weap-
ons buyer and the No. 3 importer
of oil — have continued to thrive.
Indian imports of russian crude
rose from $2.5 billion in 2021,
before the invasion of Ukraine, to
$46.5 billion in 2023, according to
Indian Commerce ministry data.
Last year, only China purchased
more russian crude.
Indian officials say the transac-
tions have been priced below the
$60-per-barrel cap imposed by
the Group of Seven countries, and
the United States has refrained
from criticizing India’s purchas-
es. But they represent such a large
windfall for russia that Indian
officials have begun to voice con-
cerns about India’s mounting
trade deficit with russia.
And while U.S. officials have
publicly and privately urged In-
dia to wean itself off russian
weapons, the russian state-
owned arms giant rostec an-
nounced last week that it would
manufacture armor-piercing
tank rounds inside India to sup-
ply India’s army.
Indian officials hope that Putin
will maintain a degree of inde-
pendence from China in ex-
change for receiving India’s sup-
port, at a time when russia is
increasingly seen as a junior part-
ner to Beijing. India and China
have been locked in a tense bor-
der dispute since 2020.
Even as modi, the leader of the
world’s largest democracy, em-
braced Putin, the russian leader’s
brutal use of his country’s judicial
system for political purposes was
on full display. A russian court on
Tuesday ordered the arrest of
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of
political opposition leader Alexei
Navalny, who died in an Arctic
prison earlier this year. Navalna-
ya, who is living outside russia,
was accused of participation in an
extremist community.
She has accused Putin of killing
her husband, who previously had
survived an assassination at-
tempt by russian security agents
using a banned chemical weapon.
many world leaders condemned
Navalny’s death, and some, such
as Biden, said Putin was responsi-
ble.
on X, formerly Twitter, Naval-
naya mocked the judicial process
in which, since taking over her
husband’s work abroad, she has
faced multiple allegations.
“oh, there’s no normal pro-
cedure? A foreign agent, then a
criminal case, then an arrest?!”
she posted. “When you write
about this, please don’t forget to
write the main thing: Vladimir
Putin is a murderer and a war
criminal. His place is in prison,
and not somewhere in The
Hague, in a cozy cell with a TV, but
in russia — in the same colony
and the same 2 by 3 meter cell in
which he killed Alexei.”
for Putin, modi’s visit, which
wrapped up Tuesday, provides a
further chance to show he is not
totally isolated over his war in
Ukraine.
“for Putin, it’s very important.
It is international recognition,” a
russian official said, speaking on
the condition of anonymity be-
cause he was not authorized to
discuss the matter. Touting rus-
sia’s relationship with India also
allows Putin to boost russia’s
position in relation to China, he
said.
Just last month, Putin visited
North Korea in a trip that was
“not received very well in Beijing,”
said the russian official, who is
close to senior russian diplomats.
“When we became completely
dependent on China, we suddenly
had the visit to North Korea and
now this balance with India,” the
russian official said. “With these
types of triangles, [Putin] is able
to balance the situation to show
that he is not completely subser-
vient.”
Belton reported from london and
ilyushina from Berlin. Anant Gupta in
New Delhi contributed to this report
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In a first, federal regulators ban messaging app NGL from hosting minors
BY C RISTIANO L IMA- S TRONG
Federal regulators have for the
first time banned a digital plat-
form from serving users under 18,
accusing the app — known as
NGL — of exaggerating its ability
to use artificial intelligence to
curb cyberbullying in a ground-
breaking settlement.
An app popular among chil-
dren and teens, NGL aggressively
marketed to young users despite
risks of bullying on the anony-
mous messaging site, the Federal
Trade Commission and the Los
Angeles District Attorney’s Office
alleged in a complaint unveiled
Tuesday.
The complaint alleged that
NGL tricked users into paying for
subscriptions by sending them
computer-generated messages
appearing to be from real people
and offering a service for as much
as $9.99 a week to find out their
real identity. People who signed
up received only “hints” of those
identities, whether they were real
or not, enforcers said.
After users complained about
the “bait-and switch tactic,” exec-
utives at the company “laughed
off ” their concerns, referring to
them as “suckers,” the FTC said in
an announcement.
NGL, internet shorthand for
“not gonna lie,” agreed to pay $5
Personal Finance
For these parents,
frugal habits start
in the home
A family has constant talks about budgeting
to teach their children the value of money
BY A MY R OSE D OBSON
The Pruett family of Belling-
ham, Wash., has been debating a
major financial decision: how
much to spend on a new car.
When Wade Pruett asked his
two children — Soren, 8, and
Odin, 11 — what they wanted, they
pushed for a Rivian. He quickly
saw their enthusiasm fizzle when
they saw the price range, with
base models starting at $75,000.
“We’re not getting one of
those,” he laughed, after seeing
their reaction.
Wade and Alissa Pruett make a
point of having constant talks
about money with their children
— something they started a few
years ago by discussing the family
budget.
Wade admits they didn’t think
about budgeting until well after
they had children. But once they
realized the financial pressures of
parenting, “we felt it was really
important to share that concept
with them sooner rather than
later,” he said.
The Washington Post spoke
with the Pruetts, as well as two
financial advisers, on effective
lessons for teaching children the
value of money.
Put your money in the bank,
not your pocket
Like most parents, the Pruetts
provide a weekly allowance to
both children, with each getting
an amount equal to half their age.
But instead of doling out cash,
they place the money in a check-
ing account, which has the effect
of ensuring it’s not spent right
away. When the children don’t see
the money, “it accumulates,” Alis-
sa Pruett said.
They also let their children
earn extra cash by doing chores
beyond what is normally expect-
ed of them. When their daughter
was saving up for something she
had her eye on, for example, she
helped for a few weeks with load-
stocK MarKet
Wall Street wavers
over Powell testimony
Stocks closed mixed on Wall
Street after testimony from
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H.
Powell in front of Congress
provided little new guidance on
the Fed’s plans on when it might
lower interest rates. The S&P 500
and the Nasdaq composite each
rose 0.1 percent Tuesday, adding
to their recent records. The Dow
Jones Industrial Average fell 52
points, or 0.1 percent. Helen of
Troy, which makes Osprey and
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million and stop marketing to
kids and teens to settle the law-
suit, which also alleged that the
company violated children’s pri-
vacy laws by collecting data from
youths under 13 without parental
consent.
The settlement marks a major
milestone in the federal govern-
ment’s efforts to tackle concerns
that tech platforms are exposing
children to noxious material and
profiting from it. And it’s one of
the most significant actions by
the FTC under Chair Lina Khan,
who has dialed up scrutiny of the
tech sector at the agency since
taking over in 2021.
“We will keep cracking down
on businesses that unlawfully ex-
ploit kids for profit,” Khan (D)
said in a statement.
NGL co-founder Joao Figueire-
do said in a statement Tuesday
that the company cooperated
with the FTC’s investigation for
nearly two years and viewed the
“resolution as an opportunity to
make NGL better than ever.”
NGL’s popularity has exploded,
with a user base topping 200
million. At one point, it became
the most downloaded product on
Apple’s app store only a year after
its 2021 launch. The platform lets
users anonymously respond to
questions from friends and social
media contacts and markets itself
ing the dishwasher to beef up her
earnings.
More recently, the Pruetts in-
troduced the idea of compound
interest to their 11-year-old by
using an online calculator and
numbers he could understand.
They’re planning to set up an
interest-bearing account for him
and want to make sure he under-
stands what interest over time
can do.
“We plugged in the numbers
and said if you have this much
and contribute a hundred [dol-
lars] every year until you’re 65,
look how much you’ll have,” Alis-
sa Pruett said. “That was an ‘aha’
moment for him.”
When asked how he would
explain compound interest to
someone just learning about it,
Odin had a ready answer: “It’s
when I put money in the bank and
if I just let it sit there and don’t
spend it, and I keep adding to it,
then it will grow faster because
it’s building onto itself, like
algae.”
Understand trade-offs
When the children were old
enough to ask for more expensive
gifts and toys — like when Odin
requested an Apple Watch — the
Pruetts brought out their budget
spreadsheet, listing spending in
each category. They used it to
introduce the concept of opportu-
nity cost — that is, the trade-offs
that come with each financial
decision.
Wade explains they simplified
the idea for the children this way:
“If we buy that item that is twice
as much, we’re not going to be
able to buy something else.”
Now, when it comes to pricier
requests, the Pruetts suggest to
the children that they use their
own allowance money. If the kids
balk at that suggestion, Wade and
Alissa tell them that they don’t
want to spend their money, either.
That moves the choice back to the
children.
OXO products, sank nearly
28 percent after posting results
that fell far short of forecasts.
Treasury yields rose slightly in
the bond market. The yield on
the 10-year Treasury edged up to
4.29 percent.
The market’s muted reaction
reflected how Powell’s testimony
didn’t give Wall Street any clear
indication on the timing for
when the central bank may begin
cutting its benchmark interest
rate.
“The market is really seeing
no surprises today and so that’s
allowing it to modestly drift
higher,” said Lisa Erickson, head
eZ re
as a place where people can play
games such as “never have I ever.”
But it’s one of several anony-
mous messaging services whose
pervasiveness among young peo-
ple has triggered alarm from chil-
dren’s safety advocates, who say
the companies have failed to take
adequate steps to prevent cyber-
bullying and other harmful activ-
ities on their products.
In October, child safety group
Fairplay and parent activist Kris-
tin Bride filed a complaint urging
the FTC to investigate allegations
that the app’s parent company,
NGL Labs, illegally marketed it-
self to children using unfair and
deceptive trade practices.
Bride’s 16-year-old son Carson
died by suicide in 2020 after
facing cyberbullying on two sepa-
rate anonymous messaging ser-
vices, Yolo and LMK. Bride has
said that Carson’s last search on
his phone was for ways to uncover
who had been harassing him
anonymously online.
“It was extremely concerning
to learn that a new anonymous
app, NGL hit the market and
found a way to further monetize
their dangerous product by
charging vulnerable teens for
useless hints regarding who is
sending them the messages,”
Bride said in a statement last
year.
Wade Pruett and son Odin, 11, look at their bank account. The Pruetts provide a weekly allowance to both children, but instead of doling
out cash, they place the money in a checking account, which has the effect of ensuring it’s not spent right away.
Make mistakes and learn
from them
Sometimes after those conver-
sations, their children will go
ahead with a purchase, like when
Soren recently bought an expen-
sive Lego set with her own money.
She wound up regretting it be-
cause it didn’t live up to her
expectations.
That was a useful lesson, Wade
Pruett said.
“They have to feel the pain [of
remorse] for it to process,” he
explained.
John Chesbrough, a financial
adviser with TrailFP, has worked
with the Pruetts and agrees that
letting children make mistakes
with money — within reason —
helps instill responsibility.
“If you’re going to teach agency
to people, you have to really give
them agency to make mistakes
D i g es t
of public markets at U.S. Bank
Wealth Management.
The Fed has remained
cautious about making a move
on interest rates, holding its
benchmark interest rate at its
highest level in more than two
decades as it waits cautiously for
more signals that inflation is still
cooling.
While prices have eased
sharply over the last two years as
the Fed raised interest rates, the
central bank’s goal is to cool
inflation back to its target of
2 percent without slowing
economic growth too much.
— Associated Press
The agency added it “received
invaluable assistance from Fair-
play and social media reform ad-
vocate Kristin Bride” in the case.
Fairplay policy counsel Haley
Hinkle said Tuesday that the
FTC’s move “demonstrated once
again that tech companies will be
held responsible for their obliga-
tions to kids and teens.”
As part of the deal, NGL will be
required to prevent users from
accessing the app if they indicate
they are under 18 and to delete
any data it obtained from young
children unless a parent signs off
on it. The company will also be
barred from making misrepre-
sentations about its ability to
filter out cyberbullying or about
the sender of messages on its app.
A raft of states have passed
laws requiring websites and so-
cial media platforms to screen
users’ ages to make sure they are
not children or teens, a practice
often referred to as “age verifica-
tion” or “age-gating.”
Digital rights and tech indus-
try groups, however, have ex-
pressed concern that the restric-
tions infringe on free speech and
force companies to collect even
more data from users to verify
their ages, harming online priva-
cy. There’s also lingering ques-
tions about the effectiveness of
the restrictions, with even some
and to make successes,” he said.
Huyen Nguyen, a financial ad-
viser at Inclusive Wealth, also
emphasizes the value of mistakes.
She recommends to parents that
they list what their best and worst
financial decisions ever were —
and then ask themselves what
drove those decisions so that they
can understand what to pass on
to their children.
“That [understanding] will
flow into how you can be in
control of money — not letting
money be in control of you,” she
said.
Set priorities and make
decisions in real time
The Pruetts often use errands
and shopping runs to start spon-
taneous conversations about
spending so that their children
can learn to make decisions
airlines
Delta partners with
start-up Riyadh Air
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it
has entered into a partnership
with start-up Riyadh Air with the
goal of operating flights between
the United States and Saudi
Arabia.
Riyadh Air, which plans to
begin passenger flights next
summer, is backed by Saudi
Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund
and is part of the country’s plan
to diversify its oil-based economy
and boost tourism.
the washington post
FTC officials suggesting children
may find ways around them.
The Supreme Court is set to
consider a Texas law requiring
websites to verify that users are
adults to access pornography, a
case that could have implications
for laws aimed at social media
access as well.
While limited to one company,
the settlement represents one of
the FTC’s most forceful actions to
better protect children online un-
der Khan.
The agency unanimously ap-
proved the settlement 5-0, with
both of FTC’s new Republican
commissioners joining Khan and
other Democrats. The vote is em-
blematic of the bipartisan con-
cern over children’s online safety
in Washington.
In a statement, GOP Commis-
sioner Melissa Holyoak said NGL
“engaged in truly despicable con-
duct” by “taunting tweens and
teens” into paid subscriptions.
Holyoak decried NGL for luring
young users with messages pur-
portedly posed by their friends,
including phrases like “Are you
straight?” and “I know what you
did.”
Andrew Ferguson, the agency’s
other Republican, said he sup-
ported the agreement “without
reservation,” calling it a “novel”
approach to the agency’s enforce-
quickly when they need to.
For example, at the local con-
signment shop where they drop
off clothes, the Pruetts make sure
their children see the salespeople
carefully picking out suitable
clothes for resale, so they know
the items on the racks are in good
condition while costing a fraction
of brand new clothes, Wade said.
Another savings trick that their
adviser, Chesbrough, recom-
mends is a method he calls “keep
the change.” If he gives his chil-
dren money for a nonessential
purchase, he hands over enough
to cover the cost but tells them to
keep the change. That promptly
forces his children to bargain-
hunt so that they can pocket
whatever savings they can find.
“You’ll notice their buying de-
cisions just totally shift,” Ches-
brough said. “They don’t order a
Delta and Riyadh did not give
a timetable for beginning flights
or financial details around their
partnership. Their CEOs said
neither airline is taking an
ownership stake in the other.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian and
Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas
said they envision selling tickets
on each other’s flights — a
practice known as code-sharing
— that requires approval from
the U.S. Transportation
Department.
They said the partnership
could grow into a full-blown
joint venture.
— Reuters
. wednesday, july 10 , 2024
ment of children’s online safety.
But Ferguson said he did not
believe federal law “categorically
prohibits marketing any anony-
mous messaging app to teen-
agers.”
The agency last year struck a
record $520 million settlement
with Epic Games, maker of the
popular “Fortnite” video game
series, over allegations that the
company violated children’s data
privacy laws and tricked players
into making unwanted purchas-
es. But the settlement stopped
short of imposing any prohibi-
tions against marketing to those
under 18.
The FTC has separately pro-
posed a sweeping plan to bar
Facebook and Instagram parent
company Meta from monetizing
the data of children and teens
under 18, but the plan has yet to
be implemented pending a series
of legal challenges from the tech
giant. The agency proposed the
restrictions as an update to its
historic $5 billion privacy settle-
ment with the company.
The FTC is also considering
broadening its enforcement of
the landmark Children’s Online
Privacy Protection Act. Under the
proposed rulemaking, platforms
would be required to turn off
targeted ads to children under 13
by default.
alana PaTerson for The WashingTon PosT
drink [at a restaurant]. They’re
happy with water.”
Beyond the day-to-day, Nguyen
suggests parents help children
make a list of items they want to
purchase and number them in
order of priority. Then after wait-
ing for some time, the children
revisit the list to see if their wish
list has changed. That way, they
make the connection between
how much money is in the bank
and how they can use it for pur-
chases that are meaningful over
the longer run, she explained.
Looking at all these strategies,
Alissa Pruett emphasizes that she
doesn’t want to introduce stress
— it’s about ensuring her children
are well-educated.
“Growing up we got an allow-
ance, [but] we didn’t talk a lot
about money,” she recalled. “I had
no idea how much things cost.”
also in Business
The auto safety agency for the
U.S. government is investigating
a potential “loss of motive
power” in more than 94,000 Jeep
Wrangler 4xe vehicles, following
complaints outside the scope of
an earlier recall involving an
engine shutdown condition in
the same SUV model. The
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration opened a recall
query Friday “to assess the
severity of the alleged defect.” A
spokesperson for Stellantis said
the company was cooperating.
— From news services
wednesday, july 10 , 2024
Targeting white-collar crime, Justice Dept. looks for more whistleblowers
Agency to offer rewards
for tips on criminal
financial misconduct
BY D AVID N AKAMURA
Howard Wilkinson was a mid-
level manager at a Danish bank
branch in Estonia when he alert-
ed his superiors about the sus-
pected illicit transfer of Russian
funds through the bank and then
into the United States.
Danske Bank last year pleaded
guilty to criminal charges of laun-
dering $230 billion and agreed to
forfeit $2 billion to settle the case
with the U.S. Department of Jus-
tice.
Justice officials say the case is a
prime example of the kind of
global financial corruption that
can be exposed with the help of an
insider — and they are developing
plans to recruit more whistle-
blowers to generate new leads.
Under a Biden administration
program the Justice Department
plans to unveil within weeks, au-
thorities will offer whistleblowers
who provide tips that lead to
successful prosecutions a per-
centage of the resulting forfei-
tures — an amount that could
total millions of dollars.
The initiative is designed to
help prosecutors navigate the
world of criminal financial mis-
conduct by persuading compa-
nies to bolster internal compli-
ance and voluntary disclosures of
wrongdoing and by providing a
road map to pursue charges
against those that do not.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa
Monaco described the effort as a
modern-day version of the re-
wards that law enforcement once
offered in “the days of ‘Wanted’
posters across the Old West,” and
authorities say it could lead to
asset forfeitures worth hundreds
of millions or billions of dollars
annually.
The expansion of whistleblow-
er programs across the U.S. gov-
ernment since 2011 — when Con-
gress granted some federal agen-
cies new powers to pay for tips
under the Dodd-Frank Act — has
received bipartisan support.
Yet some white-collar defense
lawyers cautioned that the Justice
Department’s efforts could un-
dermine the ability of corpora-
tions to conduct their own inves-
tigations, creating an incentive
for tipsters to bypass internal
compliance in hopes of a payday.
My husband and I
love traveling,
and now that he’s
retired, we have
plans to see so
much more of this
Michelle world.
Singletary We are heading
The Color to Cambodia and
of Money Vietnam next
year, and in 2026,
we are planning a
trip to Europe with extended
family.
Recent protests aimed at
travelers have made me more
aware of the good and bad
impacts of tourism. You should
be concerned too.
Thousands of Barcelona
residents took to the streets
recently to protest the financial
effects of overtourism in their
city. Armed with neon-colored
water guns, they squirted
visitors dining at outside
restaurants.
Protesters carried signs that
said “Tourists go home.”
Chief among their complaints
— as with many disgruntled
locals worldwide — is that
extreme tourism has inflated the
cost of living. Investors snatch
up properties to rent to tourists,
driving up housing costs. Other
entrepreneurs also rush to cash
in on travelers looking for
lodging other than a standard
hotel room.
Crowds are straining the
infrastructure of major popular
destinations in the United States
and cities abroad, such as
Amsterdam, Athens, Paris and
Venice. UNESCO World Heritage
sites are being overrun by people
trying to tick off their bucket-list
dream vacation.
There is something I have also
noticed as a tourist: In the name
of frugality, some visitors grouse
about prices and end up
becoming traveling misers. They
don’t tip when they should, they
vandalize historical monuments,
and they fail to consider the
positive financial impact they
could have on a local economy.
Even though I am frugal, I
become overly generous when I
travel. Here are five tips to avoid
being an inconsiderate tourist.
Don’t travel with debt
I find that people who stretch
themselves financially by going
into debt to travel rationalize
being stingy, such as not tipping
. the washington post
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco says an upcoming Justice Department initiative is a modern-day
version of the rewards that authorities offered in “the days of ‘Wanted’ posters across the Old West.”
And whistleblower advocates
voiced concerns that prosecutors
could become inundated with
tips, making it difficult to deter-
mine which are most likely to lead
to successful cases.
Justice has for many years paid
whistleblowers under the False
Claims Act, which is limited to
civil cases involving abuse of the
U.S. government’s vast federal
contracting system. Prosecutors
and their tipsters last fiscal year
were party to a record 543 settle-
ments and judgments totaling
$2.68 billion.
Officials said they are model-
ing the new program after similar
ones in two other federal agen-
cies, the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission.
The SEC received 18,000 tips in
fiscal 2023, up nearly 50 percent
from a year earlier, and paid a
record $600 million to 68 whistle-
blowers. The CFTC received 1,530
tips and paid seven whistleblow-
ers a total of $16 million last year.
The SEC’s awards in 2023 in-
cluded a record $279 million pay-
out to a tipster in a bribery case
involving the Swedish telecom-
munications company Ericsson
that was settled for $1.1 billion. In
2021, the CFTC awarded nearly
$200 million to a former
Deutsche Bank employee who
provided information in an inter-
Overtourism is an issue. Here’s how to be a considerate traveler. United plane
appropriately, by pointing to the
cost of their trip.
It’s understandable that they
want to watch every penny if
they know that when they
return, they will face a credit
card bill with a 20 percent-plus
interest rate.
So, save and go. You are more
likely to be a better, more
generous traveler when you
aren’t worried about the debt
you will face when you return
home.
Avoid the tourist traps
My husband and I like to find
places far less traveled by the
visiting masses. This serves two
purposes. We get to relax
without the crowds, and we
support vendors, artists and
restaurants that don’t see the
same traffic as the tourist traps.
Trendy places that cater to
tourists often have higher prices,
so we can save money by finding
less popular parts of a city or
town.
est rates manipulation case that
resulted in the German bank be-
ing fined $2.5 billion.
Authorities did not offer de-
tails of what kind of information
the whistleblowers in those cases
provided, citing laws aimed at
maintaining anonymity for tip-
sters who could face retribution
from their employers or others.
The Treasury Department, un-
der its Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network, is also establish-
ing new whistleblower regula-
tions, mandated by Congress,
that will implement mandatory
payments to tipsters.
Federal whistleblowers in all of
these programs are eligible to
collect payments ranging from
10 percent to 30 percent of the
penalties and fees assessed in the
case, depending on how much
value their information had in the
prosecution, officials said.
“The biggest untold story in
whistleblowing are these new
award laws and the revolution
they are causing,” said attorney
Stephen Kohn, who represented
Wilkinson, a British national
whose identity was leaked when
the Danske Bank scandal became
public in 2018. “Whistleblowers
are being compensated for turn-
ing in some of the largest corpora-
tions in the world.”
Wilkinson, who first came for-
ward with his allegations in the
Pack cash
Yes, tipping is not expected in
many cities abroad, and that is a
welcome practice for many
Americans suffering from
tipping fatigue back home.
However, you may meet a host
of folks — guides, street
musicians, luggage handlers or
housekeepers — that you should
tip, even if a gratuity is not
expected.
Even when a tip is included,
it’s nice to have cash on hand to
show appreciation for people
who go above and beyond in
their service.
Before you go, ask questions
about the local tipping culture so
that you are prepared to support
those working to serve you.
Don’t be that entitled tourist
Keep this in mind: Travel
industry workers are not your
servants.
You are a visitor and should
respect the places you visit and
the people you meet. You would
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JaBin BoTSford/The WaShingTon PoST
Danske Bank case in 2014, has not
been paid a whistleblower award.
Federal authorities said he prob-
ably will not be eligible to apply
for payment under the new Jus-
tice Department program, which
will be limited to cases within the
department that originate after
the program is launched.
Justice officials said the initia-
tive aims to fill enforcement gaps
in areas where the other federal
agencies lack legal jurisdiction.
They cited foreign money-laun-
dering operations that entangle
American institutions, bribery of
government employees and abus-
es of the U.S. financial system by
non-publicly traded companies
out of the SEC’s reach.
Under the guidelines, officials
said, whistleblowers will be eligi-
ble for cash rewards provided
they have not been involved in the
alleged misconduct and their in-
formation helps lead to a convic-
tion involving a forfeiture above a
certain threshold. That figure has
yet to be announced. A similar
requirement at the SEC puts the
bar at cases that result in settle-
ments of $1 million or greater.
“The goal here is accountabili-
ty,” said a senior Justice official,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity because details of the
program have not been finalized.
“Whether it’s criminal prosecu-
tions and holding individuals ac-
think this advice goes without
saying, yet social media postings
and news reports tell a different
story.
Is that selfie you want going to
damage property or disturb the
harmony of the place you visit?
Spending a lot of money on
your trip doesn’t entitle you to
act ugly. Don’t vex the locals with
bad financial behavior.
Build generosity into your
travel budget
If you are visiting a country
where you know the cost of
living is high, or its citizens are
living below the poverty line,
pack your generosity.
In addition to your vacation
costs, consider the impact of
donating much-needed items to
residents or schoolchildren. Is
there a local charity you can
support?
Let me also revisit the issue of
tipping.
A question I get often is:
Should you tip on the pretax
countable, or recovering criminal
proceeds, it all takes the form of
general deterrence.”
In addition to the Danske Bank
case, authorities pointed to sev-
eral other examples of the kind of
criminal misconduct that the new
whistleblower program is aiming
to uncover.
In December 2020, the U.S.
affiliate of Vitol, an energy trad-
ing firm, agreed to pay $135 mil-
lion to settle charges that it en-
gaged in a scheme to bribe gov-
ernment officials in Brazil, Ecua-
dor and Mexico for insider
information to help win fuel oil
contracts.
In May 2022, Glencore, a Swiss-
based commodities trading and
mining corporation, pleaded
guilty to bribing officials in the
United States, United Kingdom
and Brazil, and to seeking to
manipulate fuel oil prices. The
company agreed to pay $1.1 bil-
lion to resolve the case.
Last March, Trafigura, a Swiss-
based commodities multination-
al, pleaded guilty to charges of
bribing Brazilian officials to do
business with a state-controlled
oil company and agreed to settle
the case for $126 million.
The Justice Department’s will-
ingness to pay for tips “does make
their life easier, and it does help
them bring cases, including some
cases they would not discover
otherwise,” said Robert Anello, a
New York corporate defense law-
yer. “It’s very helpful to the gov-
ernment, and they’ve reached out
to do it in every realm of criminal
and what you might call quasi-
criminal civil actions, such as
sanctions and sexual harass-
ment.”
In April, the Justice Depart-
ment began testing a separate
program to offer non-prosecution
agreements to corporate insiders
who are willing to provide infor-
mation about misconduct and co-
operate in investigations against
others. U.S. attorneys offices in
New York and California are test-
ing similar versions of that pro-
gram.
“Our message to whistleblow-
ers is clear: The Department of
Justice wants to hear from you,”
Monaco said at an American Bar
Association conference in March.
“And to those considering a vol-
untary self-disclosure, our mes-
sage is equally clear: Knock on
our door before we knock on
yours.”
Some lawyers cautioned, how-
ever, that the government’s will-
ingness to reward tipsters could
work against its push for corpora-
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bill?
The general tipping guide for
the Emily Post Institute, which
offers etiquette advice, says you
tip pretax. However, some
servers argue that quibbling over
whether you should tip pre- or
post-tax is petty.
For example, let’s say your
meal pretax is $100. With a 6
percent sales tax, the bill is $106.
Before taxes, a 20 percent tip
would bring the bill to $120. At
$106, including tax, your bill
would be $121.20.
So, no, you aren’t going
against etiquette protocol to
base your tip on just the meal
and not the tax. Neither should
you be called a miser if you tip
pretax. However, the extra
money could go a long way for
someone trying to make ends
meet on a low-wage salary.
Don’t be that tourist who
shortchanges locals working in
the travel industry. Frugality
doesn’t mean you have to be
miserly.
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tions to more effectively investi-
gate themselves. For example,
they said, employees might
choose to forgo bringing allega-
tions to their company’s internal
compliance department in favor
of pursuing a whistleblower pay-
out from federal authorities.
Whistleblowers do not always
have a complete picture of what is
happening inside a company, and
in some cases the misconduct
they allege to investigators “is not
what the whistleblower thought
it was,” said Mike Piazza, a Dallas
attorney who has defended com-
panies in whistleblower cases.
Once federal prosecutors open
an investigation, he said, “there
can be a great deal of reputational
harm” for a company even if the
allegations are unfounded and
criminal charges are not filed.
Federal officials, however, said
that whistleblowers who first
raise their concerns internally
will remain eligible for reward
payments even if company offi-
cials then self-report the miscon-
duct to the Justice Department.
Whistleblower advocates have
flagged concerns that the sheer
volume of tips have threatened to
overwhelm authorities in other
federal agencies that have reward
programs. In some cases, that has
resulted in administrative delays
on investigations and paying out
reward money.
The Internal Revenue Service’s
whistleblower program has fal-
tered in recent years amid staff-
ing reductions. The amount of
revenue the IRS collected in tax
fraud enforcement cases involv-
ing tips from whistleblowers
plunged from $1.4 billion in 2018
to $172 million in 2022, according
to that agency.
In a 2019 report, that agency
found that payouts to whistle-
blowers took as long as a decade
to be processed and 23 whistle-
blowers died in 2018 while still
awaiting payments that were nev-
er made.
Siri Nelson, executive director
of the National Whistleblower
Center, said her organization has
lobbied Justice officials to estab-
lish a dedicated whistleblower
office with enough staff to deter-
mine which tips are worth pursu-
ing and to expedite award pay-
ments.
“A lot of times, we hear con-
cerns about, ‘How do we deal
with all the tips? How do we
differentiate between what is le-
gitimate and what is not support-
ed or is misleading and results in
the waste of the agency’s time?’ ”
Nelson said.
lands safely after
losing a wheel
BY J ENNIFER H ASSAN
A Boeing aircraft operated by
United Airlines lost a landing gear
wheel during takeoff in Los Ange-
les before landing safely in Den-
ver, the latest in a string of me-
chanical issues this year involving
the manufacturer’s planes.
The wheel fell from the Boeing
757-200 on Monday and was later
recovered in Los Angeles, United
said in a statement Tuesday.
There were no injuries report-
ed on the ground or on board
Flight 1001, United said, adding
that it was investigating what
happened.
The plane was carrying 174 pas-
sengers and seven crew members,
the statement said. The aircraft
was 29 years old, according to
Flightradar24. Boeing ended pro-
duction of 757 planes in 2004.
While Boeing has been at the
center of several high-profile mis-
haps this year, including lost
wheels, engine failures and
blown-out door plugs, aviation ex-
perts stress that flying is incred-
ibly safe and that fatal accidents
are rare. Boeing has said it has
“taken important steps to foster a
safety culture.” Incidents like this
may not necessarily be the respon-
sibility of the manufacturer, but
rather that of the airline that oper-
ates and maintains an aircraft.
In March, a Japan-bound Unit-
ed flight from San Francisco was
diverted to L.A. after losing a
wheel during takeoff, with debris
landing in an employee parking
lot at San Francisco International
Airport and damaging several ve-
hicles. No one on the aircraft, a
Boeing 777-200, was injured.
In April, an engine cover of a
Southwest Boeing 737-800 fell off
during takeoff, striking a wing
flap, the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration said. The plane immedi-
ately returned to Denver Interna-
tional Airport. No injuries were
reported. And in January, the door
plug on an Alaska Airlines Boeing
737 Max blew out while it was
ascending over Portland, Ore.,
leaving a hole in the side of the
fuselage and forcing an emergen-
cy landing. None of the passen-
gers were seriously injured.
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Without Chevron, Biden’s plan against tech giants faces new legal dangers
BY C RISTIANO L IMA- S TRONG
AND E VA D OU
The Biden administration’s ag-
gressive attempt to regulate tech
and telecom giants such as
Google, Meta and Verizon has
relied on the power of federal
agencies, which have proposed
sweeping rules for the internet
age amid inaction in Congress.
The dynamic has granted
outsize influence to enforcers at
the Federal Trade Commission
and Federal Communications
Commission, among other agen-
cies, who have pressed to rein in
alleged misconduct by industry
titans.
The strategy is now under
threat after the Supreme Court
curtailed agencies’ powers in a
landmark ruling, overturning a
decades-old legal precedent giv-
ing agencies greater leeway to
interpret ambiguous federal laws.
The court’s decision in Loper
Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
last month, striking down a prin-
ciple known as the Chevron defer-
ence, has given business and in-
dustry groups ammunition to
thwart tighter tech regulations
proposed by the administration
— imperiling some of the most
significant actions ever by the
U.S. government to check the
world’s most powerful compa-
nies. If they succeed in slowing
regulation, it could put the United
States further behind its counter-
parts in Europe, who have moved
more swiftly to set new rules.
Agencies are advancing a raft
of proposals to increase oversight
of the tech and telecom sectors,
including restoring the Obama-
era net neutrality regulations, im-
posing new data privacy regula-
tions on companies and requiring
that gig economy workers be
treated as employees.
The decision’s full impact is
unclear and likely to play out over
many years, but it’s poised to
pressure Congress to legislate on
tech instead — a prospect many
view as far-flung.
“What this really has done is to
create a tremendous amount of
uncertainty over everything,” said
Harold Feld, senior vice president
at the consumer advocacy group
Public Knowledge.
In April, the FCC reinstated net
neutrality regulations that enable
greater oversight of internet serv-
ice providers (ISPs) such as Com-
cast and AT&T, fulfilling a signa-
ture pledge by President Biden.
But the Supreme Court’s decision
Alaska federal judge appointed by Trump resigns over sexual misconduct
BY T OBI R AJI
A federal judge in Alaska re-
signed from his lifetime appoint-
ment after an internal investiga-
tion concluded he created a hos-
tile work environment for his law
clerks and engaged in an inappro-
priate sexual relationship with
one of them after her clerkship
ended, according to a judicial con-
duct report released Monday.
The report details two separate
sexual encounters in October
2022 between U.S. District Judge
Joshua M. Kindred and the former
law clerk shortly after she began
working as a federal prosecutor. It
says they exchanged nearly 300
pages of text messages over an
11-month period.
The report accuses Kindred,
who was appointed to the U.S.
District Court for the District of
Alaska in 2019 by President Don-
ald Trump, of discussing his di-
vorce, dating life, sex life and ro-
mantic preferences as well as his
Menendez’s defense ‘preposterous,’ prosecutor says in closing arguments
BY S HAYNA J ACOBS
AND S ALVADOR R IZZO
NEW YORK — Sen. Bob Menen-
dez’s list of explanations for why a
stockpile of cash and gold bars
were in his house when it was
raided by the FBI defy logic, the
prosecution said Tuesday, particu-
larly the veteran lawmaker’s “pre-
posterous” assertion that he didn’t
know the piles of money and other
treasures were in his bedroom
closet because his wife kept its
door locked.
The government’s closing argu-
ment as Menendez’s two-month
corruption trial nears an end re-
minded jurors of all they had seen
and heard in testimony: the in-
criminating text messages, origins
of all that cash and the value of the
brick-sized ingots, as well as Me-
nendez’s effort to handpick a New
Jersey federal prosecutor who he
believed would derail a friend’s
2018 indictment for bank fraud.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul
Monteleoni scoffed at the idea that
Menendez’s wife, Nadine, secretly
hoarded thousands of dollars she
collected without his knowledge,
President Biden signs an executive order aimed at promoting competition in the economy in 2021. His aim to regulate tech and telecom
companies may lose steam after the Chevron deference was overturned in last month’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
on Chevron already has telecom
lawyers scrambling to determine
if it could unwind the agency’s
plans. Others say the impact
could be felt even further, impli-
cating rules aimed at preventing
“digital discrimination.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 6th Circuit is considering an
industry challenge alleging the
agency’s net neutrality order
amounts to regulatory overreach.
The same day of the Loper Bright
decision, the court asked the Ohio
Telecom Association, Texas Cable
Association and other parties to
the case to submit briefs by Mon-
day on how the new ruling affects
their case.
Helgi Walker, an attorney rep-
resenting the wireless association
CTIA in the proceedings against
the FCC, said Loper Bright would
be “contextually helpful” for their
case. Walker said the courts
“should be taking a skeptical eye”
to the agency’s authority.
Andrew Schwartzman, senior
law clerks’ boyfriends and dating
lives, among other topics.
Kindred encouraged his law
clerks to rate people based on
their sexual desirability, the report
said, and belittled or ostracized
clerks who tried to talk to him
about his inappropriate behavior.
The 9th Circuit Judicial Coun-
cil asked Kindred to resign after
concluding that he violated the
Judicial Conduct and Disability
Act and the Code of Conduct for
United States Judges. The council
also referred the matter to the
Judicial Conference of the United
States, the policymaking body of
the U.S. Courts, to consider im-
peachment.
On July 3, Kindred submitted
his two-sentence resignation let-
ter to President Biden, who will
have the opportunity to nominate
a successor. Sen. Lisa Murkowski
(R), the senior senator from Alas-
ka, said in a statement on X that
she would work to quickly ad-
vance a new nominee.
saying “he obviously had access to
the closet in his own bedroom.”
“Throughout this trial, you
heard that everyone was to blame
but Menendez,” Monteleoni said
in his five hours of closing argu-
ment.
Menendez, 70, is charged with
16 felony counts, including brib-
ery, extortion and acting as a for-
eign agent. The government al-
leges that he benefited from a
wide-ranging conspiracy during
which he offered favors and influ-
ence in exchange for hundreds of
thousands of dollars in gifts. The
case has tarnished his lengthy po-
litical career; a conviction could
carry a significant prison term and
a ban on him ever again holding
public office.
The New Jersey Democrat was
previously indicted on unrelated
federal corruption charges in 2017,
a case that was not retried after
the jury deadlocked, and a mistrial
was declared.
A search warrant executed in
June 2022 at Menendez’s Engle-
wood Cliffs, N.J., home yielded the
trove of evidence used against him
and two co-defendants at this
eZ su
counselor at the Benton Institute
for Broadband and Society, who is
working on the case in support of
the FCC, said he plans to argue
that Loper Bright doesn’t affect
the net neutrality issue “much, if
at all,” though he concedes it has
made the landscape more chal-
lenging. “The decision will un-
doubtedly make it much harder
for the FCC to defend its decision
in the years to come,” he said.
The FCC said in a statement it
is reviewing the impacts of Loper
Bright on the agency but that it
didn’t believe the decision under-
mined its net neutrality rules be-
cause it “did not rely on Chevron
deference for authority.” But the
Supreme Court has previously
linked the two, invoking Chevron
deference in a 2005 case that
upheld the FCC’s regulatory pow-
er over internet provision.
Meanwhile, critics of the FTC
are celebrating the Chevron rul-
ing and warning that it gives
them a new cudgel to beat back
senaTe JuDiCiaRy CommiTTee
Joshua M. Kindred, in a still
image from a Senate Judiciary
Committee video of his
confirmation hearing. The
Senate confirmed him in 2020.
Judiciary leaders have sought
to encourage more courthouse
employees to report misconduct
ever since Judge Alex Kozinski of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
9th Circuit in California retired in
2017 amid allegations of work-
trial. Agents found more than
$480,000 in cash, some of which
was in envelopes inside the law-
maker’s jackets. At the time, he
was chair of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and in that
role he had dealings with foreign
governments that prosecutors say
he began to exploit. (He was re-
moved as chair after indictment.)
“Friends do not give friends en-
velopes stuffed with $10,000 in
cash, just out of friendship.
Friends do not give those same
friends kilogram bars of gold
worth $60,000 each out of the
goodness of their hearts,” Mon-
teleoni said Tuesday.
The Menendezes allegedly ac-
cepted a Mercedes-Benz convert-
ible and a $23,000 payment to
cover a mortgage debt, with gifts
rolling in before and after their
October 2020 nuptials. Nadine
Menendez is charged in the con-
spiracy but will be tried at a later
date. She has been undergoing
treatments for breast cancer dur-
ing her husband’s trial.
Wael “Will” Hana, an Egyptian
native living in New Jersey, is a
co-defendant who allegedly
any attempts by the agency — a
linchpin of the Biden administra-
tion’s efforts — to stretch its au-
thority on tech.
“The FTC should really think
twice now before trying to imple-
ment comprehensive privacy or
AI rules,” said Daryl Joseffer, chief
counsel for the Chamber of Com-
merce’s litigation center, which
has filed more than a dozen chal-
lenges against the Biden adminis-
tration’s attempts to check major
businesses.
The FTC has proposed more
narrow rules to combat the use of
AI for impersonation but to date
has not launched a broader cam-
paign to craft rules for the use of
AI across the economy.
Consumer advocates have ex-
pressed concern that the Su-
preme Court’s ruling could knee-
cap future AI endeavors across
the federal government.
Tom Wheeler, who served as
FCC chairman under President
Barack Obama, said that our “dig-
place sexual misconduct.
Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia,
who initiated the misconduct in-
vestigation into Kindred, said in a
statement accompanying the re-
port that the 9th Circuit takes
complaints of misconduct seri-
ously and that federal judges must
be held “to the highest standards
of integrity and impartiality.”
But criminal defense attorney
Olivia Warren, who has testified
before Congress about sexual ha-
rassment she experienced as a law
clerk, called the investigation an
embarrassment because of how
long it took judiciary leaders to
reprimand Kindred. She noted
that Kindred continued to work as
a judge for more than a year after
Murguia became aware of the mis-
conduct allegations.
“Nothing in this report … ex-
plains what they did for those law
clerks to protect them personally
and professionally,” Warren said.
Warren’s appearance before a
House Judiciary subcommittee in
served as liaison between the cou-
ple and Egyptian officials. Hana, a
longtime friend of Nadine Menen-
dez’s, is accused of giving her a
salary for a no- or low-show job in
exchange for her husband taking
meetings and advancing policy
priorities as directed by Egyptian
military and intelligence leaders.
The senator is also accused of
working to have Philip Sellinger
appointed as U.S. attorney in New
Jersey, which he ultimately was,
on the expectation that he could
get the prosecutor to kill a probe
into real estate developer Fred
Daibes. “Menendez tried to shut
down the investigation, just as he
was paid to do,” Monteleoni said.
That plan did not pan out, ju-
rors heard, because Menendez
could not control Sellinger, and
the prosecutor was recused from
the case upon taking office.
Daibes is the final co-defendant
in the current trial, and prosecu-
tors allege that Menendez, at his
behest, issued positive statements
and promised to advance a resolu-
tion before the Foreign Relations
Committee praising Qatar for its
efforts to evacuate people from
the washington post
DemeTRius FReeman/The WashingTon PosT
ital realities are now on steroids
with AI,” and yet, “it appears as
though the Supreme Court just
limited the ability of expert agen-
cies to deal with the impact of that
digital revolution.”
The FTC has separately been
exploring sweeping new rules to
crack down on what it calls “com-
mercial surveillance” — the mass
collection and sale of consumer’s
personal data that is the lifeblood
of vast swaths of the tech sector.
The Chevron decision could give
business groups like the Chamber
of Commerce fresh ammunition
to target any rules that come out
of that process.
Ryan Quillian, a former man-
ager of the FTC’s tech enforce-
ment division, said the agency’s
ability to craft rules on consumer
protection issues like privacy has
generally been less contested, but
Chevron could factor into areas
where they are “trying to expand
their authority,” like around un-
fair methods of competition.
February 2020 helped inspire a
bipartisan group of lawmakers to
introduce the Judiciary Account-
ability Act, which provides several
safeguards for courthouse em-
ployees, including the creation of
a commission to oversee a pro-
gram to prevent workplace mis-
conduct and an office to oversee
confidential reporting systems re-
garding workplace misconduct.
Deeva Shah, an attorney with
Keker, Van Nest & Peters who has
been an advocate for law clerks
experiencing workplace miscon-
duct, questioned the report’s con-
clusion that Kindred did not retal-
iate against his clerks for partici-
pating in the investigation. She
noted that the report said in a
footnote that the clerks were
afraid to be named as part of the
investigation, or to come forward.
“Fear of retaliation is the big-
gest reason people haven’t come
forward,” Shah said in a state-
ment. “When faced with miscon-
duct, people have just left clerk-
Afghanistan after the U.S. military
withdrawal. At the time, Daibes
was seeking a multimillion-dollar
investment from a member of
Qatar’s royal family, prosecutors
said.
All three men pleaded not
guilty. Businessman Jose Uribe,
charged with bribing the senator,
pleaded guilty in March and testi-
fied for the government. He told
jurors that Menendez asked him
for details about a criminal case
Uribe wanted the senator to “stop
and kill” after he began financing
the luxury convertible for the law-
maker’s then-girlfriend.
Monteleoni said a mountain of
compelling evidence overshad-
owed the tales offered by the de-
fense. He characterized Menendez
as a once-trusted elected official
who was so entrenched in his cor-
ruption that he agreed to help
Egypt and Qatar in exchange for
gifts and money. “What your com-
mon sense tells you is the cash and
gold was part of a corrupt quid pro
quo,” the prosecutor argued.
Menendez’s attorney, Adam
Fee, attacked an FBI agent’s testi-
mony that the senator’s jacket was
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“We don’t expect the court’s
ruling on Chevron is going to have
a significant impact on agency
efforts to protect consumers on
issues like privacy and safeguard
fair and competitive markets in-
cluding for innovative new prod-
ucts like AI,” FTC spokesperson
Douglas Farrar said.
Joseffer said “Chevron’s de-
mise” is also likely to be “materi-
ally important” in an ongoing
lawsuit by the Chamber of Com-
merce and other business groups
to halt a Labor Department rule
aimed at preventing gig economy
companies from treating workers
as contractors rather than em-
ployees. The department did not
return a request for comment.
White House spokesperson
Robyn Patterson said the Chev-
ron ruling “doesn’t change the
President’s unwavering commit-
ment to protecting Americans
from the harms associated with
social media and other emerging
technologies” and that it “under-
scores the importance of the ac-
tions President Biden has already
taken as well as the urgent need
for Congress to pass legislation.”
Many in the technology indus-
try view the Supreme Court’s de-
cision overturning Chevron as a
positive, according to Jason Mul-
vihill, founder and president of
Capitol Asset Strategies, a policy
and regulatory consulting firm.
Mulvihill predicted that the rul-
ing will make “laws more specific
and regulators more humble.”
But Nik Marda, technical lead
for AI governance at Mozilla, said
agencies have been one of the
“bright spots” when it comes to
setting effective guardrails for
tech companies as Congress has
struggled to pass tech regulation.
Government agencies also have
more technical expertise than
Congress or the courts, making
them better at tracking and un-
derstanding changes in tech, he
said.
Steven Augustino, a tech regu-
lation attorney at Nelson Mullins,
called the idea that lawmakers
could fill more of the gaps on tech
rules in the wake of the Chevron
ruling “wishful thinking.”
“It’s hard enough to get Con-
gress to act at all,” Augustino said.
“The idea that these intractable
questions are going to be ham-
mered out in the legislation
seems quite a heavy lift.”
Tony Romm, gerrit De Vynck, Cat
Zakrzewski and Lisa Bonos
contributed to this report.
ships because it’s easier to leave
than it is to report because of
potential retaliation early on in an
attorney’s career.”
The 9th Circuit’s public infor-
mation office did not immediately
respond to a request for comment
on those criticisms.
Trump tapped Kindred in 2019
to replace U.S. District Judge
Ralph R. Beistline, who assumed
senior status (a form of semi-
retirement) in 2015. The League of
Conservation Voters, the nation’s
top environmental group, op-
posed Kindred’s nomination, cit-
ing concerns about his time as
environmental counsel for the
Alaska Oil and Gas Association.
Kindred was confirmed by the
Senate in 2020, in a 54-41 vote that
fell mostly along party lines.
In January, Kindred dismissed
a lawsuit seeking to bar Trump
from appearing on Alaska’s No-
vember election ballot, citing
technical issues with the lawsuit,
including lack of jurisdiction.
in the bedroom closet with the
stash of gold and cash, when it
actually was elsewhere in the
house. The agent corrected him-
self a day after being confronted
on cross-examination.
The evidence in the case was
“not overwhelming” but “cherry-
picked nonsense,” Fee said as he
began his closing arguments late
Tuesday. He criticized prosecutors
for telling a “false story” of wanton
bribes and called his client’s ac-
tions “lawful, normal and good for
his constituents in this country.”
If Menendez kept cash in his
home, it’s because “everyone in his
family was basically hoarding
cash” after being targeted and ran-
sacked by authorities in Cuba be-
fore they fled for the United States
in the 1950s, Fee said. While born
after that in New York, Menendez
still emulated his parents’ exam-
ple, he said.
“They want you to conclude
that every dollar must have been a
bribe,” Fee said of the government.
But he insisted, “There is no text,
no email, no photo that shows
Senator Menendez taking a bribe
— because there is none!”
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The author, on a recent practice hike, standing on Sunday River Whitecap mountain in western Maine, looking north.
Why am I hiking the Appalachian Trail?
It’s a matter of opportunity.
BY R USTY F OSTER
A
number of people have asked me
some version of: “Why would
you leave a lovely family and a
perfectly comfortable home to
traverse the East Coast by foot for half a
year, climbing every mountain along the
way?” To answer that question, I need to
share a piece of personal lore that might
at first seem unrelated, but I promise I’m
going somewhere with it.
The day I asked my wife to marry me, I
didn’t wake up knowing that’s what
would happen that day. If I could travel
back in time to the year 2000 and meet
myself five minutes before I proposed,
young me would have been very sur-
prised to learn that in six minutes he
would be engaged.
The day we got engaged, we were in
Europe, me and my future wife, touring
Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich. Her
parents are both German, though they
met and settled in New York state, where
Christina grew up. We were picking
them up in Munich and then meeting her
older siblings in Südtirol, the German-
lally Weymouth
Sweden’s prime minister: Europe must step up to defend itself
S
weden has enjoyed a 200-year era
of neutrality and nonalignment.
But when Russia launched its
full-scale invasion of Ukraine in
2022, both Sweden and Finland applied
for NATO membership. Finland succeed-
ed in joining the alliance in 2023.
Sweden was accepted in March. Swedish
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson spoke to
The Post’s Lally Weymouth on the eve of
embarking to the NATO summit held in
D.C. this week.
Excerpts from this interview have
been edited for length and clarity.
Lally Weymouth: What will you tell
the NATO prime ministers about
Ukraine?
Ulf Kristersson: We will tell them the
extreme importance of allowing Ukraine
to win this war and that Ukraine will
never be able to win unless we stick to
our united support.
I heard that your country knows a lot
about Russia.
We have been following and watching
Russia for hundreds of years.
How do you see the threat posed by
President Vladimir Putin and Russia?
We have always been very suspicious
of Russian aggression. Obviously things
have changed dramatically since the
full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We say
now that we should have realized [the
extent of Russia’s threat] in 2008, [when
Russia destabilized] Georgia, and then
in 2014, when the first [Russian] aggres-
WEDNESDAY Opinion
Rusty Foster, author of the Today in Tabs
newsletter, recently announced he was
pausing publication to hike the appalachian
Trail with his 19-year-old son, Mica. The two
plan to trek from Maine to Georgia over
approximately six months, and departed on
July 2. This is the first in a series of pieces
adapted from the newsletter he will be filing
from the wilderness, Today on Trail.
speaking part of the Italian Alps. I’m sure
there are many people who knew there
was a German-speaking part of the
Italian Alps, but I wasn’t one of them
until that trip, nor did I know there is a
particularly German definition of “hik-
ing” that involves eating a lot of bread
and cold cuts and then walking a couple
of kilometers uphill to an alm where you
are served even more bread and cold
cuts, along with heaps of wurst and shots
of the most potent homemade kirsch
imaginable. They uncorked that
schnapps bottle and we could smell it
across 200 meters of edelweiss.
But all that hadn’t happened yet. It
oliviEr hoSlET/EPa-EFE/ShuTTErSTock
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf
Kristersson in Brussels last month.
sion against Ukraine took place. In 2022,
it became totally self-evident. Now, Rus-
sia is the defining threat that we build all
of our defense capabilities to be able to
meet.
Do you see Russia as the major threat
not only to your country but also to
Europe?
Quite a few countries in Europe, even
those geographically far away from Rus-
sia, realize that if Russia succeeds in its
invasion of Ukraine, it will pose an
enormous threat to other European
countries.
In other words, Russia might invade
other countries?
If they succeed in their ambitions in
Ukraine, there are no signs suggesting
that Russia will settle and say, “We won’t
EZ rE
was early August and hot, and we were
both dusty from wandering around the
gardens of Nymphenburg, killing time in
Munich before we met her parents to
drive south into the mountains. I had a
headache and wanted an iced coffee, so
we went to the overpriced tourist cafe. I
got a coffee and we sat at a wire patio
table. Midafternoon, and the place was
nearly empty. We were minutes from
getting engaged. We chatted a bit. Sec-
onds from getting engaged. Neither of us
knew it yet.
In a way, though, we both knew it
already. We had talked about getting
married in general terms. I mean we’d
talked about getting married to each
other, so the terms weren’t all that
general. No one had said “will you,” but
we were in agreement that it would
happen at some point. We were both
18 when we met, freshman year of
college. We lived in the same dorm; her
hall was directly below mine. At a
freshman mixer, before classes even
started, I was charmed by her Doc
Martens and her long blond hair and her
glamorous stories of backpacking across
do anything more.” I think it’s obvious
that they are willing to take big risks.
They are willing to act militarily in a way
that most European countries did not
expect Russia to do.
But they have not succeeded.
Leading defense experts in the Unit-
ed States argue that President Biden’s
fear of nuclear escalation has led him to
put too many restrictions on the use of
weapons that the United States has
delivered to Ukraine. For example, the
administration told the Ukrainian gov-
ernment that, by and large, it can’t use
U.S. weapons to hit targets inside Rus-
sia. Does Sweden put such restrictions
on the weapons that it sends to
Ukraine?
No, we do not have any restrictions on
how to use the weapons we deploy to
Ukraine. I think most countries don’t. If
you are not entitled to stop the perpetra-
tor, then you are very limited in the ways
you can protect yourself. The Russians
constantly repeat the threat of using
nuclear weapons in a way that is very
careless in this sensitive situation. But
we cannot allow ourselves to put too
many limits on Ukraine’s right to stop
the aggression from Russia.
How do you assess the situation in
Ukraine now?
Russia has not succeeded the way they
hoped. On the other hand, Ukraine is
fighting bravely, but they obviously need
more support from Western and Euro-
pean allies. European Union countries
Mica FoSTEr
Europe alone and seeing Nine Inch Nails
at Woodstock ’94. She remembered a
good joke I made at that mixer, but it
wasn’t until we’d been married for more
than a decade that she realized it was me
who’d made it. I had to work a little
harder to capture her attention than she
did to capture mine.
In the six years that elapsed between
the freshman mixer and that afternoon
in the cafe, we had been together for 11/2
years, then not officially together for
about three years because I was callow
and indecisive, and then back together
for another year and a half. In all that
time, though, neither of us was closer to
another person than we were to each
other. We knew we would be together
because we’d tried being apart, and it
didn’t work.
That day, the conversation turned to
the German relatives I would soon meet
for the first time, and Christina said, “It
doesn’t feel right introducing you as ‘my
boyfriend.’ It sounds too casual for our
actual relationship.”
This was the moment. I know I’m
going to ask her soon, I thought, so if not
have kept the unity in supporting
Ukraine, but we have also kept up unity
between Europe and the United States in
support of Ukraine. It would have been
very hard for Europe to help Ukraine on
its own.
At the same time, if we ask the United
States to be committed to what is hap-
pening on our continent, we in Europe
have good reason to be committed to
American security concerns in other
parts of the world. We should worry
more about what is happening in China,
for example.
Do you think there will be a settle-
ment forced on Ukraine’s president,
Volodymyr Zelensky? How do you
think the war will end?
Everybody would like peace, but I
think that in most European countries,
people firmly believe that peace must be
settled on Ukrainian terms.
Ukraine’s government says that
means taking back all of Ukraine.
As long as they say that, that needs to
be the starting point. It’s not Ukraine
that is threatening Russia; it’s Russia
that is occupying, or trying to occupy,
Ukraine. Peace can only be discussed on
Ukrainian terms. Otherwise we will
redraw the security framework of Eu-
rope.
Russia has a huge advantage in man-
power over Ukraine, doesn’t it?
Yes, Russia is a big country and
Ukraine is much smaller. Given that, I
think the Ukrainians [have performed]
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now then when? I have no plan, no ring,
but we’re in Europe! That’s inherently
romantic. We would probably want to
buy the ring together anyway. And this is
maybe the best conversational opening
I’m ever going to get. This is the moment,
just do it.
“You could call me your fiancé,” I said.
“Ha ha —” she said, then she looked at
my face, and said “Oh!”
I think I said the actual words, then:
Will you marry me? And I think she said
yes. But that part of the memory is fuzzy.
What I really remember is: “ha ha ... oh!”
Her sudden realization that I was serious
mirrored my sudden realization that this
was the moment, that it had arrived
seemingly out of nowhere on a day that
didn’t begin with any portentous signs or
omens. We secretly bought some cham-
pagne and told her parents we were
engaged a few days later, on her father’s
birthday, and he cried. Her mother told
me that the first time she met me she
didn’t like me but that she liked me now.
We bought a handmade engagement
ring from a tiny jeweler’s shop in a side
alley in Venice.
The point of this long anecdote with
only the flimsiest connection to hiking is
that I believe that life is essentially
arbitrary and the only trick to it is being
in the right place at the right time. But no
one knows what the right time will be, so
you just have to find the right place and
wait, staying alert for the right time to
present itself.
Christina has always been a combina-
tion of amused and annoyed that the way
we got engaged makes such a charming
story, despite my seeming lack of prepa-
ration. But I’d been preparing for six
years. I was so prepared that when the
opportunity presented itself, I was able
to recognize it, and I didn’t need to think
about it. I could just take it.
The most truthful answer to the
question of why I’m doing this hike is: I
saw the opportunity, and I took it. I’ve
been personally and professionally rest-
less lately. The Appalachian Trail has
lurked in my imagination for decades.
Mica, the oldest of my three kids, is the
only person I think I could hike the
whole trail with, and he happened to be
graduating college at the right time to
start south. I happen to have the kind of
job that I could just decide to take six
months off from and the kind of job I can
plausibly hope to do a version of on the
trail.
I can post hoc you a lot of propter hoc,
and I will. But the most honest reason
I’m going is that I saw the necessary
pieces come into the correct alignment.
It didn’t feel like making a decision, it
felt like recognizing what was going to
happen. The only questions I asked
myself were all aimed at determining
whether this recognition was correct,
whether it truly was possible for Mica
and me to attempt this now. I didn’t
really even wonder why.
In his seminal work about one of
antiquity’s greatest hikers, “The Myth of
Sisyphus,” Camus writes of a different
major life decision: “An act like this is
prepared within the silence of the heart,
as is a great work of art. The man himself
is ignorant of it.” He’s not talking about
marriage proposals or through-hiking
but important decisions are all similar.
The decision to attempt this hike was
prepared within the silence of my heart,
during a lifetime spent in love with the
outdoors. I know this isn’t a very satisfy-
ing answer, but it’s the truth, and if I
can’t be completely honest, what are we
even doing here?
On our last practice hike, Mica told
me, “I just realized that you’re doing this
instead of having a mid-life crisis.” I said
that was a very generous way of express-
ing it, but he’s not wrong. I’m in mid-life,
and I’m not in crisis. I think what I’m
having is a mid-life opportunity.
very impressively. Some people said this
war would end in just a few weeks with a
Russian victory. That has obviously not
happened. The Ukrainians are really
struggling. But let us be honest — that
struggle would not have been at all as
successful without the enormous sup-
port in military, financial and political
terms from the European and American
partners.
Do you worry about what a victory
by former president Donald Trump
would mean for Europe and Ukraine?
Yes, most European leaders are wor-
ried about the risk of the United States
being less committed to what is happen-
ing in Europe. I think most European
leaders realize that in the long run, we
Europeans have to step up for ourselves
regardless of who wins the presidential
election in the United States in Novem-
ber. Europe will have to defend itself and
pay for its own defense.
There is a fair criticism in the United
States against quite a few European
countries for not funding their armed
forces in a sufficient way. There is a good
reason for many European countries,
Sweden included, to increase our invest-
ments in national defense.
What percentage of its gross domes-
tic product does Sweden spend on
defense?
We are doubling our defense spending
in Sweden during a period of four years.
This year, we will reach the 2 percent
ceiling.
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MERICA’S FERTILITY rate is plummeting,
with profound consequences for the coun-
try’s economic and political future. But is a
declining birth rate something to lament or
to celebrate?
Our recent editorial on the “birthrate bomb”
elicited understandably strong reactions. Many
readers took issue with our focus on how declining
fertility rates might weaken the
EdiTOriaL U.S. economy. “Endless growth —
whether that’s of the population or
the economy — is an unachievable fantasy,” one
wrote. Another wrote: “Now is the time to reject
growthist ideology for good.”
These reactions reflect a growing intellectual fad:
“degrowth.” Degrowthers offer a substantial cri-
tique of the tendency to prioritize economic growth
above all else. They argue it would be better to
re-center increasingly unhappy societies away from
materialism and toward ecological sustainability.
We share some of their concerns. But, with respect,
we still disagree that degrowth is the way to address
them. As we noted in another editorial, the numbers
show that curtailing economic growth cannot pro-
duce a safer, sustainable world. Even if economic
growth paused in rich countries, the world would
still miss its carbon emissions targets by 38 billion
tons. And it would amount to a kind of environmen-
tal imperialism to insist that poor countries in Africa,
LETTErs TO ThE EdiTOr
How can the government function
after this Supreme Court case?
Regarding The Post’s June 29 front-page article
“Court weakens authority of U.S. agencies”:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. famously
described a modest role for the Supreme Court in
his nomination hearings. But the decision to
overrule the Chevron deference doctrine and to
expand the role of courts is an extraordinary and
self-aggrandizing claim of power and authority for
the judicial branch.
Acceptable regulatory policy should be shaped by
three considerations:
1. The wishes of the voters, expressed through an
elected president, his or her appointees, and elected
legislators who alone define and control agency
power.
2. The weight of scientific and technical evidence
about the issue.
3. The actual impacts on affected stakeholders —
regulated parties and the publics they serve —
whose views are collected through elaborate
outreach efforts that both bring major players to
the drafting table and involve thousands,
sometimes hundreds of thousands, of public
comments.
The role of the courts is to keep agencies within
whatever boundaries Congress delineates. When
Congress does not, cannot or will not identify those
boundaries, Chevron teaches that reasonable
agency interpretations are as close as we can get to
actual legislative intent. Creating a more intrusive
role for courts seems unwise, as courts do not
participate in any of the three conditions for
acceptable policy.
William R. Andersen, Seattle
In 1981, I joined the solicitor’s office at the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, defending
agency decisions before federal appellate courts.
When the Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense
Council decision was issued in 1984, I cited it in
dozens of briefs and in oral argument. Overruling
this significant precedent is a tragic mistake. Under
Chevron, when a statute administered by an agency
contained ambiguous terms, the reviewing courts
would defer to the agency construction as long as
that decision was rational.
The pretext advanced in the majority decision
doing away with Chevron was that the 1984 case
led to inconsistency because interpretations
would often change when a new administration
took power. During my appellate tenure, I recall
only one time when an incoming administration
attempted such a change. That circumstance
occurred in 1981, before Chevron existed, when
incoming Reagan administration commissioners
tried to overturn a prior decision that had been
upheld by the 11th Circuit.
In short, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is fixing
a problem that does not exist. Even if it did exist, the
simple solution would be to bar an agency that has
been afforded deference for one interpretation from
again claiming deference for a different
construction of the same provision.
The real reason for the conservative assault on
Chevron is to prevent an alleged “deep
administrative state” with its “liberal bias” from
imposing allegedly onerous regulations on
business. Agency decisions at FERC are rendered by
five commissioners appointed by the president and
confirmed by the Senate. Only three can be from the
same political party. To be sure, these
commissioners collaborate with lawyers,
economists, engineers and other regulatory
specialists when reaching their decisions. During
my four decades at FERC, political biases were
checked at the door. The men and women I worked
with were consummate professionals, always
seeking the correct result. Sometimes, we got it
wrong. In those cases, the agency was unable to
show a logical connection between the facts
adduced and the decision made. Accordingly, the
appellate court either reversed or remanded the
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Degrowth debunked, Part II
Asia and Latin America halt their development in the
name of fighting climate change.
For more than 200 years, pessimists have warned
that a rapidly increasing population would bring
civilizational doom. Yet unprecedented population
growth has coincided with unprecedented eco-
nomic development, which in turn has freed
billions of people from extreme poverty. Human
ingenuity — a feature of growing societies — has
made ills such as famine and infant mortality rarer.
One reader wrote that “we cannot continue to
grow in a finite space.” Moreover, some readers
argue, a society that values economic growth above,
say, justice or morality has lost its way. We
acknowledge the challenge of combating economic
inequality and providing all people with opportu-
nity and purpose as society’s overall wealth increas-
es. But degrowth threatens to do the opposite. The
rich would stay rich, while everyone else’s living
standards would decline.
Degrowther pessimism rests on the notion that
economic output is inherently exploitative: Growth,
in this view, necessarily requires extracting more.
But history has proved time and again that
economies can defy gloomy predictions. Electricity,
the internet, penicillin, breakthroughs in agricul-
ture and other advancements made it possible to do
more with less, improving people’s living standards
and freeing them from a constant struggle to merely
cases despite the grant of deference.
The ultimate folly in Chief Justice Roberts’s
decision is his “belief ” that all federal jurists are
paragons of virtue without any biases whatsoever. I
pity those federal agencies whose decisions are
subject to review in federal district courts. The
conservative rush to the district court in Amarillo,
Tex., and Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will be
immediate.
Joel Cockrell, Damascus
Americans deserve consistency
As a former director of the Office of Enforcement
and assistant general counsel for enforcement at
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, I am very
concerned about the impact overturning the
Chevron decision will have on radiation and nuclear
reactor requirements. The impacts of nuclear
accidents do not respect the boundaries of states or
district courts. The American people deserve
uniform requirements that equally protect all.
Yet now, U.S. courts will decide for themselves
the reasonableness of NRC implementation of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which requires the
commission to promulgate “standards and
instructions to govern the possession and use of
special nuclear material, source material, and
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subsist. Productivity growth can take the world in
directions that are benign for the physical and
social environment. Growth can mean less pollu-
tion, more forests and better health.
We do not know exactly how many humans the
Earth can support. But across the globe, economic
and social development inevitably lead to fewer
Human ingenuity — a feature
of growing societies — has made
ills such as famine and
infant mortality rarer.
children. This is why our concern is not breakneck
population growth but the opposite: how to sustain
economic vibrancy if and when the number of
people working — thinking, experimenting, invent-
ing and investing — stops increasing, or declines.
Wise societies would prepare.
We agree with some of our readers that paying
women to have more children can reinforce patriar-
chal norms. As one noted, “Politicians are using
women’s bodies as a political tool in the fight over
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byproduct material as the Commission may deem
necessary or desirable to promote the common
defense and security or to protect health or to
minimize danger to life or property.”
Given the varying educations, experiences and
perspectives of judges, despite their acting in good
faith, the reversal of Chevron will no doubt create a
“crazy quilt” of requirements resulting in varying
levels of safety and protection in different districts,
states and regions of our country. This will also
result in confusion and costs to the nuclear
industry.
Jim Lieberman, Silver Spring
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The recent overturning of the “Chevron
doctrine” by the Supreme Court will definitely
affect Environmental Protection Agency’s ability
to regulate toxic air pollutants. I had the honor of
working for the Environmental Protection Agency
for 30 years. My job was concerned with the Clean
Air Act and the regulations developed to
implement it.
The Clean Air Act is one of the most complicated
environmental statutes, and the regulations
promulgated under that statute are equally
complicated because of the broad array of
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abortion care.” Moreover, so-called pronatalist pol-
icies deployed in many countries have largely failed
to pump up birth rates.
Pronatalist policies should not be directed
toward those who prefer to remain childless. No
amount of government support will fully offset the
hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to raise a
child. Rather, pronatalist programs are properly
aimed at the still large number of women who say
they want children but cannot bear the cost. Even if
birth rates do not boom in response, enabling
women to make that choice is still worthwhile.
American values of individual autonomy and
choice mean that a child-free life is one that must be
respected. But freedom cuts the other way, too: One
shouldn’t assume that women who desire more
children suffer from false consciousness. As one
reader put it, “Everyone should have the right to
choose if and when to have children and to have the
number of children they want. That’s a basic tenet of
reproductive justice.”
We agree. Societies should make it easier to have
children — but also prepare for a time, already
here for many, when they can no longer rely on a
rising population to thrive. Humans have to do
more with the same or a declining number of
people. Or else the world will get the future that
degrowthers desire — and our bet is people will not
like it.
industrial processes they cover. Consequently, the
EPA is often called upon to clarify both statutory
and regulatory language and to explain whether or
how those rules would apply to a particular
configuration or modification of an industrial
plant or process.
During my tenure at the agency, I wrote many of
these policy memorandums that set legal precedent
and enabled the EPA to effectively implement
environmental regulations. These interpretation
policies adhere strictly to a “plain-language reading”
of the statutory and regulatory language, and they
are scrutinized by legal staff to ensure the EPA does
not overstep the intent of the original statutory or
regulatory language. The clarifications are an
integral part of the environmental regulatory
implementation process.
EPA staff have spent decades writing and
implementing these regulations and are uniquely
qualified to make these interpretations. Removing
this authority from regulatory agencies and placing
it with the courts will severely limit the EPA’s ability
to act in a timely and effective way to protect the
environment from toxic pollutants. Without these
years of expertise, the courts are not in a position to
take over this responsibility, and the health and
welfare of the public will suffer.
Scott Throwe, Bristol, R.I.
Get Congress to work
Karen Tumulty’s June 29 op-ed, “The Supreme
Court just gave Congress more work. But is it up to
the job?,” was well done.
From my own career of 30 years of legislative
advocacy, I would add that if Congress is going to
function in the way it will need to now that the
Supreme Court has tasked lawmakers with writing
much more detailed legislation, it is critical to
restore congressional “regular order,” which has
been eroding since Georgia Republican Newt
Gingrich’s tenure as speaker of the House in the
1990s.
Regular order is simply the congressional process
through which all legislation must be reported from
a related committee to be considered on the floor of
the House or Senate. The committee process itself
encouraged legislative expertise, bipartisan
behavior and cohesive, on-time policy results. The
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 established a new congressional budget
process and timetable, a budget committee in each
house, a Congressional Budget Office, and
congressional control over the impoundment of
funds by the executive branch.
Yet today, the use of continuing resolutions has
become common any time that Congress and the
president do not reach agreement on spending
levels and fail to enact regular appropriations by
the start of the federal fiscal year beginning
Oct. 1. Between fiscal years 2010 and 2022,
47 continuing resolutions passed, allowing
Congress to delay its duties for as long as 176 days at
a time. On three occasions, not even a continuing
resolution was approved, resulting in a government
shutdown.
This astonishing record of legislative failure is a
direct result of not adhering to the important
committee role, the fundamental precept of regular
order. If Congress can’t even fund the government,
how can it be expected to write detailed
regulations?
Dan Flanagan, Annapolis, Md.
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leana s. Wen
You should
try bathing
in the forest
T
here is a new field of medicine
that might sound too good to
be true. The therapy can re-
duce stress, lower blood pres-
sure, improve mood, help with sleep
and even enhance the immune system,
yet there are no pills involved and no
side effects.
This medical field is called forest
medicine, based on the practice of
shinrin-yoku, a Japanese phrase that
translates to “forest bathing.” Forest
bathing is not physical exercise, but
rather a form of relaxation while ex-
periencing the forest through all five
senses.
The idea that being in nature can be
therapeutic is not new, but it was only
in the last two decades that researchers
began documenting the health benefits
of forest immersion. Qing Li, a physi-
cian and professor at Nippon Medical
School in Tokyo, is widely regarded as a
founder of the field of forest medicine.
He and his colleagues have authored
dozens of peer-reviewed papers dem-
onstrating the health benefits of forest
therapy.
One meta-analysis of 20 clinical tri-
als found that forest bathing can re-
duce blood pressure, in some cases
with effects on par with antihyperten-
sive agents. Other studies revealed that
the practice decreases hormones im-
plicated in metabolic disorders such as
obesity and diabetes. Forest bathing
has also been shown to lower anxiety
and reduce depressive symptoms, and
there is also data associating forest
immersion to higher levels of antican-
cer proteins.
Li’s hypothesis for the wide-ranging
effects is that being in a forest decreas-
es stress hormones such as adrenaline
and cortisol. The reduced stress re-
sponse relaxes the brain, reduces blood
pressure and impacts other body sys-
tems including the endocrine and im-
mune systems.
“The relaxing effects of forest bath-
ing begin to appear 20 minutes after
you begin and reach their maximum
effect after two hours,” Li told me in an
interview. “The longer you bathe in the
forest, the greater the effect will be.”
Li explained that though forest
medicine is in its nascency in the
United States, it is so well established
in Japan that there are 65 official
“forest therapy bases” across the coun-
try. Some Japanese companies con-
tract with these bases to improve their
employees’ health and manage their
stress, and some even pay for their
employees’ forest outings with compa-
ny insurance.
Forests occupy 67 percent of the
land in Japan, making them more
easily accessible than here in the Unit-
ed States. So I was glad to learn that
city dwellers can experience the ben-
efits of forest bathing simply by visit-
ing local parks. Li himself lives in
central Tokyo and practices forest
bathing weekly by walking in city
parks.
He advised that forest bathing can
encompass many activities. “Find a
place you like, then sit for a while and
read or enjoy the scenery,” he said. “You
can do tai chi, yoga or picnic.” Walking
is great, but he cautioned against over-
exerting yourself and recommended
resting when you are tired.
Melanie Choukas-Bradley, a natu-
ralist and forest bathing expert in D.C.,
offered additional guidance for people
interested in trying this practice.
“Any time you take to connect with
nature is good for you,” she told me. “If
you have five minutes to walk into the
backyard and look up through the
branches of a tree at the sky, just feel
the breeze on your face, feel the sun
and feel the rain.”
When Choukas-Bradley leads guid-
ed walks, she asks people to try simple
exercises that engage their senses. For
instance, she asks them to notice
what’s in motion.
“It sounds like such a simple thing,
but it’s a really powerful mindfulness
exercise,” she said. “You notice the
tiniest little movement in the leaves
and an ant crawling across the ground,
a spider and a web. You just notice so
much, and you calm down.”
Another exercise is to stand with
one’s back to a flowing stream and cup
one ear from the front. This amplifies
the sound of the water. Then take away
your hand and see how much the
sound diminishes.
“Even just closing your eyes when
you’re in nature magnifies the sounds
around you, and you focus on the
sounds and the smells,” Choukas-Brad-
ley explained. She encourages people
to connect with nature wherever they
are, even if it’s looking at one tree. “It’s
really an awareness practice,” she said.
In my view, the potential preventive
effects of forest bathing are convincing
enough that people should give it a try.
Here’s another reason: One of the key
tenets of the forest medicine move-
ment is that it promotes not only
human health but also forest health. By
practicing forest bathing, we are also
celebrating conservation and spread-
ing the message that human well-being
is inextricably tied to the well-being of
the natural environment around us.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk in May 24.
NATO is a bulwark against tyranny ...
BY N ANCY P ELOSI
AND S VETLANA T IKHANOVSKAYA
U
pon signing the North Atlan-
tic Treaty, U.S. President Har-
ry S. Truman declared, “We
believe that it is possible for
nations to achieve unity on the great
principles of human freedom and
justice.” Seventy-five years later, as
the NATO summit convenes in D.C.,
the NATO alliance continues to stand
as a bulwark against tyranny.
Unfortunately, tyranny is on the
march in Eastern Europe. Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s war of
conquest in democratic Ukraine is
emblematic of this sad trend. The
mass terror and repression in neigh-
boring Belarus, wrought by “Europe’s
last dictator,” Alexander Lukashenko,
is less frequently reported on.
Lukashenko is known to be Putin’s
closest ally. He has put Belarus at the
center of the Ukraine crisis by allow-
ing Putin to stage troops and station
nuclear weapons within its borders.
He is content to allow Putin to wield
influence and control over Belarus so
long as it helps him keep his grip on
power.
In Belarus itself, nearly everyone
lives in fear of a knock on the door.
Almost any form of suspected disloy-
alty or dissent to Lukashenko’s re-
gime can be punished by death. KGB
agents force confessions from inno-
cent people and post them on the
internet to spread fear.
But the people of Belarus neverthe-
less resist Lukashenko’s tyranny. In
2020, voters bravely rejected dictator-
ship and voted for democracy in over-
whelming numbers. But Lukashenko
davId IgnatIus
... but the alliance has always been vulnerable
W
hen NATO met for its 25th
anniversary summit in June
1974, President Richard
M. Nixon was facing im-
peachment in the Watergate scandal and
was two months from resignation. There
was some high-minded talk about the
alliance but also much foreboding about
the political future of its critical member,
the United States.
Henry Kissinger, then secretary of
state, explained the fraught atmosphere
in his memoirs: “The Western leaders
treated Nixon with the respect they felt for
him and the solicitude shown to terminal-
ly ill patients.”
At this week’s 75th anniversary NATO
summit in Washington, the mood is likely
to be similar. President Biden has been one
of the most effective leaders in NATO his-
tory, rebuilding the alliance and galvaniz-
ing its members to support Ukraine. But
Europeans tell me they feel a deep anxiety
now about the future of U.S. leadership,
with Biden in severe political trouble and
former president Donald Trump seeming
poised to regain the White House.
The historical resonance of this week’s
gathering is haunting — and also, per-
haps, oddly reassuring. Worries about the
future of American leadership and the
durability of the transatlantic alliance are
such common NATO themes that they
ought to be part of the organization’s
mission statement. Europeans are always
fretting about America’s reliability, just as
Americans are always peeved that the
Europeans aren’t pulling their weight in
providing for the common defense.
The alliance was founded with what
Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who
drafted its founding treaty, described in his
memoir as “basic problems, which NATO
has never been able to solve.” The alliance
was “a body … without a head,” unable to
compel its members to do anything. And
NATO’s collective defense required “in-
creased forces from its members,” though
many European nations from the start
refused to pay their fair share.
At the signing ceremony for the North
Atlantic Treaty in 1949, Acheson noted,
Ez
opinion
(with Putin’s assistance) stole the elec-
tion from the Belarusian people, dis-
mantled free and fair elections and
unlawfully clung to power.
We don’t know the total number of
political prisoners enduring harsh
treatment in Belarus. But we know
many of their names. In the 2020 elec-
tion, Sergei Tikhanovsky was Lukash-
enko’s primary political opponent. He
was arrested and removed from the
race. (He is also the husband of Svetla-
na Tikhanovskaya, one of the authors
of this piece, who took up the mantle of
leading the opposition after his jail-
ing.) For more than 400 days, Sergei
has been held incommunicado. Not
even his family has heard from him.
And he is not the only one. Several
top opposition figures have also not
been heard from in more than a year,
including Maria Kolesnikova, Mikalai
Statkevich and Maxim Znak. And
there are concerning reports about
the health of Ales Bialiatski, Nobel
Peace laureate, held by Lukashenko’s
cronies in inhumane conditions.
As the NATO summit begins, our
allies and partners should take steps
to support the pro-democracy move-
ment on the ground in Belarus while
increasing pressure on Putin’s crony
Lukashenko — and, by extension,
Putin himself.
First, we must ensure a haven for
Belarusian pro-democracy activists
who need to seek asylum. And we
must aid those who have successfully
fled into exile. We must provide com-
prehensive assistance to the Belaru-
sian pro-freedom movement, includ-
ing independent media, civil society
groups, human rights defenders and
the repressed.
the Marine Band played two songs from
the musical “Porgy and Bess” that unin-
tentionally highlighted gaps in the alli-
ance’s bold promises. The tunes were “I
Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’” and “It Ain’t Neces-
sarily So.”
As NATO waged the Cold War, its core
conundrums remained. When Kissinger
became Nixon’s national security adviser
in 1969, he saw three big issues: America’s
“flexible response” doctrine of nuclear
retaliation against a Russian attack, the
alliance’s formula for sharing defense
costs and the number of U.S. troops need-
ed in Europe. Those questions persist to
this day, even as NATO remains the
world’s most successful alliance.
Panic is the flavor of the day in Wash-
ington, and in this anxious environment,
the NATO summit may seem like a televi-
sion rerun from the 1960s. But if we take a
closer look, we can see reasons the alli-
ance is less fragile than the current politi-
cal climate on both sides of the Atlantic.
The White House had planned this
week’s summit as a celebration of NATO
as guarantor of collective security — and
of Biden’s role as steward of that relation-
ship. Those arguments may seem wobbly
now, but I’d argue that both remain true,
regardless of what happens at the ballot
box in November. As for Trump’s lead in
the polls, voters can surprise us, as the
recent victory of the left-wing parties over
the hard right in France demonstrated.
For all Biden’s political troubles, his
NATO laurel is well deserved. He helped
refurbish the alliance after four years of
Trump’s disdain. He shared American in-
telligence secrets to warn Europe that
Russia truly intended to invade Ukraine;
he mobilized NATO to help valiant Ukrai-
nians defend their country. Some argue in
hindsight that he didn’t do enough, but a
more aggressive American stance might
have busted NATO’s solidarity.
The truth is that Biden blocked Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin while avoiding a di-
rect conflict with Russia — no easy task.
I’d credit Biden for rebuilding support
for NATO at home, too. He was steadfast
through six months of delay by a cabal of
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Mikhail METzEl/via REUTERS
Second, we must enforce strong
sanctions on Russia for its antidemo-
cratic activities, isolating Putin and
his economy from the democratic
world.
Third, both Putin’s and Lukashen-
ko’s regimes need to be designated
“state sponsors of terrorism.” In 2023,
Russia was designated as a “country
of particular concern” because of Pu-
tin’s ongoing campaign of cruelty and
oppression. It is past time to go
further.
Make no mistake: Putin and Lu-
kashenko are as much a danger to the
global order as Adolf Hitler was in his
time. History warns us that we must
never be afraid to confront repressive
dictatorships bent on snuffing out
democracy. The Belarusian opposi-
tion and Ukrainian freedom fighters
share a kinship. As they labor for their
own liberation, they are beacons of
freedom for Europe — and for the
world.
We must be there for them until
democracy prevails.
Three-quarters of a century since
the ink dried on the North Atlantic
Treaty, and thanks to the leadership of
President Biden, the West’s “unity on
the great principles of human free-
dom and justice” remains in place.
But unity of purpose must be matched
by action. Let us carry on the fight for
freedom and justice together — for
the people of Belarus, for the people of
Ukraine and for all mankind.
Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California,
is speaker emerita of the house of
Representatives. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
is the leader of the democratic opposition
of Belarus.
House Republicans who tried to block
$61 billion in essential military aid to
Ukraine. By the end of that agonizing
debate, more Americans — even House
Republicans — understood better why the
security of Europe and that of the United
States are intertwined.
Biden and Jake Sullivan, his national
security adviser, have worked this spring
and summer to put more bite into NATO’s
commitment to Ukraine. With new
U.S. weapons and more freedom in using
them, Ukraine was able to halt Russia’s
offensive on Kharkiv, stabilize its lines
and inflict severe casualties on Russian
forces. At the summit, Biden is expected to
announce that Ukraine will have an “irre-
versible” bridge to NATO membership, so
long as it continues anti-corruption re-
forms. That would be a stronger commit-
ment than NATO made a year ago during
its summit at Vilnius.
This week’s appalling Russian missile
strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv is a
grim reminder of why NATO matters.
Looking at footage of the hospital ruins,
Americans and Europeans alike will see
vivid evidence that Putin is a cruel and
unyielding adversary. Without NATO’s
opposition, Putin would redraw the secu-
rity map in Europe, with lasting conse-
quences for America.
A similarly macabre message came in
September 1949, when the Soviet Union
detonated its first nuclear weapon just as
the Senate was debating the North Atlan-
tic Treaty. Acheson mused: “Once again
the Russians had come to the aid of an
imperiled nonpartisan foreign policy,
binding its wounds and rallying the divid-
ed Congress.”
Biden’s successful stewardship of
NATO makes this an ideal time, in my
view, for him to take a victory lap (at a slow
pace, to be sure). Then he should invite
Democrats to select a new presidential
candidate who can represent the United
States in its long struggle against all en-
emies, foreign and domestic.
Your race is won, Mr. President. As your
allies and friends applaud, hand off the
baton.
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CatheRIne Rampell
Don’t fall for
Trump’s
Project 2025
denials
D
onald Trump’s top advisers are orga-
nizing an authoritarian “revolu-
tion,” and they are recruiting a
20,000-strong “army” of loyalists to
carry it out. Yet Trump himself claims to
know nothing about the project.
Don’t fall for it.
Over the past couple years, the conserva-
tive Heritage Foundation think tank has been
running a presidential transition project
called “Project 2025.” It includes a 900-page
“policy bible” — far more comprehensive
than the 16-page convention platform recent-
ly released by the Republican National Com-
mittee. The Heritage document’s 30 chapters
provide a detailed game plan for how the next
Republican president should curb the First
Amendment, roll back gay rights, infuse
Christianity into more state functions, repeal
climate and environmental protections, and
limit reproductive care and health care more
broadly. Oh, and it also disembowels much of
the federal government and concentrates
more power in the hands of the president.
Because rampant vacancies and poor
training limited Trump’s ability to imple-
ment his agenda last time, Project 2025 has
also been recruiting and training thousands
of loyal foot soldiers to execute these pol-
icies. As Paul Dans, Project 2025 director and
former chief of staff of the Office of Personnel
Management under Trump, put it: “Our goal
is to assemble an army of aligned, vetted,
trained, and prepared conservatives to go to
work on Day One to deconstruct the Admin-
istrative State.”
Trump has disavowed any involvement in
the project. In a post on his social media
platform Friday, he claimed he knows “noth-
ing about Project 2025” and has “no idea who
is behind it.”
This is preposterous.
Besides Dans, hundreds of Trump appoin-
tees and aides are part of the initiative.
Among them is Russell Vought, Trump’s for-
mer head of the Office of Management and
Budget, who is now policy director for the
Republican National Committee. Also Ste-
phen Miller, Trump’s top immigration advis-
er. Plus John McEntee, one of Trump’s closest
aides, who recently told a conservative pod-
cast that Project 2025 will “integrate a lot of
our work” with the Trump campaign later
this year. Meanwhile, Trump’s super PAC is
running ads highlighting Project 2025.
So why might Trump and his campaign
wish to distance him from Heritage’s proj-
ect? Partly because of troubling comments
made last week by the foundation’s presi-
dent, Kevin Roberts. In an appearance on the
“War Room” podcast, founded by Trump
adviser Stephen K. Bannon, Roberts de-
clared that “we are in the process of the
second American revolution, which will re-
main bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
But the problem isn’t merely this chilling
threat. The greater liability is nearly every-
thing Project 2025 says Trump would do as
president, as it’s chock-full of unpopular,
sometimes even dystopian policies.
For instance, it says “Pornography should
be outlawed” and “The people who produce
and distribute it should be imprisoned,”
without defining “pornography.” Given the
ongoing library wars, which have seen books
about gay penguins and how puberty works
challenged as obscene, this seems like a
dangerous, criminal campaign for the presi-
dent to launch. Project 2025 would also
infuse Judeo-Christian values throughout
our government, such as its proposal for the
state to formally recognize the Sabbath.
When it comes to health care, the plat-
form would slash Medicaid funding, end
health department programs promoting
“LGBTQ+ equity,” and direct the Food and
Drug Administration to reverse its approval
of medication abortion drugs. On climate
and energy, it would cut federal funding for
research and investment in renewables and
block expansion of the electrical grid for
wind and solar power.
Among its unpopular immigration pro-
posals, the blueprint would effectively ter-
minate the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program, which provides work per-
mits and protection from deportation to
undocumented immigrants brought to the
United States as children. It would also
further restrict legal immigration. For ex-
ample, it would dismantle the program that
allows seasonal agricultural workers to
come here on visas.
More broadly, the playbook explains how
the president would purge nonpartisan ca-
reer civil servants and experts (the supposed
“deep state”) and replace them with political
appointees. This was actually a project
Trump began on his way out the door in
2020 but failed to complete.
The platform also lays out how the presi-
dent would seize direct control of independ-
ent agencies such as the FBI and Federal
Trade Commission. Conveniently, this would
better enable Trump to use the powers of
state to reward his friends and punish his
enemies, as he has vowed to do (and often
attempted the last time he was president).
Perhaps when Trump says he knows noth-
ing about Project 2025, he means he’s unfa-
miliar with its nitty-gritty details. That could
be true; few would mistake the man for a
policy wonk.
But last time around, he delegated major
administrative decisions to his underlings,
and he’d likely do the same again in a second
term. Which is why this playbook, written by
those same underlings, should be taken seri-
ously — whether you buy Trump’s professed
ignorance of the malevolence ahead or not.
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Democratic lawmakers seek criminal investigation of Clarence Thomas

