Overview

• Inside Joe's Seafood near the White House, Code Pink activists chanted “Free D.C., Free Palestine” and called him “the Hitler of our time” before being escorted out.
• The president told diners the capital is safe and said he would not have ventured out months earlier, dining with JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
• The White House reports nearly 2,200 arrests since the Aug. 7 federal takeover, even as many cases involve low-level offenses and some have stalled before grand juries.
• D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has sued to block armed military involvement in local policing, reflecting continuing legal and community pushback.
• Trump signaled he could soon name another city for a similar operation, while the restaurant drew a wave of one-star reviews and reservation data show D.C. dining has fallen.