IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings to close DC streets

By Will Vitka
April 9, 2019 | 12:34 PM

Two minor road closures are coming to downtown D.C. this weekend because of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.

The following streets will be closed from 7 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

19th Street Northwest between Pennsylvania Avenue and G Street Northwest
H Street Northwest between 20th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest

Fired opinion writer still waiting for call from Washington Post after arbitrator ordered reinstatement, back pay

By Neal Augenstein
August 25, 2026 | 1:59 PM

Several days after an arbitrator ordered the Washington Post to reinstate fired opinion writer Karen Attiah, she told WTOP she's still hasn't gotten a phone call about returning to work. "I'm waiting to hear from the Washington Post as of this morning," Attiah said. "I'm willing to go back to the work that I was doing as a columnist and as a writer particularly focused on race, gender and international rights." A Thursday ruling by arbitrator Sarah Miller Espinosa said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to fire Attiah over social media posts about violent white men following last year's killing of Charlie Kirk, and ordered the Post to award Attiah full back pay and lost benefits. "So, the Washington Post has its marching orders, let's see if they follow them," said Attiah, who described her reaction to arbitrator's ruling as "vindicated, slightly tired, really happy about the decision and reinstatement, plus back pay, of course."