BY J USTIN J OUVENAL
Two Democratic U.S. senators
announced Tuesday that they are
seeking a criminal investigation of
Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas over gifts of travel, a loan
for a recreational vehicle and oth-
er benefits he received from
wealthy benefactors.
Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse
(D-r.I.) and ron Wyden (D.-ore.)
said they sent a letter to Attorney
General merrick Garland last
week requesting he appoint a spe-
cial counsel to probe whether
Thomas violated ethics, false
statement and tax laws.
The action marks a significant
escalation in efforts by Democrat-
ic senators to address ethics con-
troversies related to Thomas and
the court in recent years. White-
house’s staff said it was likely the
first time anyone had requested a
special counsel investigate a Su-
preme Court justice. Whitehouse
sits on the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee, while Wyden chairs the
Senate finance Committee.
Jeremy fogel, a former federal
judge and executive director of the
Berkeley Judicial Institute, said
the Justice Department has the
legal authority to appoint a special
counsel to investigate Thomas,
but whether it would is another
matter. “Inevitably it would be
seen as political retribution for
rulings the justices made that they
don’t like,” he said. “I just don’t
know how you get out of that box.”
The Justice Department de-
clined to comment on the request.
Special counsels are generally
appointed when the attorney gen-
eral wants to assure the public
that a sensitive investigation will
be conducted fairly and free from
political considerations; Garland
has appointed three special coun-
sels during his tenure, to oversee
investigations involving former
president Donald Trump, Presi-
dent Biden and the president’s
son, Hunter Biden.
“We do not make this request
lightly,” Whitehouse and Wyden
said in a statement. “The evidence
assembled thus far plainly sug-
gests that Justice Thomas has
committed numerous willful vio-
lations of federal ethics and false-
statement laws and raises signifi-
cant questions about whether he
and his wealthy benefactors have
complied with their federal tax
obligations.”
Thomas and his attorney, Elliot
S. Berke, did not immediately re-
spond to requests for comment,
but Berke has said previously that
Thomas tried to comply with fi-
nancial disclosures of gifts and
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court
Building in Washington, on Oct. 7, 2022.
travel as they existed at the time.
“Justice Thomas has always
strived for full transparency and
adherence to the law, including
with respect to what personal
travel needed to be reported,”
Berke said in a statement last year.
He described any failures to dis-
close travel as “strictly inadver-
tent.”
Whitehouse and Wyden said
they wanted a special counsel to
examine a $267,000 loan Thomas
used to purchase a luxury motor
coach in 1999, adding that they
J. Scott AppLewhite/Ap
have not received adequate an-
swers from Thomas about how he
handled the matter. An investiga-
tion by the Senate finance Com-
mittee concluded a substantial
portion of the loan from Thomas’s
friend and businessman, Anthony
Welters, was forgiven in 2008. The
committee found Thomas failed
to report the loan on his financial
disclosure forms, raising ques-
tions about whether he reported it
as income on his taxes as required
by law.
Thomas has not previously
commented publicly on the loan,
but Welters told The Washington
Post last year that he believed
Thomas had “satisfied the loan.”
The senators also want the spe-
cial counsel to investigate multi-
ple instances of jet travel, yacht
trips, home renovations, tuition,
luxury sports tickets, lodging and
other gifts that Thomas did not
disclose on his annual financial
forms. The gifts were reported in a
series of articles by ProPublica last
year. many of the items were paid
for by Harlan Crow, the Texas
billionaire, Thomas friend and
major republican donor.
In addition, the senators want
the special counsel to probe
$25,000 in consulting fees that
were directed to Thomas’s wife,
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, by con-
servative judicial activist, Leon-
ard Leo. The payment was first
disclosed by The Washington Post
last may. Some ethics experts said
it raised questions about whether
Thomas should have recused him-
self from certain cases. Neither
Clarence nor Ginni Thomas re-
sponded to requests for comment
about the payment at the time.
The failure to disclose the gifts
and payments may have violated a
federal law requiring government
officials to disclose gifts, loans and
other benefits, Whitehouse and
Wyden said. They also want to
know if Thomas’s benefactors
paid gift taxes, and whether Leo’s
payment to Ginni Thomas was
part of a coordinated gift program
or required any additional disclo-
sures by the justice.
Last month, Whitehouse and
rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) asked
the officials with the U.S. Judicial
Conference, which oversees judi-
cial ethics issues, to explain how
they were handling the disclo-
sures about Thomas. They have
yet to receive an answer. The law-
makers had previously asked the
conference to refer Thomas to the
Justice Department for potential
ethics violations.
The Senate Judiciary Commit-
tee revealed last month that
Thomas took three flights paid for
by Crow between 2017 and 2021
that he did not disclose. Berke said
Thomas was not required to dis-
close the travel because it hap-
pened before the high court clari-
fied its own ethics rules to specify
that free travel must be reported
as a gift. Thomas reported three
trips on Crow’s jet during 2022,
after the policy change.
The justice also revised his 2019
financial disclosures last month to
reflect lodging and other expenses
paid for by Crow during trips to
Bali and a club in California.

Experts see conservatives’ skepticism over prosecutorial discretion in ruling

SmiTh from A1
ideological lines last week that
presidents are immune from
criminal prosecution for “official
acts,” while adding that they may
still be prosecuted for unofficial
acts. The ruling did not offer a
clear line between the two, and
the justices may have to settle
further disputes about that —
including in Trump’s four crimi-
nal cases.
many legal experts see the
historic ruling as the latest salvo
from conservative Supreme
Court justices who have long be-
lieved that federal prosecutors
often go too far in the pursuit of
alleged wrongdoing by elected
officials. The decision will signifi-
cantly limit what evidence pros-
ecutors may present in Trump’s
D.C. case, and is already prompt-
ing new challenges to his felony
conviction in New York and his
classified documents indictment
in florida. It will probably lead to
fresh motions to dismiss or limit
the state counts he faces in Geor-
gia for alleged election interfer-
ence, as well.
“The conservative majority has
a lot of skepticism of prosecutori-
al discretion, and this immunity
case is yet another offshoot of this
ongoing suspicion or dislike,” said
Jessica Tillipman, an associate
dean at George Washington Uni-
versity Law School.
While many lawyers see the
ruling as a dispiriting setback
that puts the president at least
partially above the law, conserva-
tive lawyers said the decision was
a predictable comeuppance for
Smith and other Justice Depart-
ment officials who have been
repeatedly reined in by the
Supreme Court.
“Smith’s team pushed the court
into adopting a legal rule that
massively constrained prosecuto-
rial power vis-à-vis former presi-
dents, not just for Trump but for
all future presidents,” said James
Burnham, a former law clerk for
Justice Neil m. Gorsuch who has
also worked at the Justice Depart-
ment and Trump White House.
Attorney General merrick Gar-
land appointed Smith as special
counsel to add a layer of inde-
pendence to the Trump investiga-
tion in late 2022, once it became
clear Trump would again run for
president in this year’s election.
Special counsel Jack Smith in August. The Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity
will significantly limit the evidence his office can present in the Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump.
Trump and his allies have chal-
lenged Smith’s appointment as
unlawful — a long-shot argument
that failed with previous special
counsels but drew notable sup-
port from Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas.
Smith brought the D.C. indict-
ment against Trump in August,
21/2 years after Trump’s efforts to
reverse Joe Biden’s 2020 election
victory culminated in the bloody
attack on the Capitol.
Democratic lawmakers, Trump
critics and some outside experts
had been clamoring for criminal
charges after nationally televised
congressional hearings that ex-
amined Trump’s conversations
with top aides at the White House
and Justice Department about
pursuing unfounded claims of
election fraud, conversations
with then-Vice President mike
Pence, and efforts to submit slates
of pro-Trump electors to cast
votes in his name from key states
Biden had won.
Trump faces four counts in the
election interference case: con-
spiracy to defraud the United
States; conspiracy to obstruct an
official proceeding; obstruction
of and attempting to obstruct an
official proceeding; and conspira-
cy against rights. His lawyers
argued he should be immune
from prosecution for actions he
took as president, and that legal
argument is what made its way to
the Supreme Court.
The special counsel and the
Justice Department, Burnham
said, overplayed their hands by
charging Trump based on his
discussions with Justice Depart-
ment officials and his vice presi-
dent — government officials
whose communications with the
White House can be at the heart
of a president’s job.
Burnham called the indict-
ment “a prime example of the
Justice Department overreaching
and ending up miles behind
where it began.”
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“Smith has nobody to blame
but himself.”
A spokesman for Smith de-
clined to comment. In brief re-
marks when he announced the
indictment, the special counsel
said the violence on Jan. 6, 2021,
was “fueled by lies. Lies by the
defendant targeted at obstruct-
ing a bedrock function of the U.S.
government, the nation’s process
of collecting, counting and certi-
fying the results of the presiden-
tial election.”
Burnham is one of several con-
servative lawyers who follow the
Supreme Court closely and saw
particular meaning in a reference
that Chief Justice John G. roberts
Jr. included when writing the
ruling in Trump’s immunity case.
roberts mentioned a 2016 Su-
preme Court decision, one he also
wrote, in which the court unani-
mously overturned the convic-
tion of former Virginia governor
robert mcDonnell, a republican.
The mcDonnell case stemmed
from more than $175,000 in loans
and gifts, including a rolex
watch, vacations and partial pay-
ments for a daughter’s wedding
reception, that the governor and
his family received from a busi-
nessman who wanted state uni-
versities to perform clinical tests
on a dietary supplement his com-
pany had developed.
Burnham was part of the de-
fense team in that case; Smith
was the head of the Justice De-
partment’s public integrity sec-
tion, which oversaw the mcDon-
nell investigation. one of the top
prosecutors Smith has recruited
to the special counsel’s office was
a prosecutor at mcDonnell’s trial.
In the mcDonnell ruling, rob-
erts wrote that the Justice De-
partment’s prosecution of the
governor, on allegations of doing
favors in exchange for lavish gifts,
“could cast a pall of potential
prosecution” over government of-
ficials engaged in campaign fund-
raising, social events and con-
stituent services. roberts cited
that phrase in the Trump deci-
sion, raising a similar concern
that a president could be unfairly
hamstrung in office by the fear of
prosecution unless there is im-
munity for official acts.
“The hesitation to execute the
duties of his office fearlessly and
fairly that might result when a
President is making decisions un-
der ‘a pall of potential prosecu-
tion’ … raises ‘unique risks to the
effective functioning of govern-
ment,’” roberts wrote in Trump
v. United States.
In the mcDonnell case, roberts
found that prosecutors had de-
fined “official acts” too broadly; in
the Trump decision, he took the
position that prosecutors had
considered the question too nar-
rowly. But in both cases, roberts
concluded prosecutors over-
reached, exceeding the authority
and intent of the criminal stat-
utes.
Tillipman, the GWU law school
dean, agreed that the mcDonnell
decision is important in under-
standing the Supreme Court’s
thinking on corruption cases, but
decried its reasoning as an exam-
ple of what she called “the on-
going weakening of how we han-
dle corruption in the United
States.”
over many years of such deci-
sions, she said, “it’s getting worse
and making it more difficult for
the U.S. to maintain credibility in
the global fight against corrup-
tion. It’s really problematic.”
The federal charges against
Trump include that he pressured
his own Justice Department and
threatened to replace his attorney
general if senior department offi-
cials didn’t support him in his
unfounded claims of massive vot-
er fraud. roberts’s opinion took
particular aim at those allega-
tions, saying such conduct should
be considered off-limits in any
criminal case against a former
president.
That part of the case was based
on a bad legal theory that led to a
bad indictment, which led to a
bad Supreme Court opinion, ar-
gued Sarah Isgur, a Justice De-
partment spokeswoman during
the Trump administration who
now hosts a legal podcast called
“Advisory opinions.”
“You can’t prosecute the presi-
dent for wanting to switch out his
attorney general — that whole
theory was nuts,” Isgur said. “I
don’t like this opinion but I don’t
think it would exist but for pros-
ecutors charging it this way.”
Current and former federal law
enforcement officials said pros-
ecutors have to apply the law as
they understand it, and it is not
practical to spend much time and
energy during an investigation
trying to predict how the high
court may decide to redefine the
rules — potentially years after a
trial.
The tensions between how the
Justice Department and the Su-
preme Court see corruption pros-
ecutions date back to at least 1987,
said Sharon fairley, a former fed-
eral prosecutor who is now a law
professor at the University of Chi-
cago. That’s when the high court
ruled the federal mail fraud stat-
ute does not cover “schemes to
defraud citizens of their intangi-
ble rights to honest and impartial
government.”
“I think the Justice Depart-
ment does try to walk that fine
line, but there’s probably always
going to be some concern,” fairley
said. “The court definitely uses its
ability to interpret the statutes to
rein the Department of Justice in
and send the message that we
have to be very careful on intrud-
ing on people’s ability to do poli-
tics.”

More in late author’s circle say they knew that daughter was sexually abused
munrO from A1
stepfather, Gerald fremlin, had
sexually assaulted her starting in
1976, when she was 9 years old.
And after munro learned of the
abuse from her daughter 16 years
later, she reacted without sympa-
thy to Skinner and chose to stay
with fremlin; they remained
married until he died in 2013.
An extra shock was Skinner’s
claim that some who knew mun-
ro had been aware of the story for
years.
robert Thacker, a Canadian
academic and author of “Alice
munro: Writing Her Lives,” said
that he expected this revelation
and its fallout to happen.
“I knew this day was going to
come,” Thacker told The Wash-
ington Post on monday, later
adding, “I knew that it was going
to come out, and I knew that I
would be having conversations
like this.”
Thacker said that Skinner
wrote to him about her experi-
ence in 2005, after she had
contacted police about fremlin
and as Thacker’s book was going
to press. He decided not to act on
the information.
“Clearly she hoped — or she
hoped at that time, anyway —
that I would make it public,” he
told The Post on monday. “I
wasn’t prepared to do that. And
the reason I wasn’t prepared to
do that is that, it wasn’t that kind
of book. I wasn’t writing a tell-all
biography. And I’ve lived long
enough to know that stuff hap-
pens in families that they don’t
want to talk about and that they
want to keep in families.”
“As Alice’s Canadian editor
and publisher, I was aware that
Alice and Andrea were estranged
for a number of years,” Douglas
Gibson wrote in an email re-
sponding to an interview request
from The Post. “In 2005, it be-
said, later adding: “The term she ential people came to know
used was, she was ‘devastated.’ something of my story yet con-
“I knew this day was going to come. … I knew And she was devastated. It tinued to support, and add to, a
wasn’t anything she did. It was narrative they knew was false.”
that it was going to come out, and I knew that something he did.” A story by two others who worked closely
reporters at the Toronto Star with munro knew about Skin-
I would be having conversations like this.” described how fremlin had writ- ner’s experience, Thacker said:
ten letters admitting to the abuse “Certainly people knew there
Robert Thacker, biographer of Alice Munro
and pleaded guilty to indecent was a burden she was dealing
assault in 2005. with.”
According to Thacker, it was He declined to name specific
broadly understood that munro individuals, but said that he had
came clear what the issue was, Thacker said that he and mun- drew from events in her life for spoken with a colleague about
with Gerry fremlin’s full shame- ro spoke about the matter in her 1993 story “Vandals,” about a their anticipation that munro’s
ful role revealed, but I have 2008, when they met in a restau- woman who represses the family secret would be shared
nothing to add to this tragic rant for an interview. munro knowledge that her partner sexu- with the world, and that both
family story and have no further asked him to turn off his record- ally abused children: “Those of had resolved to confirm that they
comment to make.” er. He declined to describe the us who [study] Alice, or have had known earlier.
others close to munro ex- conversation in detail, but said [studied] Alice, have always Penguin random House Cana-
pressed great surprise. “I did not that munro informed him that, thought that this story directly da did not return a request for
learn the details of this until in 1992, when Skinner was 25, connected to this whole issue.” comment. When contacted by
everyone else did, though I’d had she told munro about the abuse. Skinner, who did not return The Post, Deborah Treisman, the
hints not long before this past munro said that she had left The Post’s request for comment, fiction editor at the New Yorker,
weekend. Horrifying,” Canadian fremlin for a time and that she wrote in her essay that her which first published many of
novelist margaret Atwood, a ultimately decided to return. mother’s fame meant that the munro’s stories, declined
friend of the author’s, said in an “In a case like this, I wasn’t silence about her abuse extended through a spokesman to com-
email to The Post. prepared to be probing,” Thacker beyond her family: “many influ- ment.

