Reading archive 2026-09-21

Minute by minute, secret FBI videos showcase Trayon White Sr.’s path to bribery charge: The 87 minutes of secretly recorded footage shows the D.C. lawmaker talking about money woes, therapy and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser.

Weighing the ‘disastrous, cascading consequences’ if China takes Taiwan: If Xi Jinping ordered a blockade, breaking it would require war on the Chinese mainland.

Former D.C. Attorney General Crashes Protest to Defend Landlord: Karl Racine represents a developer being sued by D.C.’s current attorney general over poor housing conditions.

Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban: CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, filed a lawsuit over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”

Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong: The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China. - "A Government Accountability Office report from 2023 found that more than 1 million F-35 spare parts have gone missing in the past five years. The watchdog agency concluded the department hasn’t been able to review spare part losses worth tens of millions of dollars because Lockheed controls the information."

The Armored Sarcophagus Saving Ukrainian Soldiers: Unmanned ground vehicles are conducting once-impossible medical evacuations along Ukraine’s front lines.

Venezuela’s People Problem: A state that spent decades alienating its professional class has lost the capacity to govern.

City Rats Are Going on Birth Control: Contraceptives are kinder than poison.