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Andrew Leyden

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D.C. freelancer photographer labeled a “news influencer” in a recent study who hangs out at the White House, Congress, murder scenes, and fires in Washington, though misses living in Hong Kong. Posts on National Security, Politics, Arsenal, and tech.

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The East Wing is being demolished today.

21.10.2025 18:02 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Just a few from the #nokings protest in DC today.

19.10.2025 03:31 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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More photos from the National Mall of the Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein protest sculpture that appeared this morning. Quite a few tourists are snapping photos as they walk past.

23.09.2025 17:37 — 👍 21    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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What is the Presidential Wall of Fame at the White House? – The Washington Broadsheet

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22.09.2025 12:36 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Teen Violence at D.C.-Area High School Football Games Prompts Sweeping Security Crackdown – The Washington Broadsheet

washingtonbroadsheet.com/teen-violenc...

20.09.2025 15:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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DC National Guard units left Union Station last night about 8:45pm "due to growing demonstration."

17.08.2025 19:21 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump is announcing an end to violent crime in DC next Monday.

09.08.2025 14:39 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1
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National Guard vehicles are in front of the DC Guard Armory should they be called out to help fight crime in DC.

07.08.2025 16:33 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump calls for CEO of Intel to resign. washingtonbroadsheet.com/trump-demand...

07.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Protesters at the Vice President's house for the Epstein strategy dinner that apparently didn't occur.

06.08.2025 23:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to th...

Harvard President denies the school is considering a $500 million deal, saying NY Times story is 'false' and blames White House officials for leaking to the media.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

03.08.2025 11:30 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The new patio at the White House Rose Garden with tables and chairs set up.

02.08.2025 12:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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As Trump left the Oval Office today, scaffolding and plastic sheeting was visible, likely indicating some renovations will take place over the weekend.

02.08.2025 12:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The drains of the new Rose Garden patio are designed like American flags, with a Presidential Seal in each of the corners.

02.08.2025 12:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The White House has added a Trump-signed copy of the court decision allowing the barring the Associated Press from the press pool to the walls of the White House press gallery.

25.07.2025 02:50 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
Before Sending April 11 Demands, Trump Administration Privately Floated an Aggressive Agenda to Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson A confidential memo, later published in court documents, shows that the Trump administration had already shared an aggressive ‘menu’ of reforms with Harvard, a week before government officials sent a ...

Harvard student newspaper @thecrimson uncovers undisclosed Trump administration memo calling for huge changes including a lien on all Harvard assets, a federal-approved provost to oversee departments, and a ban on student government. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

22.07.2025 18:32 — 👍 7    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
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The POTUS returned to the White House tonight but took no questions on landing (he did gaggle at Andrews though).

14.07.2025 08:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The running of the interns. Media interns run Supreme Court decisions to TV networks for major cases yesterday.

28.06.2025 11:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The POTUS has returned to the White House after a short trip to the Netherlands for the NATO summit.

26.06.2025 00:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump’s Entry Ban on International Harvard Students | News | The Harvard Crimson A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to halt President Donald Trump’s June 4 proclamation banning travelers from entering the United States on Harvard-sponsored F and J visas.

Judge issues second injunction in Harvard case, blasting the administration's “The Proclamation..has no ‘legitimate grounding’ and it is ‘inexplicable by anything but animus'. Also the gov'ts “reading of the record is so selective as to border on the absurd.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

24.06.2025 02:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump flagpole goes up tomorrow morning at the White House.

18.06.2025 01:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Truck carrying tank after Army's 250th birthday parade kills pedestrian in DC The accident happened on the evening of June 16 while a truck was moving the tank from the parade staging area to a Maryland railyard.

Truck carrying a military tank from the Army parade runs over kills a woman in NE Washington D.C. as the convoy leaves the city www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

17.06.2025 23:40 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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According to the White House pool report, Trump said he will not call Gov. Waltz because the governor is “too whacked out” and it would be a waste of time.

17.06.2025 10:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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DC Fire Engine 18 (circa 1905) runs a call with Engine 18 on Capitol Hill in honor of the 100th anniversary of the last horse drawn fire engine in D.C.

17.06.2025 00:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A man remains on the WAMU tower on the campus of American University after 20 hours. Police have been talking but no updates.

11.06.2025 17:05 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.

Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants. Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.

Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

05.06.2025 13:19 — 👍 26045    🔁 4032    💬 224    📌 183
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A new flag appeared near the White House on the Grange Building. It has 51 stars, including a 'green' star likely for Greenland.

05.06.2025 14:07 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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A sniper from the DC Emergency Response Team covers a team as they search a home of a murder suspect. Two murders on Tuesday brought the two week total to 16 homicides in D.C., and 69 for the year (same as it was last year at this time).

28.05.2025 02:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Construction at the White House West Wing colonnade. No information at this time on what is being done here.

24.05.2025 01:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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US Park Police EAGLE flies over the White House anti-aircraft missile battery while performing overwatch duties for Marine One today.

24.05.2025 01:05 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0