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Council
passes
truancy
measure
D.C. bill will pilot social
services program for
students missing class
BY L AUREN L UMPKIN
D.C. lawmakers passed emer-
gency legislation Tuesday that
will test a new approach for keep-
ing truant teens in school: provid-
ing them with social service pro-
grams, rather than sending them
to court.
The measure is a departure
from the city’s practice of having
schools refer teens between the
ages of 14 and 17 to the city’s
juvenile probation agency for po-
tential legal action after missing
15 days of school without an ex-
cuse. That system has faced at-
tacks this past year as schools
have struggled to get students to
attend consistently and advo-
cates have questioned whether
the referrals work — nearly half of
high-schoolers in the city were
truant during the 2022-2023
school year, and D.C. Public
schools complied with the law 44
percent of the time, data shows.
even after referrals were made,
students were not prosecuted.
The city’s attorney general also
has said that prosecuting chil-
dren and families for missing
school should be a “last resort”
and that kind of punishment is
not an effective way to improve
attendance.
now, students will be referred
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shoots teen
near home
of justice
BY K EITH L . A LEXANDER
A deputy U.s. marshal on a
supreme Court protective detail
shot and wounded a D.C. teen-
ager who tried to carjack him
Friday near the home of Justice
sonia sotomayor, according to
authorities and court documents.
The shooting occurred Friday
at 1:17 a.m. around the U street
corridor, D.C. police said.
Kentrell Flowers, 18, of south-
east Washington was a passenger
in a silver Toyota minivan that
pulled alongside a parked un-
marked government vehicle and
stopped, according to court docu-
ments. A marshal was seated
inside the vehicle as Flowers left
the van’s rear right passenger
door and approached and point-
ed a handgun through the win-
dow in an apparent attempted
carjacking, charging documents
say.
The marshal pulled out his
service weapon and fired several
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Picking a free tree for a yard in D.C.
To help fulfill a U.S. plan to forest urban areas, a local arborist travels from home to home
BY B ISHOP S AND
Gaby elliott drives down the street
scanning front yards for an elusive com-
modity: space for a tree to grow.
sidewalks meld into buildings — little
room for life. But somehow, in a tiny box
cut into the concrete landscape, a massive
tree trunk rises about 60 feet into the air.
“Yeah, you’re like, ‘Where is the root
system?’” elliott bursts out. “That’s prob-
ably a willow oak. And they’re magnifi-
cent. The resiliency of plants … it just
really blows my mind.”
In a forest, a large tree like this would
be part of a sprawling scaffold supporting
thousands of species from floor to canopy,
she notes, an ecosystem far removed from
the paved-over terrain out the car win-
dow.
Yet, even in this area of D.C., trees
sustain life. They shield city dwellers from
heat waves and storms growing increas-
ingly punishing with climate change.
Urban groves bolster bird populations at
a time when human activity is decimating
them, studies show. And, of course, trees
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Former ‘Bob’s Burgers’ voice actor pleads guilty in Capitol riot
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Actor Jay Johnston, who
voiced a pizzeria owner in the
television show “Bob’s Burgers”
and had roles in “Better Call
saul,” “Arrested Development”
and the movie “Anchorman,” has
pleaded guilty to interfering with
police at the Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021. Johnston admitted being
part of a crowd that pressed up
against officers in the lower West
Terrace tunnel at the height of the
uprising, including the widely
shown incident in which a D.C.
police officer screamed for help
as he was being crushed between
the rioters and a door.
Johnston, 55, pleaded guilty to
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from “Bob’s Burgers,” the Daily
Beast reported in 2021, but he
was not charged until June 2023
as the Justice Department
worked through its backlog of
potential cases against thousands
of rioters.
Johnston’s sentencing was set
for Oct. 7. According to his plea
agreement, federal sentencing
guidelines call for a sentence of
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Va. aims
to curb
phones
in class
STATE TO DEVELOP
ADVICE FOR SCHOOLS
Youngkin cites effects on
mental health, learning
BY K ARINA E LWOOD
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin
(R) called for policies restricting
cellphone use in schools in an
executive order Tuesday, citing
rising concerns about the effects
of phone usage and social media
on youth mental health.
Under the order, the state edu-
cation Department will create
guidance for school districts to
develop policies for a “phone-
free” education environment. The
goal, the order says, is to limit the
amount of time children are on
phones “without parental super-
vision.” The order is not an out-
right ban on the use of phones in
class.
“This essential action will pro-
mote a healthier and more fo-
cused educational environment
where every child is free to learn.
Creating cellphone and social me-
dia-free educational environ-
ments in Virginia’s K-12 educa-
tion system will benefit students,
parents, and educators,” Young-
kin said in a statement.
The move comes as states
around the country increasingly
look to restrict cellphone use in
schools. Last month, California
Gov. Gavin newsom (D) an-
nounced his support for restric-
tions following U.s. surgeon Gen-
eral Vivek H. Murthy’s call for
tobacco-style warning labels on
social media apps to inform users
about their deleterious effects on
youth mental health.
Other states have taken similar
steps. Indiana passed a bill this
year that requires school districts
to adopt policies banning wire-
less devices during class, and last
year, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis
(R) signed the most restrictive
school smartphone law in the
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es, who had a concussion and
lacerations to his face as rioters
ripped off his gas mask and
punched him.
“I can’t remember all the dif-
ferent ways in which I was as-
saulted,” Hodges testified in one
case. Johnston is not charged
with assault on law enforcement
but did acknowledge being part
of the crowd that used stolen
police riot shields to create a
“shield wall” and yelled “heave-
ho” as they repeatedly tried to
overwhelm the stack of officers
protecting the Capitol entrance.
As of early June, more than
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grow by pulling carbon out of the
atmosphere.
That is why the federal govern-
ment is spending $1 billion to
forest urban areas across the
country, part of the largest effort
to fight climate change in U.S.
history.
for the endeavor to bear fruit,
arborists such as Elliott must
ensure millions of trees thrive in
less-than-ideal conditions: under
power lines and around utilities
and foundations; in compact,
polluted soil, beset with floods
and droughts.
And, perhaps most important-
ly, within the confines of a home-
owner’s taste.
“We have to choose the right
species in places where they can
be left alone,” Elliott says. “So,
that means the tree needs to be
happy in its spot, and the person
needs to be happy with the tree.”
for one day, I follow her to
learn what it takes for new trees
to thrive in the city.
A tree for a small space
We pull up to the first house —
a slim, two-story duplex in
Ward 8, the southern tip of the
District. Elliott, about 5 feet tall,
strides toward the door in a
high-visibility orange vest. The
owner has arranged for this con-
sultation, hoping to receive a free
tree from a local program.
The federal government has
deemed most of this area to be
underinvested and overburdened
by pollution. D.C.’s Casey Trees is
getting $9.1 million out of the
billion dollars earmarked for ur-
ban forests by the Inflation re-
duction Act.
Compared with other cities,
D.C. is green. Casey Trees reports
that nearly 37 percent of the city
is covered by trees. much of the
remaining planting space is in
people’s yards.
The owner shows us to the
backyard, a 15-foot-wide box.
There’s no room for a large cano-
py tree — the kind that under the
program’s rules would come free.
A tree that size requires a 20-foot
radius of clear earth to fulfill its
potential.
So, there will be no free tree
assigned here.
The homeowner can get a re-
bate on a smaller tree that would
provide an intermediate forest
layer for wildlife and tolerate
shade, such as an American horn-
the District
Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle to plead guilty in riot case seek up to
She was a key liaison
with pro-Trump and
‘Stop the Steal’ groups
BY S PENCER S . H SU
An attorney for the Oath Keep-
ers charged in the Jan. 6, 2021,
attack on the U.S. Capitol will
plead guilty after being charged
with conspiring with the right-
wing group’s founder to obstruct
Congress’s certification of the re-
sults of the 2020 election, her
attorney and federal prosecutors
said.
In separate court filings mon-
day, Kellye Sorelle’s federal de-
fender and a prosecutor wrote
that Sorelle is set to enter a guilty
plea on July 17 after entering into
a deal with the government. As-
sistant federal Defender mau-
reen Scott franco said her client
is indigent and asked a federal
judge in an unopposed motion to
order the Justice Department to
pay for Sorelle’s travel between
her home in Texas and D.C.
Neither franco nor Assistant
U.S. Attorney Kathryn L. rakoczy
elaborated on the details of what
charges would be included in the
plea, which is not final until
accepted by a judge.
franco did not immediately
respond to a request for com-
ment, and a spokeswoman for the
U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. de-
clined to comment.
A volunteer for Lawyers for
Trump, Sorelle became Oath
Keepers leader Stewart rhodes’s
girlfriend and a key post-2020
election contact with pro-Trump,
GOP and “Stop the Steal” groups.
The filing paves the way for the
resolution of charges against
Sorelle, 44, who was one of the
last members of the Oath Keep-
The Guide to Offers
Urban forester Gaby Elliott prods a D.C. yard with a flag to diagnose its soil. City soil is full of
materials that do not occur in a natural forest setting, such as bricks and concrete.
beam or a flowering dogwood.
But the owner would need to do
what Casey Trees normally does:
Buy it, transport it, plant it and
prune it.
“It’s not easy to navigate plant-
ing a tree if you’re not in that
world for 40 hours a week,” Elliott
says.
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A tree for bad soil
The next house, also in Ward 8,
has a 30-foot clearing in the
backyard — enough room. Next,
we consider the ground. roots
meandering into a house’s foun-
dation is a worry for many home-
owners.
“We work really hard to select
species that do well in the built
environment,” Elliott says. “So,
I’m not going to plant something
15 feet from your house that has
aggressive roots.”
Elliott has a master’s in forest
restoration and conservation.
She says the public often associ-
ates arborists with chopping
down trees.
“Traditionally, it was much
more about managing timber for-
ests, using trees as a material
resource,” she says. “Now, there’s
more of a Venn diagram over
forestry, arboriculture, horticul-
ture and environmental science.”
Elliott prods the soil with a flag
Prosecutors
18 months
for actor
HoUse seleCt CommIttee to InvestIgAte tHe JAn. 6 AttACk on tHe U.s. CApItol/Ap
Kellye SoRelle, an attorney for the Oath Keepers, appears in a still
from a deposition by the House panel investigating the Capitol riot.
ers to be charged in late August
2022.
rhodes and five co-defendants
were the first to be accused of and
convicted of seditious conspiracy
in the massive Jan. 6 investiga-
tion. He was one of the highest-
profile figures to face trial in
connection with rioting by angry
Trump supporters who injured
scores of law enforcement offi-
cers, ransacked offices and forced
lawmakers to evacuate the U.S.
Capitol.
rhodes was sentenced to 18
years in prison for leading the
group that stashed weapons out-
side Washington and whose
members forced entry into the
Capitol while wearing military-
style gear, hoping that President
Donald Trump would call on
militia groups to take up arms to
keep him in office.
Sorelle was not accused of
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marker. The skinny metal rod
transforms into a diagnostic tool
in her hands.
“Do you have concrete or de-
bris under here?” she asks the
homeowner.
“Yeah, there’s a ton of debris,
construction things, just random
stuff,” she answers.
Urban soil is full of materials
that do not occur in a natural
forest setting: bricks, concrete,
heavy metal elements. Only cer-
tain trees can thrive here.
Elliott quickly makes a diagno-
sis: lots of water runoff, owner is
open to any species, nearby re-
taining wall, poor soil quality,
exposed to southern sunlight,
nearby insects, the available trees
at the nursery. It all goes into her
advice.
“my first suggestion would be a
bald cypress,” she says.
Elliott is upselling for more
canopy cover. She estimates this
tree could grow to about 40 feet
tall in this watery soil, full of
obstructions. The trees are natu-
rally found in wetlands, where
they encounter periods of intense
moisture and droughts.
“Pyramid shape. Not aggres-
sive roots. They have very fine
needles,” she says. “They turn a
really beautiful rust orange.”
“Low-maintenance trees,” she
adds. “So you won’t have to worry
attempting to use force to oppose
the peaceful transfer of presiden-
tial power between Trump and
Joe Biden. But a four-count in-
dictment said she joined rhodes
outside the Capitol that day in a
shared plan to intimidate and
thwart lawmakers’ work. The in-
dictment accused her of con-
spiracy, obstruction of an official
proceeding, tampering with evi-
dence by directing co-conspira-
tors to erase their phones, and
misdemeanor trespassing in a
restricted building or grounds.
Sorelle initially pleaded not
guilty, but her case was frozen
when a judge found her mentally
incompetent in June 2023, one
month before she was set to
stand trial. U.S. District Judge
Amit P. mehta did not specify any
reason, but found that both gov-
ernment and defense experts re-
ported that she was suffering
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about getting them pruned even
decades in the future.”
The owner smiles.
In the fall, crews will dig and
transplant a tree here and at the
other homes. If all goes well, they
will thrive for decades, perhaps
centuries.
Trees to be planted: 1
A tree for a busy spot
five minutes away, we step
onto a young couple’s corner lot.
Elliott looks up and envisions a
black gum with deep red-orange
leaves in the fall. It can grow to 30
feet tall — large enough to pro-
vide shade but stay clear of the
overhanging power lines.
Trees can be a bane to utility
companies, causing outages
when limbs fall. Down the street,
we see poor planting decisions:
large over-pruned trees contort-
ing themselves away from the
utilities.
Elliott steps back and decides
on another black gum left of the
front door. It’s for symmetry. She
says good aesthetics encourage
homeowners to embrace their
new trees.
Along the south side of the
house, the power lines aren’t an
issue. But a few loud trucks
shudder by, reminding us of an-
other consideration: traffic. Trees
can help shield the house from
from a mental disease or defect
rendering her unable to under-
stand the proceedings or assist in
her defense.
Sorelle’s competence was re-
stored earlier this year after a
21/2-month evaluation while con-
fined by the federal Bureau of
Prisons, according to court fil-
ings. She was set to face resched-
uling for trial next week.
On June 28, the Supreme
Court ruled 6-3 that U.S. prosecu-
tors could not broadly apply to
Jan. 6 defendants a statute that
makes it a crime to corruptly
obstruct or impede an official
proceeding — the basis of two of
Sorelle’s four counts. The high
court overturned lower courts
that said the law could be applied
to interfering with Congress’s
election certification session,
finding instead that it could only
be used to charge the corrupt
impairment or destruction of evi-
dence such as records or docu-
ments.
The obstruction and conspira-
cy counts that could be dropped
against Sorelle are each punish-
able by up to 20 years in prison,
although the average sentence
for Jan. 6 defendants convicted of
no other felonies who are first
offenders has been slightly more
than two years. The evidence-
tampering count faced by Sorelle
also carries a maximum 20-year
punishment, while the misde-
meanor count carries a one-year
maximum.
Sorelle emerged as an intrigu-
ing figure in rhodes’s trial and in
Congress’s investigation of the
Jan. 6 Capitol breach. rhodes
said he had designated her as his
liaison to the pro-Trump, GOP
and “Stop the Steal” campaigns,
and she became a point of con-
tact with Proud Boys leader Hen-
ry “Enrique” Tarrio. rhodes also
ordered followers to destroy evi-
dence through Sorelle, accord-
the washington post
street noise and perhaps even
slow down cars. One study that
arborists love to cite shows mo-
torists slow down when passing
trees.
There’s room for Elliott to be
creative. Good soil, a bit of stand-
ing water. She suggests three
Southern magnolia trees, lush
evergreens with thick leaves and
bold white flowers.
“They get this big — like the
size of my hand,” Elliot says of the
flowers. “It’s just a very aesthetic
tree.”
The owners say they’re excited
to do their part for the environ-
ment.
Trees to be planted: 5
A pretty tree
At the next home, in Hyatts-
ville, the owner says she’s been
considering planting a flowering
dogwood or eastern redbud,
small ornamental trees with
bright white and pink flowers,
respectively.
Elliott estimates 65 percent of
homeowners want ornamental
trees with flowers and fall colors,
but she believes they can be
convinced to accept a larger can-
opy tree with the same traits,
which will provide more wildlife
habitat and shade.
“It seems counterintuitive, but
the trees that get taller actually
maintain more functional space
because their canopy is above
your head as opposed to the
smaller ornamental trees, like
that cherry over there,” she says
gesturing toward a neighboring
yard.
“It branches out down here so
it limits your functional space,”
she adds.
Instead, she recommends a
yellowwood, a canopy tree that
blooms in the spring.
The homeowner mulls this
over. Elliott knows she needs the
homeowners to buy in for the
suggestions to work.
“Whether they know it or not,
they have all the power,” she says.
“Taking the time to work with
people and educate people and
try to make things work for them
is worth it.”
In this case, the homeowner
takes her advice. for the front
yard, Elliott suggests an eastern
redbud — a native ornamental
tree to sweeten the deal. It’s rare
to be offered a yellowwood and
redbud, she tells the owner, be-
cause they’re so coveted.
“Oh, really?” the homeowner
ing to court evidence.
In a July 2022 hearing, the
House Jan. 6 committee played a
snippet of Sorelle’s deposition
with investigators earlier that
year. She said that Trump politi-
cal confidant roger Stone, In-
fowars founder and conspiracy
theorist Alex Jones, and Stop the
Steal coordinator Ali Alexander
became “the center point” for
Trump’s post-2020 election pro-
tests leading up to the Jan. 6 riot
that forced the evacuation of
Congress.
five people died in or immedi-
ately after the Jan. 6 violence,
which left more than 100 police
officers injured and caused about
$3 million in damage. Trump
supporters inflamed by his false
claims that the election had been
stolen stormed the building, ran-
sacked offices, and shouted that
they were searching for lawmak-
ers and Trump’s vice president,
mike Pence, who refused to over-
turn the results.
On the day Sorelle was arrest-
ed, Trump, now the presumptive
republican nominee for presi-
dent in 2024, announced that he
would issue full pardons and a
government apology to Capitol
riot defendants if he were to win.
Trump similarly spoke out in
defense of Jan. 6 defendants in
January 2022 at an Arizona rally
days after rhodes was indicted,
attacking what he called the Jus-
tice Department’s “appalling per-
secution of political prisoners.”
more than 1,400 people have
been federally charged in the
Jan. 6 attack, including more
than 500 charged with assault-
ing, resisting or impeding police.
more than 130 allegedly used
weapons or caused serious bodily
injury that day. About 1,000 have
pleaded or been found guilty at
trial, a third of them for felonies
and two-thirds for misdemean-
ors.
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says. “That’s so cool!”
Trees to be planted: 2
The last consult
The property in Hyattsville is
immense — 2.3 acres of sloping
greenery. There is plenty of space,
great soil, no power lines. Any
tree could be the right tree in this
space.
“I’m kind of wondering what
this person would want from a
free-tree program,” she says. “If
they want specific things that are
much more about aesthetics —
like ornamental plants — it might
be a challenge to persuade them
otherwise.”
We make our way up to the
house — a structure designed by
John Joseph Earley, a D.C. artist
responsible for the intricate con-
crete designs of meridian Hill
Park and Dumbarton Bridge.
The owners, Jonathan and
Ann Barrett, with their yellow
lab, Toby, escort us 40 yards
behind their house. Sunlight is
everywhere. Toby’s tail is wag-
ging.
“What are you looking to do?”
Elliott probes.
“Plant more trees. I don’t have
a clear answer,” Jonathan says.
“You can imagine this becoming a
protected canopy space.”
“I love that,” Elliott says.
She is thinking about a grandi-
ose willow oak. A large tree here
can benefit the people down the
block, but the owners are hesi-
tant. They ask for something that
will help the bees in their apiary.
Elliott suggests a tulip tree,
which will grow up to 50 feet tall
and produce yellow flowers that
attract pollinators and lightning
bugs.
There’s room for more. She
suggests a few common hackber-
ry or black gum trees near the
fence line — hardy non-obtrusive
canopy trees that won’t obstruct
drivers’ views when they turn
around the property.
At the front of the house, there
is a perfect spot for a statement
tree — a regal American linden
would give the home a stately
Southern look, Elliott says.
The couple agree. They say
they wanted help in finding the
trees that are native and stretch
high enough to restore shade that
nearby development has re-
moved.
“I have to say that this has been
one of my best consults I’ve had
all season,” Elliot says.
Trees to be planted: 4
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with crimes at the Capitol on
Jan. 6, according to the Justice
Department, and over 1,040 had
pleaded guilty or been convicted
at trial. The average sentence for
a felony guilty plea has been
about 29 months, according to a
Washington Post database, but
the average sentence when civil
disorder is the lead charge has
been about eight months.
Court records indicate that
Johnston was first captured by
cameras at 2 p.m. on Jan. 6,
standing behind police barri-
cades on the Capitol’s West Plaza,
recording the crowd and police
on his phone. As the barricades
were taken down by rioters, John-
ston followed the crowd up the
lower West Terrace, and entered
the tunnel at 3:05 p.m. and was
handed a stolen police riot shield,
according to the statement of
facts filed in court monday.
As rioters called for a “shield
wall,” Johnston handed the shield
to rioters immediately in front of
the police and joined the group
push that crushed Hodges, court
documents state. Johnston was
initially pushed back toward the
entrance of the tunnel but made
his way back into the tunnel and
rejoined the push against the
officers before leaving at 3:13 p.m.
Johnston was the voice of the
character Jimmy Pesto on fox’s
“Bob’s Burgers.” He also appeared
regularly on “mr. Show with Bob
and David,” an HBO sketch com-
edy series that starred Bob Oden-
kirk and David Cross, and “The
Sarah Silverman Show” on Com-
edy Central.
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Former Montgomery schools superintendent McKnight set to join U-Md.
BY N ICOLE A SBURY
montgomery County Public
Schools’ former superintendent
monifa B. mcKnight will join the
University of maryland in August
to serve as a superintendent in
residence and dean’s fellow in the
College of Education.
The position is new to the
college. Through it, mcKnight
will advise staff members from
the College of Education and
focus on core issues affecting
public education, including
teacher recruitment and reten-
tion. She plans to support and
grow the college’s partnerships —
including with lawmakers, other
parts of the university, and public
and private schools.
“I think one of the best-kept
secrets about education is that it
is a wonderful profession that
can be so rewarding in so many
different ways,” she said in an
interview last week. “And it’s our
job to really put that out there
and help our students to see that.”
In 2022, mcKnight, a longtime
educator, became the first wom-
an to be named superintendent of
montgomery County Public
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) attends an April budget meeting. The budget, which was
approved in June, included a $3.38 million funding boost for the Department of Human Services.
D.C. Council passes truancy measure
TRUANCY fROm B1
directly to social services man-
aged by the Department of Hu-
man Services, which will get a
$3.38 million funding boost in
the budget the council approved
in June. The agency runs “well-re-
garded but fairly small” pro-
grams, according to D.C. Council
Chairman Phil mendelson (D),
including intensive case manage-
ment, a court diversion program
and family therapy.
“I continue to believe that the
rates of truancy and absenteeism
in our public schools are unac-
ceptable,” said council member
Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5). “We
have no choice but to make big
changes in our approach.”
If the emergency legislation
receives the mayor’s signature, it
will take effect as a pilot for the
2024-2025 school year at five high
schools. mayor muriel E. Bowser
(D) will select schools that had
truancy rates above 50 percent
last school year. A student be-
comes truant after accumulating
10 unexcused absences.
The measure also will require
the Department of Human Ser-
vices to publish a preliminary
report on its progress in march
and a final report in August. The
success of the program will de-
pend on whether the students
improve their attendance and
academic performance, as well as
whether the teens avoid getting
arrested.
Some council members raised
concerns over whether there
Teen allegedly tried to carjack marshal
SHOOTING fROm B1
shots, striking flowers in the
mouth, according to court docu-
ments. A second deputy marshal
arrived in another vehicle and
also fired his service weapon,
police said.
Someone else in the van, which
had been carjacked, fled the
scene, and the vehicle has not
been recovered, authorities said.
A spokeswoman for the U.S.
marshals Service said the two
marshals involved in the shoot-
ing were part of the unit assigned
to protect the residences of U.S.
Supreme Court justices. The mar-
. the washington post
Schools, maryland’s largest
school district, with 160,000 stu-
dents.
As superintendent, she led ef-
forts to conduct an “anti-racist
audit” that vetted the school sys-
tem’s policies and curriculums
and oversaw the reopening of
in-person classes after the pan-
demic caused districts to switch
to virtual learning. But mcKnight
stepped down about two years
into a four-year contract amid
questions about how the district
handled allegations of sexual ha-
rassment and bullying, among
other accusations, involving a
former principal.
College of Education Dean
Kimberly Griffin said that mcK-
night’s experience as a teacher
and superintendent made her
well suited for the newly created
role.
“Her knowledge will be partic-
ularly critical as we generate new
ideas to grow and better prepare
the educator workforce to meet
the needs of today’s students and
communities,” Griffin said in an
email. “She knows education, and
more importantly, she knows
education in maryland.”
would be enough data to report
by the spring. But mendelson said
lawmakers should have some
idea of whether the new truancy
approach works by the time
Bowser introduces a budget in
the spring.
“While it may not be the best
“The rates of truancy
and absenteeism in our
public schools are
unacceptable. We have
no choice but to make
big changes in our
approach.”
Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5)
data, it’s better than no data,” he
said.
The city has struggled with
attendance for years, but the issue
worsened when students re-
turned to classrooms from virtual
learning. At the same time, youth
involvement in crime became a
persistent problem. Bowser and
local lawmakers have said in-
creasing school attendance is a
necessary part of keeping chil-
dren safe and out of trouble.
Youth advocates, meanwhile,
have pointed out that teens miss
school for myriad reasons, includ-
ing fears of neighborhood vio-
shals were assigned to protect
Sotomayor, according to a person
familiar with the matter, who
spoke on the condition of ano-
nymity because they were not
authorized to speak to the media.
flowers was taken to a hospital
with non-life-threatening inju-
ries and remained there as of
Tuesday. He was charged in U.S.
District Court with armed car-
jacking, carrying a pistol without
a license and possession of a
large-capacity ammunition-
feeding device. Police said they
found a black and silver Smith &
Wesson handgun at the scene.
Online court records did not
Monifa B. McKnight, seen in 2023, will serve as a superintendent
in residence and dean’s fellow at the University of Maryland.
mcKnight had two decades of
experience in montgomery Coun-
ty schools. She was named mary-
land Principal of the Year in 2015.
She briefly left the school system
to join Howard County Public
Schools but returned to mont-
gomery County in 2019 to serve as
deputy under Schools Superin-
tendent Jack R. Smith.
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lence, mental health challenges,
beliefs that being in school isn’t
important and increased skittish-
ness about illnesses since the pan-
demic, according to findings by a
citywide attendance task force.
“Just because a kid misses
school doesn’t mean the kid is
delinquent,” mendelson said at a
Tuesday meeting with other
council members. “But kids in-
volved in the juvenile justice sys-
tem almost always have an at-
tendance problem.”
The measure is a piece of the
larger legislation Bowser intro-
duced in April to drive down
truancy and mandate more ag-
gressive prosecution for young
people accused of committing
certain crimes. The bill remains
under council consideration.
Bowser’s bill also includes a
provision that would send truant
younger students to the Depart-
ment of Human Services for so-
cial services, rather than the city’s
Child and family Services Agen-
cy. Advocates have said the agen-
cy, which investigates cases of
child abuse and neglect, is not
equipped to deal with the root
causes of truancy.
Council members on Tuesday
also approved a measure that will
create a revenue fund to pay for
maintenance at Nationals Park,
which D.C. owns. The fund, which
will comprise revenue including
ballpark sales taxes and rent that
the team pays D.C. for the sta-
dium, is expected to total about
$25 million each year, mendelson
said.
list an attorney for flowers.
Details of the shooting were
reported earlier by the Daily
mail.
A D.C. police spokesman said
the shooting was being investi-
gated by the department’s
internal-affairs division.
According to D.C. police, car-
jackings in the District are down
46 percent, with 258 carjackings
in the first six months of 2023
compared with 482 carjackings
over the same period last year.
aaron Schaffer, Spencer S. hsu and
Justin Jouvenal contributed to this
report.
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Three years later, she was cho-
sen to head the district. As part of
her separation agreement with
the district, she received $1.3 mil-
lion. Under that deal, the board
and mcKnight are prohibited
from making disparaging com-
ments about each other.
She said the post in montgom-
ery — and the historic nature of
the District
Woman accused of using slain man’s
thumb to steal from bank account
She is among four people
under investigation in
killing of ‘sugar daddy’
BY J ENNY G ATHRIGHT
A woman accused of using the
severed thumb of her “sugar
daddy” to steal money from his
bank account and pay for Uber
rides, marijuana and alcohol fac-
es a charge of first-degree mur-
der in the man’s killing, accord-
ing to court records.
Police found fasil Teklemari-
am, 53, in his apartment on
Peabody Street NW in Washing-
ton’s Brightwood neighborhood
on April 5 with several traumatic
injuries and a missing right
thumb, charging documents say.
A doctor who performed Tekle-
mariam’s autopsy determined he
had suffered multiple blunt-
force fractures to his head, sev-
eral lacerations and a stab
wound. The doctor determined
that Teklemariam had been
killed two to five days before
police found him and that his
thumb had been severed shortly
before or after his death.
Police are investigating at
least four suspects who were
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her appointment — gave her a
unique perspective that she in-
tends to share with other people.
“I have been able to support
others who may be history-mak-
ers,” she said. “Any time there’s a
change with something new and
different, there’s much that
comes with that. It hasn’t
changed who I am — I am still
one that relies on my foundation
of faith, family and education. I’m
just grateful those could continue
to be my priorities.”
When asked what she learned
during her time as superinten-
dent, particularly in the after-
math of a law firm report that
documented failures by senior
management, she referred to the
school system’s corrective action
plan. “The plan to address what
we learned was very strong, and
my hope is that the system has
continued to do that.”
Since stepping away from her
role as superintendent, she has
focused on spending time with
her son, who is a middle school
student in montgomery County.
She said the time she has spent
with him has “just been amaz-
ing.”
seen on surveillance footage en-
tering Teklemariam’s apartment
and carrying items out of it in the
days before police found him
dead, according to charging doc-
uments. Tiffany Taylor Gray, 22,
was arrested in Prince George’s
County earlier this month on a
warrant for first-degree murder
while armed; she will be extradit-
ed to Washington, according to
D.C. police. An attorney was not
listed for Gray in online court
records.
Authorities have also charged
Audrey Denise miller, 19, with
first-degree murder while armed
in connection with the killing.
Surveillance video shows miller
with Teklemariam before his
death, the charging documents
say. miller has been ordered held
without bond ahead of her trial,
and is scheduled for another
court appearance later this
month. Two men who were seen
entering Teklemariam’s apart-
ment are also under police inves-
tigation in connection with the
homicide, according to charging
documents.
An anonymous witness told
police that Gray and Teklemari-
am knew each other and referred
to him as Gray’s “sugar daddy,”
court records say. The witness
told police that the group of
people involved in the attack had
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But she also had several col-
leagues from her professional
network reach out to her — both
formally and informally — look-
ing for her expertise. She thought
about what her next step should
be and how that role could inter-
sect with “helping others at a
broader scale.” It led her to take
the job at the University of mary-
land. She said that her previous
experience in both montgomery
and Howard counties has given
her “types of vignettes … that we
can use in the university space” to
highlight what needs to change
and what’s working in the educa-
tion world.
She graduated with a doctoral
degree in educational policy and
leadership from the University of
maryland about a decade ago.
She also holds a bachelor’s degree
from South Carolina State Uni-
versity and a master’s degree
from Bowie State University.
mcKnight said her new role is a
contracted position with the pos-
sibility of renewal.
“I am just really, really proud to
be returning to my alma mater
and be serving in this position,”
she said.
cut off Teklemariam’s thumb and
said they had observed Gray
using Teklemariam’s severed
thumb to steal money from his
account.
While surveillance footage ref-
erenced in court records places
the suspects in and around
Teklemariam’s apartment in the
days surrounding the killing, the
records do not contain more
information about the alleged
attack itself. The last time Tekle-
mariam was seen alive on sur-
veillance footage was on the
evening of April 1, according to
court records. He is seen in
footage going to meet miller
outside his apartment and then
going back inside with her, the
records say. He exited about 20
minutes later and returned
shortly after with three cans of
soda, according to court records.
After that point, according to
police, footage shows the sus-
pects exiting his apartment. Cell-
phone data shows that Teklemar-
iam’s phone left the area of his
apartment late that night, ac-
cording to the charging docu-
ments.
When police filed charges
against miller last month, detec-
tives still had not located Tekle-
mariam’s thumb, cellphone, tab-
let or any other electronic devic-
es, the documents say.
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Youngkin seeks to limit
phone use during school
phones from B1
country, banning class-time use
and blocking social media access
on campus internet.
The debate over smartphones
in schools has been going on for
years. Educators have long com-
plained about students texting,
scrolling and playing games dur-
ing class, leading some to imple-
ment their own classroom bans —
having students check in or stow
away cellphones. Some schools
and districts have also taken ap-
proaches using tech products,
such as magnetic pouches that
can lock students’ devices for the
day.
Last fall, a study from the
children’s nonprofit group Com-
mon Sense media found that
97 percent of teens used cell-
phones during the school day.
Some researchers see cellphones
as contributing to the decline in
academic performance and rise
in mental health struggles among
teens. The stakes are higher now
as schools rush to make up for
learning lost during the pandem-
ic.
Parents are divided on the is-
sue. Some favor the tighter re-
strictions, while others say deci-
sions about cellphone usage
should be left up to parents, or
express concerns about needing
to contact students in case of an
emergency or school lockdown.
Education has been a key focus
for Youngkin, who ran for office
on a message of “parents’ rights.”
The Virginia order is twofold in
its reasoning. Curbing excessive
screen time, the state argues, will
both benefit student mental
health and remove classroom dis-
tractions to boost learning.
“Creating a cell phone-free
education environment in public
schools is not only a prudent
measure but an essential one to
promote a healthier and more
focused educational environ-
ment where every child is free to
learn,” the order reads.
The order directs the Educa-
tion Department to host listening
sessions for parent and stake-
holder input on what approaches
would be best for Virginia. The
department will then issue guid-
ance on the best practices and
policies that school districts can
implement. The Education De-
partment should have final guid-
ance ready in September for dis-
tricts to start to adopt cellphone
policies by Jan. 1. The guidance is
not a hard requirement.
Sen. Schuyler T. VanValken-
burg (D-Henrico), a public-school
teacher, commended the ap-
proach, which allows the state to
take feedback on the issue and
then issue guidance for districts
to find what works for them.
“It’s really all come to a head,
which is why I think you see
bipartisan support for doing
something,” VanValkenburg said.
“Because [smartphones] are a
problem. They’re a problem in the
classroom, and it needs to be
taken care of.”
Part of the goal of the order,
according to the Youngkin ad-
ministration, is to streamline the
efforts that individual teachers,
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), seen March 14, said restricting phone use
will foster a “healthier and more focused” learning environment.
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schools or districts have made to
limit phone use, by creating guid-
ance and best practices for the
state.
many school districts in Vir-
ginia already have rules restrict-
ing phone usage, and others are
in discussions on how to better
enforce or strengthen such pol-
icies. The fairfax County School
Board voted in may for the super-
intendent to develop a pilot pro-
gram to store cellphones during
the school day in the state’s larg-
est district. The superintendent is
slated to present the pilot pro-
gram to the school board this
summer.
David Walrod, president of the
fairfax County federation of
Teachers, said in an interview
that schools in fairfax vary in
their level of enforcement of the
cellphone policy. He said the
statewide guidance could be
helpful in bringing consistency
across the district.
As a parent of a rising seventh-
grader, Walrod said he under-
stood the need for tighter restric-
tions. While phones can be a
powerful tool for learning when
used properly, he said, it’s very
easy for the devices to become
distractions.
“I think anything that we can
do to help keep our kids pointed
to the direction we want them
pointed to, it’s going to be help-
ful,” Walrod said. “I don’t neces-
sarily agree with Governor
Youngkin about a lot of things,
but I don’t oppose this.”
Last month, the Loudoun
County School Board approved a
policy restricting the use of cell-
phones during class time. The
policy, which received hundreds
of comments from parents, teach-
ers and students, states that
phones and ear buds must be
silenced and out of reach during
class periods unless “a special
circumstance exists and there is a
documented accommodation.”
In Arlington County, a parent
group has been urging the school
district to develop a countywide
policy requiring students to stow
phones in lockers during the day.
In a letter to the superintendent,
Arlington Parents for Education
argued that the policy would be
the best way to curb the effects of
cellphones.
“Now that we know the detri-
mental impacts of personal devic-
es on students’ personal well-be-
ing and their opportunity to learn
and access the curriculum, the
sense of urgency is greater than
ever before,” the group wrote in
its letter.
Amy rzepka, a parent of a
middle-schooler and an Arling-
ton Parents for Education board
member, said in an interview that
she was eager to see the guidance
from the state and what policy the
school district comes up with.
She’s a proponent of restricting
phone use for the entire school
day, not just during classroom
instruction.
“With proven negative impacts
of phones on students’ mental
health and academics, I think it’s
really encouraging to see that
Virginia is addressing this issue
statewide,” she said.
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Wayne S. Smith, 91
Longtime diplomat Wayne s. smith, seen in 2005 in Miami, helped organize the evacuation of Americans from Cuba when Fidel Castro
took control of the nation. After returning to a post in havana, Mr. smith resigned in 1982 over his opposition to punitive U.s. policies.
Envoy to Cuba resigned over embargo
BY M ATT S CHUDEL
Wayne S. Smith, an American
envoy in Cuba when fidel Castro
took control of the island nation
in 1959 and who returned to a
diplomatic post in Havana two
decades later, only to resign in
opposition to the U.S. embargo
and other punitive measures
against Cuba, died June 28 at his
home in New orleans. He was 91.
He had complications from
Alzheimer’s disease, said his
daughter, melinda Smith Ulloa.
mr. Smith was an idiosyncratic
blend of blunt-spoken Texan and
diplomatic finesse who became
one of the country’s leading au-
thorities on Cuba during his 25-
year career with the State Depart-
ment. He was first assigned to
Cuba, just 90 miles from Key
West, fla., in 1958.
U.S. Embassy staff members
were shaking off their New Year’s
Eve hangovers early on Jan. 1,
1959, when Cuba’s strongman
president, fulgencio Batista, fled
the country as Castro’s forces
closed in on Havana.
“I’ll never forget Castro’s first
televised speech,” mr. Smith told
a Johns Hopkins University mag-
azine in 1998. “They had released
a flock of white doves as a symbol
of peace, and one of the doves
flew up and landed on Castro’s
shoulder. A white dove is a mes-
senger in the Cuban religion of
Santeria that shows the anointed
one.”
mr. Smith helped organize the
sudden evacuation of thousands
of Americans from Cuba, which
had long been a tropical play-
ground. Castro’s regime national-
ized U.S.-owned businesses, from
sugar companies to hotels, and
ultimately declared Cuba a social-
ist state.
mr. Smith was among the last
U.S. diplomats to leave the coun-
try when the embassy was closed
in 1961. Soon afterward, as Cas-
tro’s rule hardened into a repres-
sive dictatorship, formal rela-
tions between the two countries
came to an end, and the United
States and other countries im-
posed an economic blockade.
Through the years, mr. Smith
had State Department postings in
Brazil, the Soviet Union and Ar-
gentina, but he always felt drawn
to Cuba and hoped for a rap-
prochement between the two
countries.
“I love the Cuban people,” he
said in the Johns Hopkins maga-
zine interview. “They are about
the nicest I’ve ever met. I found
that in 1958, and since then I’ve
been impressed with the fact that
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they don’t hate anyone.”
over time, other countries
abandoned sanctions against
Cuba, eventually leaving the
United States as the only country
still maintaining the embargo.
mr. Smith considered it “obsolete
and counterproductive,” he wrote
in a 1998 essay, depriving the
Cuban people of needed goods
and American businesses of a
nearby market.
He acknowledged that Castro
was an autocrat and called for
Cuba to improve its record on
human rights. But, in his view,
the absence of diplomatic rela-
tions only served to stoke suspi-
cion and anger on both sides.
“He was not a starry-eyed apol-
ogist for the Cuban government
by any means,” said William
Goodfellow, the former executive
director of the Center for Interna-
tional Policy, a Washington think
tank where mr. Smith was a
longtime fellow. “There is no
question that he was the most
effective and outspoken oppo-
nent of the U.S. policy toward
Cuba.”
Increasingly, official U.S. policy
toward Cuba reflected the atti-
tudes of hard-line anti-Castro Cu-
ban Americans who had fled their
homeland. Year after year, as long
as Castro remained in power,
there would be no diplomatic
thaw.
“Cuba seems to have the same
effect on American administra-
tions,” mr. Smith often said, “as
the full moon has on werewolves.”
In the late 1970s, President
Jimmy Carter sought to reopen
channels with Cuba and end the
embargo. mr. Smith was part of
that effort and, in 1979, was put in
charge of a U.S. “interests sec-
tion” in Havana. fluent in Span-
ish, he traveled throughout the
country and spoke often with
Castro.
“I’ve spent hundreds of hours
talking to him,” mr. Smith said in
1998. “It’s not too hard to do. A
conversation with fidel Castro
can last six hours.”
In 1980, Castro announced
that Cubans were free to leave the
country from the port of mariel if
they could find transport. During
a six-month period, about
125,000 people — including some
from prisons and psychiatric in-
stitutions — arrived in florida in
a chaotic seaborne scramble that
became known as the mariel
Boatlift.
opposition to Cuba was in-
flamed by the boatlift, and with
the election of ronald reagan as
president in 1980, U.S. sanctions
were stiffened. officials said the
the washington post
Cuban government was trying to
export its communist ways to
Central America and other plac-
es. mr. Smith argued that Cuba’s
international interventions were
overblown and that continuing
the embargo was futile.
“As for keeping the heat on, we
have kept it on for 20 years, to no
avail,” he said in a declassified
State Department cable, provided
to The Washington Post by Peter
Kornbluh, a Cuba expert at the
National Security Archive, a re-
search institute in Washington.
“We obviously proceed from to-
tally incompatible perceptions of
Cuban reality,” mr. Smith added
in the cable. He denounced the
tougher stance toward Cuba as
“tragically mistaken.”
After “one disillusionment too
many,” he resigned his post in
1982 and left the State Depart-
ment. He joined the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace in Washington and became
an adjunct professor at the Johns
Hopkins School for Advanced In-
ternational Studies. He wrote es-
says for newspapers and foreign
policy journals and was a lonely
voice in support of opening a
dialogue with Cuba.
“Wayne Smith was a titan in
the cause of reconciliation,” Korn-
bluh said in an interview, “a
diplomat’s diplomat when it
came to Cuba policy, and the dean
of the advocacy movement for
normalized relations between
Washington and Havana.”
mr. Smith elaborated on his
views in his autobiographical
“The Closest of Enemies” (1987)
and other books. He asked why
the United States could have full
diplomatic and trade relations
with China and Vietnam, but not
with Cuba.
“It’s my cause and I just can’t
let go of it,” he said in the Johns
Hopkins article. “I can’t go off and
sail around the world or retire to
a mountain meadow while this is
still there.”
studied in Mexico
Wayne Sanford Smith was
born Aug. 16, 1932, in Seguin, Tex.
The family moved often through-
out the state, following his fa-
ther’s work as an oil-field engi-
neer. His mother was a home-
maker.
mr. Smith completed high
school in Corpus Christi, Tex.,
then entered the marine Corps
after his father signed a waiver
allowing him to join at 16. He
served in combat during the Ko-
rean War and became a drill
instructor.
“I was fighting in the winter in
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the Korean War and decided on a
cold night that I was going to be a
diplomat,” he later said. “I
thought, ‘There has to be a better
way to solve problems.’”
He used the GI Bill and a
football scholarship to attend
what is now the National Autono-
mous University of mexico in
mexico City. (Some mexican col-
leges have fielded American foot-
ball teams since the 1920s.) He
graduated in 1957 with a degree
in Hispanic American literature
and joined the State Department
later that year.
He received master’s degrees
in philosophy and international
relations from Columbia Univer-
sity in 1962 and a doctorate in
political science from George
Washington University in 1977.
mr. Smith learned russian for
his posting to moscow from 1966
to 1969. In Argentina in the early
1970s, he voiced internal opposi-
tion to U.S. ties to the country’s
military regime during its brutal
“dirty war” crackdowns on dissi-
dents.
His marriage to Jacqueline
richard ended in divorce. A son
from that marriage, Wayne Smith
Jr., died in the 1970s. His second
wife, the former roxanna Phil-
lips, died in 2014 after 55 years of
marriage. Survivors include two
children from his second mar-
riage, melinda Smith Ulloa of
Washington and Sanford Smith
of New orleans; a sister; and two
grandchildren.
mr. Smith made frequent visits
to Cuba to teach or to lead tours
for members of Congress and
other dignitaries. Cabdrivers in
Havana knew him by name, and
people flocked around him on the
street.
In 1999, he helped organize a
baseball game in Havana be-
tween the Baltimore orioles and
the Cuban national team, which
was considered a breakthrough
for the two countries. mr. Smith
taught at Johns Hopkins until
2014 and moved to New orleans
two years later.
After years of stalemate, the
United States and Cuba an-
nounced a resumption of diplo-
matic relations in 2014. Since
then, the countries have main-
tained limited relations, and
some restrictions on travel and
trade are still in place. Nonethe-
less, mr. Smith was present when,
after more than 50 years, Cuba
opened a new embassy in 2015.
“I was standing next to him
when the Cuban Embassy in
Washington was reopened,”
Kornbluh recalled. “Wayne had
tears running down his cheeks.”
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residence in Bristol, TN, near his beloved
home in Abingdon, VA.
Born on March 27, 1950, in Boston to Rob-
ert F. and Mary Elizabeth Armstrong Gordon,
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cle physicist by training, he held an under-
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WAYNE HERMION DICKSON (Age 85)
Wayne Hermion Dickson passed away
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in VA on Saturday, June 22, 2024. He was
born September 25,1938 to Virginia Ise-
man Dickson and James Folsom Dickson,
Jr. in Washington, DC, first attending grade
school there, then Wroxeter-On-Severn and
Valley Forge Military Academy, before grad-
uating as a journalist from the University of
Maryland in 1963. He remains a blessing
to his wife, Carol Felix; sister Diane Gates;
brother Stanley Dickson (Dani); and children
Stephen Dickson (Rhonda), Lisa Lang (Len-
ny); stepchildren Chris Felix (Kelly), Jennifer
Felix, Teresa Felix (Phillip), and Andrew Felix
(Julie). A proud grandfather of Cassie Sorna,
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in 1965. She stayed home with their two
children for many years before returning to
work as a realtor for McEnearney Associ-
ates in McLean, Virginia.
Prior to moving to Peabody, Massachusetts
in 2021, Marilyn lived in Northern Virgin-
ia for 45 years. She enjoyed the outdoors
and spent a lot of time at Bryce Mountain
in Basye, Virginia skiing and playing tennis.
Marilyn also enjoyed working in her garden
and was an active member of the Woodlea
Garden Club in Leesburg, Virginia. She also
volunteered for the Loudoun Symphony, The
Loudoun Hospital, and was a Red Cross vol-
unteer at Bethesda Naval Hospital for over
20 years.
Marilyn was predeceased by her loving hus-
band of 52 years, Captain L. Andrew Cumb-
ie, USN Retired and is survived by their two
children Robert Cumbie of Atlanta, Georgia
and Benjamin Cumbie of Boxborough, Mas-
sachusetts and four grandchildren.
A memorial service in Marilyn’s honor will
be held at St. James’ Episcopal Church in
Leesburg, Virginia on July 13 at 10 a.m. In-
ternment at Arlington National Cemetery
will be schedule at a later date. Contribu-
tions in her name may be given to the St.
James’ Episcopal Church or the Loudon
Symphony.
Applications International Corporation in
McLean, VA, and simultaneously co-founded
Media Systems, Inc., consultants to radio,
television and cable outlets. In 1995 he be-
came a full-time systems architect and soft-
ware developer for Media Systems, where
he remained until retirement.
His wide-ranging enthusiasms included
fantasy and science fiction writing, pottery
making, Egyptology, music from the clas-
sical composers to Gilbert & Sullivan and
Stephen Sondheim, food and wine. He trea-
sured good conversation among friends and
was always ready to share a laugh.
Bruce and his much loved first wife, Dr.
Anne Elaine Caesar, were together for 35
years until her death in 2009. He later traded
northern for southwestern Virginia and was
married again in 2014 to his cherished sec-
ond wife, Dr. Deborah Michelle Garfield; she
passed away in 2023. He was also preceded
in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, Donald R. Gor-
don; a sister-in-law, Carol A. Johnston; and
nephews Christopher, Alexander and An-
drew Gordon, all of Los Angeles. In addition,
Bruce leaves behind loving brothers-in-law
David and Michael Garfield, of Tennessee,
and many devoted family members, friends,
colleagues and caregivers. All who knew
him will miss Bruce’s intelligence and cre-
ativity, his wit and his gentle spirit.
A memorial service will be scheduled for a
later date. Arrangements by Weaver Funeral
Home, Bristol, TN.
Dr. McIndoe graduated from Allegheny Col-
lege in 1952, joined the United States Air
Force in 1955, and earned his medical de-
gree from Temple University in 1956.
He retired as a Colonel from the United
States Air Force in August, 1979, then he
continued practicing medicine in Towson
and Woodbine until his retirement. In addi-
tion to his many achievements during his
career, he enjoyed traveling, reading, play-
ing the piano, cooking and gathering with
his family.
He is survived by his four children, Wendy
McIndoe Austin and her husband Robert,
Darrell Bruce McIndoe, Ronald Scott McIn-
doe and his wife Kathy, and Holly Beth Beau-
lac and her husband Chad, and 10 grand-
children.
He was preceded in death by his oldest
daughter, Sherri Lee Condon, and his wife,
Carole Jean McIndoe, his brother, Melvin
Douglas McIndoe, and his parents.
Services will be held at Donaldson Funeral
Home in Laurel, MD on Friday, July 12, 2024
at 6 p.m.
eternal optimist with a positive outlook
on absolutely everything. He was fun,
philosophical, full of life, ethical, joyful,
hard-working and tenderhearted. Quick
with a smile or a joke, he was accepting of
everyone and immediately made a person
feel loved without ever taking himself too
seriously. He often said marrying his wife,
Cecile, was the best decision he ever made
followed by his second-best decision of buy-
ing a large house as a newlywed and filling it
with children and love.
Tom’s career in Washington, DC included
service in multiple federal agencies includ-
ing the CIA, Small Business Administration
and the Office of Economic Adjustment at
the Department of Defense.Throughout his
career, Tom was active in politics and proud
to serve in Vice-President Humphrey’s ad-
ministration.
A funeral mass will be held at Blessed Sac-
rament Catholic Community, 1427 W Brad-
dock Rd., Alexandria, VA at 11 a.m. on Sat-
urday, July 13. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to Jose Andres’
World Central Kitchen or the Alexandria
Carpenter’s Shelter. More information at
https://www.everlywheatley.com/tributes/
Thomas-Shea
DEATH NOTICE
Felix, Emily Felix, Olivia Felix, Madeline Pon-
ticelli, Elli Ponticelli and Caroline Ponticelli;
as well as to first great granddaughter, Mae
Louise Menzi. His professional life began as
Assistant Editor at Southern Publications in
1963, followed by 8 years as Director of Pub-
lic Relations for The American Association of
Nurserymen. He started his own company,
Dickson Public Relations which merged
with Carol Felix in 1986, as Dickson-Felix,
Inc., a public relations, advertising and mar-
keting company. In 2001 they co-founded
Blake-Dickson Real Estate Services, a com-
mercial boutique serving DC, MD and VA,
specializing in neighborhood /community
building and development. He continued as
Principal Broker until his death, during the
past 23 years also mentoring many young
agents and entrepreneurs. He was an avid
reader, a seasoned backpacker across the
US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, England
and Australia, an accomplished sailor having
spent his youth in Annapolis, a history buff
particularly fond of Winston Churchill, and a
dogged follower of ongoing political matters.
He most enjoyed gathering to eat crabs, and
deeply loved his Bernese Mountain dogs,
Hap, Babe, Maggie and Sam. Wayne bravely
fought an aggressive cancer the last year of
his life and was profoundly grateful to his
wife Carol and son Stephen, and the many
caregivers who ministered to him. While he
lived life to the fullest in so many parts of
the world, moving to Rappahannock Co., VA
in 2012 proved to be the one spot on earth
he chose for his final resting place. Wishing
for no formal services, his spirit will be truly
missed but will remain alive and vibrant in
the hearts of all who knew him.
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What to
know about
Baldwin’s
‘Rust’ trial
BY S OFIA A NDRADE,
S AMANTHA C HERY
AND W ILLIAM T RIPLETT

Nearly three years after a prop

revolver discharged in Alec Bald-
win’s hand on the set of “Rust,”
killing the western movie’s cin-
ematographer and injuring its di-
rector, his trial for involuntary
manslaughter started with jury
selection Tuesday.
“Are you going to be a free man
in two weeks, Mr. Baldwin?” a
reporter asked the emmy-win-
ning actor as he arrived at First
Judicial District Court in santa
Fe, N.M., with his attorneys, Luke
Nikas and Alex spiro. Baldwin
ignored questions as he passed by.
Technical difficulties delayed
the start of selecting from about
70 prospective jurors, court
spokesman Barry Massey said.
But the day ended with 12 chosen
jurors and four alternates told to
report back Wednesday morning.
Baldwin, sitting at a table, had
listened attentively for much of
the day, occasionally leaning over
to whisper to his lawyers, some-
times appearing to write a note.
scheduled to run until July 19,
the long-awaited trial is a high-
stakes moment for Baldwin, who
could be sent to prison if found
guilty.
Here’s what you should know
about the tragic incident as the
trial begins.
iLLusTrATioN by LuCy NALANd/THe WAsHiNgToN posT; CHAd HipoLiTo/CANAdiAN press/Ap
What happened on the “Rust”
set?
essay some cast and crew of “Rust”
were rehearsing at Bonanza

The shifting epilogue to Creek Ranch near santa Fe on

oct. 21, 2021, when a revolver
being handled by Baldwin went
off, releasing a live round that was

Alice Munro’s life and works not supposed to be on set.

The bullet hit cinematogra-
pher Halyna Hutchins in the
chest and director Joel souza in
the shoulder.
Author, who stayed with her husband after his sexual abuse of her daughter see BALDWIN oN C3

came to light, often wrote about abandonment and diverting blame

BY J ESS R OW theater reView

A ‘Colored
few days ago, I listened to a song I hadn’t thought about of the best short-story writers in the english-speaking world —
in ages: a cover of John Denver’s “Around and Around” chose to stay with Fremlin. Munro said that she’d been “told too
by the indie rock musician Mark Kozelek. There was a late,” and that, in skinner’s words, “our misogynistic culture was to
time when Kozelek was one of my favorite musicians,
but over the decades, I found myself listening to him
less and less, partly because, to put it bluntly, he was creeping me
blame if I expected her to deny her own needs, sacrifice for her
children, and make up for the failings of men.” skinner believes
that Munro viewed Fremlin’s assault as infidelity, as if she, as a
Museum’
out. He often sang in the voice of an isolated, disturbed man, even
at times a serial killer. When allegations emerged in 2020 and 2021
that he had harassed and assaulted female fans going back to the
9-year-old, represented sexual competition. In 2002, when skin-
ner was a new mother, she informed Munro that Fremlin could
never be around her children; when Munro grew angry and
invites
beginning of his career, I felt — what’s the right word? — not
shocked, not even surprised, but heartbroken by a sense of
understanding.
defended Fremlin again, skinner cut off contact with her and
remained estranged until Munro died this spring, at 92.
This is a story I know and you know. It reverberates in my family
reflection
on sunday, the Toronto star published a long-overdue story and in the families of many of my friends. It’s in Faulkner, the
about the celebrated Canadian writer Alice Munro; the story was Bible, Freud, Greek tragedies and “Game of Thrones.” Denying and BY T REY G RAHAM
written by her daughter Andrea Robin skinner. In 1976, Gerald erasing incest, sexual abuse, or other crimes against children is, to
Fremlin, Munro’s second husband and skinner’s stepfather, mo- steal a phrase from the literary theorist René Girard, one of the Before he staged “Angels in
lested skinner while she was staying with the couple during her “things hidden since the foundation of the world.” America” on Broadway, before he
summer vacation. she was 9 years old. sixteen years later, in 1992, It was also a central element of Munro’s fiction. over and over in took the helm at the Public
when skinner was 25 and in therapy, she informed her mother of her stories, a person in a position of authority sees an opportunity Theater in New York, before he
what had happened, and Munro — by that time acclaimed as one see ESSAY oN C2 moved into filmmaking and
brought us “Ma Rainey’s Black
Bottom” and “Rustin,” George
C. Wolfe was a wet-behind-the-
ears playwright whose experi-
mental off-Broadway musical
“Paradise” had just been demol-
ished by the New York Times.
What better time for a young
Black writer to square his shoul-
tV reView ders and take a swing at the
titans of 20th-century African

Rashida Jones gives a radiant performance in the dark ‘Sunny’
BY L ILI L OOFBOUROW
some shows have an after-
taste.
That’s a weird way to talk
about ambiance, I realize — or
style, or narrative heft — but it
strikes me every time the mood
of a particular series colonizes
my days long after I’ve forgotten
a plot or key twist. “sunny,”
creator Katie Robbins’s glossy
new show for Apple TV Plus,
starring Rashida Jones opposite
a 3-foot robot, seemed unlikely to
join their ranks. The show looks
dark and scary and fun in pre-
views, but also a tad forgettable.
The robot for which the series is
named (voiced by Joanna soto-
mura) says everything too
brightly. The bad gal, Hime
(played by You), is amusing but
distinctly cartoonish. The action
sequences seem like standard
fare. But this dark comedy about
technology and loneliness — dis-
guised as a thriller about a help-
ful “homebot” with murderous
potential that Yakuza Mafiosi (of
course) hope to harness — got
under my skin and stayed there.
set in Kyoto, “sunny” follows
an American expat and misan-
thrope named suzie sakamoto
(Rashida Jones) as she reels from
the deaths of her husband and
son in a plane crash. Jones plays
suzie as reflexively unpleasant
even in grief. Impatient, foul-
mouthed and brash, she never
learned Japanese but neverthe-
less manages to trade barbs with
various Japanese officials thanks
to an in-ear translating device.
Her clashes with her reserved
and frosty mother-in-law, Noriko
(Judy ongg), rarely escalate into
actual conflict. Via performances
so grounded the result some-
times feels like realism border-
ing on mumblecore, ongg and
Jones conjure a whole world
(and a prickly shared past) out of
their habitual, tensionless hostil-
ity. The undemonstrative, famil-
iar, humdrum, low-grade tenor
of their antagonism elevates
both; paradoxically, their re-
strained unpleasantness makes
each, individually, more likable.
That fine-grained character
Rashida Jones as Suzie and Hidetoshi Nishijima as Masa in “Sunny,” a dark comedy about a woman in
Japan who receives a companion robot after her husband and son die in a plane crash.
work does a lot to anchor and
counteract the broad, paint-by-
numbers silliness of the thriller
plot.
“sunny” begins with Noriko
strong-arming suzie into a col-
lective grieving exercise for the
families of those who died in the
crash. each person calls a dead
loved one’s phone to hear their
outgoing voicemail message and
grieve hearing them for the last
time. When suzie finally relents
and dials, her husband Masa’s
(Hidetoshi Nishijima) phone,
which should be off, keeps ring-
ing. The thriller stuff really gets
underway when a man claiming
AppLe TV pLus
to have worked with Masa shows
up at her door with a consolation
gift from his employer, a compa-
ny called ImaTech. The gift is a
domestic “homebot” named sun-
ny, which Masa allegedly pro-
grammed for suzie himself.
suzie hates homebots. she
see TV REVIEW oN C8
American culture?
The room was demonstrably
ready when “The Colored Mu-
seum” opened at New Jersey’s
Crossroads Theatre in 1986. The
Times’s Frank Rich saluted the
performers’ “stinging parodies,”
praising the “pacing and unity”
of an evening that’s basically a
dozen dark-comedy sketches.
The Washington Post’s David
Richards hailed the playwright
as one with “an antic imagina-
tion, a passionate sense of com-
edy and a welcome willingness to
step on everyone’s toes.”
What pins critics’ ears reliably
back about “The Colored Mu-
seum” is “The Last Mama-on-
the-Couch Play,” an affectionate
but withering centerpiece skew-
ering a half-century’s worth of
Black theater landmarks: dra-
mas such as “A Raisin in the sun”
and “For Colored Girls” and
all-Black musicals like “Cabin in
the sky” and “Purlie.” Whatever
the merits of those shows, Wolfe
notes acerbically that their au-
thors still traffic in frustrating
stereotypes, locking Black char-
acters into old positions and
inviting White audiences just far
enough in to snack casually on
see THEATER REVIEW oN C4
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Alice Munro chose denial to preserve her art

ESSAY fRom C1

to help a child, or young adult, or

someone else in distress, and
chooses not to. Her work is satu-
rated with neglect, abandonment,
blame-shifting, denial. my favor-
ite of all her stories, “open Se-
crets,” is about the disappearance
of a young girl on a scouting trip
just outside a town in rural ontar-
io. Told in a circular fashion, from
varying points of view, the story’s
accretion of tiny details implies
that something sinister has hap-
pened without ever revealing the
girl’s fate. The town keeps the se-
cret; the reader isn’t allowed in;
and all throughout, there’s an un-
dercurrent of judgment and dis-
approval, as if the girl, wayward
and rebellious, had brought this
on — whatever, in fact, happened
to her — herself.
Another story that came to
mind after I read Skinner’s ac-
count, in a horrifying way, is
“friend of my Youth,” in which a
young woman, flora, discovers
her fiancé has been sleeping with
her sister and has gotten her preg-
nant — which means he has to
marry the sister instead. Because
the two sisters own a farm togeth-
er, flora is forced to share a house
with the couple for decades,
watching (perhaps with secret de-
light) as her sister suffers repeated
miscarriages and dies of a linger-
ing cancer.
In recent years, and especially
since she won the Nobel Prize in
2013, munro has been treated as a
secular saint, a feminist icon, a
sympathetic observer of ordinary
life, of mothers and children and
families. That was never my view. Peter muhly/aFP/getty Images

Her work always seemed to me

savage and relentlessly bleak, all
the more so because her prose was
so tidy, so carefully controlled. She
wrote about the changes that sec-
ond-wave feminism and other lib-
eratory movements of the 1960s
brought over the world — as a
divorced mother, with partial cus-
tody of her children — but often
with a sense of dread and recrimi-
nation.
And it’s tempting to say: Ah,
okay, now we know why. fremlin
was, by Skinner’s account and by
his own description (in letters he
wrote to her family) a classic and
vile 1970s libertine-slash-sexual
predator who liked to opine about
how pedophilia was celebrated in
other cultures and imagined him-
self to be Humbert Humbert re-
sponding to Lolita. He and munro
were married for 37 years; for 21 of
those years, she knew he had mo-
lested her daughter. munro’s femi-
nist principles, according to Skin-
ner, told her that she had to make a
choice between her child’s well-
being and her own happiness
(and, of course, her career and
reputation).
She chose.
many adults now in their 50s
and 60s, myself included, are still
dealing with the emotional fallout
of being a child in an era when
their liberated parents — liberated
for good and necessary reasons! —
were treating them as an after-
thought. or as a target. Knowing
that munro was one of those
adults, then looking back at her
work, I don’t feel angry, much less
interested in opining about
whether she should be “canceled.”
(Her work has been read, studied
and internalized by writers for
some 50 years. It’s not going any-
where.) I feel the same recognition
I feel listening to Kozelek today.
The pieces match up. This is art
steeped in pain and personal trag-
edy. It reminds me of an interview
I recently watched with another
singer, Townes Van Zandt, who
battled addiction and mental ill-
ness his entire life. “I have a few
[songs] that aren’t sad,” he gently
corrected the interviewer in the
clip. “They’re hopeless.”
JoNathaN NaCkstraNd/aFP/getty Images fiction writers take the material
Canadian author Alice Munro, pictured at top in 2009, was acclaimed for her short stories they’re given — the raw mass of
and won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013. Munro, who died in May, has been treated as a their lived experience — and make
secular saint, a feminist icon, a sympathetic observer of ordinary life, of mothers and something new out of it, something
children and families. On Sunday, her daughter Andrea Robin Skinner published a story that may seem lifelike but is out-
about her molestation by her stepfather when she was 9 and said that, when she told her side of life, isolated and contained.
mother 16 years later, Munro chose to stay with her husband. You can produce great art that way,
especially if you’re munro, but
there is a real psychological risk
involved, and sometimes a moral
risk — to others. As I put it in one of
my own short stories: “The thing
about being a writer of fiction is
this: you spend a lot of time having
feelings which are not really your
feelings to have. or conjuring feel-
ings in others that aren’t your feel-
ings to give. The risk is that you lose
touch with any sense of reality and
just float around in a fog.”
I can’t know whether Alice mu-
nro felt that way, but I strongly
suspect she did. She chose denial.
She chose over and over to shelter
and defend a pedophile, because
anything else would have threat-
ened her art. Skinner’s story needs
to be heard and absorbed by any-
one who has ever cared about mu-
nro’s work. It’s part of the record of
who she was, the cost of her partic-
ular and painful vision.
Jess row’s most recent novel, “the
New earth,” was recently published in
paperback. his forthcoming books are
“storyknife,” a collection of short
stories, and an essay collection, “on
Being short: men, masculinity, and
Not measuring up.”

Singalong trains will shuttle Taylor Swift fans from Orlando to Miami shows
BY C OLLEEN G RABLICK
In what could be a daydream to
some and a nightmare to others, a
Taylor Swift singalong train will
shuttle fans to and from the pop
star’s Eras Tour concerts in miami
this fall.
Brightline, a privately owned
rail line servicing Central and
South florida, is partnering with
iHeartRadio on the Swift-themed
trains, which will leave from or-
lando twice a day during the sing-
er’s three-day october stop at
Hard Rock Stadium. orlando-
based radio DJs will play songs
from Swift’s two-decade catalogue
during the train ride as guests, in
between lyrics, munch on “curat-
ed” food options, Brightline said.
Some singalong trains Tuesday
showed they already were sold
out.
“This is more than a ride — it’s a
first-of-its-kind immersive experi-
ence,” Travis Christ, chief commer-
cial officer for Brightline, said in a
news release.
Brightline avoids mentioning
Swift directly in its promotions,
instead referring to playing “Tay-
tunes” on “SWIfT rides” to “The
Big Concert.” The rail company
previously generated attention for
its service linking downtown mi-
ami to orlando International Air-
port and for its partnership with a
shuttle company that takes pas-
sengers directly to Disney World’s
parks and nearby hotels.
Swift, who is playing the Euro-
shows in miami, New orleans and
Indianapolis this fall before clos-
ing out in Canada. The billion-dol-
lar tour and the April release of
Swift’s 11th studio album have
sparked pop-ups and themed
events around the world, many of
them unofficial. A Swift-themed
cruise, for one, sets sail in october.
Brightline is not the first trans-
portation service to cash in on the
tour’s financial effect, either. Rally
ran special buses for the Sofi Sta-
dium leg in California last sum-
mer, and transit agencies in Eras
Tour cities have added extra serv-
ice to meet fan demand.
one-way tickets for the miami
concert trains — which will drop
passengers off at the Aventura sta-
tion and connect them to a shuttle
to Hard Rock Stadium — start at
$209 for the full ride from orlan-
do. Brightline also will be running
late-night return trains from
Aventura, where the company
promises a Swiftian pop-up bar.
(While the return trips aren’t ad-
vertised as Swift singalongs, one
can imagine such a train would not
exactly be an Amtrak quiet car.)
Anyone who needs to travel that
weekend along the singalong
train’s route — which includes
stops in West Palm Beach, Boca
Raton and fort Lauderdale — for a
non-Swift purpose can book a
train at a different time, Brightline
spokesperson Vanessa Alfonso
wrote in an email. otherwise,
headphones might be necessary.
Singing, Alfonso said, will take Carlos alvarez/getty Images

pean leg of her 152-show Eras Tour, place on “the ENTIRE Sing-Along Taylor Swift, pictured at her July 4 concert in Amsterdam, will play three shows at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium in October. The shuttle
will return to the United States for Trains.” service operated by Brightline, a privately owned rail line, will feature radio DJs playing Swift songs as well as “curated” food options.

