Project aims to revitalize a long-vacant public property near the booming U Street and Shaw neighborhoods in Northwest.
The former reading instructor would turn the historic building into a museum dedicated to language and linguistics.
Subsidies reignite a debate over how far elected leaders ought to go to chase corporate employers.
Rush to get hotel open on time meant 12-hour days for weeks, contractor says, but it resulted in $2.1 million in allegedly unpaid work.
Rather than focusing on how to return the Redskins to the RFK site, officials get to work turning old fan parking into green space and playing fields.
Two small businesses say Trump and his contractors have not paid for work totaling more than $3 million.
Trump's company battled unions during his campaign, but the deal ends a bitter dispute over pay at his Las Vegas hotel and eases discord at his D.C. property.
"Nobody contacted me. Nobody pressured me at all," says Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem al-Sabah after booking a 600-person event at the hotel.
Trump may have to spend up to seven hours during the first week of January being peppered by the chef's attorneys.
Trump says he wants to retain stakes in his businesses and -- since he is not yet president -- feds say their hands are tied.
