Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto Billionaire Wants Washington to Follow Him

Mr. Bankman-Fried has spent most of Crypto Bahamas commuting from his laptop to the convention stage. Even his mother, Barbara Fried, had trouble spending time alone with him: One afternoon, trying to catch his eye, blockchain bro in a polo shirt cornered Mr. Bankman-Fried and asked him to shoot a birthday message for a friend. …

Washington Commanders Deny Financial Misconduct In A Letter To The FTC

. In March, Friedman testified to the committee about a practice some team managers have called “juicing”, where revenue from NFL game tickets has been reported to come from other events held at the team’s stadium to reduce the amount of ticket revenue. it had to be shared with 31 other NFL teams. As an …

Washington Rebuilds In A Flurry of High-Profile Coronavirus Cases

The speaker’s office confirmed that Ms. Pelosi, who was vaccinated and boosted, received a negative PCR test result Thursday morning and will continue to test regularly and follow CDC guidelines, although it is unclear which ones. It was also unclear whether the Attending Physician’s Office saw 81-year-old Ms. Pelosi as a close person to Mr. …

Washington State Develops Landmark Agreement on Job Status of Gig Drivers

The Washington State Senate on Friday passed a bill that provides certain benefits and protections to gig drivers while barring them from being classified as employees, a longstanding priority like Uber and Lyft. The two bills will still need to be reconciled before they can be sent to the governor for approval, although the vote …

Kamasi Washington Enters a New Age and 13 More New Songs

Los Angeles-based saxophonist and spiritual jazz resurgent wedge Washington, 40, made her late night television debut in the United States this week, performing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” He presented a new composition, “The Garden Path,” with more than a dozen instrumentalists and singers lined up around the stage, all clad in desert …

Late Night Commentary on Washington Commanders

“’W’ is ‘Why did it take you two years to find this?’ means.” — JIMMY KIMMEL on the team’s new logo “’Commanders’ sounds like an action movie where Dolph Lungren and Sylvester Stallone join forces to defend assisted living facilities.” – JIMMY WHO “This is Washington Commanders. It really feels like a waste of drumming.” …

Washington Football Team Plans to Reveal Its Name Even As Bad News Spreads

The Washington Football Team said on Tuesday it will announce a new name and “identity” on Groundhog Day on February 2, the culmination of an 18-month rebrand brought about by the loss of corporate sponsors who contested the team’s old name. In July 2020, the NFL team succumbed to pressure from fans, sponsors, and Native …