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Baldwin’s manslaughter trial for ‘Rust’ shooting begins
BALDWIN from C1
Hutchins, 42, was airlifted
from the scene and pronounced
dead at a hospital in Albuquer-
que. Souza was released from a
hospital, expected to make a full
recovery.
Production on the film was
temporarily halted as authorities
examined the firearms and pro-
jectiles on set, and Baldwin —
both the star and producer of
“rust” — announced he was “fully
cooperating with the police inves-
tigation.”
What is Alec Baldwin being
accused of ? Could he face jail
time?
Baldwin, who was holding the
loaded gun when it went off and
killed Hutchins, was this January
indicted by a grand jury on invol-
untary manslaughter charges, for
which he will stand trial this
week.
The indictment, which was
filed in Santa fe, lists two counts
of involuntary manslaughter:
first, that Baldwin handled the
prop gun negligently, and second,
that he caused the tragic accident
“with the total disregard or indif-
ference for the safety of others.”
Baldwin can be convicted only on
one of the counts.
If convicted, Baldwin could be
sentenced to up to 18 months in
prison. He has denied pulling the
gun’s trigger and pleaded not
guilty.
Baldwin also pleaded not guilty
when similar charges were filed
against him in January 2023. But
those charges were dropped that
April when the case’s special pros-
ecutors said they needed more
time to investigate.
What did Baldwin say
happened?
Baldwin denied pulling the
trigger in a December 2021 inter-
view with ABC News, before
charges were brought before him.
That claim was seconded at the
time by the attorney for the film’s
assistant director Dave Halls.
Baldwin has also said that he
was told the gun contained blanks
rather than a live round.
“I would never point a gun at
anyone and pull a trigger at them.
Never,” he said. “… The notion
that there was a live round in that
gun did not dawn on me until
probably about 45 minutes to an
hour later.”
But prosecutors announced
last year that forensic testing on
the gun suggested that Baldwin
had to have pulled the trigger. The
state also contends that Baldwin
behaved irresponsibly on set, ig-
noring gun safety protocols.
Why did the trial take so long
to start?
Baldwin was initially charged,
along with the movie’s armorer
Hannah Gutierrez-reed, of two
counts of involuntary manslaugh-
ter in January 2023 — more than a
year after the shooting.
But about three months later,
the charges against the actor were
dropped after “new facts were
revealed that demand further in-
vestigation and forensic analysis,”
prosecutors said at the time, not-
Parents are ‘very opinionated’ about how their children’s partners should look
Dear Carolyn:
Ever since we
started dating,
our parents have
been very
opinionated
Carolyn about what the
Hax people my
brother and I
date should look
like. They’ve completely
alienated my brother and his
wife because they were so vocal
about her being all wrong for
him. They wanted him to marry
a petite woman because he is
short, and they insisted he
didn’t “look right” with a tall
woman. But my brother loves
tall, curvy women, and he
married one. They were
distraught, as if he married an
ax murderer or something. She
is an awesome person. They
came around, but my sister-in-
law never warmed to them.
They insist my boyfriends
must be tall and blond with blue
eyes because I am tall and
blond, and that way we would
look right together, and so
would our children. They hate
my not-tall, Greek-immigrant
boyfriend. We are getting
engaged soon, and I just know
they will carry on like they did
Broken Doors
. the washington post
ing that the charges could be
refiled.
In January, a grand jury indict-
ed Baldwin with involuntary
manslaughter once again.
The case has also been affected
by a high turnover of the prosecu-
torial team. New mexico first
Judicial District Attorney mary
Carmack-Altwies first appointed
Andrea reeb as special prosecu-
tor. But in march 2023, Kari mor-
rissey and Jason Lewis were ap-
pointed to replace reeb, who re-
signed after Baldwin’s lawyers
questioned whether she could le-
gally be a prosecutor and serve in
the New mexico House of repre-
sentatives.
morrissey and Lewis remained
a team until April, when Lewis
stepped down from the case and
was replaced by Erlinda Johnson.
Now that it’s started, the trial is
expected to move quickly. It’s
scheduled to run until July 19.
What challenges do
prosecutors face?
In a pretrial hearing monday,
Judge mary marlowe Sommer
ruled that prosecutors could not
argue, as they had intended, that
Baldwin’s role as a producer of the
film made him especially respon-
sible for on-set safety. Sommer
declared that line of argument to
be irrelevant in part because
Baldwin was only one of the film’s
producers.
Sommer said the prosecution
when my brother got engaged.
other than this quirk, they’re
not bad people. Any ideas how I
can head them off ?
— Anonymous
Anonymous: They’re eugenics-
curious, but lovely people
otherwise! okey-doke.
Just say the thing out loud to
them: “I watched you alienate
[brother’s] awesome wife only
because she’s tall and he’s short.
“So here’s your chance not to
blow it again: Please don’t
choose blond hair over a
relationship with your future
son-in-law and possible olive-
skinned grandkids.
“Any questions?”
If they put up even a squeak
of resistance:
“I can’t save you from
yourselves. But I had to try.”
on the surface, this will look
like a simplistic answer: Just tell
them the truth!!
But here’s the thing. There’s
only one way your parents could
have been “very opinionated”
and “so vocal” and “distraught,”
and done all that insisting —
enough for you to “just know”
they’ll “carry on” about you.
They did that by having you as
their steady audience for their
A six-part podcast | No-knock warrants can destroy
lives. why are they so easy to obtain and carry out?
could introduce videos allegedly
showing Baldwin behaving reck-
lessly throughout filming, partic-
ularly when handling guns, but
barred any videos reportedly
showing the actor profanely be-
rating cast and crew members to
speed production.
The judge’s rulings will prob-
ably make the prosecution’s job
more difficult. New mexico’s in-
voluntary manslaughter statute
requires proof beyond reasonable
doubt that the accused “acted
recklessly or with criminal negli-
gence.” While Sommer’s ruling
prevents prosecutors from argu-
ing Baldwin was an irresponsible
producer, they claimed they will
still show Baldwin was reckless as
well as negligent.
But that could require arguing
legal complexities and nuances,
which could also hurt their case,
some experts think.
“There’s been lots of confusion
over the years about the language
of the state’s involuntary man-
slaughter statute, and this trial
just highlights the confusion,”
said John Day, a former prosecu-
tor who has been a criminal de-
fense attorney in Santa fe for 30
years. “right now, prosecutors
are trying to convict Baldwin
based on theories that he either
was negligent in operating a fire-
arm or he created recklessness to
the point that somebody died. It’s
conceivable a jury could get con-
fused when presented with both
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Alec Baldwin, center right,
arrives at the courthouse
on Tuesday in Santa Fe, N.M.,
for the start of his
manslaughter trial, which
began with the jury selection
process.
of those options.”
Have others faced criminal
charges in the “Rust”
shooting?
Gutierrez-reed, the armorer
tasked with handing all prop guns
on set, was in march found guilty
of involuntary manslaughter for
failing to ensure gun safety on set
and not guilty of evidence tam-
pering. She was sentenced to 18
months in prison and is seeking a
retrial. A district court judge
ruled that Gutierrez-reed won’t
be forced to testify in Baldwin’s
trial and won’t be granted immu-
nity in the unlikely event that she
does.
The low-budget western film’s
first assistant director and safety
coordinator, Halls, who allegedly
handed Baldwin the gun and told
him it had no live rounds, avoided
jail time with a no-contest plea.
He signed a deal for a petty misde-
meanor charge of negligent use of
a deadly weapon and was sen-
tenced to six months of unsuper-
vised probation, a $500 fine, 24
hours of community service, and
a firearm safety course. As part of
the terms of his plea deal, he also
must testify in all hearings in-
volved in the shooting and have
no contact with co-defendants or
witnesses.
What else is Baldwin
contending with?
Baldwin is involved in several
toxic superficiality.
I wish you both had cut them
off on this topic years ago,
sending them a clear message:
“Your opinions about our dates’
bodies are unacceptable.” [Both
walk away.]
But better late than never.
first you say what you mean,
unequivocally, as I already
advised. Then you prove you
mean it by leaving — cold —
whenever they start “insisting.”
Let them “insist” into an
echoing void.
or, to co-opt a new classic:
Let them jerk you around, and
find out.
Dear Carolyn: When I ask
people, “How are you doing?,”
many times they respond, “Not
too bad.” I always respond with,
“I’m sorry to hear that.”
After all, they said they were
doing bad — just not too bad.
my wife is not happy with my
saying that to people.
Should I just accept what
they say and let them continue
with their “bad” lives, or
continue with my comment in
hopes they realize what they’re
subconsciously saying and get
out of their bad zone?
— K.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
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civil lawsuits. Less than a month
after the shooting, he was sued by
two crew members who accused
him and other producers of as-
sault and inflicting emotional dis-
tress. About a year later, Baldwin
sued Gutierrez-reed, Halls, prop
master Sarah Zachry and ammu-
nition supplier Seth Kenney,
blaming their negligence for
Hutchins’s death in an effort to
“clear his name,” the lawsuit said.
Hutchins’s family has also pur-
sued legal action against Baldwin
and others working on “rust.” In
october 2022, Baldwin, along
with the film’s production compa-
nies and several crew members,
reached a settlement after
Hutchins’s husband, matthew,
and son sued for the cinematogra-
pher’s wrongful death.
As part of the agreement, mat-
thew was made an executive pro-
ducer of “rust.” Hutchins’s father,
mother and sister living in
Ukraine have sued separately for
negligence and intentional inflic-
tion of emotional distress, among
other charges.
The movie finished filming last
year, but last week, producers
were denied a film production tax
incentive worth as much as $1.6
million in New mexico, according
to the Associated Press. An attor-
ney for the film’s production com-
pany said the incentive was going
to fund the settlement.
Triplett reported from Santa Fe, N.m.
K.: of the people receiving your
“I’m sorry to hear that”
response, how many do you
think understand what you
mean by it? Sixty percent?
Twenty percent? Two?
Even if it’s 100, how many —
in your opinion — intended “not
too bad” to be taken 100 percent
literally?
How many see it as your job
to “get” them “out of their bad
zone”?
In all, who are you helping?
meanwhile: We know you’re
annoying your wife. one
hundred percent.
Time to put your quip away
for good. Both senses
intended.
Suggested replacements:
“okay, then!” “Good enough!” or
other kind words that
acknowledge their effort to
answer an impossible question
asked on friendly reflex
whenever we say “hello.”
write to Carolyn Hax at
tellme@washpost.com. Get her
column delivered to your inbox each
morning at wapo.st/gethax.
 Join the discussion live at noon
Fridays at washingtonpost.com/live-
chats.
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The sketches in
‘Colored Museum’
are introspective
THEATER REVIEW from C1
Black trauma before catching a
late supper at the oyster bar
across the way. Nor do Black
actors escape the nip of Wolfe’s
teeth: Watch the cast of Psalmay-
ene 24’s handsome new Studio
Theatre production scramble for
possession of the oscar statuette
that gets passed around, even as
Wolfe’s barbs about overacting
detonate like tart little truth
bombs.
The director, fresh off the
folger Theatre’s richly textured
but curiously unmoving refresh
of mary Zimmerman’s “meta-
morphoses,” fares far better with
“The Colored museum,” a show
similarly episodic in structure
but much less dependent on
tone. With less of the supernatu-
ral to integrate, and without the
self-imposed addition of a unify-
ing conceit, he and his cast —
matthew Elijah Webb, Kelli
Blackwell, Ayanna Bria Bakari,
Iris Beaumier and William oliver
Watkins are the tight ensemble,
with drummer Jabari Exum
drawing their efforts even more
impressively together — can fo-
cus on squeezing each sketch for
its individual vitality.
Thus does the evening have
the breadth to satisfyingly ex-
plore the emotional price paid by
a Josephine Baker-style chan-
teuse (Beaumier) who has sacri-
ficed the simplicities of her mis-
sissippi childhood to transform
herself into a global sophisti-
cate, while also reserving just
the right sparkle and sass for
a sequence in which a wom-
an (Blackwell) getting dressed
for a breakup dinner argues with
her two unexpectedly sen-
tient wigs — Beaumier and Ba-
kari, one an exuberant An-
gela Davis-level Afro, the other
a silkier mariah Carey waterfall
— over which of them will help
her project the right Strong
Black Woman vibe for the occa-
sion.
Thus, too, does the production
have stylistic room for the bitter
honesty of Webb’s vivid “snap
queen” miss roj, who would just
as soon destroy you as let you get
under his skin; the haunted and
haunting “kindness” of a Viet-
nam soldier (a superbly con-
tained Watkins) whose ghost
goes about quietly killing his
platoon in their sleep to spare
them the grief and abuse he sees
awaiting them back home; and
the commandingly elemental in-
nocence of Normal Jean reyn-
olds (the mesmerizing Bakari), a
grubby red-dirt teenager with a
deeply eerie monologue about
how she came to give birth to an
egg.
famously, Wolfe framed “The
Colored museum” as a string of
exhibits exploding the ways
Black Americans tell and are told
in their own stories. Psalmayene
24 and designer Natsu onoda
Power lean into the notion with a
casually environmental ap-
proach that, not unlike ror-
schach Theatre’s “Human mu-
seum” earlier this season, re-
frames the Studio lobbies and
parts of the Victor Shargai Thea-
tre itself as an exhibition space
wherein compact installations bring your more easily offended
invite further reflection on the theatergoing buddies.
corresponding scenes — so take Do bring a sense of hope,
time before and after curtain to George C. Wolfe framed though: Wolfe’s “museum” in-
explore. vites visitors to consider what
Even more famously, Wolfe “The Colored Museum” kinds of pain are formative and
bookends the show’s action with what kinds are just poisonous:
a skit welcoming audiences as a string of exhibits what’s key to remember and
aboard a slave ship that’s either what’s safe to forget. once visit-
sailing the middle Passage or exploding the ways ing hours are over, Blackwell’s
time-warping its way through to travel guide returns, reminding
the present, or both. regardless, Black Americans tell audiences to check the overhead
Power has transformed the thea- bins for anything we really want
ter space into the wood-benched and are told in their to take with us. Anything we
deck of a merchant vessel, choose to leave behind, she
aboard which a cheerily hospita- own stories. promises warmly, gets chucked
ble cabin attendant (Blackwell, straight into the trash.
game for pretty much everything
the evening throws at her) warns PhoTos by Teresa casTracane The Colored Museum, through
patrons that drumming won’t be TOP: From left, William Oliver Watkins, Kelli Blackwell, Ayanna aug. 11 at studio Theatre in
tolerated and that the fasten Bria Bakari, Matthew Elijah Webb and Iris Beaumier in Studio Washington. about 1 hour 30
Your Shackles sign must be close- Theatre’s “The Colored Museum,” directed by Psalmayene 24. minutes without intermission.
ly observed. So maybe don’t ABOVE: From left, Beaumier, Blackwell and Bakari. studiotheatre.org.

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rave 47 Plaza Hotel girl 57 Japanese HBO
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40 Large container keeper
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Castle Castle Castle (:05) Castle (:05)
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43 Nobel winner 61 Fight (for) MASN Baseball Washington Nationals at New York Mets (Live) Nats Xtra MMA Fight Sp.
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anything __?” 62 Jack or jenny Monumental Beyond the Major League Cricket Washington Freedom vs. Texas Super Kings Hometown
44 Gloves, gowns, 5 Ostracizes 38 Nutritional stds.
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50 “Star Wars” 9 “You always tell Paramount
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me what to do!” Half Men Half Men subject of a massive manhunt. +++ (2013)
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56 Chinese Ameri- aria TLC Hoarding: Buried Alive My 600-Lb. Life Dr. Pimple Popper Dr. Pimple
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60 Director Ang 18 SIGINT org. lawyer tries to free his cousin from a Dixie jail.
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Is it fair to have guests wait for host’s baby to wake up before starting brunch?
Dear Miss Babies not being great if I wear open-toe sandals. I have to wear nail polish” is not my husband and I frequently If the guests are your
Miss Manners: A conversationalists at the best of not worn any kind of nail polish working, you may have to invite friends to join us during husband’s boss and his third
Manners friend of ours times, Miss Manners would have since I was in my 20s. I do not escalate to, “In my day, ladies did our week. Is it appropriate to wife, you may wish to do the
JudIth hosted a brunch thought 10 parents, hot babies want to polish my toenails or my not do that.” Or even, “I’ll be at enlist the guests in the cleanup cleaning yourselves after they
MartIN, for several new and all, could have improvised a fingernails. My toenails are the bar.” if we are all leaving the same leave. If, instead, it is your kid
JacobINa parents. The party on their own while young neatly cut regularly by my day? Some guests have brother with whom you have
MartIN aNd brunch was on a Jethro finished his nap. podiatrist. Dear Miss Manners: My volunteered, unsolicited, to shared chores since you were
NIcholas hot summer day Whether the resulting event What should I tell her? She is husband and I own a condo at clean their bathroom and teenagers, Miss Manners leaves
Ivor MartIN and held squarely would be fair or foul would, she very firm about this. the beach with two other change the sheets on their bed. you to it.
in the middle of supposes, depend on the moods couples, dividing up the weeks Others seem to be oblivious to
morning nap time. When the of all involved — and whether Cruises involve a lot of free among us. Our agreement is what needs to be done after New Miss Manners columns are
five other couples arrived, sustenance was withheld time. So although Miss Manners that, at the end of their week, their departure. Would it be posted Monday through Saturday on
we found out that the host’s pending Jethro’s arrival. does not want to pick a fight, she each couple will leave the condo unseemly to ask them to washingtonpost.com/advice. You can
baby was still asleep, and we does think it would be well to in tiptop shape: fresh sheets, participate in some of the send questions to Miss Manners at
had to sit around for 20 minutes Dear Miss Manners: I am an establish from the start that the scrubbed bathrooms, vacuumed cleanup activities? her website, missmanners.com. You
(with hot babies in tow) waiting 89-year-old lady. My daughter is primary activity on this cruise carpets, etc. This has worked out can also follow her
for the host’s baby to finish taking me on my very first will not be Telling Mama How to well and saved enormously on It will depend on how well you @RealMissManners.
his nap. cruise. She insists that I must Behave. cleaning fees. know the guests and how much
Is this fair play or foul? wear nail polish on my toenails If “Thank you, but I don’t like During the summer months, warning you give them. © 2024 Judith Martin

MOVIE DIRECTORY (!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket

DISTRICT
AMC Georgetown 14
3111 K Street N.W.
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
12:10-3:00-8:10-10:00
Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 9:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 11:00-
1:30-4:00-6:30
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:15-1:45-
4:20-7:10-9:50
MaXXXine (R) CC: 1:50-4:30-10:30
Robot Dreams CC: 12:40
The Bikeriders (R) CC: 12:00
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 11:20-3:10-9:00
Thelma (PG-13) CC: 11:20-
3:15-10:00
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
11:40-2:10-4:40-9:40
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX
Experience (PG) CC: 12:15-2:45-
5:15-7:45-10:20
Kinds of Kindness (R) CC: 2:15-
4:40-6:00-9:30
Sound of Hope: The Story
of Possum Trot (PG-13) CC:
11:10-3:00
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 12:30-
3:00-5:30-8:00-10:30
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:30-10:10
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 12:50-
3:20-5:50
MaXXXine (R) OC: 7:10
The Bikeriders (R) OC: 6:15
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) OC: 7:15
Despicable Me 4 (PG) OC: 8:20
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema -
DC Bryant Street
630 Rhode Island Ave NE
The Company of Wolves (R) 7:30
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 12:00-
3:15-6:30-9:45
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer
Vacation (PG) 11:45AM
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
10:15-1:15-4:15-7:15-8:45-10:15-
10:45
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:00-
1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00
Inside Out 2 (PG) 10:30-1:30-
3:00-4:30-6:45-10:30
MaXXXine (R) 10:45-4:45-7:45-
9:30-11:00
Kinds of Kindness (R) 11:00-
2:45-6:00-10:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 11:30-
12:15-3:00-5:00-6:00-8:00
MaXXXine (R) 1:45
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 2:15
Angelika Pop-Up
at Union Market
550 Penn Street NE - Unit E 7:00-8:30-9:30
Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 12:15-1:30-
Kamikakushi) (PG) 7:00-7:45
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) MaXXXine (R) CC: 1:15-3:45-
12:00-2:30-4:20-7:25
Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:45-2:00- Horizon: An American Saga Chap-
5:00
JESUS: a Deaf Missions film
12:20-3:45
Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Avenue
Restore Point 8:00
The Green Border (Zielona
granica) 12:30-3:45-7:00
Thelma (PG-13) 12:15-2:35-5:00 Nagi- (PG-13) 6:40
Landmark
Atlantic Plumbing Cinema
807 V Street Northwest
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) CC: 10:00
4:40-7:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 3:50-
4:50-7:10
Inside Out 2 (PG) 4:00-5:00-
6:30-7:30
MaXXXine (R) 4:20-7:20
Landmark E Street Cinema
555 11th Street Northwest
Inside Out 2 (PG) 3:15-4:30-7:15 The Bikeriders (R) CC: 9:50
MaXXXine (R) 3:30-7:30-8:30
June Zero 4:15-7:25
The Bikeriders (R) 7:45
Daddio (R) 4:30
Thelma (PG-13) 3:45-6:30
Kinds of Kindness (R) 3:00-
4:00-7:15
Regal Gallery Place
701 Seventh Street Northwest 4:00-6:30-9:00
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 11:40- Kinds of Kindness (R) CC: 11:00-
2:40-5:50-9:10
Spider-Man: Across the Spi-
der-Verse (PG) 11:00AM
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
(PG) 11:00AM
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00
1:10-4:10-4:50-6:30-7:10-7:40-
9:00-9:50-10:20
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:50-
12:00-12:30-1:00-1:30-2:30-
3:30-4:00-5:00-5:30-6:00-7:30-
10:00-10:30
Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:20-12:20- 2:00-4:30-9:30
1:50-2:50-4:20-5:20-6:50-7:50-
9:20-10:30
MaXXXine (R) 11:10-1:50-4:40-
7:20-10:10
The Bikeriders (R) 9:40
Kill (Hindi) (R) 8:50
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) 11:50-3:50-8:10
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 11:30- 4:45-7:15-9:45
2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode 5:00-7:35-10:10
Nagi- (PG-13) 2:10
Close Encounters of the Third Experience (PG) CC: 11:15-1:45-
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 4:15-6:45-9:15
7:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) CC: 1:15-3:45-6:15-8:45
1:40
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG)
3:00-8:00arner Bros. Wolf Trap
MARYLAND
AFI Silver Theatre
Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
(¡Atame!) (NC-17) 9:10
Kinds of Kindness (R) OC: 1:30
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
(Daijiga umule pajinnal) 8:45
Mickey One (1965) (NR) 4:00
The Green Border (Zielona
granica) 12:05-3:05-6:05
Kinds of Kindness (R) 5:00-8:20 Kingdom of the Planet of the
The Life of Oharu (Saikaku
ichidai onna) (NR) 1:15-6:00
AMC Academy 8
6198 Greenbelt Road
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
1:20-4:10-8:20
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Despicable Me 4: The IMAX
CC: 10:20-12:50-3:15-5:45-8:15 Experience (PG) CC: 12:00-2:30-
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 10:00- 5:00-7:30
12:20-2:45-5:15-7:45
The Garfield Movie (PG) CC:
10:20-4:20
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:30-
2:00-7:10
MaXXXine (R) CC: 10:45-2:00- MaXXXine (R) OC: 8:45
4:40-7:10
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 10:10-12:50-
4:30-7:00
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
11:00-1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 10:00- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
1:10-6:50
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 4:45
AMC Annapolis Mall 11
1020 Annapolis Mall Road 8:45-9:45
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
12:00-4:45-7:30-10:40
Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) MaXXXine (R) CC: 12:30-3:30-
CC: 10:10-12:00-2:30-3:30-5:00- 6:15-10:00
7:30-8:30-10:15-11:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 9:15- Chapter 1 (R) CC: 11:30-3:30-9:00
11:40-2:10-4:35-7:00-9:30
If (PG) CC: 9:30AM
The Garfield Movie (PG) CC:
9:30AM
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 9:25-10:00-
3:10-4:50-5:45-7:20-8:15-9:45
MaXXXine (R) CC: 12:25-3:00- 2:00-4:45-7:30-10:15
5:35-8:10-10:45
The Bikeriders (R) CC: 10:35
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 11:15-2:45-
6:45-10:00
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 10:45- Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 1:30-4:00-
1:10-6:00
Kinds of Kindness (R) CC: 11:45- MaXXXine (R) CC: 12:45-3:15-
3:20-7:00-10:35
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 12:40- Horizon: An American Saga
3:50-10:15-11:55
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00 11:45-2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) 11:50-2:20 Sound of Hope: The Story of
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 10:05- Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 12:15-
12:30-2:55-5:20-7:45-10:20
AMC Center Park 8
4001 Powder Mill Rd.
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
12:30-4:15-6:45-10:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:30
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC:
11:30-12:45-2:00-3:15-4:30-5:45-
4:00-6:30-9:00
6:15-8:45-10:00
ter 1 (R) CC: 12:30-3:30-7:15
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC: 7:30
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 3:00
AMC Columbia 14
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway
Despicable Me 4 (PG) OC: 7:00
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
12:20-3:10-7:10-9:55
Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 12:00-
2:30-5:00-7:30
The Garfield Movie (PG) CC: 12:15
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:15-1:45-
4:15-6:25-9:50
MaXXXine (R) CC: 11:20-1:55-
4:30-9:45
Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 5:40-9:15
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 11:00-3:00-
6:00-9:00
Thelma (PG-13) CC: 4:40
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
12:45-3:15
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX
Experience (PG) CC: 11:00-1:30-
2:40-6:15-9:05
Sound of Hope: The Story
of Possum Trot (PG-13) CC:
11:50-3:10
Close Encounters of the Third
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 12:15-
2:45-5:15-7:45
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 11:15-1:45-3:00-4:15-5:30-
6:45-8:00-9:15
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 11:30-
MaXXXine (R) OC: 7:10
AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18
9811 Washingtonian Center
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 12:15-10:15
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 2:45-
5:15-7:45
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:45-2:15-
MaXXXine (R) CC: 11:45-2:25-
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 3:15-
5:45-8:15; 12:45
AMC Magic Johnson
Capital Center 12
800 Shoppers Way
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
12:00-2:45-5:30-8:15
Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 12:30-2:00-3:00-4:30-5:30-
7:00-8:00-9:30
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 12:30-
3:00-5:30-8:00
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 1:15-3:45-
6:15-8:45
MaXXXine (R) CC: 12:50-3:30-6:10
Apes (PG-13) CC: 12:30-3:45
Kill (Hindi) (R) CC: 7:00-9:35
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 4:40-8:30
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
1:00-3:30-6:00-8:30
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 12:00-
3:10-6:20
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 12:15-
2:45-5:15-7:45
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) OC: 9:30
AMC Montgomery 16
7101 Democracy Boulevard
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45
Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
CC: 11:45-2:15-4:45-7:15-10:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC:
11:15-12:30-3:15-4:30-6:00-7:10-
The Garfield Movie (PG) CC: 4:45
Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:00-1:30-
4:00-6:30-7:30-9:00
Horizon: An American Saga
Despicable Me 4 (PG) OC: 1:50
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) OC: 7:30
AMC St. Charles Town Ctr 9
11115 Mall Circle
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC:
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
CC: 12:30-1:15-3:00-3:45-6:15-
8:45-10:30
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 1:00-
3:30-6:00-8:30
6:30-10:20
5:45-8:15-10:45
The Bikeriders (R) CC: 10:00
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 2:30-6:30-9:00
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
3:30-6:45
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 5:30-8:00
Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD
7000 Arundel Mills Circle
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
6:35
Despicable Me 4 (PG) XD:
9:00-11:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30-
12:01; 6:25
Inside Out 2 (PG) 6:45; 10:40-1:15-
3:50; 9:00-9:15-9:30-10:55-11:35-
11:50-12:05-2:00-2:10-2:25-2:40-
4:10-4:35-4:45-5:00-5:15-7:10-
7:35-7:50-9:20-10:10-10:25
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode
Nagi- (PG-13) 9:00-11:45
The Lego Movie (PG) 10:00AM
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R)
10:25-1:20-2:15-4:20-5:10-8:05-
10:15-11:00
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
XD: 7:05-9:45
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 9:40-
12:10-2:40-5:10-7:40-10:10
MaXXXine (R) 9:15-11:55-2:35-
5:20-10:45
Kingdom of the Planet of the
Apes (PG-13) 7:25-10:50
Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 9:10-2:50
The Bikeriders (R) 10:50
Kill (Hindi) (R) 6:40-9:35
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) 10:45-2:45-10:45
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 11:50-
2:20-3:55-4:50-7:20-9:50
Kalki 2898 AD (Hindi) (Telugu)
10:30
Kinds of Kindness (R) 11:20-
3:10-10:40
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) 10:00-1:15-
4:30-11:00
Escape 9:55
Close Encounters of the Third
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) 1:35
Kalki 2898 AD 3D 10:00
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 7:15
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
9:05-9:15-9:30-11:30-11:55-
12:10-12:30-1:15-2:10-2:35-3:05-
3:55-4:50-5:15-5:40-7:30-7:55-
8:20-9:15-10:10-10:35-11:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 9:20-
10:00-10:20-10:50-12:30-12:50-
1:25-1:40-3:00-3:20-4:10-5:30-
5:50-8:00-8:20-8:55
MaXXXine (R) 8:00
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) 6:45
Kinds of Kindness (R) 6:50
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) 7:45
Cinépolis Gaithersburg
629 Center Point Way
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 10:00;
6:00-9:15
Barbie (PG-13) 7:30
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
10:15-1:15-4:15-7:45-10:45
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 11:00-
12:00-1:00-1:45-3:00-3:45-4:30-
5:45-6:30-7:15-8:30-9:30
Inside Out 2 (PG) 10:30-12:15-
1:30-3:00-4:15-7:00-10:15
MaXXXine (R) 1:00-4:45-7:45-
10:45
Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) 11:00-3:30
Sound of Hope: The Story of
Possum Trot (PG-13) 11:45-
3:30-7:00
Greenbelt Cinema
129 Centerway
Robot Dreams 7:15
The Bikeriders (R) 7:00
Landmark
Bethesda Row Cinema
7235 Woodmont Avenue
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
12:50-3:05-6:50
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 12:30-
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der-Verse (PG) 11:00-11:20 Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00
Thelma (PG-13) CC: 2:20-7:20 Sound of Hope: The Story of Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie 6:00-6:30-8:00-8:50-9:20
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC: Possum Trot (PG-13) 9:40- The Garfield Movie (PG) 2:10-
(PG) 10:40-11:00 (PG) 11:00-11:30
CC: 11:15-12:30-1:15-1:45-3:00- 10:50-1:20-4:00 12:55-4:15
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 3:45-4:15-5:30-6:15-6:45-8:00- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 4:50
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX Inside Out 2 3D (PG) 8:10 8:40 Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:10-12:10-
11:05-1:50-3:00-4:50-5:50-7:20- 8:45-9:15 Experience (PG) CC: 11:30-2:05- Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 8:20
8:50-10:10 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:30- 12:40-1:50-2:50-3:30-4:40-5:40-
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 11:00- 4:35-7:10-9:50 A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 12:00-1:10-2:20-2:40-3:50-5:20- 6:10-7:40-8:30-9:00
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:30-
1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00 Kinds of Kindness (R) CC: 11:20- 7:40 6:30-8:00-9:10-10:40 MaXXXine (R) 12:20-3:10-7:10-
11:50-12:40-2:20-3:20-6:00-8:10- If (PG) CC: 4:15
3:00-6:40-10:35 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 7:50 Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:10-5:00- 10:00
9:00-10:30 The Garfield Movie (PG) CC: 3:30
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Inside Out 2 (PG) 7:10 7:30-10:00 Horizon: An American Saga
Inside Out 2 (PG) 10:35-11:30- Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 11:30- Nagi- (PG-13) 11:45-5:00
2:10-3:50-5:00-7:40-9:10-10:20 12:15-2:00-2:45-4:30-5:15-6:15- MaXXXine (R) 7:30 MaXXXine (R) 11:10-2:00-4:50- Chapter 1 (R) 10:50-3:00-5:50-
Sound of Hope: The Story of Pos- Horizon: An American Saga 7:40-10:30
MaXXXine (R) 11:40-2:40-5:20- 7:00-7:45-8:45-9:30-10:15 9:40
sum Trot (PG-13) CC: 4:50-10:55 Chapter 1 (R) 6:30 Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 2:10-5:35- Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 5:20
7:50-10:25 MaXXXine (R) CC: 11:45-12:45-
Close Encounters of the Third Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 6:15-9:40-10:20 Blue Lock The Movie -Episode
Kingdom of the Planet of the 2:15-3:15-4:45-5:45-7:15-8:15- Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00
Apes (PG-13) 10:00 11:20AM Jatt & Juliet 3 12:40 Nagi- (PG-13) 10:30
9:45-10:45 Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 12:25- Sound of Hope: The Story of
The Bikeriders (R) 4:20 Kill (Hindi) (R) 1:20-4:00-6:40- Close Encounters of the Third
Kingdom of the Planet of the 2:55-5:25-8:00-10:30 Possum Trot (PG-13) 8:00 9:20
Horizon: An American Saga Apes (PG-13) CC: 6:00-9:15 Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:30
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Despicable Me 4 (PG) 8:50-1:50- Horizon: An American Saga
Chapter 1 (R) 4:40-9:20 Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 6:00-9:30 CC: 11:10-12:30-1:45-3:10-4:20- Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:40-
A Quiet Place: Day One: The 4:20-6:50-9:20 Chapter 1 (R) 10:20-2:15-6:20- 1:30-4:20-7:00-9:50
The Bikeriders (R) CC: 11:00- 6:00-10:00
IMAX Experience (PG-13) 9:40 1:35-4:15-7:35-10:15 Cinemark Fairfax Corner and XD 10:05
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 12:05- 11900 Palace Way Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 10:00- Reston, VA -
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 5:30 Daddio (R) CC: 3:20 2:40-5:10-7:45 LOOK Dine-in Cinema
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX Kill (Hindi) (R) CC: 7:30-10:20 The Lego Movie (PG) 10:00AM 12:40-3:20-6:00 11940 Market Street
Experience (PG) 11:10-1:40- Horizon: An American Saga
AMC Worldgate 9 Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 9:10- Despicable Me 4: The IMAX
4:30-7:10 13025 Worldgate Drive 12:05-1:30-4:25-7:20-10:30 Experience (PG) 11:00-1:40-4:20- Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 11:15-
Chapter 1 (R) CC: 11:00-3:00-
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode 9:30 Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC: A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 7:00-9:40 2:15-5:00-7:45
Nagi- (PG-13) 2:30 A Quiet Place: Day One: The IMAX 1:00-3:45-6:30-9:15 9:30-12:10-2:50-5:30-7:40-8:10- Kalki 2898 AD (Tamil) (Telugu) Trolls Band Together (PG)
Sound of Hope: The Story of A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 10:20-10:50 1:30 11:20AM
Experience (PG-13) CC: 10:30
Possum Trot (PG-13) 1:10-7:30 Thelma (PG-13) CC: 12:30-4:35- CC: 1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 9:25-9:45- Kalki 2898 AD (Hindi) (Telugu) A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
Close Encounters of the Third 7:05-10:45 Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 12:45- 11:55-12:45-2:45-3:15-5:15-5:45- 2:50-6:15-10:15 12:15-2:45-5:30-8:00
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 3:15-5:45-8:15 7:45-8:15-10:15-10:45 Sound of Hope: The Story of Despicable Me 4 (PG) 1:00-3:30-
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC:
7:00 1:00-3:30-6:00-8:30-10:45 Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 2:15-4:45- Inside Out 2 (PG) 9:05-9:40- Possum Trot (PG-13) 11:45AM 6:00-8:20
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) 1:20-6:20 Despicable Me 4: The IMAX 7:15-9:45 11:40-12:20-2:15-2:55-4:50-5:30- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:00-1:30-
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Experience (PG) CC: 12:30-3:00- MaXXXine (R) CC: 2:45-5:15- 7:25-8:05-10:00-10:40 5:10-7:45 2:15-4:00-6:30-7:15-9:00
Nagi- (PG-13) 4:10 5:30-8:00 7:45-10:15 MaXXXine (R) 9:20-12:00-2:40- Despicable Me 4 (PG) 7:30 MaXXXine (R) 12:30-3:00-5:45-
Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 2:30- 5:20-8:00-10:40 Inside Out 2 (PG) 10:10-12:05- 8:30-9:20
Regal Westview Kinds of Kindness (R) CC: 12:45-
4:00-6:45-10:00 6:00-9:30 Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 2:05- 3:30-6:55-9:35 Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 1:45-
5243 Buckeystown Pike
Horizon: An American Saga 10:15 Jatt & Juliet 3 10:25-2:55-6:05- 5:15-8:45
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Blue Lock The Movie -Episode
10:50-1:40-4:25-7:10-9:45 Nagi- (PG-13) 12:30-2:50-5:10- Chapter 1 (R) CC: 1:00-5:00- Horizon: An American Saga 9:15
Horizon: An American Saga
10:25 6:15-9:00 Chapter 1 (R) 10:10-2:10-6:15- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Chapter 1 (R) 6:45
Despicable Me 4 (PG) 12:30-
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) CC: 10:15 11:15-1:50-4:30
3:10-5:50-8:35; 1:30; 12:10-2:45- Sound of Hope: The Story of 1:45-4:15-6:45-9:15 Thelma (PG-13) 11:45-4:45-9:45
6:20-9:00 Possum Trot (PG-13) CC: 4:00- Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 12:15- Regal Kingstowne Sound of Hope: The Story of
Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC:
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1:15-3:45 Possum Trot (PG-13) 12:15-
4:55-7:30-9:55 Close Encounters of the Third Kalki 2898 AD (Hindi) (Telugu) Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 1:10- 3:15-6:15
Kind (2024 Re-Release) (PG) 7:00 10:05AM
Despicable Me 4 3D (PG) 5:00 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - 4:00-7:10-10:00 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 11:30-
One Loudoun Kinds of Kindness (R) 9:50-3:05- Spider-Man: Across the Spi-
Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) 1:20- Inside Out 2 3D (PG) CC: 11:00- 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30
4:20-7:20 1:20-3:45 20575 East Hampton Plaza 6:45-10:25 der-Verse (PG) 11:00AM
Despicable Me 4 (PG) CC: 2:30- The Company of Wolves (R) 7:00 Sound of Hope: The Story of Smithsonian -
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5:00-7:30-10:00 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Possum Trot (PG-13) 9:10-12:25- (PG) 11:00AM Airbus IMAX Theater
der-Verse (PG) 11:00AM
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie AMC Potomac Mills 18 Vacation (PG) 11:30AM 3:40-6:55-10:10 A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Close Encounters of the Third
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Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:55- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Despicable Me 4 (PG) 12:40-3:30 5:05
11:35-2:30-3:00-4:10-5:30-7:00- 7:00 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:55- 7:00 Inside Out 2 (PG) 11:20-12:50- Aircraft Carrier: Guardian of the
7:40-8:10-9:30 Despicable Me 4 (PG) OC: 3:00; 1:35-4:20-9:55 A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 3:40-5:00-6:20-7:50-9:00 Seas 12:40
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If (PG) 10:10AM 5:30 Inside Out 2 (PG) 9:50-12:35- MaXXXine (R) 1:50-4:40-7:40- Superpower Dogs: The IMAX 2D
2:20-3:20-5:00-6:00-10:10 Despicable Me 4 (PG) XD: 9:00- 10:20
Inside Out 2 (PG) 10:30-1:50- MaXXXine (R) 5:00 Experience (G) 10:10AM
4:15-6:50-9:20 MaXXXine (R) 11:50-2:40-5:30- 11:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30 Kill (Hindi) (R) 12:00 Deep Sky: The IMAX Experience
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode
MaXXXine (R) 12:20-3:05- Nagi- (PG-13) 9:00 7:15-8:15-10:15 Inside Out 2 (PG) XD: 10:20- Horizon: An American Saga 1:20-3:40
Horizon: An American Saga 12:55-3:30
Chapter 1 (R) 12:10-4:10-8:10
6:00-8:55 Sound of Hope: The Story of
Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) 11:15AM Possum Trot (PG-13) 5:10-10:00 Chapter 1 (R) 11:15-3:20-7:25 Regal Ballston Quarter Despicable Me 4 3D (PG)
To Fly! 4:30
Blue Planet (Il pianeta azzurro)
Kinds of Kindnes s (R) 10:15- 671 North Glebe Road 4:50-7:30
Horizon: An American Saga Bad Boys Ride or Die (R) CC: (NR) 11:45AM
Chapter 1 (R) 12:00-3:55-8:00 10:30-1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20 2:15-6:15-8:50 Spider-Man: Across the Spi- Blue Lock The Movie -Episode The Dream is Alive 2:10
Despicable Me 4: The IMAX Sing (PG) CC: 11:00-2:00 Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:00- der-Verse (PG) 11:00AM Nagi- (PG-13) 12:30
Experience (PG) 11:20-2:00-4:35- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 11:30-12:50-2:20-3:40-5:10-6:30- Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Sound of Hope: The Story of University Mall Theatres
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Blue Lock The Movie -Episode The Garfield Movie (PG) CC: Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Despicable Me 4 (PG) 10:55- 6:50 A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13)
Nagi- (PG-13) 3:45 10:50-1:40-4:20 Kamikakushi) (PG) 7:00 11:30-12:00-12:30-1:00-1:30- Inside Out 2 3D (PG) 2:20 12:30-2:45-5:00-7:30-9:35
Sound of Hope: The Story of Inside Out 2 (PG) CC: 10:45- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) 2:20-2:50-3:20-3:50-5:20-6:00- A Quiet Place: Day One (PG-13) Despicable Me 4 (PG) 12:20-
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

NEITHER SIDE VULNERABLE

NORTH
♠ KJ
♥ 6532
♦ K 10 7 4
♣ A62
WEST (D) EAST
♠ 75 ♠ 10 8 6 2
♥ AKQ984 ♥ J 10
♦ 83 ♦ J952 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ K98 ♣ J 10 3
SOUTH
♠ AQ943
♥ 7
♦ AQ6
♣ Q754

The bidding:
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1♥ Pass Pass Dbl
2♥ 3♦ Pass 3♠
Pass 4♠ All Pass
Opening lead — ♥ K CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE LESTER
MIKE DU JOUR

I t was only the second week

of the month, but Unlucky
Louie approached me in the
club lounge, asking for a
loan. (Admittedly, he always
pays me back.)
“I’m so broke,” Louie com-
plained, “that if a burglar
broke into my house looking
for cash, I would just laugh
and help him look.”
HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
Louie would be cash flush RHYMES WITH ORANGE
if he didn’t lose consistently
in his penny games. He attri-
butes his failures to bad luck
when bad technique is the
issue. At today’s four spades,
Louie ruffed West’s second
high heart, took dummy’s K-J
of trumps, led a diamond to
his queen and drew trumps,
leaving him with none. West
pitched hearts. MARK TATULLI
LIO MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
Louie then took the A-K
of diamonds. When West
threw a club, Louie shrugged,
cashed dummy’s ace of clubs
and lost the rest. Down one.
Louie tossed away 470
points. After he took his dia-
mond tricks, he could lead
a heart from dummy at the
10th trick. West could cash
two hearts but would then
have to lead a club from his CHRIS BROWNE
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
king, conceding the contract.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠AQ943♥7
♦AQ6♣Q754
Your partner opens one
heart, you respond one
spade and he bids two clubs.
What do you say?
ANSWER: If partner has a
minimum hand such as 2, A
Q 10 8 4, K 7, K J 9 3, with BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
good hearts and weak clubs,
you probably belong at 3NT.
But he could hold 2, A 8 6 5
3, K 7, A K 10 6 3, and then
six clubs would be a heavy
favorite. Bid two diamonds,
a forcing “fourth-suit” call,
to let partner make another
descriptive bid.
— Frank Stewart
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | JULY 10
The Moon is in
Virgo.You are steady,
purposeful and
focused. You work
diligently for what you want.
You are both modest and
flamboyant. This is a year of
teaching and learning. Take
time to renew your spiritual or
religious beliefs.
Moon Alert: There are no
HEART OF THE CITY STEENZ JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY restrictions to shopping or
important decisions today.
The Moon is in Virgo.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
Keep your wits about you
today. As this day wears on,
you’ll become more and more
productive. In particular, you
will get a lot done at home
or in a family business. This
is a particularly good day
to listen to the advice of
others who are older or more
experienced.
TAURUS
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL (APRIL 20-MAY 20).
You can learn a lot today.
In fact, you might want to
burn the midnight oil and
study into the night to grasp
what you really want to
understand. Someone older
or more experienced might
help you.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Later today is an excellent
time for you to make important
business decisions or
decisions about what to
do with your belongings,
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK property and wealth. These
ideas will affect your long-term
future.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
This is an excellent day
for important discussions
about politics, religion and
educational matters. You also
might look into the details
and learn more information
about travel plans. Some of
you will learn more about
other countries and different
cultures.
LEO
DUSTIN STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER FLASH GORDON DAN SCHKADE
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
Research and behind-the-
scenes activities will yield
valuable information for you
today. This could relate to
important financial matters
that deal with taxes, estates,
wills or inheritances.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
This is a positive day for you.
You still have the advantage of
having the Moon in your sign.
Furthermore, discussions with
friends and colleagues, as well
as partners and close friends,
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important information for you.
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
It will be to your advantage
today to listen to bosses,
parents, teachers and people
in authority. They might have
practical advice for you.
They also might teach you
something especially helpful to
your job or your health.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
Later today, you’ll find it easy
to study and learn. You might
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT explore new avenues about
politics, religion or any subject
at the university or college
level. You might learn practical
information about caring for
children.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Discussions about shared
property, banking, taxes,
debt or inheritances will be
practical and productive
today. Someone older (or in
the family) might get involved,
perhaps with advice or positive
input that is helpful to you.
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK CAPRICORN
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
No matter how much you
know, there’s always room to
learn more. Today a friend,
spouse or partner might teach
you some information that will
help you in your daily world.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
This is a productive day! And
it becomes more productive
as it wears on, which is why
you might work this evening.
Not only will you accomplish a
lot, you might learn something
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PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
You’ll be successful teaching
or training children today.
This is also a good day to
work in the entertainment
world or the hospitality
industry to perfect and
hone a technique. Practical
discussions about vacation
plans will please you.
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‘Sunny’ creates a pared-down world — and does a lot with it
TV REVIEW from C1
also believed — because he told
her as much during their 10
years together — that masa
worked on refrigerators, not ro-
bots. This, then, is the mystery
Suzie is roped into solving while
Sunny worms her way into her
owner’s (and viewers’) good
graces through acts of service,
gentle questions and spurts of
benevolent disobedience. As-
sisting Suzie in her inquiries is
mixxy (Annie the Clumsy), a
bartender who alerts her to a
thriving black market for bits of
code that people buy to hack
homebots into performing other
functions. Surveilling Suzie and
Sunny is Hime, the ambitious
daughter of an ailing Yakuza
leader. She’s soft-spoken, she’s
deliciously creepy, and she des-
perately wants to acquire a de-
finitive hacker’s guide to home-
bots, known as “The Dark manu-
al.” (This is also the name of the
Colin o’Sullivan novel on which
“Sunny” is based.) Armed with
that code, which masa appears
to have had a hand in writing,
Hime hopes to outsource execu-
tions, consolidate power and
take over when her father dies.
But the show’s real story isn’t
the homebot, the code that could
hack it or Sunny’s growing sen-
tience, which is competently
(and sometimes movingly) ren-
dered. The heart of the series is
humbler and peppered with de-
ceptively simple questions, such
as, “Why did my father hate me?”
(Another, which one character
regards as a programming chal-
lenge, concerns teaching a robot
the difference between “trash”
Our friendship made me uncomfortable, so I ghosted him. Now I feel guilty.
Dear Eric: I did a
Asking bad thing: I
Eric ghosted a friend.
r. Eric The friendship
Thomas made me
uncomfortable. I
thought he had
romantic feelings for me, or
maybe he just wanted more from
the relationship than I did.
Since I had moved to a
different city, I became very slow
to respond to texts/calls and
basically stopped. Then the
pandemic hit, and he reached
out to see whether I was okay,
and still I did not respond. This
was cruel. I think about it
regularly and have spent therapy
dollars talking about it, and still
I have done nothing.
I hurt someone who cared
about me, and I want to
apologize for that, but I don’t
want to open the door to a
relationship. Can you help?
— Disappearing Friend
Friend: You may have ghosted,
Try new foods
Judy Ongg, pictured at top, as Noriko and Rashida Jones, above, as Suzie Sakamoto conjure a whole world (and a prickly shared
past) out of the characters’ habitual hostility in Apple TV Plus’s “Sunny.” The robot Sunny (voiced by Joanna Sotomura) worms
her way into Suzie’s (and viewers’) good graces through acts of service, gentle questions and spurts of benevolent disobedience.
and “not trash.”)
Compounding Suzie’s grief at
the loss of her family is her
dawning realization that she may
not have known the one person
(besides her son) with whom
she’d managed to meaningfully
connect. The show turns on her
fear of what ugly things she
might discover about him and
her growing horror that she
might be mourning something
that never existed — and may
have lost her son as a result. This
— the “What did I miss?” ques-
tion, with all its abject loneliness
but you’re the one being
haunted. The way to exorcize
your guilt is to own up to your
part and see whether there’s a
way to make amends. That being
said, it’s important to listen to
your initial discomfort.
You’re not obligated to put
yourself in a position that could
harm you as recompense for an
unkind act. So proceed with
caution here: make a script with
your therapist, and figure out
what your goals are. You don’t
want to reestablish a connection;
you just want to clear the air.
Consider a letter instead of a
phone call or text. I think you’re
holding yourself to a stricter
standard than you need to and
are causing yourself misery.
friendships ebb and flow all
the time. Sometimes the hardest
part is acknowledging that a
connection has changed or
doesn’t feel right anymore. I
asked Anna Goldfarb, author of
“modern friendship: How to
Nurture our most Valued
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— is the show’s driving tension.
And “Sunny” isn’t “Big Little
Lies” or “The Undoing,” where
the answer identifies a monster
and resolves. If anything, the
reverse is true: As the thriller
plot gets punchier and more
predictable, the show’s medita-
tions on what went wrong or
unsaid between masa and Suzie
get smaller. more tender. more
precise.
“Sunny” will no doubt garner
comparisons to “Lost in Transla-
tion,” Sofia Coppola’s 2003 trea-
tise on American loneliness in
Connections” and the Substack
newsletter friendship Explained,
for a helpful script:
“I like the ‘gracious, direct and
warm’ method when declining
invitations,” Goldfarb said.
“‘Thank you for reaching out,
Becky (gracious), but I’m not
available to get together for
lunch this week (direct). Have a
great day! (warm).’ repeat as
necessary.”
By the way, when talking
about your situation with
Goldfarb, she had a different
read than I did; it’s worth
considering:
“Studies show social rejection
hurts as much as physical pain,
so you feel like you’ve harmed
him and are racked with guilt.
But I’m not convinced an
apology is in order. We are not
morally obligated to respond to
sporadic unsolicited messages
from acquaintances who live in
other cities. That’s the risk this
friend took in texting you out of
the blue; you may not respond.
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Japan. And to Apple TV Plus’s
“Severance,” which also uses a
little modest futurism to interro-
gate grief and disconnection. But
“Sunny’s” more relevant counter-
part is probably “Eric,” the re-
cently released Netflix show in
which Benedict Cumberbatch
plays a host of a beloved chil-
dren’s show whose son goes miss-
ing. Both series make their grief-
stricken protagonist unlikable.
Both outfit the parent with a
therapeutic but inanimate com-
panion during their search for
answers (a giant puppet in “Eric,”
Them’s the breaks!”
What you want to focus on is
your emotional health and well-
being. Sometimes we don’t get it
right when communicating with
other people. We can always
apologize and try to do better,
but you don’t have to torture
yourself with what you imagine
is your former friend’s emotional
state.
Dear Eric: I have an extremely
close friend who lives in
“parking challenged” Los
Angeles and uses a handicap
parking sticker for pure
convenience.
He was initially issued this
permit more than 10 years ago
from his orthopedic surgeon,
when he had hip replacement
surgery. The permit is
automatically reissued to him
without the necessity of proving
its continued need. He hasn’t
done anything to dispel this, but
I find this distasteful, and it
makes me think less of him. I am
the washington post
a robot in “Sunny”). Both are
technically thrillers in thrall to a
pretextual and only semi-coher-
ent story involving organized
crime. Both treat their missing
boys as beautiful but largely
symbolic ciphers. Both are
named after their chief gimmick,
and both build up to a highly
predictable, over-telegraphed
twist.
But “Sunny” succeeds where
“Eric” falls short. Whereas the
latter flailed in an admirable but
weakly executed effort to fold
racism (and the AIDS epidemic
a physician, and in my state
(Illinois), issuing handicap
permits is highly regulated.
Should I confront him on this?
— Sticker Shock
Sticker: You should speak up for
the sake of your friendship. This
is going to keep festering. You
may be wondering whether there
are other areas where you and
your friend see morality
differently and what that might
mean. This doesn’t have to sever
your friendship, but keeping
your thoughts inside will only
magnify them.
Now, your friend may have a
reason for continuing to need
the permit, which you may not
know about. He’s not required to
disclose his medical status to
you, and you shouldn’t press, but
be open to the possibility that it’s
not just for pure convenience.
None of us should ever judge
someone for using a handicap
permit just because they don’t
“look” disabled.
. wednesday, july 10 , 2024
PhoTos by APPle TV Plus
and homophobia and civic cor-
ruption in 1980s New York) into
a fable about mental illness,
narcissism, gentrification and
addiction, “Sunny” is understat-
ed and focused. Its themes are
few. Its world is pared down. The
show’s version of Japan is — save
for one memorable episode paro-
dying Japanese TV — more work-
aday than exotic. Even its futur-
ism is curated, restrained. The
homebots are charmingly sim-
ple, practically buttonless. The
devices people use in lieu of
cellphones are only slightly for-
eign, and in a cozy, analog way.
(Instead of screens, they’re small
projectors.) Although both
shows feature great perform-
ances given the (extremely chal-
lenging) circumstances, Jones’s
quiet, precise, matter-of-fact
work opposite the robot endows
their scenes together with the
virtuosic specificity of a seasoned
miniaturist.
I worry, therefore, given the
goofy cliffhanger with which the
first season concludes, that the
show misunderstands its
strengths. These do not include
“realistic action sequences” or
tight plotting. But I’ll devour
that second season if it comes,
because I desperately want more
of the proud, tetchy, immersive,
oddly relatable world it builds
around Suzie and Noriko and
mixxy. If that’s leavened by some
artificial intelligence theory and
a few over-the-top Yakuza scenes,
so much the better.
Sunny (10 episodes) premieres
Wednesday with two episodes on
Apple TV Plus. subsequent episodes
will air weekly.
However, if it is for
convenience, he may see this as a
victimless offense, which isn’t
technically true. If he’s in the last
handicap-designated space,
where does a person with
mobility issues park? You don’t
have to get into a political debate
with your friend. Some might
argue that all of this is the city of
Los Angeles’s fault for not
properly regulating its parking
stickers.
okay, fine. That’s neither here
nor there in your friendship. We
owe it to our friends, and to
society, to “call them in” when we
see them doing something that
might be harmful to themselves
or others.
send questions to R. eric Thomas at
eric@askingeric.com or P.o. box
22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110.
Follow him on Instagram and sign up
for his weekly newsletter at
rericthomas.com.
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With help from 16-year-old lamine Yamal, spain beats lionel Messi’s Argentina denies upset-minded canada not seen since the 2018 season, gold pants are slated
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Small lapse
looms large
for Irvin,
Nationals
mets 7,
nationals 5
Two-out walk sparks
four-run second inning

BY A NDREW G OLDEN

nEW YORK — One of Dave Marti-

nez’s biggest pet peeves: when a
pitcher records the first two outs
of an inning, then walks the third
batter. It has been a concern for
the manager less frequently this
season; the Washington nation-
als’ pitching renaissance emerged
from a focus on attacking the
strike zone.
But Tuesday night at Citi Field,
Jake Irvin’s brief lapse of focus
snowballed into a painful second
inning during a 7-5 loss to the
new York Mets that opened a
three-game series.
Irvin recorded the first two
outs of the second, then walked
Jeff Mcneil — the Mets’ no. 8
hitter — on five pitches. It was no
big deal until Harrison Bader and
Francisco Lindor singled to give
the Mets a 1-0 lead. Two pitches
later, Brandon nimmo hit a three-
run homer to the opposite field. A
harmless two-out walk had
turned into a four-run inning.
“It’s my job to keep guys off the
base paths,” Irvin said. “And walk-
ing guys with two outs is unac-
ceptable.”
On the homer, rookie left field-
er James Wood took a few steps
back and appeared ready to settle
under a flyball. But he kept mov-
stEPH cHAMbErs/gEttY iMAgEs ing back as the ball kept carrying
angel Reese, left, with teammate Chennedy Carter, recently set a WNba record with her 13th straight double-double. the sky star has played just 20 career games. and eventually cleared the fence.
Per Baseball savant, it would have

