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President Donald Trump's IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., drew early criticism and mockery as cars were still making their first laps.

On Saturday, drivers started doing practice, qualifying, and other preliminary races for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, which Trump touted as D.C.'s first-ever IndyCar race. The marquee race, which Trump is expected to attend, will start on Sunday, but the negative reviews started coming in as the drivers raced on bumpy roads, and critics called out the administration for organizing the unsolicited event.

"Turning the National Mall into a race track for the Freedom 250 is a reckless spectacle that puts public spaces at risk because clowns need attention," blasted speaker and advocate Khary Penebaker....

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) purchased a new home in Washington, D.C., even after publicly bashing the nation's capital, according to a congressional financial disclosure.

Greene called Washington, D.C., a “crime ridden hell hole” and an “embarrassment” in a November 2022 tweet.

Fast forward to today, and Greene now owns a condo within the District of Columbia, valued between $500,001 and $1 million, according to her 2023 annual financial report filed on May 15 and recently made public....

WASHINGTON — The metal-hitting-metal noise must’ve been a car crash.

No. A man had just thrown a woman against an outdoor chair which, along with the woman, slammed into a steel fence.

In an instant, he grabbed her by the throat and throttled her. He stopped only to readjust his grip and choked her again. Her body slumped inside her pink puffer coat. She made a muffled gurgling sound as if she were submerged in water....

DC Comics, already criticized earlier this year for hiring noted author Orson Scott Card to write stories featuring flagship character Superman, is being knocked again by LGBT advocates for refusing to depict a same-sex marriage in the award-winning comic Batwoman.

Actor George Clooney was in a jovial mood when he was released from jail on Friday, poking fun at himself and those who were arrested with him for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, DC.