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José Andrés’s tiny tasting-counter restaurant in Penn Quarter.

President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law on 21 July 2010, a response to the 2007-09 financial crisis.

The final fiscal 2023 defense appropriations, signed 29 December 2022, blocked US$360 million of the Army's US$400 million IVAS procurement request and redirected US$40 million toward the 1.2 headset.

Gallup's annual Consumption Habits poll finds 54% of US adults drink, the lowest in its trend back to 1939, and for the first time a majority, 53%, say moderate drinking is bad for health.

The law that ended the 2025 government shutdown rewrites the federal definition of hemp from 12 November 2026, capping finished products at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and removing synthesised cannabinoids.

The FY2026 NDAA (S. 1071) became Public Law 119-60, setting Pentagon policy and authorising funds for fiscal year 2026; it repealed the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria and the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorisations and made draft registration automatic.

By 215 votes to 214, the House added Rep. Wesley Hunt's amendment to the 2027 defense bill, authorizing the Defense Secretary to acquire easements, including by condemnation, along Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Pipeline System through state land and Gaviota State Park.

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, by 216 votes to 212, with seven Republicans voting against and six Democrats in favour amid the Iran war.

Gallup's 2026 Consumption Habits poll finds 54% of US adults drink for a second straight year, a record-low 13% say they sometimes drink too much, and 17% have had non-alcoholic beer, wine or spirits instead of a drink in the past year.

On Monday 28 September 2026 the Senate passed S.4668, the Cruz-Cantwell Protect College Sports Act, 77-22, giving the NCAA an antitrust exemption to enforce pay caps, transfer and eligibility rules; the House does not return to vote until 9 November, after the midterms.

NHL hockey in Chinatown-Penn Quarter, easy to reach by Metro.

Democrat Janeese Lewis George won the Nov. 3, 2026 Washington, D.C. mayoral election with 84.3% of the vote, per NBC News with 90% of the expected vote in.

Democrats clinched Senate control on November 3, 2026, reaching 55 seats to Republicans' 44 with Alaska uncalled, after flipping Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas, per NBC News and AP data.

NVIDIA's GTC returns to Washington from 30 November to 3 December 2026, centred on the Ronald Reagan Building, with Jensen Huang's keynote on 1 December at 2 p.m. ET.

New to the tour in 2026, a one-day VMware Explore for the US public sector, state and local governments and contractors, at the Ronald Reagan Building on 8 December.

The new federal hemp definition, capping finished products at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container, starts on 11 December 2026 after Congress pushed it back a month from 12 November.

DC's annual Pride parade and festival.

PBS's Independence Day concert and fireworks broadcast from the Capitol lawn, with a live audience on the Mall.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment's rebuild of the Capitals' and Wizards' downtown arena reaches the end of six construction phases that began in December 2024 and were staged around live events, including a new 'Visibowl' seating bowl, new premium clubs and a new cardholder entrance opening in autumn 2027.