Too good to be the bad guy

Sky rookie Reese has proved her worth. She doesn’t have to pretend to be the heel anymore.
There’s a good way to tell
when Angel Reese is
rolling. Then, and pretty
much only then, she’ll
start snarling.
Reese loves feeding into
Candace her “Barbie” branding.
Buckner she won’t take the floor
before applying her
feathery eyelashes and rouge blush, for
heaven’s sake. Yet she also thrives in
playing the part of the “bad guy.”
Women’s basketball’s villain. The Anti-
Caitlin. so, in an exaggerated, put-on
way, she’ll curl up one side of her lip and
look like the meanest, baddest so-and-so
in the WnBA. That stank face of hers will
make highlight shows and drive up
television ratings. Audiences can’t get
enough of the bad guy.
Problem is, she’s just too good for that
role.
Reese, the 6-foot-3 Chicago sky rookie,
set a WnBA record sunday with her 13th
consecutive double-double. Think about
that. This league, nearly three decades
old, has featured outstanding centers
such as sylvia Fowles and Lisa Leslie,
chairwomen of the boards such as Tina
Charles and Tamika Catchings, power
been a home run in just 14 of 30
MLB parks.
Irvin lasted six innings and
allowed six runs — all of them
with two outs. (The Mets added a
run against Jordan Weems in the
eighth.) The 27-year-old was an
all-star candidate who has im-
pressed throughout his second
forwards who could also get buckets MLB season, but Tuesday’s rough
such as Lauren Jackson and Candace outing boosted his ERA to 3.13 as
Parker. And Reese needed just 20 games he equaled the most runs he has
to accomplish something even those allowed this season. His other
legends of the past could not. Though six-run outing came April 24 in a
some might have believed the 2024 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers,
rookie of the year award was wrapped up who were his opponent for a
the moment Caitlin Clark went no. 1 to second consecutive start.
the Indiana Fever, Reese has interrupted Irvin faced the same scenario
that coronation, barging in with her Tuesday. On Thursday at nation-
shiny tiara and snarling mean-mug. als Park, he pitched eight one-hit
Reese’s game proves her worth. she innings and struck out eight in a
doesn’t have to pretend to be the heel 1-0 win over the Mets. Jose Quin-
anymore. tana opposed him that day and
sEE buCkNeR On d6 tossed seven innings of scoreless
ball himself, allowing four hits.
Quintana was even better Tues-
day, allowing one hit in seven
sEE NatioNals On d5

Nationals at Mets
7 p.m., MAsn

At USA Basketball camp, Tennis and a marathon: Wimbledon takes its time
Flagg steals the show Relentless summer rain
Teenage prodigy impresses the Paris-bound pros
BY B EN G OLLIVER
laS VEgaS — Before Cooper
Flagg emerged as the world’s
leading teenage basketball prodi-
gy, he spent childhood winters in
Maine ice fishing with his father
and two brothers.
Amid the scorching nevada
summer heat, the 17-year-old
turned in an impressive stretch
of all-around play in a scrimmage
against UsA Basketball’s nation-
al team Monday that is bound to
be mythologized like a fishing
tale as his promising career un-
folds.
Media members weren’t al-
lowed to watch the entire scrim-
mage between the team that’s
headed to the Paris Olympics, led
by LeBron James and stephen
Curry, and the select team, com-
posed primarily of young nBA
players and Flagg, who will be a
freshman at Duke this fall. Offi-
cial stats weren’t kept for the
sity affair, according to a UsA
Basketball official. And steve
Kerr, coach of the national team,
declined to comment on Flagg’s
sterling showing, citing nBA
rules that prohibit public state-
ments about players who aren’t
yet draft eligible.
As soon as the gym doors
opened to reporters, though,
Flagg drew chuckles and gasps by
taking over the scrimmage with
an 11-point flurry to lead a select
team comeback. The 39-year-old
James, who knows a hoops prodi-
gy when he sees one, sought out
Flagg for a congratulatory pat on
the butt after the national team
barely held on for a 74-73 victory.
Flagg, a 6-foot-8 forward who
became the first college player to
earn a select team invite in more
than a decade, showed why he is
projected to be the no. 1 pick in
the 2025 nBA draft. The polished
wing started his scoring burst
with a three-pointer from the left
and five-set matches
make event feel endless
BY A VA W ALLACE
WIMBlEdOn, England — Be-
yond the relentless rain and the
bummer rash of injuries that
forced several big-name players
out of the tournament, there re-
mains one dominant pattern at
this year’s Wimbledon: The
matches in the men’s draw are
taking their sweet time.
When no. 5 Daniil Medvedev
upset top-seeded Jannik sinner,
6-7 (9-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-3, in
the first quarterfinal Tuesday un-
der a closed roof on Centre Court
— it was raining again — it was the
36th match to go five sets. That’s a
record for a Grand slam in the
Open era, which began in 1968.
And the second quarterfinal
sEE WiMbledoN On d12
Wimbledon, quarterfinals HEnrY nicHolls/AgEncE FrAncE-PrEssE/gEttY iMAgEs

traditional varsity vs. junior var- sEE Flagg On d5 8 a.m., EsPn, EsPn2 daniil Medvedev upset top-seeded Jannik sinner in the 36th match to go five sets at this Wimbledon.
d2
oLYMPICS
investigator supports
WaDa in china case
An investigator backed the
World Anti-Doping Agency’s
handling of a doping case
involving 23 Chinese swimmers
while also publishing notes
highlighting WADA’s own science
director expressing doubts about
China’s explanation of how the
athletes had been subject to
contamination.
WADA released an interim
report Tuesday from the Swiss
prosecutor it chose for the probe,
Eric Cottier, who concluded he
found no evidence that WADA
showed favoritism toward China
in its handling of the case.
Cottier also said WADA made a
“reasonable” decision by taking
the word of authorities in China
who determined the swimmers
ingested a banned heart
medication, residue of which was
found in a kitchen at the hotel
where the athletes were staying.
In an annex to his interim
report, Cottier described WADA
chief scientist Olivier Rabin as
unable to exclude the
contamination scenario and so
faced with “no other solution
than to accept it, even if he
continued to have doubts about
the reality of contamination as
described by the Chinese
authorities.” ...
About the only real surprise
when the U.S. track and field
roster came out was who didn’t
make the list: Athing Mu.
Although the middle-distance
runner didn’t qualify at the U.S.
trials to defend her 800-meter
Olympic title, she figured to be
under consideration for a spot in
the relay pool. Instead, one of the
biggest names in track will be left
on the sideline for the Paris
Games.
As expected, Noah Lyles,
Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby
Thomas and Sydney
McLaughlin-Levrone were all on
a U.S. roster that boasted more
than 100 athletes. The squad
includes four reigning Olympic
champions: McLaughlin-Levrone
(400-meter hurdles), Ryan
Crouser (shot put), Katie Moon
(pole vault) and Valarie Allman
(discus).
Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old
from Bullis School who turned in
dazzling times to finish sixth in
the 400 meters at the trials, and
sprinter Christian Coleman are
in the relay pool.
Karissa Schweizer and Grant
Fisher both earned spots in the
5,000- and 10,000-meter races.
Some shuffling took place
coming out of the trials, with Elle
St. Pierre electing to concentrate
on the 1,500 meters and scratch
the 5,000. The spot went to
Parker Valby, but the runner
from the University of Florida
decided that she would focus on
just the 10,000. That led to
Whittni Morgan getting the spot
in the 5,000 after taking fifth at
the trials. …
Taylor Knibb resigned from
her position on the U.S. cycling
team for the road race at the Paris
Olympics and will be replaced by
Kristen Faulkner, who already
had been picked to compete with
the American pursuit squad in
the velodrome.
The decision by Knibb was not
entirely surprising. Her specialty
is the triathlon, and the two-time
defending women’s Ironman
70.3 world champion long has
planned to compete in that event
at her second consecutive
Summer Games. …
Joost Luiten won the battle in
a Dutch court to play in the
Olympics. That wasn’t enough for
the International Olympic
Committee, which denied a
request to add him to the field for
men’s golf at the Paris Games.
Antony Scanlan, executive
director of the International Golf
Federation, said the Dutch court
ruling merely directed its
Olympic committee to send
Luiten to the Olympics. …
World 200-meter champion
and Olympic favorite Shericka
Jackson pulled up with an
apparent injury late in a race as
part of the Hungarian Athletics
Grand Prix.
The Jamaican standout was in
front and nearing the finish line
when she suddenly shut it down.
Jackson appeared to be in
discomfort as she walked off the
track in a race won by Julien
Alfred of St. Lucia. …
French marathon runner
Mehdi Frere will miss his home
Olympics after receiving a
two-year suspension for breaking
anti-doping rules, his lawyer,
Laurent Fellous, confirmed.
SoCCEr
change of travel plans
disrupts Dutch team
The Netherlands’ preparations
for its match against England in
the European Championship
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THE DAY IN SPORTS
Hines-Allen, whose sister
Myisha plays for the Washington
Mystics, announced the change
on social media and cited legacy,
pride and maintaining family
tradition and joy with the
hyphenated name on the back of
his No. 41 jersey. ...
Former Cleveland Browns star
quarterback Bernie Kosar was
diagnosed with cirrhosis of the
liver and Parkinson’s disease,
according to a story in Cleveland
Magazine.
The 60-year-old is on the list
for a liver transplant, though
University Hospitals hepatologist
Anthony Post told the magazine
that Kosar has improved since the
year started.
Pro BASkETBALL
cunningham, pistons
reach deal on extension
Cade Cunningham and the
Detroit Pistons agreed on a five-
year contract extension worth at
least $224 million, two people
familiar with the situation told
the Associated Press.
The deal could reach nearly
$270 million if Cunningham
becomes eligible for a supermax
extension, according to the two
people, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity because
the team had yet to announce the
agreement.
Detroit drafted Cunningham
No. 1 overall in 2021, and the
former Oklahoma State star has
had individual success amid hard
times for the franchise.
The 6-foot-6 point guard has
averaged 20 points, 6.5 assists
and five rebounds in his career,
FILIP sINGEr/EPA-EFE/shuTTErsToCK including an injury-shortened
second season. …
Photo finished The Los Angeles Sparks signed
a five-year extension to continue
A pitch invader took a selfie with Kylian Mbappé during France’s Euro semifinal game against Spain in Munich on Tuesday.
playing their home games at
Crypto.com Arena through 2029.
The team shares the arena with
the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and
NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. The
NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers have
left for their own new arena in
S Po TL IG hT: So CCE r nearby Inglewood.
CoLLEGES
Yamal helps La Roja reach the Euro final no ban for Gordon,
hot water for Gundy
BY D ANIELLA M ATAR the back post that was headed in by Oklahoma State football coach
Spain 2, Randal Kolo Muani. Mike Gundy said NCAA rushing
MUNICH — Spain reached the European France 1 But there was no stopping Yamal’s champion Ollie Gordon II will
Championship final with a 2-1 victory stunning equalizer in the 21st minute as not miss any games because of his
over France on Tuesday with 16-year-old he became the youngest player ever to recent arrest on suspicion of
Lamine Yamal becoming the youngest- 16-year-old becomes youngest score at a men’s European Championship driving under the influence, then
ever scorer at the tournament. to score in tournament history when he curled the ball past Mike Maig- later had to clarify what he meant
France took an early lead when Randal nan and in off the left post from 25 yards. when discussing his decision.
Kolo Muani headed in a cross from Kylian And Spain turned the match around When talking with ESPNU at
Mbappé, who played without a mask, they proved it again tonight,” France completely four minutes later when Big 12 football media days, Gundy
before Yamal’s moment of brilliance in Coach Didier Deschamps said. “Even Olmo’s goal-bound shot was turned into said drinking two, three or four
the 21st minute. Dani Olmo scored what though we were fortunate to open the the net by France defender Jules Koundé. beers could put someone around
was to prove the winner four minutes scoring, Spain made things difficult for us.” It was originally adjudged by UEFA to the legal limit.
later. There was surprise in Munich when have been an own-goal but was later “I’m not justifying what Ollie
“We were in a difficult stretch after not Mbappé took to the field without the awarded to Olmo. did,” he said during the network
expecting to concede so early. I just took mask he has been wearing since getting “We are very close, just one more step segment, adding that no one got
the ball and wanted to put it right there. I his nose broken in Les Bleus’ opening to go. It is incredible what the team is hurt. “I thought, I’ve probably
am very happy,” Yamal said. group game at Euro 2024. doing. We deserve to be in the final, one done that a thousand times in my
La Roja, which is chasing a record Mbappé had been complaining the step from glory,” Olmo said. “Whether it is life, and, you know, which is fine,
fourth European Championship title, will mask was impeding him, and ditching it my goal or Koundé’s, it doesn’t matter. A so I got lucky. People get lucky.
play England or the Netherlands in the appeared to have an immediate effect as goal is a goal. The important thing is that Ollie made a decision that he
final Sunday in Berlin. he created the game’s opening goal in the we are in the final.” wishes he could have done better.”
“We knew they were a great team, and ninth minute with a tantalizing cross to — Associated Press The coach later tried to clarify
what he meant in a post on X.
“My intended point today ...
was that we are all guilty of
making bad decisions. It was not
TE LEvISIoN A Nd r Ad Io a reference to something
specific,” the coach wrote. ...
Gymnast Olivia Dunne will
MLB SoCCEr return for a fifth season at LSU,
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WDCN (87.7 FM)
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national championship.
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WTEM (980 AM)
NBA SuMMEr LEAGuE
Force exits Va. hospital
7 p.m. California Classic: Miami vs. Los Angeles Lakers » EsPN2 to move closer to home
7 p.m. Salt Lake City: Memphis vs. oklahoma City » NBA TV
9 p.m. Salt Lake City: Philadelphia at utah » EsPN2 John Force left a Virginia
10 p.m. California Classic: Sacramento at Golden State » NBA TV hospital to move to a
rehabilitation center closer to his
home in California, and the
NHRA great celebrated the news
by taking his daughter for ice
cream on her birthday.
semifinals were disrupted when it Croatian forward Stipe Biuk federal appeals court to revive a was “taking from the Brittany Force wrote on social
had to rearrange travel plans to completed a transfer from Los defamation lawsuit Favre filed underserved,” that he “stole media that the stroll outside the
host city Dortmund because of a Angeles FC in MLS to Spanish against a fellow Pro Football money from people that really hospital — Force appears to be in
“blockage” on a train line. side Real Valladolid. Hall of Fame member, former needed that money” and that a wheelchair and has a cast on his
The Dutch were due to get a MLS said in a statement that tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid someone would have to be a sorry right arm — was in celebration of
train from Wolfsburg to Valladolid exercised an option to the backdrop of a Mississippi person “to steal from the lowest of her 38th birthday.
Dortmund, but the service was acquire the 21-year-old, who had welfare scandal that is one of the the low.” … Force suffered a traumatic
canceled, the team said. been at Valladolid on loan since state’s largest public corruption Former Carolina Panthers brain injury in a fiery, 300-mph
The squad instead was having January and helped the team cases. executive and Arizona Cardinals crash at the Virginia Nationals
to fly about 190 miles to earn promotion to La Liga. … A federal judge in Mississippi star safety Adrian Wilson was last month. …
Dortmund, forcing the Former Wales captain Craig threw out the lawsuit in October, arrested in Arizona on June 1 on Jasper Philipsen won a
cancellation of the Netherlands’ Bellamy was hired to coach the saying Sharpe used charges of assault, property thrilling sprint to earn his first
planned pre-match news national team until 2028. constitutionally protected speech damage and disorderly conduct, stage victory of this Tour de
conference at Westfalenstadion Bellamy, who was a striker with on a sports broadcast when he according to the Scottsdale France cycling race after finishing
with Coach Ronald Koeman and Liverpool, Manchester City and criticized Favre’s connection to Police Department. runner-up twice last week.
defender Nathan Aké. … Newcastle, has most recently the welfare misspending case. The police department said in Biniam Girmay was runner-up
The American owners of been assistant coach at Burnley in Favre’s lawyer, Amit Vora, a statement that all three charges a second time and Pascal
Liverpool are looking to purchase the English Premier League. This told three judges from the 5th are misdemeanors related to Ackermann was third on the 10th
French club Bordeaux as they will be his first senior coaching U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in domestic violence. The statement stage from Orléans to Saint-
seek to expand their soccer role. New Orleans that the lawsuit didn’t provide details of the Amand-Montrond.
portfolio. should be revived, arguing that incident that led to the arrest. ... The overall leaders stayed the
Bordeaux said the project to Pro FooTBALL Sharpe accused Favre, who has The Jacksonville Jaguars’ star same. Tadej Pogacar retained the
sell a majority stake to Fenway not been charged with a crime, of pass rusher changed his name to yellow jersey with the same
Sports Group has been presented Favre’s lawyers want theft. Josh Hines-Allen from Josh 33-second gap on Remco
to the Direction Nationale du defamation suit revived Sharpe said during a Allen to honor his maternal Evenepoel and more than a
Contrôle de Gestion, which September 2022 broadcast of the family and relatives who have minute on two-time defending
monitors the finances of French Lawyers for retired NFL Fox Sports show “Skip and worn that surname on their champion Jonas Vingegaard.
clubs. … quarterback Brett Favre asked a Shannon: Undisputed” that Favre jerseys. — From news services
wednesday, july 10 , 2024
‘Maybe someday’ has finally arrived for new Caps general manager Patrick
After steady rise through
organization, 48-year-old
takes over for MacLellan
BY B AILEY J OHNSON
A decade ago, when Brian Mac-
Lellan was the interim general
manager of the Washington Capi-
tals, Chris Patrick — then a pro
scout in the organization — met
with him over a drink to discuss
the future.
“He said to me, ‘Do you ever
think about doing something like
this?’” Patrick recalled. “I said:
‘Yeah. I’m not ready now, but
maybe someday.’”
A decade later, he was ready —
100 percent ready, Patrick said at
his introductory news conference
Tuesday. Patrick was named the
seventh general manager in Capi-
tals history a day earlier, taking
over for MacLellan, who will re-
main as the president of hockey
operations but hand over the
day-to-day reins to Patrick.
Patrick, 48, enters the role after
a season of working hand-in-
hand with MacLellan as associate
copA AméricA
Messi-led Argentina advances to final by ending Canada’s respectable run
ARGENTINA 2,
CANADA 0
BY T HOMAS F LOYD
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The
U.S. men’s national soccer team
had been eliminated for more
than a week by the time Argentina
took the field against an upstart
Canadian squad in Tuesday
night’s Copa América semifinal at
MetLife Stadium. Yet the match
featured a native son trying to
solve the Lionel Messi-led World
Cup champions all the same.
For Canada Coach Jesse
Marsch, the onetime U.S. mid-
fielder who played college soccer
at Princeton an hour down the
New Jersey Turnpike and coached
the New York Red Bulls from 2015
to 2018, the 2-0 loss capped a run
that can be interpreted as both a
telling bellwether and an undeni-
able boon.
By advancing to Copa América’s
final four and hanging with the
World Cup champions for the sec-
ond time in three weeks, Canada
showcased its ascent to soccer re-
spectability. By failing to score for
the second straight meeting with
Argentina and exiting the tourna-
ment with two goals in five match-
es, the Canadians also put their
shortcomings on display.
“I know that they’re very disap-
pointed, but I’m very proud of
them,” Marsch said. “We’ve had a
wonderful five weeks together, six
weeks together, and it’s gone way
better than any of us could have
scripted. So there’s still a lot of
work to do, but we’ve built a really
good foundation.”
Argentina, meanwhile, cleared
the last hurdle on the path to its
sixth Copa América final in the
past eight tournaments. Powered
by Julián Álvarez’s early opener
and Messi’s second-half insurance
tally, Argentina bewitched an an-
nounced crowd of 80,102 and
moved to 17-1-1 since lifting the
World Cup in 2022.
La Albiceleste will face the win-
ner of Wednesday’s semifinal be-
tween Colombia and Uruguay for
the title Sunday night at Hard
Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens,
Fla.
“It is harder and harder, and the
bar is up high,” Argentina Coach
Lionel Scaloni said, via an inter-
preter, of reaching another title
game. “Everyone thinks it is very
easy and straightforward, and
Canada has shown today that it is
United acquires Enow in $2.2 million transfer deal
BY S TEVEN G OFF
D.C. United reached a verbal
agreement with Israeli club Mac-
cabi Netanya to acquire Cameroo-
nian midfielder Boris Enow in a
$2.2 million transfer deal, people
familiar with the move said Tues-
day.
Barring last-minute complica-
tions, the 24-year-old will sign a
multiyear contract and become
eligible when the MLS transfer
window opens July 18. United,
which is in last place in the East-
ern Conference, will have nine
regular season matches left at
that point.
Enow would become the third
player acquired by United ahead
of the summer window, joining
Austrian left back David Schnegg
and MLS veteran forward Dom-
. the washington post
general manager, steadily taking
on more responsibility around
the Capitals and spending more
time traveling with the team.
Patrick’s previous role as assis-
tant general manager meant he
primarily spent his time with the
Hershey Bears of the American
Hockey League and managed the
professional scouting staff, mak-
ing him less present in Washing-
ton — but that started to change
over the past year as MacLellan’s
succession plan was put in mo-
tion.
MacLellan added president of
hockey operations to his title last
season, at the same time that
Patrick was promoted to associ-
ate GM, laying the groundwork
for the transition that was made
official this week.
“He’s grown his skill set. I’ve
been a big part of watching him
grow and develop from being a
scout to what he’s been doing
recently, managing Hershey,
managing our pro staff,” MacLel-
lan said. “[He] has a great skill
set, has really worked hard to
develop it, has an all-around
background in the game and has
made sure that he’s accumulat-
ed the skills and the experience
to get to the point where he is
Always the center of attention, Lionel Messi gets accolades from his teammates after scoring a second-half insurance goal for Argentina.
not an easy task.”
Tuesday was a rematch after
Argentina opened the tourna-
ment — a special edition of South
America’s revered championship,
expanded to feature six guests
from North and Central America
and the Caribbean — with a tena-
cious 2-0 win over Canada in At-
lanta. Once the teams advanced
from Group A, they each survived
a quarterfinal shootout last week
as Argentina edged Ecuador in
Houston and Canada ousted Ven-
ezuela in Arlington, Tex.
Restored to the lineup after
consecutive games as a substitute,
Álvarez took 22 minutes to repay
Scaloni’s faith. Finding space be-
tween Canada’s center backs, Ál-
varez deftly collected a clipped
pass from Rodrigo De Paul and
sneaked a shot through goalkeep-
er Maxime Crépeau’s legs to put
Argentina on top.
After limiting further damage
before halftime, Canada saw its
deficit double in the 51st minute.
inique Badji. The trio’s first po-
tential appearance could come in
a July 20 friendly against Scottish
champion Celtic at Audi Field.
United officials declined to
comment.
Enow, a defensive midfielder,
has played three seasons for Mac-
cabi Netanya, starting 83 matches
and scoring three times in league
play. Previously, he was with the
second teams at Lens in France
and Porto in Portugal. He made
one appearance with Cameroon’s
under-20 national team.
United’s interest, first reported
by the Athletic, seemed to hit a
dead end last week because of
financial differences. “It’s not
looking likely,” a team official said
at the time. Enow would have had
to become a designated player,
the highest salary classification
Chris Patrick has been part of the Capitals for 16 seasons. “I never
had this as an end goal when I first got back into the game,” he said.
today. ... I’ve had a firsthand
seat, developed a friendship, a
working relationship. There’s a
lot of trust there. He’s been a big
part of what we’ve accomplished
Alexis Mac Allister and Argentina head to Sunday’s final after
staving off a challenge from Richie Laryea and upstart Canada.
in MLS. (United already has the
maximum three DPs.)
But further negotiations this
week allowed United to acquire
Enow and fit him onto the roster
using targeted allocation money,
the second level of league salaries.
Jackson Hopkins, a natural at-
tacker, and Matti Peltola have
started in defensive midfield this
season. Hopkins has been side-
lined for weeks with a back inju-
ry; Peltola has been used in mid-
field and on the back line.
Russell Canouse, the incum-
bent at that position for several
years, has missed the entire sea-
son after undergoing colon sur-
gery.
First-year coach Troy Lesesne
is in desperate need of roster help.
United (4-11-8) has had the maxi-
mum nine available substitutes
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sTEpHEn WHyno/AssocIATEd prEss
over the last 10 years.”
Patrick, the son of Capitals
chairman Dick Patrick, spent
years working in finance after
college — and after getting his
AdAm HungEr/AssocIATEd prEss
only three times this season. In
recent matches, United’s bench
has included two goalkeepers,
two players recalled from loans to
second-division clubs and two
others.
Aside from the loans, United’s
already small roster has been
further depleted by long-term in-
juries and numerous red- and
yellow-card suspensions.
United is winless in 11 straight
(0-8-3) heading into Saturday’s
home match against Nashville SC
(6-8-8). After a July 17 game at
Minnesota and the friendly
against Celtic, United will com-
pete in the Leagues Cup, the
annual MLS-Liga MX tourna-
ment.
Nashville Sc at D.c. United
saturday, 7:30 p.m., Apple TV plus
MBA at Virginia — before begin-
ning his hockey career as a part-
time scout. He steadily ascended
the ranks over the past 16 seasons
with the Capitals, going from
scout to director of player person-
nel to assistant general manager,
associate general manager and
now general manager.
“I never had this as an end goal
when I first got back into the
game,” Patrick said. “I just want-
ed to be involved with the team. I
wanted to do a good job. I wanted
to try to help the Caps win a
Stanley Cup.”
When the Capitals won it in
2018, Chris and Dick Patrick be-
came the sixth and seventh mem-
bers of the Patrick family to have
their names engraved on the
Stanley Cup.
Patrick will report to MacLel-
lan, who will maintain oversight
of all hockey-related decisions,
but the daily responsibilities of
running the team will be Pat-
rick’s. As the Capitals trans-
formed their roster over the past
several weeks, Patrick was work-
ing in lockstep with MacLellan
and the rest of the front office,
making the decisions that have
prepared Washington for the fu-
ture.
ElsA/gETTy ImAgEs
As Enzo Fernández fired a low bid
from the top of the box, Messi
slipped through traffic and de-
flected the shot past Crépeau for
his first goal of the tournament.
Canadian players promptly ap-
pealed for a flag, but replays
showed defender Derek Cornelius
keeping Messi onside.
Canada ratcheted up the pres-
sure down the stretch but lost its
most dynamic weapon when Bay-
ern Munich left back Alphonso
Davies limped off with 18 minutes
remaining. The renewed intensity
only produced cautions as Ste-
phen Eustáquio and Ismaël Koné
picked up yellow cards for hard
fouls.
“It wasn’t as easy to slice
through our team as it was the first
game, so I thought that we were
more stable defensively, but I
think that the tournament caught
up with us a little bit,” Marsch said.
“I think we just lacked efficiency in
the final third.”
To Marsch, who was coaching
Midfielder Boris Enow, 24, joins United after playing three seasons
with Israeli club Maccabi Netanya. He will become eligible July 18.
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Patrick and MacLellan de-
scribed the work as a collabora-
tive process, and they plan for
things to remain that way, even as
MacLellan moves into more of a
big-picture consulting role.
“We worked hard over the last
month to prepare for it and
execute it,” MacLellan said. “I
think credit goes to our whole
group.”
Added Patrick: “Anything we
do, Mac and I spend a lot of time
talking about it. Anything —
sending a guy down, bringing a
guy up. And that’s no different
with this current process. That’s
how I envision things going for-
ward. I’ll be making the calls and
doing some of the legwork, but
it’s still the same process.”
MacLellan leaves his role as
general manager with the third-
highest winning percentage in
NHL history among general man-
agers with at least 500 games
under their belt, and owner Ted
Leonsis was clear that he expects
Patrick to continue that success.
“Chris has a lot of work to do,
but I’m not lowering the bar,”
Leonsis said. “We expect in 25
years, at the next handoff, people
will say they have similar kinds of
success and results.”
just his seventh match in charge of
Canada, the semifinal appearance
still offered personal vindication.
Boasting a résumé featuring head
coaching stints in the German
Bundesliga and the English Pre-
mier League, Marsch failed to land
the U.S. men’s national team job
last summer when the U.S. Soccer
Federation instead chose to reap-
point Gregg Berhalter. Now, with
Berhalter’s fate up in the air fol-
lowing the Americans’ calamitous
group-stage exit, Marsch can
count a deep Copa América run as
a feather in his cap.
Ranked 48th by FIFA, the Cana-
dians were considerable under-
dogs against their top-ranked op-
ponent Tuesday. Argentina has
three World Cup titles; Canada
has only qualified for the World
Cup twice. Argentina is pursuing
its 16th Copa América crown; Can-
ada has won its less-competitive
regional tournament, the Conca-
caf Gold Cup, just once.
It was apparent well before
kickoff that Argentina would en-
joy a home-field advantage some
5,000 miles from Buenos Aires.
The odd Canadian kit stuck out in
a sea of Argentine blue and white,
and many of the jersey outliers —
Barcelona garnet and blue, Inter
Miami pink — belonged to Messi
devotees. Moments after the Ca-
nadians were greeted by shrill
whistles as they took the field for
warmups, their Argentine coun-
terparts earned an enthusiastic
ovation.
Messi may have reversed the
snake-bitten narrative that long
hounded him in an Argentine jer-
sey by winning the World Cup and
the 2021 Copa América, but this
victory represented MetLife Sta-
dium redemption. The last time
Messi played a knockout game
here, he missed his penalty kick in
Argentina’s shootout loss to Chile
in the 2016 Copa América final — a
setback that extended Argentina’s
decades-long title drought and led
Messi to briefly question whether
he still wanted to represent his
country.
If Argentina — and, perhaps, a
39-year-old Messi — plan to return
to this stadium for the 2026 World
Cup final in just over two years,
they’ll do so with the knowledge
that their demons in New York
City’s shadow have at last been
exorcised. And they just might do
so in search of a fourth straight
major title.
“It is extremely tough to reach
another final,” Scaloni said. “We
know how hard it is to get there.”
mAccAbI nETAnyA
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mo homers, Francisco Lindor scores, (28). Inherited runners-scored: Wentz Josh Naylor points toward the sky after blasting a two-run homer in the first inning Tuesday to help stake
harrison bader scores. J.D. Martinez 1-0, Brieske 2-1, Chafin 1-0. Ibb: off wp: Pepiot (5-5); Lp: Rodón (9-7); S: nl games
pops out. Brieske (Ramírez), off Chafin (Ramírez), Cleveland to an early lead in Detroit. Naylor finished with four RBI in the Guardians’ 9-8, 10-inning win. Fairbanks (15). Inherited runners-
scored: Kahnle 1-1, Kelly 1-0, Poche 1-1.
mets 4, Nationals 0 off Vest (Ramírez). hbp: Sandlin (Báez). NAtIoNALS At mEtS, 7:10
mEtS SIXth t: 3:08. A: 17,111 (41,083). t: 2:34. A: 20,436 (25,025).
Mark Vientos pops out. Jeff McNeil flies w-L ERA tEAm
out. Harrison Bader singles. Francisco

O’s, Kremer undone

Corbin (L) 1-8 5.49 5-13
Lindor homers, harrison bader scores.
Brandon Nimmo flies out.
phillies 10, dodgers 1 red sox 12, athletics 9 astros 4, Marlins 3 cubs 9, orioles 2 Severino (R) 5-3 3.83 8-9
mets 6, Nationals 0 trea turner launched his Brayan Bello fanned a alex Bregman had three cUbS Ab R h bI bb So Avg DoDgERS At phILLIES, 7:05
NAtIoNALS EIghth

by errors, home runs

Luis Garcia doubles. Ildemaro Vargas sixth career grand slam for career-high 11 batters — rBi and hit a tiebreaking Hoerner 2b...........5 2 1 1 0 0 .245
Stone (R) 9-2 3.03 12-4
Busch 1b ..............6 2 4 1 0 1 .273
pinch-hitting for Trey Lipscomb. Ildema- his fifth home run in seven getting each of his first 10 two-run homer, ronel Bellinger cf-rf......5 1 1 0 1 1 .265 Sánchez (L) 6-4 2.96 9-8
ro vargas homers, Luis garcia scores.
Jacob Young flies out. CJ Abrams hit by games, Bryson stott and outs by strikeout — and Blanco threw seven in- Suzuki rf ..............5 1 2 2 0 2 .258
Happ lf .................4 2 2 3 1 1 .244 RocKIES At REDS, 7:10
pitch. Lane Thomas strikes out swing- Brandon Marsh also went Wilyer abreu and dominic nings of two-run ball, and Morel dh ..............4 0 1 0 1 2 .199
ing. James Wood singles. CJ Abrams to Freeland (L) 0-3 6.62 3-4
third. Jesse Winker pinch-hitting for deep, and philadelphia smith homered on back-to- Houston edged Miami. Swanson ss .........5 0 0 1 0 3 .201
Harold Ramirez. Jesse Winker grounds
out.
routed los angeles. back pitches in an eight- the victory was the sev-
Mastrobuoni 3b...3
Nido c...................4
1
0
2 0 2 0 .172
1 1 0 1 .133 Cubs 9, orioles 2 Montas (R) 4-6 4.19 5-11

mets 6, Nationals 2 DoDgERS AbR hbIbbSo Avg run second inning for Bos- enth straight at home for totALS 41 9 14 9 5 11 — pIRAtES At bREwERS, 8:10
mEtS EIghth ton, which hung on to beat the astros, who dropped Pérez (L) 1-4 4.85 4-9
Tyrone Taylor triples. Mark Vientos
Ohtani dh .................... 2 0 1 0 1 1 .315
Barnes ph-dh-2b ......... 2 0 2 0 0 0 .234
oRIoLES Ab R h bI bb So Avg BY M ATT W EYRICH
grounds out. Jeff mcNeil doubles, ty-
Smith c........................ 4 0 2 0 1 2 .274
oakland. the final two games of a Henderson ss.......4 1 1 0 0 1 .293 Myers (R) 5-3 3.52 6-6
rone taylor scores. Harrison Bader
series at Minnesota last Rutschman c........4 0 2 0 0 1 .286
strikes out swinging. Francisco Lindor
walks. Brandon Nimmo strikes out on a
Freeman 1b ................. 3 0 0 0 0 1 .299
K.Hernández 3b-ss-p ... 1 0 0 0 1 1 .196
AthLEtIcS Ab
Bleday cf.............5
R
0
h bI bb So Avg
0 0 0 3 .230 weekend.
Santander rf ........4 0 0 0 0 2 .232 Baltimore — Dean Kremer didn’t have it Tuesday bRAvES At DIAmoNDbAcKS, 9:40
O'Hearn dh ..........4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Morton (R) 5-5 3.96 7-9
foul tip.
T.Hernández rf............ 2 0 0 0 1 1 .257
Taylor cf-3b................. 1 0 0 0 1 0 .154 Andujar lf............5 2 2 0 0 1 .299 Westburg 2b........4 1 1 1 0 0 .281 night, and neither did his defense behind him.
mARLINS Ab R h bI bb So Avg Cecconi (R) 2-6 6.10 5-7
mets 7, Nationals 2
NAtIoNALS NINth
Outman cf-rf-cf .......... 3 0 0 0 0 3 .162 Rooker dh ...........3
Soderstrom 1b....5
3
0
2 1 2 1 .282
1 0 0 2 .219 Chisholm cf ........4 2 2 1 0 1 .258
Kjerstad lf ...........2
Mountcastle 1b ...3
0
0
1 0 1 1 .304
0 0 0 1 .266
Making his second start since being activated from
M.Rojas ss .................. 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Juan Yepez doubles. Keibert Ruiz hom-
Pages rf....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Langeliers c ........5 1 2 1 0 3 .209 De La Cruz dh .....3 0 2 1 1 1 .241 Mullins cf.............3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 the injured list, the right-hander allowed seven runs,
ers, Juan yepez scores. Luis Garcia Gelof 2b ..............4 2 3 4 0 1 .212
strikes out swinging. Ildemaro Vargas
Lux 2b-ss..................... 4 0 1 0 0 1 .208
Butler rf ..............5 1 2 3 0 2 .196
Bell 1b ................4
J.Sánchez rf .......3
0
1
0 0 0 2 .226
1 1 0 1 .240
Urías 3b ...............3
totALS 31
0
2
0 0 0 1 .234
5 1 1 9 —
five earned, in the Baltimore Orioles’ 9-2 loss to the nl scores
Vargas lf...................... 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294
grounds out. Jacob Young walks. Jacob
Young advances to second on defensive
Biggio 3b-1b................ 3 1 1 1 1 0 .189 Harris 3b.............3 0 0 0 1 1 .164 Myers ph ............1 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Chicago Cubs. moNDAy’S RESULtS
Schuemann ss ....3 0 1 0 1 1 .236 Burger 3b ...........3 0 1 0 1 1 .217 chIcAgo........ 112 300 011 — 9 14 0
indifference. wild pitch by pitcher Ed- totALS 33 1 7 1 6 12 —
totALS 38 9 13 9 4 15 — Edwards ss.........4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 bALtImoRE... 011 000 000 — 2 5 2 Kremer made a triumphant return to the Orioles’ St. Louis 6, at Washington 0
at Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 2
win Díaz, Jacob young scores. CJ
Abrams strikes out swinging. phILLIES Ab R h bI bb So Avg
Gordon lf ............3
Rivera ph ............1
0
0
0 0 0 1 .226
0 0 0 1 .213 E: Henderson (11), Urías (3). Lob: Chi- rotation last Wednesday with five scoreless frames at Cincinnati 6, Colorado 0
RED SoX Ab R h bI bb So Avg
mets 7, Nationals 5 Schwarber dh......4 1 1 2 1 1 .250
Duran cf ..............4 1 1 1 0 0 .276
Bruján 2b............3 0 0 0 0 1 .223 cago 12, Baltimore 3. 2b: Suzuki (12).
hR: Busch (12), off Kremer; Happ (14),
against the Seattle Mariners, but he struggled to avoid Atlanta 5, at Arizona 4 (11)
Turner ss .............4 1 3 4 0 1 .342 Fortes c ..............3 0 0 0 0 0 .175
Merrifield 3b .......1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Hamilton 2b........4 1 2 1 1 1 .264
totALS 32 3 6 3 2 10 —
off Kremer; Westburg (15), off Taillon. the Cubs’ barrels in a similar fashion as Michael tUESDAy’S RESULtS
O'Neill lf .............4 2 1 0 0 3 .260 RbI: Busch (33), Nido (3), Suzuki 2 (38), at N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 5
NAtIoNALS’ LEADERS Harper 1b ............4
Sosa 3b-ss...........1
0
0
0 0 0 2 .299
0 0 0 0 .273 Devers 3b............4 2 2 3 1 1 .296 Swanson (28), Happ 3 (55), Hoerner Busch and Ian Happ both took him deep to sink at Philadelphia 10, L.A. Dodgers 1
Entering Wednesday’s game.
Bohm 3b-1b.........4 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Wong c................4
Yoshida dh ..........3
1
1
1 0 0 2 .309
2 1 1 0 .259
AStRoS Ab
Altuve 2b............4
R
0
h bI bb So Avg
1 0 0 1 .309
(25), Westburg (50). Sb: Mastrobuoni
(1). SF: Nido.
Baltimore in the opener of the three-game inter- Pittsburgh 12, at Milwaukee 2
at Cincinnati 12, Colorado 6
batters Avg h 2b hR RbI bb Sb Stott 2b...............4 1 1 1 0 0 .240
Call .313 5 1 0 1 3 1 Castellanos rf......4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Abreu rf ..............3 1 1 4 1 0 .257 Bregman 3b........4 1 2 3 0 0 .254 cUbS Ip h R ER bb So ERA league series. Atlanta at Arizona, late
Smith 1b .............4 2 1 1 1 2 .226
Yepez
García
.300 6 3 0 1 2 0
.277 81 16 10 44 14 12
Marsh lf...............3 3 2 1 1 0 .267
Rafaela ss...........5 1 2 1 0 1 .247
Alvarez dh ..........4
Diaz c..................4
0
0
0 0 0 3 .295
0 0 0 2 .280
Taillon ................. 6 4 2 2 1 7 2.99 The Orioles (57-34) backed Kremer with two runs.
Marchán c............3 2 3 1 0 0 .313 Miller ................... 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.74
Abrams .276 92 21 14 46 29 14 J.Rojas cf.............3 2 2 1 0 1 .234 totALS 35 12 13 12 5 10 — Peña ss...............4 0 1 0 0 1 .278
Leiter................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.16 Jordan Westburg, named an all-star replacement
Wood .273 9 1 1 6 6 1 Pache cf...............0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Singleton 1b.......3 0 0 0 1 0 .239
Bigge ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 before the game, homered over the left field wall in his interleague games
Winker .267 75 17 10 41 46 12 oAKLAND ...... 200 003 103 — 9 13 0 Meyers cf ...........3 1 1 0 0 0 .242
totALS 35 10 12 10 3 5 —
Young .259 66 13 1 18 16 20 boStoN......... 380 000 01X — 12 13 0 Dubón lf..............2
McCormick rf......3
0
2
1 0 1 1 .290
1 1 0 0 .207
oRIoLES Ip h R ER bb So ERA first at-bat for his 15th home run and 50th RBI of the cUbS At oRIoLES, 6:35
Vargas .250 41 12 1 20 13 5
Thomas .242 61 10 8 37 22 21
L.A. ................. 000 010 000 — 1 7 0
phILA. ............ 030 600 10X — 10 12 1
Lob: Oakland 7, Boston 9. 2b: Rooker
(16), Duran (25), O’Neill (12), Devers totALS 31 4 7 4 2 8 —
Kremer ................ 4
Baker ................... 2
7
0
7 5 3 3 4.42
0 0 1 3 4.97
season, and Gunnar Henderson added to his MLB- w-L ERA tEAm
Adams .235 20 5 2 7 7 1
Ramírez .233 7 1 0 6 0 0 E: Turner (9). Lob: Los Angeles 12, Phila- (17), Yoshida (7). 3b: Rafaela (4). hR:
mIAmI ........... 100 000 110 — 3 6 1
Akin ..................... 2 4 1 1 1 4 3.86 leading total with his 77th run when he came home on Imanaga (L) 7-2 3.16 12-4
Butler (5), off Bello; Gelof (10), off Win- Tate ..................... 1 3 1 1 0 1 4.45
Meneses .231 65 11 3 42 21 2 delphia 6. 2b: Marchán 2 (4). hR: Biggio
(1), off Wheeler; Turner (8), off Miller; genter; Abreu (7), off Ferguson; Smith hoUStoN...... 010 010 20X — 4 7 0
wp: Taillon (6-4); Lp: Kremer (4-5).
a double play in the third. But that was all the Orioles’ Burnes (R) 9-3 2.32 12-6
Lipscomb .227 30 1 1 9 11 10
Ruiz .224 53 9 6 27 9 1 Stott (6), off Miller; Marsh (8), off Pe- (4), off Ferguson. E: Edwards (2). Lob: Miami 4, Houston hbp: Kremer (Hoerner). t: 2:39. A: offense managed against starter Jameson Taillon and gAmE 1: RoyALS At cARDINALS, 1:45
AthLEtIcS Ip h R ER bb So ERA 5. 2b: Altuve (18), Dubón (17). hR: Ch-
Senzel .209 43 10 7 18 27 1 tersen.
DoDgERS Ip h R ER bb So ERA Estes ................ 12/3 7 8 8 1 1 5.53 isholm (11), off Blanco; J.Sánchez (10),
30,373 (45,971).
the Cubs’ bullpen. Marsh (R) 6-6 4.57 10-6
Rosario .183 40 11 7 26 13 8
Millas .167 5 1 1 1 2 2 Miller ................... 4 10 9 9 3 2 8.07 Ferguson .......... 21/3 5 3 3 0 2 5.87 off Blanco; Bregman (11), off Bra-
zoban.
Chicago scored in each of the four innings Kremer Pallante (R) 4-3 4.00 5-2
Otanez.............. 12/3 0 0 0 3 4 0.00
Gallo
Robles
.164 23 7 5 11 21 1
.120 3 0 0 2 5 4
Ramírez ............... 2 0 0 0 0 3 3.20
Petersen ..............2/3 2 1 1 0 0 5.23 Alexander ......... 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 3.24 mARLINS Ip h R ER bb So ERA oRIoLES’ LEADERS took the mound. Busch put the Cubs (43-49) ahead mARINERS At pADRES, 6:40
Entering Wednesday’s game.
Nuñez .077 1 0 0 0 1 3 K.Hernández ......11/3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Adams ................. 1 0 1 1 1 1 4.60 Rogers.............. 51/3 6 2 2 2 5 4.82 early with his solo home run on the third pitch of the Miller (R) 6-7 3.84 10-8
totals .239 726 150 77 363 268 119 Brazoban.......... 11/3 1 2 0 0 1 3.86 batters Avg h 2b hRRbI bb Sb
phILLIES Ip h R ER bb So ERA RED SoX Ip h R ER bb So ERA Puk ..................... 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4.97 McKenna .375 3 0 2 2 1 0 game, and Tomás Nido made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly King (R) 7-5 3.51 11-7
pitchers w L ERA Ip ER bb So Bello ................. 51/3 9 5 5 2 11 5.40
Floro 3 2 2.06 43.2 10 11 35
Wheeler ............... 5 3 1 1 2 7 2.70
Weissert........... 12/3 2 1 1 1 2 4.38
Bender................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.08 Kjerstad .304 14 2 3 12
Henderson .293104 18 27 61
6 0
47 14
in the second. After Westburg cut the lead in half with gAmE 2: RoyALS At cARDINALS, 7:45
Domínguez........... 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.98
Finnegan
Williams
2 4 2.17 37.1 9 12 39
5 0 2.22 56.2 14 16 47
Soto ..................... 1 1 0 0 2 3 3.56 Kelly .................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.89 AStRoS Ip h R ER bb So ERA Rutschman .286 99 12 16 59 33 1 his homer, the Orioles’ infield defense recorded two Wacha (R) 5-6 3.74 7-8
Wingenter ........... 1 2 3 3 1 1 27.0 Blanco ................. 7 4 2 2 1 7 2.53 Stowers .286 10 4 1 9 0 0
Irvin 7 7 3.13 112.0 39 26 96
Kerkering ............. 1
Ruiz...................... 1
1
2
0 0 0 0 1.34
0 0 1 0 3.76 wp: Bello (9-5); Lp: Estes (3-4). Inherit- Abreu .................. 1 2 1 1 0 1 3.05 Westburg .281 91 20 15 50 17 6 errors in the third to allow another two runs to score. Gray (R) 9-5 3.30 11-5
Law
Parker
4 2 3.35 53.2 20 14 48
5 5 3.44 91.2 35 19 74 wp: Wheeler (10-4); Lp: Miller (1-2). In- ed runners-scored: Ferguson 2-2, Alex- Hader .................. 1 0 0 0 1 2 4.05 O'Hearn
Hays
.280 70 10 11 37
.267 36 12 3 14
23 3
7 0
Kremer exited after the fourth inning, marking the mARLINS At AStRoS, 8:10
ander 2-0. hbp: Estes (O’Neill), Adams
J.Barnes 5 2 3.74 33.2 14 9 24 herited runners-scored: K.Hernández
2 (Wong,Yoshida). wp: Estes(2), Ad-
wp: Blanco (9-3); Lp: Brazoban (1-2);
S: Hader (16). Inherited runners- Mountcastle .266 85 21 12 42 21 2 third time in 11 starts this season the 28-year-old has Hoeing (R) 0-1 1.98 0-1
Gore 6 7 3.83 94.0 40 34 112 2-0. hbp: Ramírez (Marchán), Urías .234 33 7 4 11 11 0
Harvey 2 4 4.40 43.0 21 12 46 Domínguez (Outman), Petersen (J.Ro- ams, Bello(2). t: 3:05. A: 31,826 scored: Brazoban 2-0. t: 2:18. A: 34,776
Santander .232 76 15 23 57 26 0 gone that many frames in a start. Valdez (L) 7-5 3.84 8-7
(37,755). (41,000).
Garcia
Herz
0 3 5.04 30.1 17 10 43
1 3 5.17 31.1 18 9 41
jas). wp: Miller. t: 2:49. A: 43,065 Mateo .229 40 13 5 18 10 13 — Baltimore Sun
bLUE JAyS At gIANtS, 9:45
Adon 0 0 5.40 5.0 3 3 3
Corbin 1 8 5.49 100.0 61 35 68 Bassitt (R) 7-7 3.43 7-11
Weems 1 1 5.94 36.1 24 17 29 pirates 12, Brewers 2 reds 12, rockies 6 twins 8, rangers 9, angels 4 Braves 5, Webb (R) 7-6 3.09 9-10
M.Barnes 0 0 6.75 13.1 10 4 10 Joey Bart hit a grand Will Benson hit a three- White sox 6 (11) Late Monday diamondbacks 4 (11)
Rainey 0 0 6.84 25.0 19 16 20
Rutledge 0 0 9.00 1.0 1 0 1 slam, and pittsburgh run homer in a five-run sec- Late Monday corey seager extended Late Monday
Gray 0 2 14.04 8.1 13 5 9 scored six runs in the sixth ond inning and rookie rece twINS Ab R h bI bb So Avg his hitting streak to 13 sean Murphy hit a tying interleague scores
totals 42 50 4.06 816.1 368 252 745
inning to storm past Mil- Hinds crushed a 458-foot Castro 2b ............6 0 2 0 0 1 .272 games with a long two-run home run with two outs in moNDAy’S RESULtS
waukee. shot to power cincinnati to Correa ss.............5
Larnach dh ..........4
1
1
1 1 0 1 .303
1 1 1 1 .242 homer, Nathaniel lowe the ninth inning, Marcell No games scheduled.
Bryan reynolds, rowdy a rout of colorado. Miranda 1b .........5 0 2 0 0 1 .332 had three hits, and texas’s ozuna drove in the deci- tUESDAy’S RESULtS
nl leaders tellez, Jack suwinski and RocKIES Ab R h bI bb So Avg
Kepler rf..............4 2 1 0 1 0 .259
lineup remained hot in a sive run with a sacrifice fly Chicago Cubs 9, at Baltimore 2
Buxton cf ............5 2 3 1 0 1 .282
at Houston 4, Miami 3
Entering Tuesday’s games. Joshua palacios also hom- Tovar ss...............3 0 1 1 0 2 .263 B.Lee 3b ..............5 1 2 2 0 0 .458 victory over los angeles. in the 11th, and atlanta ral- Seattle at San Diego, late
Rodgers 2b ..........5 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Jeffers c..............4 0 1 0 0 0 .239
bAttINg ered for the pirates. McMahon 3b .......4 0 1 0 0 3 .274 Margot pr-lf........1 0 0 1 0 0 .235 Wyatt langford also lied past arizona for its Toronto at San Francisco, late
Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd.
Profar, SD ........................................ .315 pIRAtES Ab R h bI bb So Avg
E.Díaz dh .............5 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Wallner lf............4 1 2 2 0 1 .167 went deep as the rangers third straight victory.
Ohtani, LA ....................................... .314 Doyle cf ...............4 2 3 2 1 0 .279 Vázquez c............1 0 0 0 0 0 .202
Arraez, SD ....................................... .312
Palacios rf...........5 1 1 2 0 0 .267 Stallings c ...........3 2 1 0 1 0 .265 totALS 44 8 15 8 2 6 — pushed their winning bRAvES Ab R h bI bb So Avg
Reynolds dh ........5 2 2 2 0 2 .280
Betts, LA ......................................... .304
Tellez 1b .............4 2 2 1 1 1 .249
Toglia 1b..............5
Jones lf................3
1
1
1 2 0 1 .187
1 0 1 0 .190
streak to four games. Kelenic cf ............5 0 1 0 0 1 .271
whItE SoX Ab R h bI bb So Avg
homE RUNS Gonzales 2b ........4 1 2 1 1 0 .278 Goodman rf .........4 0 2 1 0 1 .188 RANgERS Ab R h bI bb So Avg
Albies 2b.............4
Riley 3b...............4
0
2
0 1 0 2 .261
1 1 1 1 .253
al games
Hayes 3b.............5 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Sosa 3b ...............5 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Ohtani, LA .......................................... 28 totALS 36 6 10 6 3 11 — Benintendi lf.......4 1 0 0 0 0 .194 Semien 2b...........4 1 2 2 1 1 .232 Olson 1b..............4 0 1 0 1 1 .239
Suwinski lf..........5 2 2 2 0 0 .186 gAmE 1: twINS At whItE SoX, 2:10
Ozuna, Atl ........................................... 23 Bart c ..................4 1 1 4 0 0 .241 Vaughn 1b...........5 1 1 0 0 3 .241 Seager ss ............5 2 2 2 0 0 .273 Ozuna dh.............4 0 0 1 0 1 .292
Walker, Ari ......................................... 22 Triolo ss..............3 1 0 0 0 1 .203 REDS Ab R h bI bb So Avg Sheets rf.............2 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Smith 3b .............5 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Duvall rf..............5 0 1 0 0 2 .184
w-L ERA tEAm
Harper, Phi .......................................... 20 Taylor cf..............3 1 0 0 1 2 .201 Steer lf ................3 1 1 2 2 1 .242 Robert ph-cf .......2 1 0 0 1 1 .224 Langford lf..........5 2 2 2 0 0 .273 Rosario lf ............4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
De La Cruz ss.......4 0 1 0 1 1 .251 Jiménez dh .........4 1 2 1 1 0 .236 A.García rf ..........5 1 1 0 0 3 .214 White lf ..............1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 López (R) 8-7 5.18 10-8
ERA totALS 38 12 11 12 3 7 —
Candelario 3b ......4 1 0 0 1 1 .240 DeJong ss ...........5 0 0 0 0 3 .229 Lowe 1b ..............4 1 3 1 0 1 .276 Murphy c.............4 1 2 2 0 1 .224
Arcia ss...............3 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Thorpe (R) 3-1 3.71 3-2
López, Atl ........................................ 1.71 Stephenson c ......5 3 3 2 0 0 .240 Lopez 2b .............3 1 2 2 1 0 .250 Heim c.................4 0 0 0 0 1 .244
bREwERS Ab R h bI bb So Avg Mendick ph .........1 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Jankowski dh......3 1 0 0 0 0 .211 d'Arnaud ph ........1 0 0 0 0 1 .233
Suárez, Phi ....................................... 2.58 Ríos 1b ................4 1 1 0 1 1 .125 gAmE 2: twINS At whItE SoX, 5:55
Sale, Atl ........................................... 2.71 Chourio rf-lf........4 1 1 0 1 0 .247 Marte dh .............3 1 0 1 0 1 .128 Julks cf-rf ...........5 0 1 1 0 1 .236 Taveras cf ...........3 1 1 1 1 2 .239 Short ss ..............0 1 0 0 0 0 .137
Wheeler, Phi .................................... 2.74 Contreras dh.......4 1 1 1 0 1 .296 Hinds rf ...............5 1 3 2 0 2 .625 Maldonado c .......1 1 1 1 1 0 .108 totALS 39 5 8 5 2 11 — TBD ---- ---- ----
totALS 38 9 12 8 2 9 —
Irvin, Was ........................................ 2.80 Monasterio 1b ....1 0 0 0 0 1 .181 Espinal 2b............4 2 2 1 0 0 .195 K.Lee pr-c............2 0 0 0 0 1 .228
Yelich lf...............2 0 1 0 2 0 .331 TBD ---- ---- ----
Benson cf ............4 2 2 3 0 1 .192 totALS 39 6 7 5 4 10 — ANgELS Ab R h bI bb So Avg D'bAcKS Ab R h bI bb So Avg
StRIKEoUtS Mitchell rf...........1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 gUARDIANS At tIgERS, 6:40
totALS 36 12 13 11 5 8 — Rendon 3b...........4 0 1 1 0 0 .266 Carroll rf .............5 1 1 1 0 0 .210
Glasnow, LA ..................................... 143 Adames ss ..........3 0 1 0 1 2 .235 mINNESotA 100 100 400 02 — 8 15 2
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Perkins cf............3 0 1 1 1 0 .252 Schanuel 1b ........2 0 0 0 2 0 .236 Newman 3b ........0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Bibee (R) 7-3 3.67 14-4
Cease, SD .......................................... 138 coLoRADo .... 000 400 020 — 6 10 1 chIcAgo ..... 001 013 010 00 — 6 7 0 Pillar lf ................4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Marte 2b .............4 1 0 0 1 0 .281
Sale, Atl ............................................ 127 Hoskins 1b..........3 0 1 0 0 0 .218 cINcINNAtI ... 050 020 41X — 12 13 2 E: Castro 2 (6). Lob: Minnesota 7, Chi- Hiura dh ..............4 0 1 0 0 3 .333 Pederson dh........3 0 0 0 2 0 .276 Olson (R) 3-8 3.22 4-13
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Peralta, Mil ....................................... 124 Bauers ph-p ........1 0 0 0 0 1 .217
Turang 2b ...........4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 E: Goodman (2), Benson (1), Espinal (5). cago 8. 2b: Wallner (2), Kepler (16), O'Hoppe c ...........4 1 1 0 0 1 .275 Walker 1b ...........4 0 0 1 1 1 .265
Lob: Colorado 10, Cincinnati 7. 2b: Good- Buxton 2 (18), Miranda (21), Julks (7), Drury 2b..............4 1 2 0 0 1 .182 Gurriel lf .............4 0 1 1 0 0 .268 yANKEES At RAyS, 6:50
Haase c ...............3 0 0 0 1 3 .357
Capra 3b..............4 0 0 0 0 3 .111 man 2 (7), Stallings (9), Doyle (16), De La Vaughn (17), Lopez (10). hR: Larnach Moniak cf............4 2 2 2 0 0 .196 Moreno c.............4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Stroman (R) 7-4 3.58 12-6
Suárez 3b............4 0 0 0 0 0 .207
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Santander, Bal .................................... 23
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Rea ...................... 5 6 7 7 2 3 3.81 at Detroit 1, Cleveland 0
Lugo, KC ........................................... 2.21 Cruz......................1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4.42 Kopech................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.31 Diaz ..................... 6 4 1 1 1 5 1.50
Wilson ................. 1 1 1 1 0 2 4.17 Daniel ............... 32/3 8 7 7 0 3 5.82 Minnesota 8, at Chicago White Sox 6 (11)
Burnes, Bal ...................................... 2.32 Farmer ................. 1 1 2 1 1 2 2.81 Shuster................ 1 2 2 1 0 0 3.62 Ginkel .................. 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.61
Milner.................. 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.83 Fulmer ................. 3 4 2 2 0 5 3.83 Texas 9, at L.A. Angels 4
Skubal, Det ...................................... 2.37 Suter .................... 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.70 wp: Duran (5-3); Lp: Shuster (1-2); S: Thompson ........... 1 0 0 0 1 2 1.67
Payamps.............. 1 2 3 3 0 1 4.68 Marte................ 11/3 0 0 0 2 0 3.97
Blanco, Hou ...................................... 2.53 wp: Martinez (3-5); Lp: Quantrill (6-7). Funderburk (1). Inherited runners- Crouse ................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 Sewald................. 1 2 2 2 0 1 3.93 tUESDAy’S RESULtS
Bauers ................. 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
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Cruz 2-0. hbp: Quantrill (Marte), Lodolo (Jiménez). hbp: Okert (Benintendi), Al- wp: Iglesias (1-1); Lp: Martinez (3-1);
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Crochet, Chi ...................................... 146
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Payamps (Triolo). pb: Bart (2). t: 2:36.
A: 26,422 (41,700).
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Mahon). wp: Lawrence. t: 3:00. A:
17,542 (43,891).
cala (Maldonado). wp: Jax. t: 3:18. A:
son 3-0, Fulmer 1-0, Marte 1-0. hbp:
10,881 (40,241).
Daniel (Jankowski). wp: Marte. t: 2:38.
A: 25,193 (45,517).
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Texas at L.A. Angels, late
scored: Holmes 3-2. t: 2:45. A: 20,594
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, ppd.
(48,359).
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Against NBA veterans, Flagg stars with prodigious outburst

FLAgg from D1

corner over Los Angeles Lakers

center Anthony Davis and a post-
up turnaround over Boston Celt-
ics guard Jrue Holiday.
Then, with momentum build-
ing, the baby-faced flagg
brought the ball up the court,
worked his way into isolation
against Davis and drilled a side-
step three-pointer over one of the
NBA’s best defensive players. Af-
ter the national team committed
a turnover trying to find Davis in
transition, flagg took control of
the ball and quickly pushed it
ahead to Sacramento Kings for-
ward Keegan murray, who
missed a three-pointer from the
left angle. flagg sprinted the
length of the court during the
shot, jumped in traffic to grab the
offensive rebound with both
hands and finished a midair
putback while being fouled by
miami Heat center Bam Ade-
bayo.
The sequence — the shot, the
pass, the rebound and the finish
— went viral on social media,
garnering millions of views with-
in an hour. All told, flagg
scored six points in less than 20
seconds to set up a tense end-
game. Davis prevented an embar-
rassing loss for the overwhelm-
ing gold medal favorites by block-
ing a potential game-winning
jumper by Golden State Warriors
guard Brandin Podziemski at the
buzzer.
flagg’s game-changing per-
formance was made even more
remarkable by the fact that he is
five years younger than minne-
sota Timberwolves guard Antho-
ny Edwards, the national team’s
youngest player. When flagg was
born Dec. 21, 2006, James was in phoToS by eThAN mIller/geTTy ImAgeS

his fourth NBA season and about
to make his third all-star appear-
ance.
“I was just competing and
trying as hard as I can,” flagg
said. “Giving it 100 percent. I’m
confident in my ability and skill.
I’m confident in who I am and
what I can do. It’s a surreal
feeling being able to share the
court [with the national team].
I’m blessed to have this opportu-
nity to be here. I had no worries. I
didn’t put any pressure on my-
self. I’m here for a reason. I know
that.”
flagg’s appeal as a prospect
owes to his excellent motor,
strong athletic tools and innate
basketball intelligence, plus the
do-everything game he displayed
monday in front of a few hundred
onlookers. He is an effective ball-
handler, a willing outside shoot-
er, a physical rebounder, an
above-the-rim finisher and a
multi-positional defender who
can handle assignments in the
paint or on the perimeter — all
rolled into one package.
“He looks like a hell of a
player,” said Phoenix Suns for-
ward Kevin Durant, who was
sidelined for the scrimmage with
a calf injury. “He’s 17 years old
coming in here playing like a
[veteran] almost. No emotion.
During a scrimmage between the U.s. olympic team and a select squad of younger American players, teenage Duke signee Cooper Flagg impressed by leading a late rally.
Just going out there and doing
his job. That’s a good sign.”
If flagg blossoms into a player
capable of taking the reins of the
U.S. team, his fearless showing at
UNLV will be remembered as the
moment he first proved he could
hold his own against the best in
the world.
“The select team was great,”
Kerr said, smiling as he artfully
dodged commenting directly
about flagg. “They challenged
us. They were physical. They ran
a lot of stuff the European teams
will run. It couldn’t have worked
out any better.”
The one person who didn’t
appear to be caught up in the
excitement was flagg, who chat-
ted with a pair of fellow Duke
Blue Devils — Celtics forward
Jayson Tatum and USA Basket-
ball managing director Grant
Hill — before nonchalantly re-
counting the afternoon’s events.
Though flagg grew up as a Celt-
ics fan and fashioned his offen-
sive approach by studying Tatum,
he said he felt comfortable play-
ing against a U.S. squad of 12
all-stars and nearly as many fu-
ture Hall of famers.
“[There was some awe] at first,
walking into the gym, seeing all
those players, but not once we
started playing,” he said. “once
the ball goes up, I’m just a
competitor. It’s a little bit of an
adjustment being on the court
with them, but at the same time
I’m just playing basketball and
trying to win.
“[The national team players]
have all been pretty welcoming.
They’re just telling me to keep
working and stay grounded.”
flagg, who reclassified to be a
high school senior last year be-
fore leading montverde Academy
(fla.) to an undefeated season
and a national title, said he was
“striving for” a spot on the U.S.
roster for the 2027 fIBA World
Cup in Qatar. By that point, he
will be 20 and probably will have
completed a one-and-done fresh-
man campaign at Duke and two
NBA seasons.
In the meantime, flagg ex-
pects the national team to secure
its fifth consecutive gold medal
in Paris next month.
“They can be any team they
want to be,” he said. “They have
no weaknesses, no holes. They
can play any type of way and
dominate. It’s going to be a
dominant team that asserts their
After the olympic team’s narrow win, 39-year-old LeBron James congratulated the 17-year-old Flagg. will on everybody they see.”

Irvin’s second-inning lapse leads to meltdown as Nationals succumb to the Mets

nATIonALs from D1
innings while striking out five. He
retired the side in order in six
innings. The only time he didn’t
was the third, when Luis García
Jr. opened the inning with a sin-
gle to center and advanced to
second on an error by Bader. A
hit-by-pitch and a walk loaded
the bases with two outs for Wood,
who grounded out on the first
pitch.
“He wasn’t missing in the mid-
dle,” catcher Keibert ruiz said of
Quintana. “He was just attacking
the bottom of the zone. His break-
ing ball was good when he got
behind in the count.”
When Quintana exited, the Na-
tionals (42-50), who have lost
three in a row, found some life. A
García double greeted reliever
Adam ottavino in the eighth,
then pinch hitter Ildemaro Var-
gas slugged his first home run of
the season. In the ninth against
reed Garrett, Juan Yepez doubled
before ruiz added a long two-run
shot of his own to make it 7-4. A
two-out walk to Jacob Young
compelled the mets (45-45) to
bring in closer Edwin Díaz, whose
wild pitch let Young score from
second base before he struck out
all-star CJ Abrams to end it.
After Nimmo’s home run, Irvin
settled in by retiring the next six
batters. In last week’s matchup,
he relied heavily on his curveball
(40 pitches) and his fastball (38),
mixing in 18 sinkers, two cutters
and a slider. But Tuesday, his
game plan was different: He
threw 31 sinkers, 30 curveballs
and 29 fastballs (plus three
change-ups and one cutter).
“He wasn’t as sharp,” martinez
said. “His breaking ball wasn’t as
sharp. He fell behind a couple of
Jake Irvin allowed back-to-back singles and a three-run home run following a two-out, five-pitch walk in the second inning Tuesday night.
hitters, made some mistakes just
by location. All in all, he gave us
some innings that we needed. It’s
just one of those days.”
In the sixth, Irvin faced the
same problem he grappled with
in the second. He recorded the
first two outs but this time al-
lowed a single to Bader to bring
up the top of the order. Lindor
crushed a 2-1 fastball that Irvin
left over the heart of the plate for
a two-run homer. The Citi field
lights flashed blue and orange as
Irvin turned to the home-plate
umpire and asked for another
ball.
“He’s been a workhorse for us,
so it’s one game,” martinez said.
“He has one more start before the
[all-star] break. He’ll lock it in
FrANk FrANklIN II/ASSocIATed preSS
and go back out there and com-
pete.”
notes: Joey Gallo has not been
cleared to run the bases but is
partaking in light baseball activi-
ties nearly a month after he
strained his left hamstring. over
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Friday 8:10 mASN2
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the weekend, Gallo fielded
groundballs at first base. on
Tuesday, he took swings in bat-
ting practice. ...
right-hander Trevor Williams
is continuing to rehab from a
right flexor strain that has side-
lined him since the beginning of
June. He’s throwing from 60 feet
but has a ways to go until he can
throw off a mound. Gallo and
Williams entered the season as
potential trade candidates, but
their injuries make it unlikely
they’ll fetch much of a return — if
any — with the trade deadline
looming July 30. …
Left-hander Jose A. ferrer is
scheduled to throw Tuesday for
Class AA Harrisburg as he rehabs
a left shoulder strain. After that,
he and righty Cade Cavalli (Tom-
my John surgery) will head to
florida to throw during the all-
star break.
d6
Angel Reese made a fashion statement with her shoes June 16
during a game against fellow rookie Caitlin Clark and the Fever.
CAndACE BuCknER
Reese makes big impact
beyond being the bad guy
BuCkneR from D1
Scrubs need that kind of
shtick. Not all-stars who are
among the top five vote-getters
in the WNBA fan balloting.
Certainly not a player who
earned rookie of the month
honors for June, a star who
delivered the sound bite of the
season in her walk-off interview
following a big win over the
fever. When you’re as talented as
reese, you should lean on the
substance, not the sideshow.
for a while, this whole villain
cosplay might have been
necessary — and personally
beneficial. reese probably would
not have graced magazine covers
or won entertainment show
awards without creating that
viral moment with Clark at the
end of the 2023 national
championship game. Sure, reese
has been gobbling up double-
doubles since her Baltimore prep
days, but she doesn’t reach
celebrity status without
imitating the “You can’t see me”
gesture and pointing to her ring
finger to mock Clark in the
closing moments of the title
game. And ever since she trolled
America’s sweetheart, reese has
become a target for one crowd
that has dog-whistled its dislike
and an icon for another group
willing to rush to her defense.
Between the clashing camps,
she was simultaneously called
“classless” and “authentic.” An
enemy but also a cultural hero.
Because the viewing public
needs easily digestible
narratives, during the year or so
in which reese has blossomed
into a household name, she has
been pitted against Clark as the
antihero. for all of its flaws and
divisions, this story arc has
grown the game.
When the Sky faces the fever,
the league’s television partners
enjoy a ratings bonanza. The first
meeting June 1 — long sigh —
when the Sky’s Chennedy Carter
committed a flagrant foul on
Clark and reese popped off the
bench to applaud her teammate,
created a hysteria of hot takes. A
few weeks later, the rematch
generated an average of
2.25 million viewers. When the
teams met for a third time
June 23, that game toppled the
previous record and averaged
2.3 million viewers, the most for
a WNBA game in 23 years.
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Chicago ......................................... 8 12 .400 81/2 New York...........................9 4 9 36 36 27
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Orlando City ......................7 9 6 27 32 36 (3), Spain, def. Tommy Paul (12), United States, 5-7, 6-4, 6. .............................Collin Morikawa 5.45
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Los Angeles .................................. 5 16 .238 10 Chicago..............................5 11 6 21 28 40
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D.C. United ........................4 11 8 20 30 47 Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (8), Germany, def. Jack
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Colorado ..........................11 8 4 37 44 37 21. ........................... Matthieu Pavon 3.24
Minnesota at Los Angeles, late Portland ............................9 8 6 33 45 39 Kudermetova (12), Russia, 6-1, 6-2; Gabriela Dabrowski, 22. .............................. Tyrrell Hatton 3.17
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frIDaY’s games Cincinnati 3, at D.C. United 2
34. ...............................Jordan Spieth 2.64
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emIlee ChInn/getty Images Phoenix at Indiana, 7:30 at New York City FC 2, CF Montreal 0 Jaqueline Adina Cristian (2), Romania, def. Nellie Taraba 36. ................................... Nick Taylor 2.51
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 Orlando City 2, at Toronto FC 1 Wallberg, Sweden, 6-2, 6-2; Kamilla Rakhimova (9), 37. .............................. Adam Hadwin 2.44
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Karolina Schmiedlova (4), Slovakia, def. Ekaterina Ma- 39. .............................Cameron Davis 2.42
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karova, Russia, 6-2, 7-5; Tamara Korpatsch (3), Ger- 40. ..............................Corey Conners 2.42
Vancouver 3, at Minnesota 1
CyCLinG at St. Louis City SC 2, San Jose 0
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tHUrsDaY, JUlY 4 45. .......................... Nicolai Hojgaard 2.23
9tH stage den, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4; Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, def. 46. ...............................Will Zalatoris 2.22
at FC Dallas 3, Portland 2 Anastasiya Soboleva, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; Darja 47. ................................... J.T. Poston 2.21
A 116-mile race from Orleans to Saint-Amand-Mon-
trond. at Colorado 2, Sporting KC 1 Semenistaja, Latvia, def. Mirjam Bjorklund, Sweden, 48. ............................. Brooks Koepka 2.21
Los Angeles FC 2, at LA Galaxy 1 6-4, 6-2; Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Spain, def. Julia Riera, 49. ....................................... Eric Cole 2.21
1. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, Alpecin-Deceuninck/BEL, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1.
4:20:06s. 50. ................................... Si Woo Km 2.20
satUrDaY’s resUlts
2. Biniam Girmay, Eritrean, Intermarche-Wanty/BEL., at Orlando City 5, D.C. United 0 DOUbles — rOUND Of 16
same time Alana Smith and Christina Rosca, United States, def.
3. Pascal Ackerman, Germany, Israel-Premier Tech/ISF, at Cincinnati 6, Miami 1
same time. at Columbus 4, Toronto FC 0 Tamara Zidansek and Veronika Erjavec, Slovenia, walk- PGA Tour
over; Peangtarn Plipuech, Thailand, and Chia Yi Tsao (4),
4. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, Team Visma/Lease a Vancouver 1, at CF Montreal 1 Taiwan, def. Nadia Kolb and Maryna Kolb, Ukraine, 6-3, feDex CUp leaDers
Bike/NED, same time. New York 0, at Philadelphia 0 6-3; Nellie Taraba Wallberg and Linea Bajraliu, Sweden, Through Monday.
5. Fernando Gaviria, Colombia, Movistar Team/ESP, at Austin FC 2, New York City FC 1 def. Prarthana Thombare, India, and Tamara Korpatsch, points money
the so-called meanie is simply same time.
6. Sam Bennett, Ireland, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
at Real Salt Lake 5, Atlanta 2 Germany, 6-1, 6-4; Quinn Gleason, United States, and 1. ......................Scottie Scheffler 5,768 $27,696,858
at Seattle 2, New England 0 Yuliia Starodubtseva (3), Ukraine, def. Alena Fomina
acting out the role. Savvy enough Team/FRA, same time. and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-2, 6-0.
2. ................... Xander Schauffele
3. .............................Rory McIlroy
3,257 $12,636,360
2,445 $10,034,665
to recognize the audience’s 7. John Degenkolb, Germany,Team DSM-Firmenich sUNDaY’s matCHes 4. ....................... Collin Morikawa 2,241 $7,509,252
POSTNL/NED, same time. at Sporting KC 3, FC Dallas 2 5. ....................... Wyndham Clark 2,088 $9,728,975
appetite and self-assured enough 8. Phil Bauhaus, Germany, Bahrain Victorious/BRN, at San Jose 1, Chicago 0 6. ............................Ludvig Aberg 1,992 $7,830,998
same time.
to handle any negativity, reese 9. Dylan Groenewegen, Netherlands, Team Jayco Alula/ at Colorado 4, St. Louis City SC 1 graND esta OpeN 88 7. ...................Hideki Matsuyama
8. .......................Sahith Theegala
1,893 $7,597,331
1,845 $7,562,685
at LA Galaxy 2, Minnesota 1
has willingly played to the AUS, same time.
10. Axel Zingle, France, COFIDIS/FRA, same time. at Portland 4, Nashville 1
At Tennis Club de Contrexeville (France)
purse: $100,000
9. ........................ Patrick Cantlay 1,717 $5,406,237
perception. Last month, reese alsO
Los Angeles FC at Houston, ppd. surface: Red clay
10. ...................... Byeong Hun An
11. ........................Akshay Bhatia
1,620 $5,175,436
1,606 $4,842,490
allowed the audience a peek at 30. Matteo Jorgenson, United States, Team Visma, satUrDaY’s matCHes sINgles — rOUND Of 32 12. .......................... Shane Lowry 1,592 $5,093,520
13. ............................. Tony Finau 1,579 $4,881,060
the playbook. 4:20:06S.
151. Neilson Powless, United States, EF Education-
Nashville at D.C. United, 7:30 Mayar Sherif (3), Egypt, def. Polina Kudermetova,
Russia, 6-2, 1-0, ret; Gao Xinyu, China, def. Lola 14. ..................... Matthieu Pavon 1,558 $5,032,808
Charlotte FC at Cincinnati, 7:30
“It all started from the EasyPost, 1:16s. Atlanta at CF Montreal, 7:30 Radivojevic, Serbia, 6-0, 6-4; Diana Martynov, France, 15. ............................. Sungjae Im
16. ............................Sepp Straka
1,558 $4,743,972
1,413 $4,062,901
170. Sean Quinn, United States, EF Education-EasyPost, def. Nadia Podoroska (1), Argentina, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3;
national championship game, 2:07S.
Orlando City at New England, 7:30
Caroline Werner, Germany, def. Justina Mikulskyte, 17. ....................... Justin Thomas 1,412 $4,130,661
Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 7:30 18. ...............................Tom Hoge 1,406 $4,188,593
and I’ve been dealing with this Overall staNDINgs (YellOw JerseY) Seattle at Austin FC, 8:30
Lithuania, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Selena Janicijevic, France, def.
19. ....................... Russell Henley 1,371 $4,016,969
Amandine Hesse, France, 6-1, 6-3; Laura Pigossi (5),
for two years now,” reese said. 1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates, New York City FC at Chicago, 8:30 Brazil, def. Iryna Shymanovich, Belarus, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; 20. ....... Christiaan Bezuidenhout 1,370 $4,651,538
40:02:48S. 21. .........................Brian Harman 1,362 $4,731,373
“And understanding, like, yeah, 2. Remco Evenepoel, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step/Bel,
LA Galaxy at FC Dallas, 8:30
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30
Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenia, def. Lucija Ciric-Bagaric (9),
Croatia, 6-1, 6-3; Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Amandine 22. .................... Davis Thompson 1,318 $3,730,873
negative things have probably :33s behind. Vancouver at St. Louis City SC, 8:30 Monnot , France, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9); Emiliana Arango (6), 23. ............................... Chris Kirk
24. ...............................Jason Day
1,290 $5,306,316
1,210 $3,573,685
3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma/Lease a Colombia, def. Conny Perrin, Switzerland, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2;
been said about me, but honestly, Bike, 1:15s. New York at Colorado, 9:30
Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spain, def. Audrey Albie, France, 25. ......................Stephan Jaeger 1,207 $3,669,034
Real Salt Lake at Portland, 10:25 26. ................. Tommy Fleetwood 1,203 $3,648,118
I’ll take that because look where 4. Primoz Roglic, Slovenia, Red Bull-Bora-Hansbrohe,
1:36s. Columbus at Los Angeles FC, 10:30
7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Elsa Jacquemot (8), France, def. Elena
Pridankina, Russia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0). 27. ............................. J.T. Poston 1,193 $3,468,670
women’s basketball is. People are 5. Juan Ayuso, Spain, UAE Team Emirates, 2:16s. Sporting KC at San Jose, 10:30 28. ..............................Sam Burns 1,181 $3,680,980
6. Joao Almeida, Portugal, UAE Team Emirates, 2:17s. 29. ..............................Max Homa 1,175 $3,550,666
talking about women’s 7. Carlos Rodriguez, Spain, Ineos Grenadiers, 2:31s. weDNesDaY’s matCHes 30. ........................ Thomas Detry 1,173 $3,342,119
basketball that you never would 8. Mikel Landa, Spain, Soudal Quick-Step, 3:35s.
9. Derek Gee, Canada, Israel-Premier Tech/Isr, 4:02s.
D.C. United at Minnesota, 8:30 WTA 31. ......................Cameron Young
32. ...................... Taylor Pendrith
1,162 $3,758,346
1,152 $3,572,893
New York City FC at Atlanta, 7:30
think would be talking about 10. Matteo Jorgenson, United States, Team Visma, Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 sINgles raNKINgs 33. ........................ Adam Hadwin 1,133 $3,779,658
34. ............................ Si Woo Kim 1,123 $3,354,133
women’s basketball. People are 4:03s. Charlotte FC at Columbus, 7:30 Through Sunday.
35. ........................Corey Conners 1,121 $3,301,242
Toronto FC at Miami, 7:30 1. Iga Swiatek, Poland, 11585
pulling up to games, we’ve got alsO
47. Neilson Powless, United States, EF Education-Easy- CF Montreal at New York, 7:30 2. Coco Gauff, USA, 7943
36. .....................Matt Fitzpatrick
37. ......................Keegan Bradley
1,049 $3,184,775
1,030 $3,133,530
celebrities coming to games, Post, 36:31s behind. New England at Philadelphia, 7:30 3. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, 7841
4. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, 6026
38. .................... Denny McCarthy 1,024 $3,156,124
sold-out arenas, just because of 114. Sean Quinn, United States, EF Education-Easypost,
1:21:53s.
Austin FC at FC Dallas, 8:30
Orlando City at Nashville, 8:30
5. Jessica Pegula, USA, 5025
39. ...................Robert Macintyre
40. ......................... Will Zalatoris
1,023 $3,135,146
1,019 $3,790,799
one single game. And just team staNDINgs Colorado at LA Galaxy, 10:30
6. Marketa Vondrousova, Czechia, 4463 41. .................................Tom Kim 1,001 $3,946,918
42. .......................Cameron Davis 979 $3,061,884
looking at that, I’ll take that role. 1. UAE Team Emirates, 120:13:19s.
Houston at San Jose, 10:30
43. ............................. Nick Taylor 964 $3,067,935
St. Louis City SC at Seattle, 10:30
I’ll take the bad guy role, and I’ll 2. Soudal Quick-Step, 6:04s behind.
3. Ineo Grenadiers, 6:45s. Sporting KC at Vancouver, 10:30 AuTO RACinG 44. ....................... Austin Eckroat
45. .............................Jake Knapp
963
948
$2,925,155
$3,012,213
continue to take that on and be 4. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 7:41s. Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles FC, 10:45 46. ........................ Harris English 938 $2,680,160
5. Movistar Team, 12:41s. 47. .........................Billy Horschel 937 $2,595,533
that.” 6. Bahrain Victorious, 14:33s. nASCAR Cup Series 48. ............................. Alex Noren 866 $2,507,213
Although during that one 7. Team Visma/Lease a Bike, 18:34s.
8. EF Education-Easypost, 23:40s. nWSL pOINts leaDers 49. ..................... Patrick Rodgers 853 $2,378,482
50. .......................Viktor Hovland 846 $2,647,858
episode in the national title 9. LIDL-Trek, 33:04s. w l t pts gf ga
Through Monday.
51. .................Mackenzie Hughes 832 $2,526,005
1. Kyle Larson, 671.
game, reese auditioned for and 10. Uno-X Mobility, 50:05s. Orlando ...........................11
Kansas City .....................10
0
1
5
5
38
35
32
40
12
22 2. Chase Elliott, 660.
52. ................................. Eric Cole
53. ..................... Grayson Murray
831
802
$2,494,463
$2,471,532
won the villain role, she should ClImber (reD pOlKa DOt JerseY) 3. Tyler Reddick, 648. 54. .....................Erik Van Rooyen 799 $2,360,499
Washington ....................11 4 1 34 32 18
1. Jonas Abrahamsen, Norway, Uno-X Mobility, 33pts. 4. Denny Hamlin, 629. 55. .........................Peter Malnati 791 $2,467,368
now abandon it. Equally 2. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates, 20 pts.
Gotham FC ........................9
Portland ............................8
3
5
4
3
31
27
19
27
13
20 5. Martin Truex Jr, 601. 56. .......................... Min Woo Lee 780 $2,325,686
important, the audience should 3. Valentin Madouas, France, Groupama-FDJ, 16 pts.
4. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma/Lease a
North Carolina...................8 7 1 25 20 17 6. William Byron, 599.
7. Ryan Blaney, 587.
57. ............................... Aaron Rai
58. ............................. Ben Griffin
776
773
$2,418,465
$2,449,332
Chicago..............................7 7 2 23 23 22
let her. As WNBA viewership Bike, 15 pts. Bay FC ...............................6 10 0 18 19 28 8. Christopher Bell, 586. 59. ..........................Taylor Moore 741 $2,316,051
5. Remco Evenepoel, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step/Bel, 9. Ty Gibbs, 560.
grows, hopefully attracting more 12 pts.
Louisville...........................3
San Diego ..........................3
6
7
7
6
16
15
21
12
22
17 10. Brad Keselowski, 558.
60. .........................Jordan Spieth
61. ........................ Mark Hubbard
719
708
$2,567,374
$2,033,030
serious fans wanting to watch 6. Stephen Williams, Great Britain,Israel-Premier Tech,
10 pts.
Angel City .........................4 9 3 15 16 26 11. Alex Bowman, 553.
12. Ross Chastain, 529.
62. ....................... Seamus Power 655 $1,876,679
Houston ............................3 8 5 14 11 23 63. ................. Maverick McNealy 636 $2,016,021
actual basketball and fewer 7. Carlos Rodriguez, Spain, Ineos Grenadiers, 10 pts. Seattle ..............................2 9 5 11 16 28 13. Chris Buescher, 521. 64. ....................... Emiliano Grillo 633 $1,952,469
8. Frank Van den Broek, Netherlands, Team DSM-Fir- 14. Joey Logano, 484.
rubberneckers rooting for a car menich PostNL, 9 pts.
Utah ..................................2 11 3 9 8 28
15. Bubba Wallace, 476.
65. .........................Brendon Todd
66. ............................. Davis Riley
631
621
$1,969,231
$2,061,309
crash, reese’s reputation as a 9. Ion Izagirre, Spain, Cofidis, 8 pts. satUrDaY’s resUlts 16. Chase Briscoe, 433. 67. ................................ Luke List 601 $2,444,305
10. Juan Ayuso, Spain, UAE Team Emirates, 8 pts. 17. Kyle Busch, 423. 68. ...........................Lucas Glover 596 $1,765,831
player can grow, too. Washington 3, at Bay FC 0
18. Daniel Suárez, 410. 69. .............................Lee Hodges 588 $1,768,538
YOUtH-U26 (wHIte JerseY) at Chicago 1, Houston 0
Possibly into the rookie of the 1. Remco Evenepoel, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step/Bel, Orlando 2, at Kansas City 1
19. Todd Gilliland, 400.
20. Austin Cindric, 389.
70. ......................... Adam Schenk 578 $1,789,247
71. ............................ Adam Scott 576 $1,676,806
year. 40:03:21S. Gotham FC 2, at Angel City 1 21. Josh Berry, 369. 72. ........................... Victor Perez 568 $1,718,802
2. Juan Ayuso, Spain, UAE Team Emirates, 1:43s behind. 22. Michael McDowell, 365.
Clark has made history, too, 3. Carlos Rodriguez, Spain, Ineos Grenadiers, 1:58s. sUNDaY’s resUlts 23. Carson Hocevar, 363.
73. .....................Andrew Putnam
74. ........................ Keith Mitchell
556
538
$1,729,344
$1,586,067
becoming the first WNBA rookie 4. Matteo Jorgenson, United States, Team Visma, 3:30s.
5. Santiago Buitrago, Bahrain Victorious, 5:20s.
at North Carolina 3, Louisville 1
Utah 1, at Seattle 1
24. Noah Gragson, 353. 75. .................... Nicolai Hojgaard 511 $1,656,266
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 339. 76. ............................ Justin Rose 506 $1,439,683
to post a triple-double. And with 6. Ben Healy, Israel, EF Education-EasyPost, 6:42s. 26. Ryan Preece, 311. 77. ..................... Adam Svensson 505 $1,520,975
7. Javier Romo, Spain, Movistar Team, 11:06s. frIDaY, aUg. 23
the fever recovering from a 8. Ilan Van Wilder, Soudal Quick-Step, 16:06s. Orlando at Houston, 8
27. Daniel Hemric, 297.
28. Erik Jones, 290.
78. ............................. Ben Kohles 491 $1,586,015
79. ......................... Brice Garnett 481 $1,246,838
sluggish start to the season, 9. Tom Pidcock, Great Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, 17:03s. Bay FC at Utah, 9:30 29. Justin Haley, 287. 80. ....................... Andrew Novak 478 $1,429,240
10. Maxim Van Gils, Belgium,Lotto DSTNY/Bel, 20:54s. 30. John H. Nemechek, 284.
Clark — along with all-stars satUrDaY, aUg. 24 31. Corey LaJoie, 283.
81. ....................... Kurt Kitayama
82. ..........................Beau Hossler
472
469
$1,504,533
$1,329,849
Kelsey mitchell and Aliyah Portland at Gotham FC, 2 32. Austin Dillon, 256.
33. Harrison Burton, 231.
83. ................................. Kevin Yu 466 $1,596,211
Angel City at San Diego, 4 84. .................................. C.T. Pan 455 $1,469,714
Boston — has helped Indiana TR A nSA CTiOnS Chicago at Louisville, 7:30 34. Zane Smith, 220. 85. ....................Charley Hoffman 442 $1,347,616
leap up the standings. She has 35. Kaz Grala, 166.
36. Joey Hand, 43.
86. ........................Sami Valimaki
87. ............................. Doug Ghim
418
415
$1,241,489
$1,297,581
done little to remove herself as mlb 37. Jimmie Johnson, 35. 88. .......................... Justin Lower 415 $1,168,178
the front-runner. However, reese boston red sox: Recalled IF/OF Jamie Westbrook from Copa América 38. Derek Kraus, 32. 89. ........................ Tyrrell Hatton 413 $1,191,868
39. David Ragan, 17. 90. ....................... Chris Gotterup 410 $1,033,561
Worcester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Trey sUNDaY, JUNe 30
has entered the debate and Wingenter from Rochester. Optioned IF/OF Enmanuel
Mexico 0, Ecuador 0
40. Cody Ware, 17.
41. Kamui Kobayashi, 8.
91. ..........................Sam Stevens 410 $1,165,320
92. ....................Chandler Phillips 410 $1,233,697
should be considered Clark’s Valdez to Worcester. Designated RHP Naoyuki Uwasa-
wa for assignment.
Jamaica 0, Venezuela 3 42. Will Brown, 6. 93. ............................ Nick Dunlap 401 $1,255,825
43. Cam Waters, 2.
biggest threat. Chicago white sox: Agreed to terms on a minor league mONDaY, JUlY 1
94. .......................... Nate Lashley
95. ................... Max Greyserman
377
371
$1,214,355
$1,015,478
contract with LHP Pat Maybach from the Billings
And there it is again. Clark vs. Mustangs (Pioneer League) and assigned him to Kan-
United States 0, Uruguay 1
Panama 3, Bolivia 1
96. ......................... Rickie Fowler 368 $1,146,676
97. ........................Ryo Hisatsune 360 $951,189
reese. While circumstances have napolis (CRL). nASCAR Xfinity Series 98. ................................Chan Kim 348 $1,016,986
minnesota twins: Sent RHPs Zack Weiss and Brock tUesDaY, JUlY 2
squeezed her into this limiting Stewart to St. Paul (IL) on rehab assignments. Brazil 1, Colombia 1 pOINts leaDers 99. .......................... David Skinns 345 $1,039,126
100. ......................Ben Silverman 344 $914,801
role — which reese accepted for Oakland athletics: Placed LHP Hogan Harris on the
paternity list. Recalled RHP Michel Otanez from Las
Costa Rica 2, Paraguay 1 Through Monday.
101. .......................Carson Young 343 $1,033,366
1. Cole Custer, 657 (0).
the good of the game, as well as Vegas (PCL). QUarterfINals 2. Justin Allgaier, 619 (1).
102. ............... Nicolas Echavarria
103. ............. Taylor Montgomery
331
323
$898,002
$1,093,430
tampa bay rays: Recalled RHP Manuel Rodriguez from tHUrsDaY, JUlY 4
to grow her own popularity — Durham (IL). Argentina 1, Ecuador 1; Argentina 4-2 on penalty kicks
3. Chandler Smith, 618 (2).
4. Austin Hill, 597 (2).
104. .................Kyoung-Hoon Lee 323 $903,704
105. ........................ Joel Dahmen 316 $1,089,223
she should be something greater texas rangers: Sent RHPs Tyler Mahle to Frisco (TL) and
Austin Pruitt to Round Rock (PCL) on rehab assign- frIDaY's resUlt 5. Jesse Love, 548 (1). 106. .................. Seonghyeon Kim 310 $959,623
than Clark’s foil. Barbies can ments. Venezuela 1, Canada 1; Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks
6. Riley Herbst, 523 (0).
7. AJ Allmendinger, 522 (0).
107. .............................. Ryan Fox
108. ...................... Mac Meissner
309
308
$992,063
$892,213
atlanta braves: Optioned RHP Bryce Elder to Gwinnett
snarl and wear makeup on the (IL). Reinstated RHP A.J. Smith-Shawver from the satUrDaY's resUlts 8. Sheldon Creed, 505 (0). 109. ......................... Michael Kim 304 $829,248
9. Parker Kligerman, 495 (0).
court, but reese no longer needs 15-day IL. Colombia 5, Panama 0
Uruguay 0, Brazil 0; Uruguay 4-2 on penalty kicks 10. Sam Mayer, 474 (2).
110. ......................... Chad Ramey 292 $857,303
Chicago Cubs: Reinstated RHP Mark Leiter from the
to accessorize her persona with 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Iowa (IL).
11. Shane Van Gisbergen, 457 (3).
semIfINals 12. Sammy Smith, 455 (0).
the black hat. Cincinnati reds: Agreed to terms with LF Tony Kemp on
a minor league contract. Activated LF Austin Slater. tUesDaY’s resUlt 13. Ryan Sieg, 432 (0). LPGA Tour
Argentina 2, Canada 0 14. Brandon Jones, 388 (0).
Reinstated LHP Nick Lodolo from the 15-day IL. Op- 15. Anthony Alfredo, 370 (0). mONeY leaDers
tioned RHP Yosver Zulueta and SS Livan Soto to weDNesDaY’s matCH 16. Brennan Poole, 326 (0). Through Monday.
Louisville (IL). 17. Parker Retzlaff, 310 (0). trn money
Colorado rockies: Sent LHP Josh Rogers to the ACL Colombia vs. Uruguay, 8
18. Josh Williams, 289 (0). 1. ...............................Nelly Korda 11 $2,943,708
Rockies on a rehab assignment. tHIrD plaCe 19. Jeremy Clements, 260 (0). 2. .................................Yuka Saso 12 $2,648,812
los angeles Dodgers: Recalled RHP Michael Petersen satUrDaY’s matCH 20. Jeb Burton, 252 (0). 3. ................................. Amy Yang 13 $1,672,443
from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed RHP Tyler Glasnow on 21. Leland Honeyman, 246 (0). 4. ........................ Hinako Shibuno 14 $1,643,177
Canada vs. Colombia-Uruguay, 8
the 15-day IL, retroactive to July 6. 22. Kyle Weatherman, 240 (0). 5. ................................ Ally Ewing 12 $1,620,710
philadelphia phillies: Reinstated DH Kyle Schwarber and CHampIONsHIp 23. Ryan Ellis, 237 (0). 6. ...........................Hannah Green 11 $1,438,448
1B Bryce Harper from the 10-day IL. Designated OF sUNDaY’s matCH 24. Kyle Sieg, 221 (0). 7. ......................................Lilia Vu 9 $1,261,303
David Dahl for assignment. Optioned IF Kody Clemens to IN mIamI garDeNs, fla. 25. Aric Almirola, 202 (1). 8. ............................. Ayaka Furue 16 $1,244,717
Lehigh Valley (IL). Argentina vs. Colombia-Uruguay, 8 26. Blaine Perkins, 192 (0). 9. ................................Maja Stark 12 $1,180,837
pittsburgh pirates: Reinstated RHP Quinn Priester from 27. Matt DiBenedetto, 184 (0). 10. ...........................Jin Young Ko 10 $1,116,535
the 15-day IL. Optioned OF Edward Olivares to Indian- 28. Hailie Deegan, 174 (0). 11. .....................Atthaya Thitikul 8 $1,109,289
apolis (IL). Assigned LHP Justin Bruihl outright to 29. Ryan Truex, 163 (1). 12. ............................. Andrea Lee 13 $1,009,288
Indianapolis after he cleared waivers. Sent RHP David 30. Carson Kvapil, 154 (0). 13. ............................ Ruoning Yin 14 $1,005,186
Bednar and LHP Ryan Borucki to Altoona (EL) on rehab European Championship 31. Garrett Smithley, 143 (0). 14. .............Brooke M. Henderson 15 $964,773
assignments. 32. Josh Bilicki, 140 (0). 15. .............................Haeran Ryu 14 $934,730
st. louis Cardinals: Sent SS Tommy Edman to Spring- rOUND Of 16 33. Austin Green, 112 (0). 16. ..................... Lauren Coughlin 15 $741,726
field (TL) on a rehab assignment.
san francisco giants: Sent LHP Robbie Ray to San Jose
satUrDaY, JUNe 29
Switzerland 2, Italy 0
34. Dawson Cram, 106 (0). 17. ..................................Lydia Ko 12 $702,234
35. Patrick Emerling, 82 (0). 18. ..................... Gabriela Ruffels 13 $680,051
(PCL) on a rehab assignment. Reinstated IFs Wilmer Germany 2, Denmark 0
Flores and Thairo Estrada from the 10-day IL and LHP
36. Joey Gase, 74 (0).
37. BJ McLeod, 69 (0).
19. .............................Rose Zhang
20. ...............................Jin Hee Im
10
10
$674,605
$651,025
Blake Snell from his rehab assignment and the 15-day IL. sUNDaY, JUNe 30
38. David Starr, 66 (0). 21. ...............Madelene Sagstrom 13 $646,951
Designated IF Nick Ahmed for assignment. Optioned England 2, Slovakia 1 (OT) 39. JJ Yeley, 61 (0). 22. ..................... Jennifer Kupcho 15 $639,300
LHP Kolton Ingram to Sacramento (PCL). Spain 4, Georgia 1 40. Ed Jones, 57 (0). 23. .............................. Minjee Lee 11 $600,693
Nba mONDaY, JUlY 1 41. Sage Karam, 49 (0). 24. ...................................Xiyu Lin 14 $589,256
42. Alex Labbe, 46 (0). 25. ....................... Lexi Thompson 10 $586,396
atlanta Hawks: Signed G/F Seth Lundy to a two-way France 1, Belgium 0
43. Nick Leitz, 41 (0). 26. ...................... Carlota Ciganda 13 $582,290
contract. Portugal 0, Slovenia 0; Portugal 3-0 on penalty kicks
44. Jordan Anderson, 40 (0). 27. .....................Sarah Schmelzel 15 $575,007
brooklyn Nets: Re-signed F Trendon Watford to a 45. Logan Bearden, 36 (0). 28. .................. Patty Tavatanakit 10 $554,606
contract. tUesDaY, JUlY 2
Netherlands 3, Romania 0 46. Brad Perez, 32 (0). 29. ..........................Mi Hyang Lee 14 $550,152
Denver Nuggets: Signed F DaRon Holmes II to a rookie 47. Bubba Pollard, 31 (0). 30. ............................Charley Hull 10 $546,739
contract. Turkey 2, Austria 1
48. Caesar Bacarella, 30 (0). 31. ...............................Mao Saigo 13 $536,937
Detroit pistons: Claimed F Paul Reed off waivers. QUarterfINals 49. Natalie Decker, 27 (0). 32. ..................... Arpichaya Yubol 12 $536,825
los angeles Clippers: Signed G Nicolas Batum and F
Derrick Jones Jr. Re-signed G James Harden to a
frIDaY's resUlts 50. Justin Bonsignore, 25 (0). 33. ........................ Sei Young Kim 12 $519,162
Spain 2, Germany 1 (OT) 51. Patrick Gallagher, 25 (0). 34. .................... Esther Henseleit 14 $509,067
contract. 52. Myatt Snider, 18 (0). 35. .........................Celine Boutier 14 $508,937
milwaukee bucks: Signed G Stanley Umude to a two- Portugal 0, France 0; France 5-3 on penalty kicks
53. Preston Pardus, 18 (0). 36. ................................. Narin An 14 $506,001
way contract. satUrDaY's resUlts 54. Dexter Bean, 17 (0). 37. ................. Wichanee Meechai 10 $503,946
minnesota timberwolves: Signed C Jesse Edwards to a 55. Nathan Byrd, 17 (0). 38. ........................... Hyo Joo Kim 10 $501,014
England 1, Switzerland 1; England 5-3 on penalty kicks
two-way contract and re-signed G Jordan McLaughlin. 56. Daniil Kvyat, 16 (0). 39. ...............................Linn Grant 13 $497,038
Netherlands 2, Turkey 1
New Orleans pelicans: Signed F Daniel Theis. 57. Andre Castro, 16 (0). 40. ...............................A Lim Kim 13 $483,866
sacramento Kings: Re-signed C Alex Len to a contract semIfINals 58. Chad Finchum, 15 (0). 41. .........................Nasa Hataoka 14 $482,822
and G Devin Carter to a rookie contract. Signed G Jordan tUesDaY’s resUlt 59. Frankie Muniz, 11 (0). 42. ..................... Lauren Hartlage 10 $459,418
McLaughlin. Spain 2, France 1 60. Glen Reen, 10 (0). 43. ........................... Hye-Jin Choi 15 $439,110
toronto raptors: Signed C Ulrich Chomche to a two-way 61. RC Enerson, 9 (0). 44. ....................... Leona Maguire 13 $434,744
contract. weDNesDaY’s matCH 62. Boris Said, 9 (0). 45. ......................... Megan Khang 12 $426,163
NHl Netherlands vs. England, 3 63. CJ McLaughlin, 6 (0). 46. ............................... Grace Kim 14 $420,324
64. Armani Williams, 4 (0). 47. ..........Nanna Koerstz Madsen 15 $396,925
florida panthers: Agreed to terms with D Adam Boqvist fINal 65. Thomas Annunziata, 3 (0). 48. ........................ Allisen Corpuz 13 $395,125
on a one-year contract. sUNDaY’s matCH 66. Ryan Vargas, 2 (0). 49. ............................. Gaby Lopez 13 $380,040
minnesota wild: Signed D Declan Chisholm to a one-year IN berlIN
S0115-2x4 contract. Spain vs. Netherlands-England, 3
67. Akinori Ogata, 1 (0). 50. ..............................Jenny Shin 12 $366,165

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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PNC Bank, National
Association
Plaintiff
v.
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Defendant
Case No. 2023-CAB-005554
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Washington, DC 20009. A copy
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Brennan Ferguson, et al.
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiffs,
V.
WILBERSON DERISCA,
Defendant.
Case No. C-16-CV-23-005674
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this 1
day of July, 2024 that the sale
of the property in this case,
1007 Montrose Avenue, Lau-
rel, Maryland 20707, reported
by Brennan Ferguson, John C.
Hanrahan, Jeremy B. Wilkins,
Amanda Driscole, Robert Oli-
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
BOARD CHAMBER, 1 COUNTY COMPLEX CT
PRINCE WILLIAM, VA 22192
PLANNING COMMiSSION
Public hearing
JULY 17, 2024
7:00 PM
1. Public Facilities Review #PFR2024-00011, Daves Store Substa-
tion: This is a request to allow an electrical substation. The property is
located at 13714 Daves Store Lane, located off Daves Store Lane in the
southwest quadrant of Route 66 and Route 29. The ±10.80-acre prop-
erty is located at 13714 Daves Store Lane, in the southwest quadrant
of Route 66 and Route 29 and is identified on County maps as GPIN
7397-75-7977. The site is designated I-4, Industrial with a T-4 Transect
in the Comprehensive Plan. The site is zoned A-1, Agricultural and is
located within the Lee Highway (Route 29) Highway Corridor Overlay,
Airport Safety Overlay, and Agritourism and Arts Overlay Districts and
the Gainesville 66/29 Activity Center. Gainesville Magisterial District
2. Special Use Permit #SUP2024-00027, Daves Store Substation:
This is a request for a special use permit to allow an electrical substa-
tion. The ±10.80-acre property is located at 13714 Daves Store Lane,
in the southwest quadrant of Route 66 and Route 29 and is identi-
fied on County maps as GPIN 7397-75-7977. The site is designated
I-4, Industrial with a T-4 Transect in the Comprehensive Plan. The site
zoned A-1, Agricultural and is located within the Lee Highway (Route
29) Highway Corridor Overlay, Airport Safety Overlay, and Agritourism
and Arts Overlay Districts and the Gainesville 66/29 Activity Center.
Gainesville Magisterial District
3. Comprehensive Plan Amendment #CPA2024-00001: Alarosa,
LLC: This is a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan long range
land use designation from MU-2, Mixed Use Village with a TC-1C Tran-
sect to County Registered Historic Site (CRHS) for the ±10.12-acre
subject site is located at 12625 Fitzwater Drive, approximately 800
feet west of Aden Road and identified on County maps as GPIN 7493-
77-4019. The site is zoned A-1, Agricultural; and is located within the
Domestic Fowl Overlay District and Nokesville Village Land Use Spe-
cial Planning Area. (Concurrently processed with Special Use Permit
#SUP2024-00011: Alarosa, LLC.) Brentsville Magisterial District
4. Special Use Permit Amendment #SUP2024-00011, Alarosa,
LLC: This is a request to amend conditions associated with SUP2016-
00013 to allow a private school, religious institution, and catering.
The ±10.12-acre subject site is located at 12625 Fitzwater Drive, ap-
proximately 800 feet west of Aden Road, and identified on County
maps as GPIN 7493-77-4019. The site zoned A-1, Agricultural. The
site is currently designated MU-2, Mixed Use with a T-1C Transect
in the Comprehensive Plan and is located within the Domestic Fowl
Overlay District and Nokesville Village Land Use Special Planning Area.
(Concurrently processed with Comprehensive Plan Amendment
#CPA2024-00001: Alarosa, LLC.) Brentsville Magisterial District
5. Public Facilities Review, PFR2024-00010, NTT VA10 Substa-
tions: This is a request for a Public Facilities Review to obtain approv-
al for two electrical substations on the property that will be conveyed
to and constructed by Dominion Virginia Electric. This subject site is
located at 14300 John Marshall Hwy, 13716 Daves Store Lane, and
14000 Daves Store Lane, on the north side of Daves Store Lane from
the intersection with Route 55 (James Madison Highway) continuing
approximately 2,235 feet to the terminus of Daves Store Lane. The
±12.72-acre subject site is identified on County Maps as GPIN 7397-
75-3515, 7397-55-9794 (pt.), and 7397-74-0187 (pt.). The site is des-
ignated I-4, Industrial Heavy in the Comprehensive Plan and zoned
A-1, Agricultural and B-1, General Business. The site is located within
the Lee Highway (Route 29) Highway Corridor Overlay and the Airport
Safety Overlay Districts. Gainesville Magisterial District
6. Special Use Permit #SUP2024-00023, NTT VA10 Substations:
This is a request to allow two electrical substations that will serve the
previously approved data center and be conveyed to and constructed
by Dominion Virginia Electric. This subject site is located at 14300
John Marshall Hwy, 13716 Daves Store Lane, and 14000 Daves Store
Lane, on the north side of Daves Store Lane from the intersection with
Route 55 (James Madison Highway) continuing approximately 2,235
feet to the terminus of Daves Store Lane. The ±12.72-acre subject site
is identified on County Maps as GPIN 7397-75-3515, 7397-55-9794
(pt.), and 7397-74-0187 (pt.). The site is designated I-4, Industrial
Heavy in the Comprehensive Plan and zoned A-1, Agricultural and B-1,
General Business. The site is located within the Lee Highway (Route
29) Highway Corridor Overlay and the Airport Safety Overlay Districts.
Gainesville Magisterial District
7. Proffer Amendment #REZ2024-00001, Manassas Point PRA:
To amend the proffers associated with #REZ1986-0037, #PLN2003-
00020, and #PLN2008-00001 for the purposes of developing data
center uses as a consolidated campus, and to increase building height
of up to 78 feet (excluding rooftop mechanical equipment that may
be up to 15 feet in height) and a floor area ratio (FAR) of up to 1.0 for
data center uses. The ±39.93-acre property area is located west of
Bethlehem Rd., ±0.70 mile north of the intersection with Sudley Manor
Dr., and on the north side of the railroad tracks. The ±39.93-acre site
is identified on County maps as GPINs 7596-79-3589, 7596-89- 0058,
and 7597-70-9703; and is currently addressed as 7816, 7820, and 8122
Bethlehem Rd. The site is designated I-3, Technology/Flex Industrial,
with a T-3 Transect that recommends a range of 0.23 to 0.57 floor area
ratio (FAR), and OMU-2, Office Mixed Use (Low-Rise), with a T-2 Tran-
sect that recommends up to 0.23 FAR. The site is also located within
the Bethlehem Road Activity Center special planning area of the Com-
prehensive Plan. The site is currently zoned M-1, Heavy Industrial; and
is located within the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District,
Airport Safety Overlay District, and Agritourism and Arts Overlay Dis-
trict. Gainesville Magisterial
8. Proffer Amendment and Rezoning #REZ2024-00009, NVA05A
and NVA05B: A request to amend proffers associated REZ2017-
00016 and to rezone a portion of parcels from A-1, Agricultural to PBD,
Planned Business District. The properties are located at the southeast
corner of the intersection of Wellington Rd. and Freedom Center Blvd.
The property addresses are 9101 & 9001 Freedom Center Blvd., 9006
& 8986 Ellsworth Rd. and 8826 Wellington Rd.; are identified on Coun-
ty maps as GPIN(s) 7696-30-4783, 7696-41-1654, 7696-31-8770, 7696-
31-9766, and 7696-42-1302 on approximately ±37.4 acres; is zoned
PBD, Planned Business District and A-1, Agricultural and is designated
I-3, Industrial (Tech /Flex) in the Comprehensive Plan; and is located
within the Data Center Opportunity Overlay District, Technology Over-
lay District HO (Higher Education Office/R&D and EO, Employment
Center Office/R&D), Airport Safety Overlay District, Agritourism and
Arts Overlay District, and the Innovation Park Special Planning Area.
Brentsville Magisterial District.
9. Rezoning #REZ2023-00027, Bradley South: This is a request to
rezone from A-1, Agricultural to PMR, Planned Mixed Residential to
allow for a residential development of 108 single-family townhomes.
The property is located at 10791 Dumfries Road, on the east side of
Dumfries Rd, and ±115 ft northeast from the intersection of Dumfries
Road and Godwin Drive. The subject site is identified on County maps
as GPIN 7794-87-1236 on approximately ±10.15 acres; is zoned A-1,
Agricultural; and is designated RN-3, Residential Neighborhood, Tran-
sect 3, in the Comprehensive Plan; and is located within the Highway
Corridor Overlay District, Airport Safety Overlay District, and Agritour-
ism and Arts Overlay District, and within the Fairgrounds Special Plan-
ning Area. Coles Magisterial District.
Copies of the above files can be viewed in the Planning Ofc. @ 5
County Complex Ct., Ste. 210, PW, VA. Copies of staff reports may be
requested after 7/05/24, or you can view reports @ www.pwcva.gov/
pc, or contact us @ (703) 792-7615 or email us @ planning@pwcgov.
org. For the full list of items scheduled for this agenda visit www.
pwcva.gov/pc.
ACCESSIBILITY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: The hearings are be-
ing held at a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with
disabilities. Any person with questions on the accessibility of the fa-
cility should contact the Planning Ofc. @ the above address & No., or
TDD (703) 792-6295. Persons needing interpreter services for the deaf
must notify the Clerk no later than 7/10/24.
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Law Offices of
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One South Street, Suite 2200
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE OF
36-UNIT BUILDING GENERALLY KNOWN AS
744 GIRARD STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed
of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and
Fixture Filing dated January 31, 2020 from Girard House Cooperative,
LCA (the “Grantor”) to the trustees named therein (the “Original Trust-
ees”) for the benefit of United Bank (the “Prior Lender”) and recorded
on February 3, 2020 among the DC Recorder of Deeds (“Recorder of
Deeds”) at Document Number 2020013350, as supplemented by the
First Supplement to Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents,
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated April 13, 2023, by and
between the Grantor and the Original Trustee named therein for the
benefit of the Prior Lender and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds
on April 14, 2023 at Document Number 2023031002 (collectively, the
“Deed of Trust”), and the Prior Lender having subsequently assigned
the Deed of Trust to 744 WDC LLC (the “Noteholder”) pursuant to an
Assignment of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Secu-
rity Agreement and Fixture Filing dated February 28, 2024, executed
by the Prior Lender and recorded among with the Recorder of Deeds
at Document Number 2024024334, and the Noteholder having sub-
sequently appointed Michael G. Gallerizzo and Richard A. DuBose, III,
as Substitute Trustees (the “Substitute Trustees”) in the place of the
Original Trustees under the Deed of Trust by a Deed of Appointment
of Substitute Trustees recorded on March 28, 2024 with the Recorder
of Deeds at Document Number 2024028651, default having occurred
under the terms of the Deed of Trust and at the request of the Note-
holder, and pursuant to a Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Real Property or
Condominium Unit filed on or about May 13, 2024 with the Recorder of
Deeds in accordance with DC Code § 42-815 and the applicable laws
of the District of Columbia, the Substitute Trustees will offer for sale
to the highest qualified bidder at a public auction to be held at the
offices of Greysteel Company LLC, 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite
850, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, on:
Monday, July 22, 2024 At 1:00 p.m.
ALL THAT piece, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the
District of Columbia, together with any buildings, structures, improve-
ments and appurtenances thereon, more particularly described as
follows (the “Property”):
Lots 22 and 23 in Block 3 in Todd & Brown’s subdivision of parts of the
tracts of land known as “Mount Pleasant,” and “Pleasant Plains,” as
per plat recorded in Liber Levy Court No. 2 folio 24 of the Records of
the Office of the Surveyor of the District of Columbia, except the parts
thereof condemned and taken for alley purposes by proceedings in
District Court Cause No. 1008 in the District Court of the United State
for the District of Columbia.
NOTE: At the date hereof the above described land is designated on
the Records of the Assessor of the District of Columbia for taxation
purposes as Lot 878 in Square 2885.
For informational purposes – Property Address: 744 Girard Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001.
The Property is believed to be improved by a three story multi-family
building containing approximately 36,640 square feet (“Building”). The
Building is believed to contain 36 units, consisting of 31 one-bedroom
units and 5 two-bedroom units (each a “Unit”). Each Unit is believed to
contain a kitchen that includes a refrigerator, four burner gas range,
stainless steel sink and wood cabinets. Each Unit is also believed to
contain one bathroom that includes a tub with a shower, a wall mount-
ed sink, a toilet, ceramic floor tile and wainscoting. Heat for the Building
and each Unit is believed to be provided by a central gas fired boiler to
cast iron radiators. Cooling for the Building and each Unit is believed to
be provided by window units. The Building is also believed to include
a laundry and trash room located in the lower level. Garage parking is
believed to be provided for seven vehicles.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit (the “Deposit”) in the amount of One Hun-
dred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), payable by certified or cashier’s
check, will be required of the successful bidder (the “Purchaser”) at
the time and place of sale. Within three (3) business days after the
date of the sale, the Purchaser of the Property shall deliver a certified
or cashier’s check to the Substitute Trustees to increase the deposit
to an amount that is equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid price (the
“Additional Deposit”). The balance of the purchase price, together with
(i) interest thereon at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the
date of sale to the date of settlement, and (ii) a buyer’s premium equal
to 4% of the bid price, shall be due from the Purchaser by wire transfer
or certified check within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of sale,
unless such closing deadline is extended in writing by the Substitute
Trustees. Time is of the essence. If settlement is delayed for any reason,
there shall be no abatement of interest on the unpaid purchase price.
Settlement shall be held at such place as may be agreed to by the
Substitute Trustees. In the event the Noteholder, or an affiliate or sub-
sidiary thereof, is the successful bidder at the sale, such party will not
be required to make the Deposit or Additional Deposit, to pay interest
on the unpaid purchase money or to pay the buyer’s premium. The
Substitute Trustees reserve the right to withdraw the Property from
sale, to reject any and all bids at the sale, and to extend the time for
settlement, at their discretion.
The Property is being sold in an “AS IS” condition and without any war-
ranties or representations of any kind, either express or implied, as to
the value, nature, condition, use or description of the Property or the
improvements thereon. The Property is also being sold subject to: (a)
any existing building and zoning code violations; (b) any environmental
problems and conditions, lead paint conditions, encroachments and/
or violations which may exist on or with respect to the Property; (c)
any senior liens, encumbrances, easements, conditions, restrictions,
agreements, declarations and covenants of record which are not ex-
tinguished as a matter of law by the foreclosure sale; (d) any rights
of redemption; and (e) such state of facts that an accurate survey or
physical inspection of the Property might disclose, if any. The Purchas-
er is responsible for conducting its own due diligence regarding the
Property.
All senior liens, real estate taxes, water charges and municipal charges
and assessments owed against the Property which are not extin-
guished as a matter of law by the foreclosure sale shall be the sole
responsibility of the Purchaser and shall be paid for by the Purchaser
at settlement. The cost of all documentary stamps, recordation taxes,
transfer taxes, document preparation costs, title examination costs
and other costs associated with conveying the Property to the Pur-
chaser shall also be the sole responsibility of the Purchaser and shall
be paid for by the Purchaser at settlement.
The Purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for
the Property immediately after the sale takes place. It shall be the Pur-
chaser’s responsibility to obtain possession of the Property after the
closing. The Purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any rent relating
to the Property until the Purchaser pays the entire purchase price and
closes on its purchase of the Property.
In the event the Purchaser fails to go to settlement and pay the entire
purchase price as required herein, or the Purchaser fails to make any
required Additional Deposit by the deadline stated herein, in addition
to any other legal or equitable remedies available to the Substitute
Trustees and the Noteholder, the Substitute Trustees may declare the
aforementioned Deposit and any Additional Deposit forfeited by the
Purchaser and resell the Property at the Purchaser’s sole risk and ex-
pense. In such event, the defaulting Purchaser shall be liable for the
payment of any deficiency in the purchase price sustained by the Sub-
stitute Trustees and/or the Noteholder, all costs and expenses of both
sales, attorneys’ fees, and any other damages sustained by the Substi-
tute Trustees and/or the Noteholder, including, without limitation, all
incidental damages. In the event a resale of the Property results in a
sale in excess of the amount originally bid by the defaulting Purchaser,
the defaulting Purchaser waives any and all claims, rights and interest
to any such excess amount and shall not be entitled to any distribution
whatsoever from the resale proceeds or a return of any portion of the
Purchaser’s forfeited Deposit or Additional Deposit.
If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey the Property as de-
scribed above, the Purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be
limited to a refund of the aforementioned Deposit and any Additional
Deposit, without interest thereon. Upon refund of the Deposit and any
Additional Deposit to the Purchaser as aforesaid, the sale shall be void
and of no force or effect, and the Purchaser shall have no further claim
against the Substitute Trustees, the Noteholder or the auctioneer con-
ducting the sale of the Property (“Auctioneer”).
The information contained herein was obtained from sources deemed
to be reliable but is offered for informational purposes only. The Sub-
stitute Trustees, the Noteholder and the Auctioneer do not make any
representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy of this in-
formation.
The parties’ respective rights and obligations regarding the terms and
conduct of the sale shall be governed by the laws of the District of
Columbia.
Michael G. Gallerizzo and Richard A. DuBose, III,
Substitute Trustees
For further information, please contact:
Michael G. Gallerizzo, Substitute Trustee
Richard A. DuBose, III, Substitute Trustee
Gebhardt & Smith LLP
One South Street, Suite 2200
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Tel: (410) 385-5046
Auction Company:
Greysteel Company LLC
Ari Firoozabadi
202-280-2724
www.greysteel.com
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Vienna, VA 22182
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
2404 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
CURRENTLY USED AS A RESTAURANT
(Square 1300, Lot 0333)
In execution of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust and Security Agreement
dated as of September 30, 2021 and recorded on November 1, 2021 as Instrument No.
2021144471 with the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds (the “Recorder”) in the
original principal amount of $2,300,000.00 (the “Deed of Trust”), which Deed of Trust
also constitutes a security agreement and creates a security interest in all fixtures and
personal property described in the Deed of Trust, a default having occurred in the payment
of the indebtedness secured thereby and the covenants contained therein, and at the
request of the party secured thereby (the “Noteholder”), and following mailing of a Notice
of Foreclosure Sale of Real Property or Condominium Unit which was recorded on June 13,
2024 as Instrument No. 2024054878 and Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage Foreclosure,
which was recorded with the Recorder on June 4, 2024 as Instrument No. 2024052193, and
the recordation of a Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustee (Trustee) with the Recorder
as Instrument No. 2024052192, the undersigned Trustee will sell, at public auction, within
the office of ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS, INC., 4910 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W., SUITE
100, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016 on July 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM that certain land and premises
commonly described as 2404 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007, which has
the following legal description as set forth in the Deed of Trust:
Lot 333 in Square 1300 in a subdivision made by Elie Fabre, as per plat recorded in Liber No.
39 at folio 48 in the Office of The Surveyor for the District of Columbia.
FIXTURES
Pursuant to the Deed of Trust and the UCC Financing Statements recorded in Land Records
as Instrument Nos. 202114473 and 202114474, the Beneficiary holds a security interest and
lien on all of the tangible and intangible assets of Borrower and will sell at public auction on
the same date and at the same time and place, ALL OF THE FIXTURES of Borrower located on
or about the Real Estate that is subject to the security interest and lien of Beneficiary and
not owned by any third party.
TOGETHER WITH any and all buildings, structures, improvements or appurtenances
now erected on the above-described land, including, without limitation, all equipment,
apparatus, machinery and fixtures of any kind or character forming a part of said buildings,
structures, improvements or appurtenances, and any furniture, furnishings, equipment,
machinery and other personal property owned and located in, upon or about the above-
described land and any buildings thereon all as more particularly described in the aforesaid
Deed of Trust (the “Property”). Pursuant to Section 28:9-604 of the D.C. Code, the Trustee
is proceeding against both the real property and the personal property described in the
Deed of Trust.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. The bid which yields the highest price for the Property will
be accepted by the Trustee (unless the sale is postponed or cancelled) and all bids will
be provisional until acceptance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee absolutely
reserves the right to postpone the sale and/or cancel the sale at any time until the auctioneer
announces that the Property is “sold” and the deposit in the required amount and form is
received by the Trustee. A deposit in the amount of $75,000.00 will be required at the time
of sale. Such deposit must be by cashier’s check or certified check or in such other form as
the Trustee may determine in his sole discretion. The deposit must be increased to 10% of
the winning bid amount and delivered to the Trustee within two (2) business day after the
consummation of the sale in the same form of funds as the initial deposit. Failure to timely
tender the deposit or increased deposit shall constitute a material default by the purchaser.
The Noteholder (or any related party) shall be exempted by the Trustee from submitting any
bidding deposit. The Trustee will, as a condition of the sale, require all potential bidders
except the Noteholder (or any related party) to show their deposit before any bidding begins.
The retained deposit of the successful purchaser shall be applied, without interest, to
the successful purchaser’s credit at settlement, provided, however, that in the event the
successful purchaser fails to consummate the purchase in accordance with the terms of
sale as herein provided, such deposit, at the option of the Trustee, will be forfeited. The
terms of sale must be complied with and settlement consummated thereon within thirty
(30) days from day of sale unless extended at the sole discretion of the Trustee. TIME IS
OF THE ESSENCE. The balance of the purchase price, over and above the retained deposit,
with interest thereon at the current interest rate contained in the Note from the date of sale
through the date of receipt of the balance of the purchase price, will be due at settlement
in cash or certified funds; and if not so paid, the Trustee reserves the right to retain the
deposit and resell the Property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after such
advertisement and on such terms as the Trustee may deem proper, and to avail himself and
the Noteholder of any legal or equitable rights against the defaulting purchaser, including,
without limitation, the recovery of all of Noteholder’s costs, expenses and reasonable
attorneys’ fees to conduct both sales, plus any deficiency resulting from such subsequent
sale and the cost of collecting same.
The Property is sold subject to the rights, if any, of any parties in possession, if such rights
have priority over the Deed of Trust, and to any and all covenants, conditions, restrictions,
easements, rights of way, and limitations of record. The Property will be sold “WHERE IS”
and in “AS IS” condition without any warranty as to condition, express or implied, and
without any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the information furnished to
prospective bidders by the Trustee or any other party and without any other representations
or warranty of any nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Property
will be sold without representation or warranty as to (i) title to the Property, (ii) the nature,
condition, structural integrity, or fitness for a particular use of any improvements, fixtures
or personal property included within the Property, (iii) the environmental condition of the
Property or the compliance of the Property with federal, state and local laws and regulations
concerning the presence or disposal of hazardous substances, (iv) compliance of the
Property with the Americans with Disabilities Act or any similar law, or (v) compliance of the
Property with any zoning laws or ordinances and any and all applicable safety codes, and
acceptance of the Deed to the Property by the successful purchaser shall constitute a waiver
of any claims against the Trustee or the Noteholder concerning any of the foregoing matters.
The successful purchaser recognizes that any investigation, examination or inspection of
the Property is within the control of the owner or other parties in possession of the Property
and not within the control of the Trustee or the Noteholder.
Conveyance shall be by Substitute Trustee’s Deed, without covenant or warranty, express or
implied. The risk of loss or damage by fire or other casualty to the Property from and after the
date of sale will be upon the successful purchaser. Adjustment of all taxes, ground rents,
public charges, assessments, sewer, water, drainage and other public improvements will be
made as of the date of sale and are to be assumed and paid thereafter by the successful
purchaser, whether assessments have been levied or not. The Noteholder and Trustee
assume no liability for fuel, gas, electricity, utilities and other operating charges accrued
before or after the sale and all such charges shall be the sole responsibility of the purchaser
from the date of sale. All costs incident to the settlement and conveyancing including,
without limitation, examination of title, conveyancing, all recordation taxes and charges,
all transfer taxes and charges, title insurance premiums, notary fees, settlement fees and
all other costs incident to settlement shall be at the cost of the successful purchaser. If
the Trustee cannot convey title, the purchaser’s sole remedy is a return of deposit. Further
particulars may be announced at the time of sale. For further information, please contact
John E. Reid, Esquire at 703-834-5550.
Jeffery T. Martin, Jr.
Substitute Trustee
Jul 8,10,12,15,16 2024 0012465474
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Russell S. Drazin, Attorney
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Washington, DC 20015
202-223-7900
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
4821 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Lot 0193 in Square 3011
Under a power of sale contained in that certain Deed of
Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement (“Deed
of Trust”) dated September 21, 2022 and recorded on
September 22, 2022 as Instrument No. 2022097338, from
FAITH ASSEMBLY OF CHRIST INC., as grantor, to GEORGE
LEROY MORAN (“Original Trustee”), as trustee, for the
benefit of ML CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC, as beneficiary, as
amended and increased by that certain Modification to Deed
of Trust dated June 27, 2023 and recorded on June 28, 2023
as Instrument No. 2023054266, securing that certain Deed
of Trust Note dated September 21, 2022 in the principal
amount of $1,400,000.00 as amended and increased by that
certain Allonge to Note dated June 27, 2023 increasing the
principal amount by $310,000.00 to $1,710,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, and following
the mailing and recordation of a Deed of Appointment of
Substitute Trustee removing Original Trustee as trustee
under the Deed of Trust and appointing RUSSELL S. DRAZIN
(“Substitute Trustee”) as successor trustee under the
Deed of Trust, an Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage
Foreclosure, and a Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Real
Property or Condominium Unit, at the request of the current
noteholder, Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction at
the office of Harvey West Auctioneers, Inc., 5335 Wisconsin
Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015, on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 2:15 PM
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON (if any) situated in the City of Washington,
District of Columbia, known as 4821 Georgia Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20011 (Lot 0193 in Square 3011), and more
fully described in the Deed of Trust.
The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no
warranty of any kind, and subject to conditions, restrictions,
agreements, liens, and encumbrances of record affecting
the same – except those encumbrances of record that are
extinguished by operation of District of Columbia law by
virtue of the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust.
Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all taxes,
water and sewer charges, and other utility charges, if
any. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale forward. Purchaser shall
be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sales price by
cashier’s check will be required of purchaser at the time and
place of sale. Purchaser shall settle within thirty (30) days
of sale. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO
SETTLEMENT BY PURCHASER. Balance of the purchase price
to be paid in cash or certified funds at settlement. Interest
to be paid on the unpaid purchase money from the date of
sale to the date of settlement at the applicable interest
rate set forth in the debt instrument secured by the Deed
of Trust. Purchaser shall be responsible for payment of all
settlement costs.
The noteholder and its affiliates, if a bidder, shall not be
required to post a deposit or to pay interest.
In the event that purchaser does not settle as required
for any reason, purchaser shall be in default. Upon such
default, the deposit shall be forfeited to Substitute Trustee
and all of the expenses of this sale (including legal fees
and costs, and full commission on the gross sale price)
shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. Substitute Trustee may resell the property at the
risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or
profits resulting from any resale of the property. Defaulting
purchaser shall be liable to Substitute Trustee for legal fees
and costs incurred by Substitute Trustee in connection with
such default.
If Substitute Trustee is unable to settle as set forth herein,
purchaser’s sole remedy at law and in equity shall be limited
to a refund of the deposit and the sale shall be considered
null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
Substitute Trustee reserves the right, in Substitute Trustee’s
sole discretion, to reject any and all bids, to withdraw the
property from sale at any time before or at the auction,
to extend the time to receive bids, to waive or modify the
deposit requirement, to waive or modify the requirement
that interest be paid on the unpaid purchase money, and/or
to extend the period of time for settlement.
Additional terms may be announced at the sale. The
successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to
Substitute Trustee a memorandum or contract of the sale at
the conclusion of bidding.
Russell S. Drazin, Substitute Trustee
Jul 2,4,8,10,12,15 2024 0012463873
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WHITEFORD
1800 M STREET, NW SUITE 450N
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
202.659.6800
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE CONDOMINIUM UNIT 1A,
CONTAINED WITHIN PREMISES of the 2501 Pennsylvania
Avenue Condominium Association, Inc., 1100 25TH Street
NW, Washington, DC 20037. Pursuant to the District of
Columbia Condominium Act of 1976, as amended, the
Condominium Declaration recorded February 4, 2009 as
Instrument No. 2009010272, and the Bylaws relating
thereto recorded on February 4, 2009 as Instrument No.
2009010273 among the Land Records of the District
of Columbia, and any recorded amendments thereto as
of the date hereof, and pursuant to D.C. Code Section
42-1903.13,establishing that the Executive Officer shall be
the Trustee to conduct the foreclosure sale, notice was filed
on June 10, 2024. The Trustee shall sell at public auction on
Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 11:50 A.M., at the office of ALEX
COOPER AUCTIONEERS, INC., 4910 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, #100, Washington, DC 20016, the following described
premises situated in the District of Columbia:
UNIT 1A IN THE CONDOMINIUM KNOWN AS “2501
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE CONDOMINIUM”, ACCORDING TO
THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM DATED JANUARY 27,
2009 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 2009 AS INSTRUMENT
NO. 10272 AND THE BYLAWS RELATING THERETO DATED
JANUARY 27, 2009 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 2009
AS INSTRUMENT NO. 10273 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS AMENDED BY FIRST
AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED APRIL 14, 2010
AS INSTRUMENT NO. 201031709 AND BY FIRST AMENDMENT
TO BYLAWS RECORDED APRIL 14, 2010 AS INSTRUMENT NO.
201031710, AND ANY RECORDED AMENDMENTS THERETO
AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, AND AS PER PLAT RECORDED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA IN CONDOMINIUM BOOK 70 AT PAGE 6.
TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE SHARE
INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS OF SAID “2501
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE CONDOMINIUM” AS SET FORTH IN
SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM.
SAID CONDOMINIUM PROJECT IS SITUATE ON LOT 73 IN
SQUARE 14 IN THE SUBDIVISION MADE BY CHATHAM LAKE
ASSOCIATES, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN LIBER 185 AT
FOLIO 21 IN THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
SAID PROPERTY BEING NOW KNOWN FOR ASSESSMENT AND
TAXATION PURPOSES AS LOT NUMBERED 2232 IN SQUARE
NUMBERED 14.
TERMS OF SALE: Sold subject to real estate taxes, and
subject to other superior liens, encumbrances and municipal
assessments, if any. The Association is foreclosing on
both its six-month priority lien and the balance of the
Association’s statutory lien against the Property. Other oral
information regarding 1100 25th Street, NW, Unit 1A may be
disclosed at the time of the sale. A deposit of $10,000.00
shall be required at time of sale and such deposit shall
be a certified check, cashier’s check, or in such other form
as the Association, in its sole discretion, requires. All
conveyancing, recording, recordation tax, transfer tax etc.
shall be at the purchaser’s sole expense.
The balance of the purchase price, together with interest
at the rate of 10% per annum from date of sale to date of
receipt of the balance of the purchase price, must be paid,
and all other terms shall be complied with within 30 days.
Otherwise, the deposit is forfeited and the property may be
re-advertised and resold at the discretion of the Trustee
and at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The
Trustee shall convey a deed pursuant to D.C. Code Section
42-1903.13, and makes no further representations or
warranties as to title. The Trustee cannot guarantee clear
title or the purchaser’s ability to obtain title insurance.
For this reason, the purchaser may not be able to obtain
financing but must be able to pay the entire purchase
price balance, in any case, within 30 days from the date of
auction. In the event of the failure on the part of the Trustee
to convey such deed for any reason, the purchaser’s sole
remedy shall be the return of the deposit.
Contact: Natasha James, at (202) 659-6798, Attorney for
the 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue Condominium Association,
Inc.
Jul 1,5,10 2024 0012464655
WHITEFORD
1800 M STREET, NW SUITE 450N
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
202.659.6800
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE CONDOMINIUM UNIT 5A,
CONTAINED WITHIN PREMISES of the 2501 Pennsylvania
Avenue Condominium Association, Inc., 2501 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Pursuant to the
District of Columbia Condominium Act of 1976, as
amended, the Condominium Declaration recorded February
4, 2009 as Instrument No. 2009010272, and the Bylaws
relating thereto recorded on February 4, 2009 as Instrument
No. 2009010273 among the Land Records of the District
of Columbia, and any recorded amendments thereto as of
the date hereof, and pursuant to D.C. Code Section 42-
1903.13, establishing that the Executive Officer shall be the
Trustee to conduct the foreclosure sale, notice was filed on
June 10, 2024. The Trustee shall sell at public auction on
Thursday, July, 11, 2024 at 11:40 A.M., at the office of ALEX
COOPER AUCTIONEERS, INC., 4910 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, #100, Washington, DC 20016, the following described
premises situated in the District of Columbia:
UNIT 5A AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT PARKING SPACE
NOS. P1-3 AND P1-13 IN THE CONDOMINIUM KNOWN AS
“2501 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE CONDOMINIUM”, ACCORDING
TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM DATED JANUARY 27,
2009 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 2009 AS INSTRUMENT
NO. 10272 AND THE BYLAWS RELATING THERETO DATED
JANUARY 27, 2009 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 4, 2009
AS INSTRUMENT NO. 10273 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS AMENDED BY FIRST
AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION RECORDED APRIL 14, 2010
AS INSTRUMENT NO. 201031709 AND BY FIRST AMENDMENT
TO BYLAWS RECORDED APRIL 14, 2010 AS INSTRUMENT NO.
201031710, AND ANY RECORDED AMENDMENTS THERETO
AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, AND AS PER PLAT RECORDED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA IN CONDOMINIUM BOOK 70 AT PAGE 6.
TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE SHARE
INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS OF SAID “2501
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE CONDOMINIUM” AS SET FORTH IN
SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM.
SAID CONDOMINIUM PROJECT IS SITUATE ON LOT 73 IN
SQUARE 14 IN THE SUBDIVISION MADE BY CHATHAM LAKE
ASSOCIATES, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN LIBER 185 AT
FOLIO 21 IN THE OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
SAID PROPERTY BEING NOW KNOWN FOR ASSESSMENT AND
TAXATION PURPOSES AS LOT NUMBERED 2243 IN SQUARE
NUMBERED 14.
TERMS OF SALE: Sold subject to real estate taxes, and
subject to other superior liens, encumbrances and municipal
assessments, if any. The Association is foreclosing on both
its six-month superpriority lien and the balance of the
Association’s statutory lien against the Property. Other
oral information regarding 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Unit 5A may be disclosed at the time of the sale. A deposit
of $50,000.00 shall be required at time of sale and such
deposit shall be a certified check, cashier’s check, or in
such other form as the Association, in its sole discretion,
requires. All conveyancing, recording, recordation tax,
transfer tax etc. shall be at the purchaser’s sole expense.
The balance of the purchase price, together with interest
at the rate of 10% per annum from date of sale to date of
receipt of the balance of the purchase price, must be paid,
and all other terms shall be complied with within 30 days.
Otherwise, the deposit is forfeited and the property may be
re-advertised and resold at the discretion of the Trustee
and at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The
Trustee shall convey a deed pursuant to D.C. Code Section
42-1903.13, and makes no further representations or
warranties as to title. The Trustee cannot guarantee clear
title or the purchaser’s ability to obtain title insurance.
For this reason, the purchaser may not be able to obtain
financing but must be able to pay the entire purchase
price balance, in any case, within 30 days from the date of
auction. In the event of the failure on the part of the Trustee
to convey such deed for any reason, the purchaser’s sole
remedy shall be the return of the deposit.
Contact: Natasha James, at (202) 659-6798, Attorney for
the 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue Condominium Association,
Inc.
Jul 1,5,10 2024 0012463875
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Pardo & Drazin, LLC
Russell S. Drazin, Attorney
4400 Jenifer Street, NW, Suite 2
Washington, DC 20015
202-223-7900
TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
3528 Park Place, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Lot 0118 in Square 3036
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
(“Deed of Trust”) dated September 14, 2023 and recorded
on September 25, 2023 as Instrument No. 2023082513 from
PARK PLACE PARCEL LLC, as grantor, to RUSSELL S. DRAZIN
(“Trustee”), as trustee, for the benefit of WCP FUND I LLC, as
beneficiary, securing that certain Commercial Deed of Trust
Note dated September 14, 2023 in the principal amount of
$975,000.00 made by PARK PLACE PARCEL LLC, as maker,
payable to the order of WCP FUND I LLC, as payee, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, and following the
mailing and recordation of an Affidavit of Non-Residential
Mortgage Foreclosure and a Notice of Foreclosure Sale of
Real Property or Condominium Unit, at the request of the
current noteholder, Trustee will sell at public auction at
the office of Harvey West Auctioneers, Inc., 5335 Wisconsin
Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015, on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 2:10 PM
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON (if any) situated in the City of Washington, District
of Columbia, known as 3528 Park Place, NW, Washington,
DC 20010 (Lot 0118 in Square 3036), and more fully
described in the Deed of Trust.
The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no
warranty of any kind, and subject to conditions, restrictions,
agreements, liens, and encumbrances of record affecting
the same – except those encumbrances of record that are
extinguished by operation of District of Columbia law by
virtue of the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust.
Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all taxes,
water and sewer charges, and other utility charges, if
any. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale forward. Purchaser shall
be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $40,000.00 by cashier’s check
will be required of purchaser at the time and place of sale.
Purchaser shall settle within thirty (30) days of sale. TIME
SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT
BY PURCHASER. Balance of the purchase price to be paid
in cash or certified funds at settlement. Interest to be paid
on the unpaid purchase money from the date of sale to the
date of settlement at the applicable interest rate set forth in
the debt instrument secured by the Deed of Trust. Purchaser
shall be responsible for payment of all settlement costs.
The noteholder and its affiliates, if a bidder, shall not be
required to post a deposit or to pay interest.
In the event that purchaser does not settle as required
for any reason, purchaser shall be in default. Upon such
default, the deposit shall be forfeited to Trustee and
all of the expenses of this sale (including legal fees and
costs, and full commission on the gross sale price) shall
be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit.
Trustee may resell the property at the risk and expense of the
defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be
entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any
resale of the property. Defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to Trustee for legal fees and costs incurred by Trustee in
connection with such default.
If Trustee is unable to settle as set forth herein, purchaser’s
sole remedy at law and in equity shall be limited to a refund
of the deposit and the sale shall be considered null and void
and of no effect whatsoever.
Trustee reserves the right, in Trustee’s sole discretion, to
reject any and all bids, to withdraw the property from sale
at any time before or at the auction, to extend the time to
receive bids, to waive or modify the deposit requirement, to
waive or modify the requirement that interest be paid on the
unpaid purchase money, and/or to extend the period of time
for settlement.
Additional terms may be announced at the sale. The
successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver
to Trustee a memorandum or contract of the sale at the
conclusion of bidding.
Russell S. Drazin, Trustee
Jul 2,4,8,10,12 2024 0012463872
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Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES’ SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
7647 ALLENDALE DR
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20785
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
October 17, 2007, and recorded in Liber 28952, folio 384, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $177,600.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE’S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JULY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 13-1565308
The property and improvements will be sold in an “AS
IS” physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder’s deposit of
$11,500.00 by cashier’s/certified check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.500% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier’s check within 10 days
after final ratification of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser’s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney’s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was filed; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-130511)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012463874
OPQRS
840 840
Trustees Sale - DC Trustees Sale - DC
Pardo & Drazin, LLC
Russell S. Drazin, Attorney
4400 Jenifer Street, NW, Suite 2
Washington, DC 20015
202-223-7900
TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY
400 15th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Lot 0090 in Square 1053
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
(“Deed of Trust”) dated March 22, 2023 and recorded on
June 28, 2023 as Instrument No. 2023054274 from 1452
D ST NE LLC, as grantor, to RUSSELL S. DRAZIN (“Trustee”),
as trustee, for the benefit of WCP FUND I LLC, as beneficiary,
securing that certain Commercial Deed of Trust Note dated
March 22, 2023 in the principal amount of $882,000.00
made by 1452 D ST NE LLC, as maker, payable to the order
of WCP FUND I LLC, as payee, default having occurred under
the terms thereof, and following the mailing and recordation
of an Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage Foreclosure
and a Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Real Property or
Condominium Unit, at the request of the current noteholder,
Trustee will sell at public auction at the office of Harvey West
Auctioneers, Inc., 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440,
Washington, DC 20015, on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 2:00 PM
ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON (if any) situated in the City of Washington, District
of Columbia, known as 400 15th Street, NE, Washington, DC
20002 (Lot 0090 in Square 1053), and more fully described
in the Deed of Trust.
The property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition, with no
warranty of any kind, and subject to conditions, restrictions,
agreements, liens, and encumbrances of record affecting
the same – except those encumbrances of record that are
extinguished by operation of District of Columbia law by
virtue of the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust.
Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all taxes,
water and sewer charges, and other utility charges, if
any. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the
property from the date of sale forward. Purchaser shall
be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $50,000.00 by cashier’s check
will be required of purchaser at the time and place of sale.
Purchaser shall settle within thirty (30) days of sale. TIME
SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT
BY PURCHASER. Balance of the purchase price to be paid
in cash or certified funds at settlement. Interest to be paid
on the unpaid purchase money from the date of sale to the
date of settlement at the applicable interest rate set forth in
the debt instrument secured by the Deed of Trust. Purchaser
shall be responsible for payment of all settlement costs.
The noteholder and its affiliates, if a bidder, shall not be
required to post a deposit or to pay interest.
In the event that purchaser does not settle as required
for any reason, purchaser shall be in default. Upon such
default, the deposit shall be forfeited to Trustee and
all of the expenses of this sale (including legal fees and
costs, and full commission on the gross sale price) shall
be charged against and paid out of the forfeited deposit.
Trustee may resell the property at the risk and expense of the
defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be
entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any
resale of the property. Defaulting purchaser shall be liable
to Trustee for legal fees and costs incurred by Trustee in
connection with such default.
If Trustee is unable to settle as set forth herein, purchaser’s
sole remedy at law and in equity shall be limited to a refund
of the deposit and the sale shall be considered null and void
and of no effect whatsoever.
Trustee reserves the right, in Trustee’s sole discretion, to
reject any and all bids, to withdraw the property from sale
at any time before or at the auction, to extend the time to
receive bids, to waive or modify the deposit requirement, to
waive or modify the requirement that interest be paid on the
unpaid purchase money, and/or to extend the period of time
for settlement.
Additional terms may be announced at the sale. The
successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver
to Trustee a memorandum or contract of the sale at the
conclusion of bidding.
Russell S. Drazin, Trustee
Jul 2,4,8,10,12 2024 0012463871
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
TRUSTEE’S SALE
13720 Old Chapel Road, Bowie, MD 20715
Trustee’s Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
premises known as 13720 Old Chapel Road, Bowie, MD
20715. By virtue of the power and authority contained in
a Deed of Trust, dated December 29, 2006, and recorded
in Liber 27556 at Page 005 among the land records of the
County of Prince George’s, in the original principal amount
of $277,500.00. Upon default and request for sale, the
undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at
the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE’S, at the
front of the Duval Wing of the Courthouse Complex located
at 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772, on
July 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM, all that property described in said
Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
Tax ID# 14-1652957
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling
and is sold in “as is condition” and subject to all superior
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-
of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash
or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be
paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser’s only remedy
is the return of the deposit. Trustee’s File No. 18-274036.
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.
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BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
610 FIFTH STREET A/R/T/A 610 5TH STREET
LAUREL, MD 20707
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated September 24, 2007, recorded in Liber 29316, Folio
173 among the Land Records of Prince George’s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $284,000.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:52 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $30,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 344897-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465543
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
6219 DIMRILL COURT
FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from William F. Hill, Jr. and Luther Michael Williams, III
dated January 3, 2020 and recorded in Liber 43062, folio
392 among the Land Records of Prince George’s County,
MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:32 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #12-1363654.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the office
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 22-002461-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465553
EZ WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
926 KARLSON AVENUE
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated October 24, 2008, recorded in Liber 30124, Folio 471
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $420,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:50 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 356232-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465542
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
2108 CATSKILL STREET
TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Sandra W. Chriss dated September 3, 2013 and
recorded in Liber 35989, folio 632 among the Land Records
of Prince George’s County, MD, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County,
14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing
entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:30 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #12-1236918.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $12,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the office
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 23-000056-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465551
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024 EZ
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2816 PUMPKIN STREET
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated November 22, 2013, recorded in Liber 35530, Folio
424 among the Land Records of Prince George’s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $447,086.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:48 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $36,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 359695-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465541
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
8707 GOOD LUCK ROAD
LANHAM, MD 20706
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated June 2, 2020, recorded in Liber 43800, Folio 504
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $322,040.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:44 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 360853-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465540
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
10722 CASTLETON WAY
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated April 15, 2006, recorded in Liber 29134, Folio 668
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $236,800.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:42 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $25,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 130227-3)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465538
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
7609 HARPERS DRIVE
FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated February 17, 2015, recorded in Liber 36840, Folio 95
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $330,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 10:55 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $14,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 347372-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464781
OPQRS
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
3713 SILVER PARK COURT
SUITLAND, MD 20746
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 21, 2011, recorded in Liber 32940, Folio 553
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $236,968.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 10:53 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 358537-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464780
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
8306 DEERSTILL WAY
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated May 9, 2013, recorded in Liber 34726, Folio 155
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $304,385.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 10:51 AM
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with
any buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 362257-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464779
CLASSIFIED H NOTICES H Trustee Sales—MD H Trustee Sales—VA D9
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2911 NOVEMBER COURT
BOWIE, MD 20716
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 5, 2006, recorded in Liber 25931, Folio 562 among
the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD, with an
original principal balance of $427,500.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell
at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George’s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 10:49 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 365780-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464778
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
4908 STAN HAVEN ROAD
TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated August 24, 2007, recorded in Liber 28650, Folio 177
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $544,185.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:41 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $35,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 356800-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464509
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
1007 QUIETVIEW DRIVE
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20743
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated February 28, 2020, recorded in Liber 43711, Folio 97
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $270,019.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:39 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $25,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 362611-3)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464507
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
5513 RUXTON DRIVE
LANHAM, MD 20706
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 21, 2006, recorded in Liber 26648, Folio 236
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $312,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:37 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $35,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 349382-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464506
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851
Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
554 HARRY S. TRUMAN DRIVE
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated December 28, 2006, recorded in Liber 27105, Folio
86 among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $159,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:35 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $13,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 364641-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464505
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
6500 TALL WOODS WAY
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Rudolph Tate dated December 27, 2017 and recorded
in Liber 40647, folio 199 among the Land Records of Prince
George’s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:25 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #09-3796448.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind. The property will be sold
subject to a deferred water and sewer charge (Front Foot
Benefit).
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $44,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final
ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the office
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 22-000543-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464293
OPQRS EZ WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024
851
Prince Georges County 851
Prince Georges County 851
Prince Georges County 852
Anne Arundel County 852
Anne Arundel County 875
Fauquier County
BWW Law Group, LLC McNamee Hosea, P.A. BWW Law Group, LLC Trustee’s Sale
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 6404 Ivy Lane, Suite 820 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 105 East Washington Street,
Remington, Virginia 22734
Rockville, MD 20852 Greenbelt, Maryland 20770 Rockville, MD 20852 (GPIN: 6887183950000;
(301) 961-6555 301-441-2420 (301) 961-6555 Mblu.: 6887/ 18/ 3950/ 000/)
Default having been made in
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE the terms of a certain Deed of
Trust dated February 1, 2008,
OF REAL PROPERTY AND WAREHOUSE CONDOMINIUM UNITS OF REAL PROPERTY AND in the original principal amount
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON of $75,000.00 and recorded in
the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit
4525 & 4527 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE Court of the County of Fauqui-
9506 TELLICO PLACE BRENTWOOD, MARYLAND 20722 124 SHELLY ROAD er, Virginia in Deed Book 1289,
page 975, the undersigned Sub-
CLINTON, MD 20735 GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061 stitute Trustees will sell at public
(Case No. C-16-CV-23-002360 in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County) auction on August 14, 2024, at
12:00 PM in front of the building
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust housing the Fauquier County Cir-
dated May 7, 2010, recorded in Liber 31735, Folio 269 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Purchase Money Deed of Trust and Security dated September 11, 2006, recorded in Liber 18307, Folio cuit Court, 40 Culpeper Street,
Warrenton, VA 20186, the prop-
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD, Agreement from Faith Full Gospel Deliverance Church of God, a District of Columbia 368 among the Land Records of Anne Arundel County, MD, erty situate on Route 1205 in the
with an original principal balance of $210,200.00, default nonprofit organization dated March 7, 2017 and recorded in Liber 39807, folio 581 et seq with an original principal balance of $225,000.00, default Town of Remington, Lee Magis-
terial District, Fauquier County,
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD, to MSR Venture, LLC, a Maryland having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees Virginia, and according to a plat
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince limited liability company and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Deed of Trust, will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Anne of survey of record with a deed in
deed book 494, page 629 in the
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, which was given to secure a loan on the real properties and personal property described Arundel County, at the Court House Door, 8 Church Circle, Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on therein, subsequently assigned by Collateral Assignment of Promissory Note and Deed Annapolis, MD 21401, on Court of Fauquier County, Virgin-
ia, containing 0.68039 acre. Sale
of Trust dated April 20, 2023 and recorded in Liber 48775, folio 535 et seq (collectively is subject to all prior liens, ease-
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:54 AM the “Deed of Trust”) and default having occurred under the terms and conditions thereof, JULY 30, 2024 AT 9:20 AM ments, restrictions, covenants,
and conditions, if any, of record,
and the recordation of a Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustees (Substitute Trustees) or other matters which would be
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any appointing Aaron D. Neal and Michael L. Brown, Substitute Trustees in Book 48832, Page 62, ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any disclosed by an accurate survey
or inspection of the premises.
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince who will sell the property commonly known as 4525 & 4527 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, buildings or improvements thereon located in Anne Arundel
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the Maryland 20722 at public auction to be held upon the steps of the Circuit Courthouse for County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed TERMS: CASH. A deposit of
$7,500.00 or 10% of the sale
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Prince George’s County, Maryland located at 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 of Trust. price, whichever is lower, will be
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.) , on: The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in required of the successful bidder
at time of sale. Prior to the sale,
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions interested bidders will be re-
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and JULY 16, 2024 AT 10:50 AM and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and quired to register with and must
present a bid deposit which may
with no warranty of any kind. with no warranty of any kind. be held during the sale by the
Property Descriptions: trustee. The bid deposit must be
certified funds and/or cash, but
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified Condominium Unit “D” , Parcel “C”, in the Crittenden-Brentwood Warehousing Condominium Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of certified no more than $9,900.00 of cash
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the as established by that certain Declaration of Condominium recorded among the Land check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the will be accepted. The successful
bidder’s deposit will be retained
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase Records of Prince George’s County, Maryland in Liber 17675, folio 368 and as shown on the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase at the sale and applied to the
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money Plat entitled “Crittenden Brentwood Warehousing Condominium” recorded among the Land price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money sale price. If held by the trustee,
all other bid deposits will be re-
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or Records of Prince George’s County, Maryland in Plat Book 197, Folio 31. at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or turned to the unsuccessful bid-
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date TOGETHER WITH a pro-rated undivided percentage interest in the common elements thereof any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date ders. Settlement is to be made
within 15 calendar days. The
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash as established for this unit pursuant to the aforesaid Declaration and By-Laws as amended. funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash successful bidder will be respon-
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit ALSO, TOGETHER WITH the improvements thereto and rights and appurtenances thereto within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit sible for obtaining possession of
the property, and for all costs
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the belonging or appertaining and particularly the rights in common with others of a Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the and fees related to recording
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before condominium owner in said Condominium, subject to the obligations of such owners. purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before the Trustee’s Deed, including the
grantors tax. The successful bid-
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Tax ID: 17-3528932 settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. der will be required to execute a
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural Premise Address: 4525 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, MD 20722 Unit: D Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural Memorandum of Trustee’s Sale,
available for review on the Fore-
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private Condominium Unit C, as recorded in the Condominium Plat titled “Units A thru D, Crittenden- taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private closure Sales page of www.glas-
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive Brentwood Warehousing Condominium and recorded in Plat Book REP 197 at Pages 31 charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive serlaw.com [glasserlaw.com],
outlining additional terms of sale
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and and 32 in the Land Records of Prince George’s County, and subject to the Declaration of foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and and settlement. A Trustee’s Deed
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions Crittenden-Brentwood Warehousing Condominium, front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and will be prepared by Trustee’s at-
torney at high bidder’s expense.
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible Prince Georges County, Maryland dated July 2, 2003 and recorded in the Land Records of thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer Prince George’s County on July 3, 2003. for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer This is a communication from a
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. Premise Address: 4527 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, MD 20722 Unit: C taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser. debt collector, Glasser and Glass-
er, P.L.C. on behalf of Atlantic
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the Tax ID # 17-3528924 The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the Trustee Services, L.L.C., and/or
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/ The properties consist of two commercially zoned condominium units: ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/ REO Solutions, LLC, and/or NF-
PDS-VA LLC, Substitute Trustees,
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed 4525 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, MD 20722-unit D has approximately 4,814 +/- or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed Crown Center Building, Suite
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is square feet. by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is 600, 580 East Main Street, Nor-
folk, VA 23510, File No. 236514-
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the 4527 Rhode Island Avenue Brentwood, MD 20722-unit C has approximately 2,420 +/- responsible for obtaining physical possession of the 01, Tel: (757) 321-6465, between
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property square feet. property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon only.
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit The properties and improvements will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and subject to from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012463898
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, conditions, restrictions, covenants, encumbrances, easements, right of ways, existing of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, 877
Spotsylvania County
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower building and/or environmental violations, violation notices, agreements of record affecting but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid the same, if any, and with no warranty either expressed or implied as to the description of entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
2419 PITTSTON ROAD,
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale the condition of the properties or improvements. off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22408
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
In execution of a certain Deed of
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without Terms of Sale: The Properties will be offered as an entirety only. These Terms of Sale are in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without Trust dated December 6, 2004,
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of a pre-condition to bidding at the aforementioned sale of the properties, and any person interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of in the original principal amount
of $190,000.00 recorded in the
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that submitting a bid at the sale shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms of Sale. A ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. deposit in the form of cashier’s or certified check or in such other form as the Substitute property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Spotsylvania County, Virginia as
Instrument No. 200400048932.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion, for $50,000 at the time of sale. The deposit Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by The undersigned Substitute
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further must be increased to 10% of the purchase price within 1 business day after the sale, and the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further Trustee will offer for sale at
public auction in the front of
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any delivered to the office of the Substitute Trustees in the same form as the initial deposit. If the liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any the Circuit Court building for
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten note holder and/or servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. The papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten Spotsylvania County, 9107 Ju-
dicial Center Lane, Spotsylvania,
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service balance of the purchase price is to be paid in immediately available funds, within twenty days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service Virginia, or any such temporary
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser (20) days after the final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser alternative Circuit Court location
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted If payment of the balance does not take place within twenty (20) days after ratification, as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted designated by the Judges of the
Circuit Court, on August 15,
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds the deposit will be forfeited and the properties will be resold at the risk and expense of the purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds 2024, at 12:30 PM, the property
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from described in said Deed of Trust,
located at the above address,
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. or profits resulting from any resale of the properties. improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. and more particularly described
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable In the event the properties are purchased by someone other than the note holder or an Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable as follows:
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification affiliate, interest shall be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate of 11% per annum title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PARCEL
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the from date of sale to the date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustees. In of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the OR TRACT OF LAND, SITUATE,
LYING AND BEING IN LEE HILL
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the the event the settlement is delayed for any reason and the properties are purchased by Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, SPOTSYL-
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 187524-6) someone other than the note holder or an affiliate, there shall be no abatement of interest deposit without interest. (Matter No. 194127-2) VANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, BEING
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
caused by the delay. Taxes, agricultural taxes, water, sewer, ground rent, condominium fees, AS LOT 204, SECTION 3B, RUF-
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., and/or homeowners association dues, if applicable, to be adjusted to the date of sale and Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al., FIN’S POND, ON PLAT OF SURVEY
MADE BY SULLIVAN, DONAHOE &
Substitute Trustees assumed thereafter by the purchaser. All other public charges and assessments payable on Substitute Trustees INGALLS, RECORDED IN PLAT FILE
an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges are to be adjusted 7, PAGES 14-18.
for the current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all LICENSE NOS. A000113, A000176, A000177, A000193, TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
documentary stamps, recordation taxes and transfer taxes shall be borne by the purchaser. A000424, A000479, A000507, A000508 bidder’s deposit of ten percent
(10%) of the sale price or ten
The properties will be sold in an “AS IS” condition and without any recourse, representations percent (10%) of the original
or warranties, either express or implied, as to its nature, condition or description. principal balance of the subject
Deed of Trust, whichever is low-
Potential purchasers are responsible for conducting their own due diligence regarding the er, in the form of cash or certified
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465544 condition, location, permissible uses, and value of the properties. Neither the Substitute funds payable to the Substitute
Trustee must be present at the
Trustees, the secured party, the note holder nor any other party makes any warranty or time of the sale. The balance of
representation of any kind or nature regarding the physical condition of, the description of, the purchase price will be due
within fifteen (15) days of sale,
or title to the properties. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465537 otherwise Purchaser’s depos-
for the properties immediately after the sale. it may be forfeited to Trustee.
If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey the properties as described above, by reason
Time is of the essence. If the
sale is set aside for any reason,
of any defect in the title or otherwise, the purchaser’s sole remedy at law or in equity shall be the Purchaser at the sale shall
limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. Upon refund of the deposit to purchaser,
be entitled to a return of the
deposit paid. The Purchaser
the sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claims may, if provided by the terms
of the Trustee’s Memorandum
against the Substitute Trustees or the secured party. The conveyance of the properties by of Foreclosure Sale, be entitled
the Substitute Trustees to the purchaser at settlement shall be by Substitute Trustees’ Deed to a $50 cancellation fee from
without covenant or warranty.
the Substitute Trustee, but shall
have no further recourse against
The purchaser is responsible for, and the properties are sold subject to, any environmental BWW Law Group, LLC the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or
matter or condition, whether latent or observable, if any, that may exist at or affect or relate 6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 the Mortgagee’s attorney. A form
copy of the Trustee’s memoran-
to the properties and to any governmental requirements affecting the same. Rockville, MD 20852 dum of foreclosure sale and con-
BWW Law Group, LLC The Memorandum of Purchase between the Substitute Trustees, as sellers, and the (301) 961-6555 tract to purchase real property is
available for viewing at www.bw-
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101 purchaser (the “Memorandum of Purchase”) shall include, by reference, all the terms wsales.com. Additional terms, if
Rockville, MD 20852 and conditions contained herein, specifically including, but not limited to, the following SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE any, to be announced at the sale
and the Purchaser may be given
(301) 961-6555 provisions: “Purchaser agrees and represents that the purchaser is purchasing the OF REAL PROPERTY AND the option to execute the con-
properties subject to all matters known and unknown, in “AS IS, WHERE IS” condition. In ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON tract of sale electronically.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE executing and delivering the Memorandum of Purchase, purchaser recognizes purchaser This is a communication from a
OF REAL PROPERTY AND has not relied upon nor been induced by any statements or representations of any person, 708 204TH STREET debt collector and any informa-
tion obtained will be used for
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON including the Substitute Trustees, the secured party, the Deed of Trust holder or an affiliate PASADENA, MD 21122 that purpose. The sale is subject
or their respective servicers, heirs, personal and legal representatives, agents, employees, to seller confirmation. Substitute
Trustee: Equity Trustees, LLC,
15806 APPLETON TERRACE successors and assigns (collectively, “Released Parties”), in respect of the condition of Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust 8100 Three Chopt Road, Suite
BOWIE, MD 20716 the properties, including the environmental condition to the properties, unless such dated June 8, 2007, recorded in Liber 19223, Folio 410 240, Richmond, VA 23229.
representations or statements are specifically set forth in the Memorandum of Purchase. among the Land Records of Anne Arundel County, MD, For more information contact:
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust Purchaser has not relied on anything in the foreclosure advertisement, but rather has relied with an original principal balance of $249,500.00, default BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys
for Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003
dated June 29, 2012, recorded in Liber 33818, Folio 491 solely on such investigations, examinations or inspections of the properties as purchaser having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees Executive Blvd, Suite 101, Rock-
among the Land Records of Prince George’s County, MD, has made. Purchaser waives and releases the Released Parties from any and all claims the will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Anne ville, MD 20852, 301-961-6555,
website: www.bwwsales.com.
with an original principal balance of $345,549.00, default purchaser or its successors and assigns may have now or in the future may have relating to Arundel County, at the Court House Door, 8 Church Circle, VA-370708-1.
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees the condition of the properties. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that this provision was Annapolis, MD 21401, on Jul 10,17 2024 0012463228
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince a negotiated part of the Memorandum of Purchase and serves as an essential component
George’s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, JULY 23, 2024 AT 9:39 AM DC H SOUTHEAST
of consideration for the same. The parties specifically acknowledge and agree that this
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on clause bars all claims by purchaser against Released Parties, arising from the condition Apartments
of or releases from the properties pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any Condos H Co-ops
JULY 30, 2024 AT 10:46 AM Compensations and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and all other actions pursuant to buildings or improvements thereon located in Anne Arundel
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federal, state or local laws, ordinances or regulations for any environmental condition of or County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed Waitlist Opening for one dayTwo
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any releases from the properties. Further, purchaser agrees to indemnify the Substitute Trustees of Trust. bedrooms only August 23, 2024
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buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince for any liability they may have to any third party for an environmental condition of the The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in 1535 Morris Rd. S.E. #101
George’s County, MD and more fully described in the properties. Notwithstanding the parties’ intent that this clause bars all such claims, should an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions Washington, D.C. 20020
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aforesaid Deed of Trust. a court of competent jurisdiction deem otherwise, purchaser agrees that the presence of this and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and issued Non-drivers or driver’s card,
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in clause should serve as the overwhelming, primary factor in any equitable apportionment of with no warranty of any kind. original birth certificate, and social
security cards for all household
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions response costs under applicable federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.” members. No lining up at night. If
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and Note: The information contained herein was obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,000 in the form of certified you need to make a reasonable
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check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the urged to make their own inspection. at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or 225
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improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification deposit without interest. (Matter No. 184915-1)
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
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Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2091 LAKE GROVE LANE
CROFTON, MD 21114
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated December 30, 2008, recorded in Liber 21198, Folio
140 among the Land Records of Anne Arundel County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $225,732.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel County, at the Court House Door, 8 Church Circle,
Annapolis, MD 21401, on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 9:37 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Anne Arundel
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $21,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 175101-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
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Kensington, MD 20895
202-265-7755
Civil Action No. C-02-CV-24-001575
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF UNIMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
3338 ARUNDEL ON THE BAY RD
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21403
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Com-
mercial First Deed of Trust from Close It Now 365, LLC to Mark L.
Leemon and Mark L. Hessel, Trustee, dated March 31, 2023, recorded
April 3, 2023 in Liber 39561, folio 110 both among the Land Records of
Anne Arundel County, MD, the holder of the indebtedness secured by
the Deed of Trust having appointed Charles F. Gormly, Substitute Trust-
ee by instrument duly executed, acknowledged and recorded among
the aforementioned Land Records, default having occurred under the
terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby, the
undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell at public auction at the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County, at the Court House Door, 8 Church Cir-
cle, Annapolis, MD 21401, on
JULY 22, 2024 AT 12:00 PM
The land referred to herein is located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
and is described as follows:
Lot numbered Fourteen (14) in Block numbered Eight (8), Plat 1, Oyster
Harbor, as shown on plat dated April 18, 1950 entitle “Plat Number
1, Oyster Harbor, near Arundel on the Bay, 2d Election District, Anne
Arundel County, Maryland” made by J.R. McCrone, Jr. and recorded
among the Land Records of Anne Arundel County, Maryland in Plat
Book 22, folio 9.
Property Address: 3338 Arundel on the Bay Road, Annapolis, MD 21403
Being the same property recorded in Liber 39392 at Page 404
Tax ID #02-597-09700600
The property will be sold in an “as is” condition and subject to condi-
tions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any
and with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 by cashiers check or certified
check or in such other form as the Substitute Trustee may determine
in his sole discretion. The deposit must be increased to 10% of the
winning bid amount and delivered to the Substitute Trustee within 3
(three) business days after the consummation of the sale in the same
form of funds as the initial deposit. Failure to timely tender the depos-
it shall constitute a material default by the purchaser. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of
sale by the Circuit Court.
The successful bidder shall be required to execute a Memorandum of
Sale immediately upon completion of the sale. A copy of the Memoran-
dum of Sale may be obtained from the Substitute Trustee prior to the
foreclosure sale. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at
the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the
date funds are received in the office of the Substitute Trustee. If the
purchaser fails to go to settlement within ten days of the ratification,
the deposit shall be forfeited to the Substitute Trustee and all of the ex-
penses of this sale (including attorney fees and full commission on the
gross sale price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the
forfeited deposit. Purchaser(s) acknowledge the obligation to settle
within ten days of ratification of the foreclosure sale. In the event that
settlement does not occur within ten days, the purchaser(s) shall be in
default. Upon such default, Substitute Trustee shall file a Motion and
Order to resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting
purchaser(s). Purchaser(s) hereby consent to entry of such resale or-
der without further notice. The defaulting purchaser(s) shall not be en-
titled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the
property. In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, including,
but not limited to, exceptions to the sale, bankruptcy filings by inter-
ested parties, court administration of the foreclosure or unknown title
defects, there shall be no abatement of interest. Taxes, ground rent,
water and all public charges including, sanitation and/or metropolitan
district charges, if applicable, are to be adjusted for the current year to
the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost of all
documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be
borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining
physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property immediately from the time and date
of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey good and
marketable title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall be
limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. Any such additional
terms may be announced at the sale.
The contract of sale between the Substitute Trustee, as seller, and the
purchaser (the “Contract of Sale”) includes, by reference, all the terms
and conditions contained herein, specifically including, but not limited
to, the following provisions: “Purchaser agrees and represents that the
Purchaser is purchasing the Premises subject to all matters known and
unknown, in ‘AS IS, WHERE IS’ condition. In executing and delivering
the Contract of Sale, Purchaser recognizes Purchaser has not relied
upon nor been induced by any statements or representations of any
person, including the Substitute Trustee, the secured party, the deed of
trust and security agreement holder or an affiliate or their respective
servicers, heirs, personal and legal representatives, counsel, auction-
eers, other professionals, agents, employees, successors and assigns
(collectively, “Released Parties”), in respect of the condition of the
Premises, including the environmental condition of the Premises, un-
less such representations or statements are specifically set forth in the
Contract of Sale. Purchaser has not relied on anything in the foreclo-
sure advertisement, but rather has relied solely on such investigations,
examinations or inspections of the Premises as Purchaser has made.
Purchaser waives and releases the Released Parties from any and all
claims the Purchaser or its successors and assigns may have now or
in the future may have relating to the condition of the Premises. Pur-
chaser acknowledges and agrees that this provision was a negotiated
part of the Contract of Sale and serves as an essential component of
consideration for the same.
The information contained herein was obtained from sources deemed
to be reliable, but is offered for information purposes only. The auction-
eer, the party secured by the Deed of Trust and the Substitute Trustee
make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy
of this information.
Charles F. Gormly, Substitute Trustee (Esquire)
(202) 265-7755
Stephen Karbelk, Auctioneer
(571) 481-1037
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TRUSTEE’S SALE
1545 Hodges Avenue, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Trustee’s Sale of valuable fee simple property improved
by premises known as 1545 Hodges Avenue, Glen Burnie,
MD 21060. By virtue of the power and authority contained
in a Deed of Trust, dated May 8, 2019, and recorded in
Liber 33136 at Page 320 among the land records of the
County of Anne Arundel, in the original principal amount
of $304,385.00. Upon default and request for sale, the
undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction
at the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at
8 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, on July 23, 2024 at
4:00 PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust
including but not limited to:
Tax ID# 05-748-15054000
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling
and is sold in “as is condition” and subject to all superior
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-
of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash
or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be
paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser’s only remedy
is the return of the deposit. Trustee’s File No. 19-285394.
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.
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TRUSTEE’S SALE
204 Allensway Drive, Edgewater, MD 21037
Trustee’s Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
premises known as 204 Allensway Drive, Edgewater, MD
21037. By virtue of the power and authority contained in
a Deed of Trust, dated December 24, 2013, and recorded
in Liber 26965 at Page 334 among the land records of the
County of Anne Arundel, in the original principal amount
of $938,250.00. Upon default and request for sale, the
undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction
at the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at
8 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, on July 23, 2024 at
4:00 PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust
including but not limited to:
Tax ID# 01-000-90082866; 01-000-90082871; AND
01-000-90082870
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling
and is sold in “as is condition” and subject to all superior
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-
of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash
or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be
paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser’s only remedy
is the return of the deposit. Trustee’s File No. 22-289762.
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.
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Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
8005 PINE RIDGE ROAD
PASADENA, MD 21122
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of
Trust dated June 23, 2017, recorded in Liber 31114, Folio
13 among the Land Records of Anne Arundel County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $304,385.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel County, at the Court House Door, 8 Church Circle,
Annapolis, MD 21401, on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 9:15 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Anne Arundel
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $31,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 348225-3)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
LICENSE NOS. A000113, A000176, A000177, A000193,
A000424, A000479, A000507, A000508
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464503
853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
12493 SAN JOSE COURT
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Stephanie Savoy dated December 10, 2021 and
recorded in Liber 6168, folio 8 among the Land Records
of Calvert County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Calvert County, at the Court House Door,
175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678, on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 12:52 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Calvert
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust. Tax ID #01-091441.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $26,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Calvert County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Trustees. There will
be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed
for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay
interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR
THE PURCHASER. There will be no reduction of interest due
to overpayment of deposit. Adjustment of all real property
taxes (excluding recapture of previously reduced or exempt
taxes) and any other public charges or assessments, to
the extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer charges, and ground rent to be adjusted
to date of sale and paid at execution of the deed, except
where the secured party is the purchaser, and thereafter
assumed by the purchaser. All due and/or unpaid private
utility, water and sewer facilities charges, condo/HOA
assessments and Columbia Assoc. assessments, to the
extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, are payable by
the purchaser without adjustment. Cost of all documentary
stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured taxes (including but not
limited to agricultural taxes), and settlement expenses shall
be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the
date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at
the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 23-000348-MD-F-4.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465555
853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND
ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
5715 OAKCREST DRIVE
SAINT LEONARD, MD 20685
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated February 22, 2008, recorded in Liber 3124, Folio 369
and re-recorded in Liber 4464, folio 344 among the Land
Records of Calvert County, MD, with an original principal
balance of $411,300.00, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at
the Circuit Court for Calvert County, at the Court House Door,
175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD 20678, on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 3:20 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Calvert
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $40,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 365302-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464783
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
1010 GOLDEN WEST WAY
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Aaron Mead Reichard and Melissa Reichard dated
April 27, 2020 and recorded in Liber 5583, folio 146 among
the Land Records of Calvert County, MD, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at
public auction at the Circuit Court for Calvert County, at
the Court House Door, 175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD
20678, on
JULY 30, 2024 AT 12:50 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Calvert
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust. Tax ID #01-094556.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Calvert County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Trustees. There will
be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed
for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay
interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR
THE PURCHASER. There will be no reduction of interest due
to overpayment of deposit. Adjustment of all real property
taxes (excluding recapture of previously reduced or exempt
taxes) and any other public charges or assessments, to
the extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer charges, and ground rent to be adjusted
to date of sale and paid at execution of the deed, except
where the secured party is the purchaser, and thereafter
assumed by the purchaser. All due and/or unpaid private
utility, water and sewer facilities charges, condo/HOA
assessments and Columbia Assoc. assessments, to the
extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, are payable by
the purchaser without adjustment. Cost of all documentary
stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured taxes (including but not
limited to agricultural taxes), and settlement expenses shall
be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the
date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at
the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 23-001126-MD-F-3.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jul 10,17,24 2024 0012465554
CLASSIFIED D11
853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
12053 BULLWHIP TRAIL
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated June 23, 2020, recorded in Liber 5631, Folio 309
among the Land Records of Calvert County, MD, with an
original principal balance of $239,200.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell
at public auction at the Circuit Court for Calvert County, at
the Court House Door, 175 Main St., Prince Frederick, MD
20678, on
JULY 16, 2024 AT 3:20 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Calvert
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modifications thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot benefit charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers filed in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratification and expressly agrees to accept service
by first class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identified on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratification
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 364663-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jun 26,Jul 3,10 2024 0012464512
855 855
Charles County Charles County
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
202 WILLIAMSBURG CIRCLE
LA PLATA, MD 20646
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Bhadresh A. Mehta dated November 21, 2006 and
recorded in Liber 6118, folio 277 among the Land Records
of Charles County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Charles County, 200 Charles St., La Plata,
MD 20646, (Sale will be held in the breezeway between the
Circuit Court and the District Court), on
JULY 23, 2024 AT 12:50 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Charles
County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed
of Trust. Tax ID #01-073672.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an “as is” condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $69,000 in the form of certified
check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification
of sale by the Circuit Court for Charles County. Interest to
be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant
to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date
funds are received in the office of the Trustees. There will
be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed
for any reason. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay
interest if it is the purchaser. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR
THE PURCHASER. There will be no reduction of interest due
to overpayment of deposit. Adjustment of all real property
taxes (excluding recapture of previously reduced or exempt
taxes) and any other public charges or assessments, to
the extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, including
water/sewer charges, and ground rent to be adjusted
to date of sale and paid at execution of the deed, except
where the secured party is the purchaser, and thereafter
assumed by the purchaser. All due and/or unpaid private
utility, water and sewer facilities charges, condo/HOA
assessments and Columbia Assoc. assessments, to the
extent such amount survive foreclosure sale, are payable by
the purchaser without adjustment. Cost of all documentary
stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured taxes (including but not
limited to agricultural taxes), and settlement expenses shall
be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible
for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser
assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the
date of sale forward. Additional terms to be announced at
the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser’s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney’s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney’s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document filed in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees’
file number 22-000258-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jul 3,10,17 2024 0012464785
D12
The fans spoke, and the Commanders took note: Gold pants are coming back
Team’s uniform rotation
will include popular color
for first time since 2018
BY N ICKI J HABVALA
Gold is back in for 2024.
The Washington Commanders
will wear gold pants as part of
their uniform rotation this sea-
son, the first time the franchise
has done so since 2018. The team,
which made the announcement
Tuesday on its 92nd anniversary,
has not determined in which
games it will sport gold pants.
The move was made by the
franchise’s decision-makers after
receiving significant feedback
from fans, who have lobbied for
the team to bring back some
staples of its past.
Washington’s gold pants,
which had a stripe down the side
— the new ones do not because
the stripe doesn’t match the Com-
Wimbledon keeps going
... and going ... and going
WimbleDon from D1
began molasses-slow when No. 3
Carlos Alcaraz and No. 12 Tommy
Paul played a first set that lasted
1 hour 12 minutes. Alcaraz picked
things up after that and defeated
the American, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, to
set up a rematch of last year’s
semifinal against medvedev.
But even Alcaraz, who is in the
hunt to back up his french open
title with his second Wimbledon
championship in as many years,
couldn’t escape a marathon
match this fortnight. His third-
round battle with frances Tiafoe
went five sets and took 3 hours
50 minutes.
medvedev’s theory? That’s just
grass-court tennis, with its quick
points and games dictated heavily
by the quality of your serve.
“maybe the level is closer than
before,” he said Tuesday — and
that’s a strong possibility, too,
with Novak Djokovic the outlier
of the bunch with his 24 Grand
According to the Gridiron Uniform Database, Washington is
130-114-3 in gold pants since 1969. They will return this season.
manders’ jerseys — were staples
of the team’s uniforms during its
earliest years, when it moved
from Boston to the D.C. area in
1937. The franchise wore gold
Slam titles and everyone else
knotted together just a hair be-
hind that.
“In my opinion,” medvedev
continued, “grass is always a sur-
face where it’s very tough to win
straight three sets, like [6-4, 6-4,
6-4]. one break can decide the
outcome of the set.”
And then there is the weather.
rain drenched the All England
Club over the first nine days of the
tournament, falling in just about
every variation imaginable —
along with a momentary bout of
hail Sunday — and coming almost
daily. only two days have been
completely dry.
That has affected attendance:
The first week of the tournament
drew 293,681 visitors in 2023 but
just 282,955 hearty souls this year.
But it also has altered the rhythm
of matches played on the outer
courts. Player after player has had
a match delayed and interrupted
mid-set, which tends to lay the
groundwork for a change of mo-
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pants for nearly four decades
before moving away from them
after the 1978 season, save for a
few special occasions in 1994 and
the early 2000s.
mentum.
No. 14 Ben Shelton, who lost to
Sinner in the fourth round Sun-
day, felt that when he played three
five-set slugfests in his first three
matches. His third-round match
against Denis Shapovalov was
suspended because of rain with
Shapovalov leading 3-2 in the
opening set. The American had a
full night to think about adjust-
ments — and Shapovalov had
time to counter.
“Shapo started doing a really
good job in the fourth set of re-
turning my serve, finding a way to
neutralize, so I had to change it
up. In the fifth set, I served almost
every serve into the body and
serve-and-volleyed,” Shelton said.
“I think that’s the part that I like
the most about it — the game
within the game.”
Shelton’s appreciation of five-
set tennis is a popular opinion
among players and fans alike,
who consider the men playing
best-of-five matches at Grand
Slams — as opposed to best-of-
three, which the men play at non-
Grand Slams and the women play
all the time — a special mental
and physical demand that sepa-
rates the pretenders from the
greats and elevates the majors.
It wasn’t until 2010, at the start
of the mike Shanahan era, that
the franchise reintroduced the
gold pants as part of its primary
uniforms.
“In talking to the alumni … and
to the fans, they wanted to see the
gold pants,” team president Bruce
Allen said at the time.
Players seemed to agree, espe-
cially after Washington opened
that season with a 13-7 win
against the Dallas Cowboys on
“Sunday Night football.”
“You look good, you play good,”
Brian orakpo told The Washing-
ton Post afterward. “We looked
clean out there, man; we looked
real nice.”
The second go-round for the
gold pants lasted nine seasons, six
of which ended with losing rec-
ords.
The last time the team sported
gold pants was in the 2018 season
finale, when Washington took a
24-0 drubbing from the Philadel-
phia Eagles at home. only four
players who participated in that
game are still with the team:
Some argue five-set matches
inherently mean high-quality
drama. But the momentum
swings that lead to five sets are
frequently just that — undula-
tions that aren’t any more epic
than what unfolds in a three-set
match. They just last longer.
medvedev and Sinner rode that
roller coaster Tuesday even before
the top-ranked Italian felt so ill
and dizzy that he left the court for
a medical timeout in the third set.
He returned, briefly rejuvenated,
to win the fourth before an ultra-
aggressive medvedev closed the
match to gain a modicum of ven-
geance against Sinner after sur-
rendering a two-sets-to-none lead
to lose the Australian open final.
“for me, this is tennis at its
pure sport, pure game,” medve-
dev said, going on to describe the
opportunities Sinner had to win
the third set Tuesday and the
opportunities he had but couldn’t
grasp to win in melbourne.
“That’s why people love tennis.
That’s why people get crazy
watching tennis. That’s why we
tennis players sometimes get cra-
zy playing tennis.”
Crazy, sometimes. Tired? Al-
most always in a marathon
match. five-setters offer unfor-
the washington post
punter Tress Way, defensive tack-
les Jonathan Allen and Daron
Payne and wide receiver Jamison
Crowder, who re-signed with the
franchise in 2023.
According to the Gridiron Uni-
form Database, Washington is
130-114-3 in gold pants since 1969.
But the Commanders’ new own-
ership group, led by Josh Harris,
has made recognizing the history
of the team a priority. many for-
mer players, including John rig-
gins and Darrell Green, have re-
turned in support of the fran-
chise’s new era.
When Washington unveiled its
new name — the Commanders —
in 2022, it also introduced new
uniforms, including an all-black
ensemble that seemed to pull the
franchise even further from its
past.
In an April Post-Schar School
poll, most local sports fans said
they either dislike or hate the
name and believe the team
should change it a third time.
In a much-less-official investi-
gation by The Post a decade earli-
gettable moments just as often as
they devolve into battles of attri-
tion that suck up hours of airtime
and sour viewers. That’s why the
37-year-old Djokovic, who has yet
to have a match go the distance at
this Wimbledon, has a compro-
mise that could suit players and
time-conscious fans: He suggest-
ed men’s matches go to best-of-
five only in the later rounds of
Grand Slams.
“That’s just me, my thinking. I
think best-of-five, particularly in
the last three or four rounds of a
Slam, you need to keep,” said the
second-seeded Djokovic, who fac-
es No. 9 Alex de minaur in a
quarterfinal Wednesday. “But in
terms of innovation in tennis, in
our sport, I think it’s necessary. I
think we have to, other than
Slams, figure out how to attract
young audience.”
Vekic ends Sun’s run
Donna Vekic had thought a
couple of times about quitting
tennis, including when she strug-
gled to get back to her best after
knee surgery in 2021.
Now she’s happy she stuck with
it. The 28-year-old Croatian
reached her first Grand Slam
semifinal in her 43rd appearance
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er, fans’ love for the gold pants
seemed to strike a similar majori-
ty. Still, it’s unclear whether this
change will lead to a broader
uniform change in the near fu-
ture for Washington.
NfL teams cannot change
their home and away uniforms
more than once every five years,
except in “extenuating circum-
stances,” according to the league’s
constitution and bylaws. Such cir-
cumstances include a club owner-
ship change. requests for
changes have to be submitted by
march 1 a year prior to the year in
which the changes would take
place.
Starting in 2002, the NfL al-
lowed teams to add a third uni-
form design — either an alternate
color scheme, using colors al-
ready in the club’s palette, or a
“classic” uniform from the team’s
history.
This offseason, NfL owners
approved another uniform
change by allowing teams to add
a third helmet design for the 2025
season.
at a major tournament by beating
qualifier Lulu Sun, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
“Those couple of years were
very tough. I didn’t think I was
ever going to come back to the
level that I even had last year,” she
said. “So this now, reaching my
best result ever at a Slam, I’m
really proud of myself, of the work
that I’ve done, of the work that my
team has done. I’m very thankful
to them for believing in me when I
didn’t.”
She will face french open run-
ner-up Jasmine Paolini for a spot
in the final. Paolini, the No. 7 seed,
beat No. 19 Emma Navarro, 6-2,
6-1, to become the first Italian
woman to reach the semifinals at
the All England Club.
Until last week, Paolini was 0-3
at the All England Club. And until
Tuesday, Paolini was 0-3 against
Navarro — who dismissed Coco
Gauff and Naomi osaka earlier in
the tournament.
“She was a totally different
player today than when I played
her in the past. I felt like in our
previous meetings I was the ag-
gressor, I was the one controlling
points, getting ahead at the begin-
ning of points, then controlling
the rallies, too,” Navarro said.
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Shopping for one? Here’s
how to be less wasteful.
Grocery shopping
for a single person
is hard. It’s
something I’ve
more or less had
to do all of my
Aaron adult life. When I
Hutcherson lived with
Dinner in roommates, we
minutes would
occasionally share
things we cooked
and would split kitchen staples,
such as oils and seasonings, but
otherwise we focused on feeding
ourselves when we made trips to
the grocery store. Now that I’ve
been living alone for the past few
years, shopping for just myself
has only become more
challenging.
The issue with single
households is that it’s easy to
over-shop at the grocery store,
which means wasted food and
money — two things I hate. The
problem is caused by the desire
to enjoy a variety of foods, use
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The allure of Hamptons chefs
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ike a flock of rare migratory birds, the
private chefs of the Hamptons have
arrived for the summer. We know this
because they’re back to sharing their
lives on TikTok and Instagram: trips to farmers’
stands for ripe produce, snipping herbs in their
clients’ magazine-worthy gardens, prepping
bruschetta and grilled peaches.
The trend began in earnest in 2022, when a
handful began posting “day in the life” videos
chronicling their long days, including their own
morning coffee runs, shopping, and serving
their clients dinner. The videos racked up
millions of views and boosted the careers of
several of the chefs, including Meredith
Hayden, who landed a cookbook deal and runs a
popular blog called Wishbone Kitchen.
hOw tO
Get the most from your tomatoes with these tips
loads of fresh ingredients, and
not take up too much time and
effort. Unfortunately, it’s nearly
impossible to have all three while
still being friendly to the planet
and your wallet. (Heck,
sometimes it’s difficult to get to
two.)
But not all is lost! You don’t
need to just throw your hands up
in despair and eat peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches for every
meal. Here are my tips for
intentionally and efficiently
grocery shopping for one person,
with delicious possibilities.
Know thyself
Some weeks, I have the best of
intentions about what I think I’m
going to eat. I dream of
smoothies in the morning, salads
at lunch, and something
delicious and homemade for
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And although it seemed as if the collective
obsession might be just a flash in the All-Clad
pan, the often-fickle interest of social media
Private cooks are a hit isn’t waning when it comes to this small group
on TikTok, probably of chefs catering to the whims of the rich and
famous summering in one of the world’s most
thanks to the gorgeous exclusive enclaves.
views and food Pamela Wurst Vetrini, a content curator in
Alexandria, Va., this summer started a second
season of her TikTok series in which she rates
BY E MILY H EIL the Hamptons chefs in a “Dance Moms”-style
pyramid, judging them on the videos they post.
Criteria is subjective, but it includes the food
they create and whether they show “farmers
market hauls” and interiors of their clients’
kitchens — basically, the elements that make
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There was a time when I would
scoop out the seeds and gel from
the inside of a tomato, because I
didn’t like the texture. I know
now that I was throwing away
both flavor and nutrition — and
I’ve learned my lesson.
But how to get the most flavor
out of tomatoes? It’s not always
straightforward.
Unfortunately, a tomato’s fla-
vor often falls victim to modern
refrigeration, year-round supply
and even state-of-the-art farming
practices, yielding tasteless, rock-
hard fruit hardly fit to top off a
burger or blend into salsa. But
don’t despair. Here are a few rules
for getting the tastiest tomatoes
onto your plate.
Use the entire tomato
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myths and truths. Your family’s
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dinner in minutes from e1
dinner. But, in reality, most days I
have a piece of fruit or a granola
bar in the morning (or skip break-
fast entirely), I’m running too late
to pack anything to bring for
lunch, and I resort to takeout or
delivery for dinner because I’m
too exhausted to lift a finger at the
end of the workday. Throw in the
recipe tests that become meals,
and my weekly eating schedule
can be difficult to predict.
We need to be real with our-
selves about what we actually eat
each week. Here are some ques-
tions to get started: How often do
you prepare your own food versus
having someone else prepare it for
you? Are leftovers okay for the
week, or would you rather be one
and done with your meals? If you
freeze leftover food, will you re-
member to eat it down the road?
Can you stick to a strict food plan,
or do you need some level of
flexibility built in?
make a plan
once you’ve answered those
questions, you can start making a
plan, which is paramount to the
goal of cutting back on buying
excess groceries. Start by picking
just one or two dishes you plan to
make that week — don’t forget to
check how many servings they
make — and look at the ingredi-
ents required for each. for the
fresh ingredients, are you able to
buy them in a quantity where
you’ll use them up for the recipe,
or will there be some part remain-
ing, such as half a bunch of fresh
herbs or a few stalks of celery?
With that answer, you can think
up ways to make use of those
ingredients in other meals (within
their expected life span) or make a
note to yourself to repurpose
them for later, such as by drying
the herbs to store in your spice
cabinet or freezing the celery to
eventually make stock.
take inventory
Coinciding with making a plan,
you need to know what ingredi-
ents you already have and which
ones you need to consume immi-
nently. Buying a new box of pasta
only to discover four more sitting
in your cupboard waiting to be
cooked isn’t the end of the world.
But avoiding overbuying is imper-
ative with perishable items, such
as the head of cabbage you’ve
been meaning to do something
with for weeks or the avocados on
your counter that you’ve been
carefully waiting to ripen for days.
one trick to help you remember is
to keep perishable things in clear
eyesight. for refrigerated items,
bring the produce to the front of
the shelves and consider taking
things out of drawers.
stock up on pantry items
Having a well-stocked pantry
will simplify your cooking and
shopping, so it’s a good idea to buy
as many shelf-stable items as
make sense when you’re on a gro-
cery run. There are the obvious
things, such as rice, beans and
pasta, but I’m also talking frozen
seafood and vegetables; ferment-
ed things, such as kimchi and
sauerkraut; and frozen meals,
such as pizza and dumplings.
Knowing that you already have
what you need to put together
meals with minimal fresh ingredi-
ents gives you more flexibility
when you don’t have many avail-
able.
Buy perishable goods
in small quantities
for the most part, you want to
limit how much bread, fresh pro-
duce, dairy, meat and seafood you
purchase at once. And even still,
the right storage and changing
the types of certain items you
purchase can have a large impact
on how long they last. Unless
you’re buying commercially
baked bread that contains preser-
vatives, your loaves will last only a
couple of days at room tempera-
ture. (Though you can always
freeze bread.) Lettuces and herbs
can go bad quickly, particularly if
you don’t store them properly. I
don’t drink much milk, so I always
purchase organic when it’s on my
shopping list, because it lasts
much longer than nonorganic
milk. fresh meat should be
cooked or frozen within a few days
of purchasing, and I’d plan to use
fresh seafood within one day.
Though the family pack of chick-
en thighs might be more afford-
able, you’ll need to keep this time-
line in mind.
shop more frequently
If possible, try to make smaller,
more frequent shopping trips.
making a couple of smaller trips
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each week to get only what you
need is a great way to prevent
yourself from buying too much.
It’s when you try to “save time”
and shop for the next week or two
that you can find yourself in trou-
ble. more than once, I’ve loaded
up on fresh fruit and vegetables
with a plan to eat more healthful-
ly, only to barely make a dent in
them before they need to head to
the compost bin.
embrace and freeze leftovers
I know not everyone loves left-
overs, but making recipes that
lead to more meals later on can
make grocery shopping — and life
in general — so much easier. I’m
all for simply reheating and eating
the same meal three or so times
over a few days. But if that’s not
your speed, maybe portioning and
freezing the meal to eat in a few
weeks or months is more appetiz-
ing. or you can also repurpose,
say, a rotisserie chicken, batch of
tomato sauce or pot of beans to
use in curries, dips, quesadillas,
shakshuka, salads, tacos, grain
bowls and more. Enjoying a new,
freshly prepared meal three times
a day would be a joy, but it’s simply
not practical for most of us. Left-
overs can work wonders if you
give them a chance.
To put all this advice into prac-
tice, let’s say you want to make the
accompanying Lamb Pita Sand-
wiches With Tzatziki recipe. fea-
turing cinnamon- and garlic-
Lamb Pita Sandwiches
scented lamb patties and cool, With Tzatziki
creamy tzatziki, this recipe is
adapted from “The Complete 2 servings (makes 2 sandwiches)
Cooking for Two Cookbook” by Cinnamon- and garlic-scented
America’s Test Kitchen (America’s lamb patties and cool, creamy
Test Kitchen, 2024), meaning you tzatziki star in these pita sand-
can eat one serving for dinner the wiches. This recipe is designed
night you make it and save the for two, but it can easily be scaled
other for lunch later in the week. up to feed more. Adding lettuce,
It originally called for 12 ounces tomato and cucumber is just one
of ground lamb, which you could way to assemble the sandwiches;
get from the meat counter or a other possibilities include hum-
butcher shop. But if you go to the mus, harissa, baba ghanouj, pick-
meat aisle, you’re more likely to les, olives, feta and more.
find it sold in one-pound packag- storage: refrigerate the lamb
es. In this instance, instead of patties and tzatziki separately for
freezing 4 ounces of lamb or try- up to 3 days.
ing to find another use for such a total time: 30 mins
small amount, I modified the reci- Adapted from “The Complete
pe to list a range so you can cook it Cooking for Two Cookbook” by
all at once and each sandwich will America’s Test Kitchen (Ameri-
get slightly more lamb. ca’s Test Kitchen, 2024).
You need only one cucumber
total, part of which gets grated for ingredients
the tzatziki and the rest of which l one (6-ounce) cucumber
gets sliced and stuffed into the l 1/2 cup plain whole or low-fat
pita. The remaining pitas can be Greek yogurt
used for more sandwiches, used as l 1 teaspoon minced fresh mint
the base for pizzas or repurposed or dill
into chips. If you buy a large tub of l 2 garlic cloves, minced or finely
yogurt, the rest can be eaten for grated, divided
breakfast, blended into l 3/4 teaspoon fine salt, divided, photos by peggy Cormary for the WashIngton post; food stylIng by lIsa Cherkasky for the WashIngton post
smoothies, baked into cakes and plus more to taste this recipe for lamb pitas makes two servings, so save the second for lunch or for another dinner.
used to marinate meats, to name a l 12 to 16 ounces ground lamb
few options. Any extra tomatoes l 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
and lettuce can easily be made l 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground steps mixture into six to eight 1/2-inch- seconds. (Alternatively, wrap in
into a salad (or stuffed into more black pepper l Grate about two-thirds of the thick patties (about 2 ounces foil and place in a moderate
pita sandwiches). And the rest of l 1 teaspoon neutral oil, such as cucumber into a small bowl. each). oven, toaster oven or air fryer
the ingredients are pantry staples canola or vegetable (Thinly slice the rest and re- l Line a plate with towels and set until warm.) Spread half of the
that you don’t need to think about. l Two (8-inch) pitas serve for the sandwiches.) Add it near your stove. In a large tzatziki inside each pita, then
With this jump-start on mak- l 1/2 romaine lettuce heart, thinly the yogurt, mint or dill, half of (12-inch) nonstick skillet over fill each with half of the lettuce,
ing a plan, give it a try and see how sliced the garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon of medium-high heat, heat the oil sliced cucumber, tomato and
these tips work for you. l 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced the salt, and stir to combine. until just smoking. Add the pat- the lamb patties. Serve warm.
Taste, and season with more ties and cook until well browned l substitutions: fresh herbs >>
salt, if desired. This is your on the bottom, about 4 minutes. 1/ teaspoon dried herbs. ro-
2
tzatziki. Cover and refrigerate flip the patties, reduce the heat maine >> another crunchy let-
fo od until ready to serve. to medium and cook until well tuce.
l Break up the ground lamb into browned on the other side, nutrition | per serving (1 sandwich with 3
small pieces in a medium bowl, about 4 minutes. Transfer to the lamb patties), using 12 ounces of lamb:
and add the cinnamon, pepper, towel-lined plate. 760 calories, 45g carbohydrates, 140mg
cholesterol, 47g fat, 3g fiber, 39g protein,
and the remaining garlic and 1/2 l Cut off the top 2 inches from 20g saturated fat, 1289mg sodium,
teaspoon of salt. Lightly mix each pita. Place the pitas on a 5g sugar
with your hands until com- plate, cover and microwave on recipe tested by aaron hutcherson; email
bined. Pinch off and shape the HIGH until warm, about 30 questions to food@washpost.com
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You may just fall for this impressive poached salmon with zucchini tzatziki
Poached salmon draped in a cool, creamy yogurt of acid, aromatic and herb enough to handle, the skin is that gives it an earthier flavor The creamy sauce is spread
will always hold a sauce. will work — and bring it to easily removed, and the tender, and a more substantial texture. onto each plate, then topped
spark of romance Making poached salmon, like a boil. pink fish is ready to be eaten A key step is to remove as much with a fillet of the poached fish,
for me because it nurturing a good relationship, Then you add the salmon, either warm at that moment, or liquid as possible from the and adorned with a drizzle of
was the first involves a measure of care and reduce the heat, and cook the chilled for later. In this recipe, it grated vegetable by letting it olive oil and feathery fronds of
dinner I ever attention, but there is an overall fish it until it flakes easily but is is first seasoned with a lovely drain for 15 minutes, then dill for a meal that — just like
Ellie made for my ease to it. You start by getting still tender inside. You don’t sprinkle of lemon zest, salt and giving it a good squeeze. true love — brings ample
Krieger husband, roughly the poaching liquid together want the poaching liquid to pepper. The zucchini is then stirred pleasure and nourishment.
Nourish this time of year in a pan wide enough to boil; it’s best to attentively The creamy yogurt sauce for with yogurt, garlic and olive oil,
30 years ago. It hold the fish in a single layer. adjust the heat to keep it gently the fish is similar to a Greek plus lemon, shallot and dill, krieger is a registered dietitian
wouldn’t be a You season it — in this case simmering, just like with a new tzatziki, but it’s made with which echo the flavors in the nutritionist, cookbook author, and
stretch to say we fell in love over with lemon juice, sliced shallots relationship. Once the salmon is zucchini instead of the salmon poaching liquid. I like to cooking show and podcast host.
that meal of buttery, flaky fish and dill, but any combination transferred to a plate and is cool traditional cucumber, a twist add some fresh mint, too. learn more at elliekrieger.com.

in a large (12-inch) lidded skillet

Your Kitchen,
with tall sides set over high
heat, bring 4 cups of water to a
boil. (In a separate saucepan or
kettle, bring an additional 2

just the way you like it.

cups of water to a boil, in case
it’s needed.) Add 2 tablespoons
of the lemon juice, the sliced
shallots and dill sprig to the
boiling water in the skillet, re-
duce the heat to medium-low
and place the salmon in the
skillet, skin side down. If the
fillets are not completely sub-
merged, add boiling water from
the kettle to the skillet until they
are.
l Cover the skillet and poach the
salmon, checking occasionally
to make sure the water is at a
Poached Salmon With Zucchini Tzatziki bare simmer, until the fish is
opaque, flakes easily under the
4 servings tines of a fork and reaches an
In this light, summery dish, tender poached salmon sits atop a internal temperature of 125 de-
creamy yogurt sauce similar to a Greek tzatziki. This version, however, grees on an instant-read ther-
is made with zucchini instead of the traditional cucumber. The poached mometer for medium-rare,
salmon can be served either warm or chilled. about 10 minutes for 1-inch-
Storage: Refrigerate the salmon for up to 2 days; the sauce, for up to thick fillets. Use a slotted spatu-
3 days. la to transfer the fillets to a
Total time: 25 mins plate, let sit until cool enough to
From cookbook author and registered dietitian nutritionist Ellie handle, then remove and dis-
Krieger. card the skin.
l While the fish is cooling, trans-
Ingredients / teaspoon freshly ground
l 18 fer the drained zucchini to the
l 11/2 teaspoons finely grated black pepper bowl with the grated shallot.
lemon zest (from 1 large lemon) Add the yogurt, 11/2 tablespoons
l 2 medium shallots (2 ounces Steps of the oil, 1 tablespoon of the
total), divided l Place the lemon zest in a small dill, the remaining 1 tablespoon
l 1 medium zucchini (8 ounces), bowl and cover with a clean, of lemon juice, the mint, if us-
coarsely grated damp towel to keep it from ing, and 1/8 teaspoon of the salt,
l 1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon drying out. Coarsely grate about and stir to combine. You should
fine salt, divided 2 teaspoons of one of the shal- have about 11/3 cups.
l 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice lots and transfer to a medium l Add the remaining 1/8 teaspoon
(from the same lemon), divided bowl. Slice the remaining shal- of salt and the pepper to the
l 1 large sprig plus 1 tablespoon lots. lemon zest, and stir to combine.
chopped fresh dill, divided, l In a colander or fine-mesh Sprinkle the zest mixture on top
plus more as needed strainer set over a bowl, toss the of the salmon.
l Four (6-ounce) skin-on salmon zucchini with 1/8 teaspoon of the l To serve, spread about 1/3 cup of
fillets salt and let drain for about 15 the sauce on each plate, top
l 1 cup plain Greek yogurt minutes. Using your hands, each with a salmon fillet (warm
(low-fat or whole-milk) squeeze out (and discard) or at room temperature), drizzle
l 2 tablespoons extra-virgin as much liquid as possible; with the remaining 1/2 table-
olive oil, divided you should get about 3/4 cup spoon of oil and garnish with
l 2 teaspoons finely chopped zucchini. dill.
fresh mint leaves (optional) l While the zucchini is draining, Substitutions: Dill >> parsley.
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What’s better than three-bean salad?
Three-bean salad on a sandwich.
I can no more
remember the
first time I tasted
a three-bean
salad than I can
remember the
Joe Yonan first time I
WeeKnight breathed. It’s
Vegetarian always been
there, at every
picnic, every cookout of my life,
as unchanging as the air.
And for the longest time, I
loved it. My mother, like so
many of her generation, would
combine three kinds of canned
beans — including green — in a
sweet-tart (let’s be honest:
mostly sweet) dressing, along
with chopped onions and celery.
But as I grew up and my palate
matured, I had to admit a
problem with the whole
concept: I loathe canned green
beans. Where other beans can
still maintain their taste and
texture when canned — I
consider them one of the best
convenience products you can
buy — I find the green ones
mushy and relatively flavorless,
especially when compared with
the freshly cooked version.
I updated the dish when I
Three-Bean Salad Sandwiches
4 servings
This recipe turns the cookout staple of three-bean salad into simple,
satisfying sandwiches. Use a can of three-bean medley, mash the beans
slightly with a tangy-sweet dressing, and layer it on bread with
spreadable cheese, sweet Vidalia onion slices and sunflower sprouts. If
you can’t find the three-bean cans (sometimes labeled “salad beans” or
“bean trio”), use separate cans of whichever varieties you like (see
Substitutions).
Storage: Wrap any leftover completed sandwiches in parchment or
wax paper, and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Refrigerate leftover salad
(minus the bread) for up to 4 days.
Total time: 20 mins
from food and Dining editor Joe Yonan.
Ingredients
l 2 tablespoons olive oil
l 2 tablespoons apple cider
vinegar
l 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
l 1 teaspoon maple syrup
l 1 garlic clove, finely grated
or pressed
What to know about using up sweet red onions, storing corn on the cob and more
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aaron recipes editor
hutcherson Becky Krystal
and BecKy and food writer
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excerpts. Recipes whose names
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Q: I couldn’t resist sweet red
onions at the farmers market,
forgetting that I hadn’t been
able to resist them two days
before. I have them all in those
wonderful Evert fresh bags, but
how should I use them up
before they are past their peak?
I’ve been grating the bigger
ones into salads. Should I make
a quiche or something?
A: I love pickling them! A
quiche or tart of some sort
sounds like a great option, too.
— Aaron Hutcherson
Q: I just got an ice cream maker
and made mint ice cream in an
attempt to use some of my
excess mint. The recipe called
To pick the tastiest tomatoes, sni≠ and squeeze them — then eat them promptly
how To fRoM E1
ations, probably includes strict
instructions for skinning and
seeding the tomatoes to get a
smoother texture, but Harry Klee,
emeritus professor at the Univer-
sity of florida’s Horticultural Sci-
ences Department, has been
studying tomatoes for nearly 40
years and notes that today’s high-
speed blenders negate such time-
consuming efforts. “I just cut off
the stem scar and throw the
whole tomato in the blender,” he
says. “It comes out velvety
smooth, and you don’t lose any
flavor or nutrition.”
It turns out that a tomato really
is the sum of its parts: While the
flesh can have that juicy texture
that instantly transports us to a
classic tomato sandwich on a
summer day, the gel is packed
with umami flavor, offering more
than triple the glutamate pro-
teins — flavor compounds —
found in the flesh. As to the seeds,
which some find slightly bitter,
they are actually very nutritious,
while the skin is loaded with
wrote my 2020 cookbook, “Cool
Beans.” for that, I roasted fresh
wax beans along with garlic
cloves, using the soft garlic in a
dressing that includes a lot less
sugar than my mother’s did. I
added a fistful of parsley and
topped the salad with feta, and I
have made it that way for years.
Recently, though, when I
started craving three-bean
salad, I wanted it in sandwich
form. After all, if a picnic classic
is good eaten with a fork,
wouldn’t it be even better
between slices of bread? one of
the charms of three-bean salad
is that its flavors improve over
time, a quality that would serve
a picnic sandwich well, too — at
least for a day.
There was still that matter of
the green beans. Even after
roasting them, I just didn’t want
them in a sandwich, where their
texture was neither soft and
creamy like the other beans, nor
crunchy like the onions in the
mix. Distracting. I thought of
chopping them finer and finer,
until I realized that the dish has
an escape clause built right into
the name. Who’s to say exactly
which three beans? I tried it
l 14 / teaspoon freshly ground
black pepper
l one (15-ounce) can three-bean
combination, drained and
rinsed (11/2 cups; see
Substitutions)
1/ cup lightly packed fresh flat-
l 4
leaf parsley leaves, chopped
for steeping the mint for 30
minutes in a warm cream/milk/
sugar mixture. Although it’s
good, it tastes vegetal. Any
thoughts?
A: Sounds like it steeped too
long or too hot. Maybe try for
shorter next time, or use less
mint. A longer steep in just cold
cream/milk could give you more
subtle flavor. Also curious: Did
you use spearmint (the
preferred type for cooking) or
peppermint? Spearmint is
mellower, and peppermint is
more astringent and
toothpaste-y, although that
doesn’t quite seem like your
issue.
— Becky Krystal
Q: I have a potato salad recipe I
want to make, but I can’t find
fresh tarragon in any of the
stores I shop at. What would be
a good alternative?
A: Basil is somewhat close to
fresh tarragon. Parsley should
also work. or maybe a
combination.
— A. H.
I don’t know the rest of the
recipe, but potato salad = dill
for me.
— B. K.
Q: When I buy beets or radishes
antioxidants not found in the rest
of the fruit. And, in a practical
sense, the skin is a structural
element that keeps the tomato
from disintegrating — which is
pretty important when making a
Caprese salad or stuffed toma-
toes.
Give the tomato a sniff
“Perception is so important to
flavor,” Klee says, “because flavor
is a combination of taste and
smell. The signals from your ol-
factory nerves go to your brain
and light up some neurons, and
the signals from your mouth light
up some neurons. Then your
brain magically puts these two
things together.” If a tomato
doesn’t smell great, it won’t taste
great, either — but don’t confuse
the scent of the fruit with the
scent of its stem or leaves. In fact,
Klee notes that consumers love to
purchase tomatoes on the vine at
the supermarket, but “all you’re
really smelling is the stem, which
triggers a psychological reaction.”
Be sure to smell the skin, perhaps
near the stem scar at the top of
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with chickpeas, cannellinis and
kidneys, and it was spot-on.
Pick whichever beans you
want, naturally, combining a
half-cup from three different
cans to make four sandwiches,
but to make it easier, look for
cans of already-mixed beans.
They go by many names —
“bean trio,” “bean medley,”
“three-bean blend” — but avoid
those that are already tossed in
a dressing or that, ugh, already
include canned green beans.
To take my sandwiches to the
next level, I leave onions out of
the salad and layer on slices of
sweet Vidalias. And for a little
richness, I turn to a favorite
product, Boursin spreadable
cheese (the kind that stars in
“The Bear” omelet), which now
comes in an excellent plant-
based version. I also like to
include big, crunchy sprouts,
like those from sunflowers, if
you can find them, but you can
use whichever sprouts you like.
I’m not saying these
sandwiches should replace every
three-bean salad at every picnic
you attend for the rest of your
life. But I do think they have the
makings of a new classic.
l 8 slices low-sodium multigrain
sandwich bread, such as food
for Life Ezekiel 4:9 brand,
lightly toasted
l 1/ cup Boursin or other
2
spreadable cheese (see
Substitutions)
l 1/ cup large sprouts, such as
2
sunflower sprouts or
microgreens, for serving (see
Substitutions)
l Thinly sliced yellow onion,
preferably Vidalia, for serving
Steps
l In a medium bowl, whisk to-
gether the olive oil, vinegar,
mustard, maple syrup, garlic
and pepper until emulsified.
l Add the beans and parsley, and
stir to combine. Use a potato
masher or wooden spoon to
lightly mash the beans, keeping
many of them whole but mash-
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To get a good crust on a burger, such as for Smash Burger Tacos,
heat a skillet over medium-high until very hot (a few minutes).
at the farmers market, I
dutifully cut off the leaves about
an inch from the end and store
them separately for use in
frittatas, stir-fries, bean dishes,
soups, etc. The goal is to
prevent the leaves from
drawing liquid out of the
vegetables. I recently read that
a similar principle applies to
corn on the cob: that, contrary
to instinct, the husks should be
stripped off and the naked cobs
refrigerated. Do you agree with
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the fruit. The scent can be subtle,
but you should get a nice tomato-
ey aroma.
Give the tomato a squeeze
flavor and ripeness go hand in
hand, so a tomato should be able
to pass the Goldilocks test: not
too hard and not too mushy, but
ing enough that they stick to-
gether.
l Spread one side of each bread
slice with 1 tablespoon of the
cheese. Build the sandwiches
with sprouts on the bottom,
beans in the middle and onions
on top, then serve.
l Substitutions: To make this ve-
gan >> use dairy-free Boursin or
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that method, or would it be fine
to stick the cobs in the fridge
untouched and husk them
before cooking?
A: I addressed this in a piece a
few years ago! If I know I’m
going to use the corn soon, I
will just refrigerate the corn
husks and all, and it’s usually
fine. Think you’re protecting
your corn by leaving it in the
husk, as I did? Wrong! Corn
loses water through the husk,
which draws moisture from the
sCoTT suChMaN foR The WashiNGToN PosT
somewhere in between. You
should very lightly press the to-
mato between your fingers to
avoid bruising. It should be firm
but have a slight give.
Go for ‘stressed out’ tomatoes
A tomato that has been grown
outside — as opposed to hydro-
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another vegan spreadable
cheese, such as Kite Hill brand.
To make this low-carb >> use
lettuce and make wraps instead
of sandwiches. Gluten-free? >>
Use gluten-free bread. Three-
bean combination >> whichever
combination of canned or home-
cooked varieties you’d like. If
you use no-salt-added canned
cob, says Jeffrey Brecht, a
professor at the University of
florida. So when you don’t
remove the leaves, the kernels
can dry out and get dented.
Brecht suggests sprinkling the
corn with some ice and storing
it in a plastic bag, removing the
water from the melted ice, and
replenishing it every so often.
— B. K.
Q: How hot should the pan get
to get a good crust on a
hamburger? I’m thinking of
your Smash Burger Tacos
recipe.
A: Heat a griddle or large cast-
iron, carbon-steel or stainless-
steel skillet over medium-high
heat until very hot (a few
minutes).
— A. H.
Q: Please weigh in on whether
the soaking water from dried
beans should be discarded or
retained. A little research will
find studies that claim the
soaking liquid contains “anti-
nutrients” and say it’s best to
drain and rinse. A commercial
bean producer, however, now
claims that talk of anti-
nutrients is bunk and that
people should cook the beans in
the soaking water.
ponically in a controlled environ-
ment — and subjected to different
weather endures a certain
amount of stress, and this turns
out to be a benefit for flavor. “Just
like the best wines come from old
vines that have been very stressed
out, the same thing is true of
tomatoes,” Klee says. Such toma-
toes are exposed to a variety of
pathogens, soil types, bright sun-
light and ultraviolet radiation,
and Klee’s studies have shown
that this resilience builds flavor.
Store your tomatoes on the
counter — and eat promptly
If you shop, like many Ameri-
cans, just once a week, then it’s
best to eat any ripe tomatoes
within a day or two. Avoid refrig-
erating them to extend their shelf
life, especially those purchased
from the supermarket. “A tomato
that has been refrigerated for
four days or longer is going to lose
its flavor,” Klee says, “and you
have no way of knowing if that
supermarket tomato has been
there for 24 hours or a week.” If
you have a sudden influx of ripe
. wednesday, july 10 , 2024
beans, taste the salad and season
with salt as needed. Sunflower
sprouts >> pea shoots or any
other sprouts you like.
Nutrition | Per sandwich: 326 calories,
51g carbohydrates, 40mg cholesterol,
19g fat, 12g fiber, 17g protein, 8g saturated
fat, 553mg sodium, 4g sugar
Recipe tested by Joe Yonan; email questions
to food@washpost.com
A: You can go either way. I
don’t know about anti-
nutrients, but it seems as if
cooking in fresh water rather
than the soaking liquid might
help make them slightly more
digestible and reduce the side
effects of beans that people
tend to harp on.
— B. K.
Q: I appreciate and enjoy these
food chats every week, even
though I usually have to wait to
read them after work. Thanks
for providing help and your
knowledge about cooking! I
have always loved cooking and
baking but don’t have much
confidence with substitutions. I
always follow recipes! But after
reading this chat and the food
columns in The Washington
Post, I have started to go rogue
occasionally. Just wanted to
thank you for helping me gain
the confidence to go off-recipe
sometimes!
A: This is exactly one of our
goals with everything we share.
Glad to hear that you’re
becoming a more confident
cook!
— A. H.
Aw, love to hear this, thank
you!
— B. K.
tomatoes — say, from the garden
— that you can’t use before they
go off, refrigerate them for no
longer than 3 days, and bring
back to room temperature before
eating. (Don’t chill unripe toma-
toes, because they’ll never ripen.)
The University of California rec-
ommends placing tomatoes in
the crisper drawer in their origi-
nal clamshell package, a paper
bag or a plastic bag with a few
slits. These strategies prevent
moisture loss and the buildup of
ethylene, a ripening hormone
that can eventually cause rotting.
Eat tomatoes when
they are in season
It seems obvious, but in a
world where we can get tomatoes
on demand any day of the year,
we end up sacrificing flavor for
convenience. one way to preserve
the true umami flavor of your
favorite tomatoes? Try oven-dry-
ing those summer beauties —
seeds, skin, and all — then freeze
them to enjoy in recipes all winter
long, a little taste of July sun-
shine.
wednesday, july 10 , 2024
Biodynamic wine may have roots in pseudoscience, but the proof is in the bottle
In 1924, a group of
farmers in Central
Europe became
concerned about
the declining
health of their
Wine soils. They blamed
Dave the increasing use
McIntyre of synthetic
fertilizers,
herbicides and
insecticides in modern industrial
agriculture and sought to restore
a natural balance on their lands.
So, naturally, they asked a
philosopher for help.
In a series of lectures, Rudolf
Steiner outlined what became
known as biodynamic
agriculture. The Austrian native
was a disciple of Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe and
advocated what loosely translates
as “spiritual science.” (Steiner also
created the Waldorf system of
education.)
Steiner argued that a farm
should be viewed as its own
ecosystem, with a rich
biodiversity rather than a
monoculture. Fertilizers and
treatments for crops should be
natural and drawn from within
the farm, rather than using
synthetics from outside. Planting
and harvesting should be timed
to take advantage of the
gravitational effects of the sun
and moon.
Biodynamics preceded organic
agriculture (though both started
as throwbacks to preindustrial
farming). Today there are various
organic certifications with
differing standards, but,
essentially, organic and
biodynamic practices eschew
synthetic fertilizers and
chemicals and emphasize soil
health. Biodynamics differs by its
emphasis on the farm as a living
organism and the source of its
own fertilizer, as well as its
reliance on the lunar calendar.
Because of those aspects,
biodynamics has been ridiculed
as pseudoscience, voodoo
agriculture and several
unprintable descriptions. Its
most famous “preparation”
involves stuffing cow horns with
manure and burying them
throughout the farm in the fall,
then digging them up in the
spring to make a tisane — a not-
exactly-herbal tea — to spray on
the crops to promote vigor. Other
preparations use chamomile and
stinging nettle. The biodynamic
calendar, with its reliance on the
phases of the moon and root,
flower, leaf and fruit days
according to where the moon is in
the zodiac, conjures images of
hippie communes.
And yet, some of the world’s
most renowned wineries are
biodynamic: Domaine de la
Romanée-Conti and many others
in Burgundy and Château Palmer
and Château Pontet-Canet in
Bordeaux. Biodynamics is almost
de rigueur in Oregon’s Willamette
Valley, where my favorites include
Brooks, Winderlea and Soléna
Estate. And it’s immensely
popular in Austria, where
organizations such as Respekt-
BIODYN promote biodynamic
viticulture.
Biodynamic Federation
Demeter International, named
for the ancient Greek goddess of
agriculture and harvests, is the
leading certification body; based
in Darmstadt, Germany, it
certifies 7,067 farms worldwide,
including 1,439 wineries. A
French organization called
Biodyvin certifies wineries in
Europe and has more than 200
members.
“The visibility of biodynamic
farming depends on the country,”
Clara Behr, spokeswoman for
Demeter, said in an email. “In
Germany or Switzerland people
are familiar with all sorts of
biodynamic products, … but in
hot weather calls for cold wine.
this week, slake your thirst with a
citrusy, refreshing white from sicily
and rosés from provence and
california.
— Dave McIntyre
Great VaLUe
Villarini Grillo 2023

Sicily, Italy, $14
crisp and refreshing, this wine
offers flavors of lime, mango,
kumquat and mint. if that sounds a
bit busy, it’s because there’s a lot
going on in this delightful bottle.
organic; vegan. alcohol by volume:
12.5 percent. Bottle weight: 380
grams (light).
imported by Vinimundi. distributed locally
by craft Wine & spirits.
marietta cellars oVr old Vine
rosé 2023

California, $19
marietta cellars brings us the old
Vine red, one of california’s best-
. the washington post
TOP: Among many practices of
biodynamic farming is the use
of cover crops in between vines.
ABOVE: In this type of
agriculture, horses are
encouraged for plowing and
aerating the soil instead of
tractors.
value red wines, year after year.
the oVr rosé may have more
competition, but it delivers
refreshing cherry and berry flavors
with a hint of sage. the blend is
syrah, grenache noir and grenache
gris. aBV: 13.5 percent. BW: 480
grams (light).
distributed locally by rndc.
H&B rosé 2023

Côteaux d’Aix-en-Provence, France,
$20
textbook provence rosé:
Watermelon, cantaloupe and wild
herbs parade across your palate
for a refreshing summer quaff. the
blend is grenache, cinsault and
rolle (vermentino). the bottle is
unnecessarily heavy. certified
B corp; organic. aBV: 13 percent.
BW: 680 grams (heavy).
imported by Vineyard Brands. distributed
locally by Breakthru Beverage group, rndc.
Prices are approximate. For
availability, check Wine.com, Wine-
other countries such as France or
Italy the most known biodynamic
product is wine. In Latin America,
Demeter coffee, bananas and
chocolate are also known,
whereas in the U.S. most people
know only biodynamic wine.”
Asked about the controversial
aspects of biodynamics, some
winegrowers shrug and point to
the results.
“I don’t understand it, but it’s
been a fascinating journey,” says
Laurent Montalieu, whose NW
Wine Co. owns some 1,200 acres
of vineyards in Oregon’s
Willamette and Umpqua valleys.
About 200 acres are farmed
biodynamically, including at his
family winery, Soléna Estate.
r ec o mme nd at io n s
searcher.com and the websites and
social media feeds of the wineries,
importers, distributors, and your
favorite local wine store. You can also
ask your local retailer to order wines
from the distributors listed. Bottle
weight is included, because this is
the single most important contributor
to wine’s carbon footprint. Have wine
questions for Dave McIntyre? Send
them to Food@washpost.com.
Legend
 good: the wine delivers what it
promises at a fair price. if it says
chardonnay, it tastes like
chardonnay.
  excellent: a wine with
character and added interest. may
elevate your eyebrows at the first
sip.
   extraordinary: an exciting
wine that stands out from others in
its class. fist-pumping, table-
thumping good.
    sublime: otherworldly.
may have you thinking, “so this is
what they were talking about.”
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“I believe in it,” he says. “It’s
obliged me to be as gentle as
possible to the earth and to make
sure I’m going to pass the
property to my daughter in better
shape than when I took it on.
That’s rewarding in itself.”
Several years ago, Montalieu
gave me a tour of a biodynamic
vineyard in Willamette Valley’s
Yamhill-Carlton district. The
most obvious difference
compared with a nearby vineyard
farmed more conventionally was
the cover crop between the rows
that lent an air of untidy
rowdiness. I recall Montalieu
pointing out more subtle
influences, such as a healthy
sheen on the vine leaves and how,
FROM LEFT: Villarini Grillo 2023; Marietta Cellars OVR Old Vine Rosé 2023; H&B Rosé 2023.
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even on a scorching July day, the
leaves seemed to be lifting toward
the sun rather than drooping
from the heat.
In our recent conversation,
Montalieu said he noticed
differences in the soil, too. “The
soil is … less compact, so the root
system can go deeper,” he said.
“So we get a better expression of
the sandstone and siltstone
subsoil we have here, and that
helps me make a wine with a
better sense of place.”
And he compares the
biodynamic preparations to
homeopathic medicine. “Just as a
stinging nettle tea can stimulate
your digestive system, it seems to
energize the vines,” he says. “And
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the chamomile tea will calm vines
that are too vigorous. It’s not a
placebo effect. Something is
definitely happening.”
Alexander Zahel adopted
organic viticulture when he took
over his family’s vineyards on the
outskirts of Vienna, in 2005, and
turned to biodynamics because of
its rigor and emphasis on
biodiversity. He achieved Demeter
certification for his vineyards in
2018. Zahel told me that
biodynamics has made the vines
less vigorous, which resulted in
grapes achieving ripeness and a
concentration with lower sugar
levels. That means lower alcohol
in the finished wines.
“The wines are more
individual, with good complexity
and texture but without being so
full-bodied as they were 15 years
ago,” Zahel says.
Austria’s Demeter branch
requires growers to share
experiences with the various
preparations in small groups.
Zahel said the exchange of ideas
creates a sense of community
“and gets us away from the more
esoteric, howling-at-the-moon
hocus-pocus stuff.”
More recently, Zahel became
the first European winery to
receive the new Regenerative
Organic Alliance certification,
which has been described as
biodynamics without the
pseudoscience. Like with
biodynamics, the regenerative
certification focuses on soil health
and biodiversity, but it also adds a
social dimension — for instance,
considering how an enterprise
treats its employees. It also has
bronze, silver and gold tiers to
inspire companies to improve.
Zahel said the Regenerative
Organic certification will attract
companies and wineries that are
interested in improving their
stewardship of the land but that
were perhaps put off by
biodynamics’ more esoteric
qualities. But he doesn’t expect
the discipline to become obsolete.
“There will always be a niche
for those who love the spiritual
aspects of biodynamics,” he says.
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The chefs of the Hamptons are back for more on TikTok
HAMPtOnS from E1
Hamptons private chef accounts
so riveting.
“There is something about
that East Coast/Nancy meyers/
Ina Garten aesthetic that people
just cannot get enough of,” Vetri-
ni says. “It’s remote, it’s exclu-
sive. They’re places that not a lot
of us are going to ever be able to
experience in our life.”
This year, among the dozen or
so accounts she is highlighting,
she has even identified a few she
suspects aren’t real chefs, but
fans who appear to be cosplaying
the Hamptons private-chef life-
style they’ve come to know on
TikTok.
Jill Donenfeld, co-founder of
the Culinistas, an agency that
connects clients to private chefs
— including in the Hamptons —
says the social media attention
has helped bring prestige to
personal cheffing, a field that
was long seen as “the stepchild”
of the culinary industry, which
reveres restaurant chef work as
its pinnacle. “We really get to see
that it’s an interesting career
path,” she says. “It’s a rewarding
career path. And it is just as
difficult and demanding as the
restaurant world but in a little
bit of a different way.”
That, she says, has led to a
noticeable uptick in the supply of
chefs applying for jobs — and of
clients who have spotted the
chefs on social media. This sum-
mer, the agency rented a house in
the Hamptons where some of the
30 or so chefs working in the area
can stay.
Donenfeld, who says she’s in
talks with several production
companies about a potential
TV show but declined to give
details, chalks up the phenom-
enon’s appeal to its blend of
fantasy and reality. “Everyone
can relate to it because so many
of us cook for our own families,”
she says. “And yet it’s also aspira-
tional, because it’s in this beauti-
ful setting. It’s such a funny
mixture.”
the setting is gorgeous
of course, we’ve always loved
getting glimpses into the houses
of the 1 percent, going back to
Jane Austen-era visits to the
great homes of the English coun-
tryside and continuing with
“Lifestyles of the rich and fa-
mous,” mTV’s “Cribs” and even
the real Housewives franchise.
But the Hamptons’ specific aes-
thetic — with its cedar-shake
siding and acres of hydrangeas —
makes it particularly alluring.
Alex Baker, who has spent the
past three summers as a private
chef in the Hamptons with the
same family for whom she works
year-round, says the magic is in
the setting. Like her, many of the
Hamptons chefs work in New
York City during the rest of the
year — some for the same fami-
lies as in the summer.
In her experience, the content
she produces in the city just
doesn’t get as much engagement,
and a lot of that has to do with
the backdrop. Even kitchens in
multimillion-dollar city homes
don’t impress as much as the airy
summer digs do. “City kitchens
aren’t as extravagant. There’s not
as much space, there’s no gar-
den,” she says. “It’s really easy to
make beautiful content here. It’s
literally a movie set.”
the food looks amazing
Just as there’s a specific look to
the “set” they’re working in, the
food made by many of the chefs
has a definite vibe.
Chef Seth Boylan, who is on
his second summer in the exclu-
sive community, says his goal is
to let the ingredients shine. “It’s
just keeping things very simple
as it is: finishing things on the
grill or marinating something
and throwing it on the grill.
Everything is nice, light and
bright.”
“You don’t really need to be
doing complex dishes with a
million ingredients,” he says. “A
tomato salad can be as simple as
seasoning it with salt, olive oil, a
little bit of lemon zest, and
plating it with some grilled sour-
dough.”
Baker’s menus are similarly
breezy. “I love taking a whole
side of salmon and just roasting
it and putting it on a platter,
and then having a bunch of
salads to go with it,” she says.
“People aren’t really eating that
heavy in the summer. It’s hot, you
know?”
She also leans on “lots of
lemon and vinegar” and olive oil
instead of butter, she says.
This year, she kicked off the
summer season on memorial
Day weekend, which included a
last-minute party for 30 guests
on Sunday night. She couldn’t
find anyone to hire to lend her a
hand on the holiday weekend, so
she pulled the whole thing off
herself: “tons of appetizers,” in-
cluding caviar with crème
fraîche and Lay’s potato chips, a
giant crudité and cheese platter,
a Caesar salad, quinoa with an
herb vinaigrette, grilled steaks
and chicken, and salmon with
labneh and a zhoug sauce. oh,
and a birthday cake.
“It was a lot,” she said with a
laugh. “But I’ve been doing this
for a long time, so it’s kind of
second nature at this point.”
Even the chefs’ shopping trips
for ingredients are a feast for the
eyes — and another aspirational
experience. They often shop at
local farm stands, or they pick up
seafood and luxe cuts of meat at
shopping spots including the
round Swamp farm and Citarel-
la markets. In an era where
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“Everyone can relate to it because so many
of us cook for our own families. And yet
it’s also aspirational, because it’s in this
beautiful setting. It’s such a funny mixture.”
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normie grocery shopping has
become financially fraught, a $7
heirloom tomato feels almost as
unattainable as the Carrara mar-
ble countertops.
You can romanticize
your own life
Viewers aren’t necessarily
watching so they can re-create
the dishes themselves, just as
most viewers of traditional food
TV aren’t interested in reproduc-
ing an Iron Chef ’s moves. But
they might get inspiration for
family meals or pick up tips on
cooking for a crowd (because
many meals the chefs create are
for their clients’ parties).
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CLOCKWISE FROM tOP: Alex
Baker has spent the past three
summers with the same family
in the Hamptons. tiana tenet,
left, and Jill Donenfeld, co-
founders of the Culinistas, an
agency that connects clients to
private chefs. Pamela Wurst
Vetrini in her Alexandria
kitchen. Baker likes to serve
lighter food in the Hamptons,
such as wild salmon with a
lemon caper sauce and a
tomato, basil and mozzarella
salad. Seth Boylan finishes a
charred corn and tomato salad
with pesto before serving.
Vetrini says the videos might
help home cooks stuck in a rut —
even if they don’t have the gleam-
ing-white kitchens and high-end
ranges they see on social media.
“I love the idea of becoming the
main character of your own life
and romanticizing the things
that we do every day,” she says. “I
cook for my family, three meals a
day, every day, but if I were to
pretend that I was a private chef,
it could be much more enjoy-
able.”
Tiana Tenet, the other co-
founder of the Culinistas agency,
says that, because of their short-
er form and punchier style, the
chefs’ TikToks might seem more
approachable to a home cook
than traditional TV shows.
“They’re seeing the chefs go to
their garden and make some-
thing from it,” she says. “I think
they’re starting to help viewers
realize that they can take el-
ements of the private chef into
their own lives.”
Baker attributes some of the
genre’s popularity to a wider
interest in cheffing. “Because of
shows like ‘The Bear,’ people are
so aware of this profession, and
the private chef thing is kind of a
new twist,” she says.
It’s honest work
Hamptons chefs’ content, too,
has a more wholesome feel than
many other videos people post.
for one thing, the cooks are
putting in long days and working
hard. These aren’t diva influenc-
ers swanning into restaurants.
And there’s just not a ton of
drama, which might be partly
because they exercise discretion
about their clients. (This varies;
some film freely around the
properties where they work, and
others only shoot close-in videos
and off-site.) As Donenfeld notes,
they’re too professional and busy
for that. Vetrini recalled that, last
summer, the closest thing to
drama was when a chef acciden-
tally spilled grease on his client’s
wooden deck and had to scram-
ble to clean it — hardly the kind
of table-turning stuff of most
reality shows.
Viewers get a taste of a world
of wealth and privilege, but
through people who seem a lot
more like us regular folk. “You’re
not seeing it through the eyes of
a millionaire. You’re seeing it
through the eyes of a creative
who’s working for a millionaire,”
Vetrini says. “I think the access
point is very good.”