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Biden makes historic pick for top court

Ketanji Brown Jackson took Nominating first Black woman
the middle road to reach the top fulfills pledge, sets up Senate clash
BY M ARC F ISHER, But if on paper Jackson’s career BY T YLER P AGER, son served as a trial court judge in
A NN E . M ARIMOW looks like a bullet train from the S EAN S ULLIVAN, Washington for eight years before
AND L ORI R OZSA Miami suburbs to the nation’s S EUNG M IN K IM Biden elevated her last year to the
highest court, her path was nei- AND A NN E . M ARIMOW influential U.S. Court of Appeals
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Presi- ther smooth nor straight. The for the D.C. Circuit. She was con-
dent Biden’s choice to become the generational pivot her parents President Biden announced firmed to that court after a rela-
first Black woman to serve on the and other civil rights activists Friday the nomination of federal tively uncontentious Senate hear-
Supreme Court, was a “child of the sought turned out to be not so Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to ing and with the backing of three
’70s,” as she puts it. Raised with an simple. replace retiring Justice Stephen Republican lawmakers.
African name, dressed in early When Jackson was born in G. Breyer, a historic choice that Biden introduced Jackson on
childhood in a mini dashiki, she 1970, “there was probably a sense fulfills the president’s pledge to Friday afternoon at the White
was expected to reap the fruit of of invincibility in that moment,” nominate the first Black woman House, praising her as “someone
the boycotts and sit-ins of the she said in a speech last year. to the Supreme Court and would with extraordinary character”
1960s, taking advantage of the SEE JACKSON ON A4 make Jackson, 51, just the third SEE NOMINATION ON A6
opportunities and equality her BILL O’LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST African American in the high
parents’ generation had demand- The Critique: Jackson is a Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks Friday after being selected by court’s 233-year history. Senate: Some in Republican
ed. stereotype-defying archetype. A6 President Biden to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer. A former public defender, Jack- Party strike a critical posture. A7

CDC: Most
Americans
can go Ukraine puts up a fight
maskless Russian forces
New guidelines signify
push deeper
potentially less critical against a fierce,
phase of pandemic defiant defense
BYS IOBHÁN O ’ G RADY,
L ENA H . S UN,
BY J OHN H UDSON,
D AN K EATING D AVID L . S TERN
AND L AURA M ECKLER AND E LLEN N AKASHIMA

The Centers for Disease Con- kyiv, ukraine — Ukrainian

trol and Prevention eased mask forces desperately fought back
recommendations for the vast against a Russian military on-
majority of the country Friday slaught Friday, firing U.S.-made
under a new framework to moni- missiles at aircraft and tanks as
tor the coronavirus that immedi- the Kremlin’s rockets, artillery
ately affects about 70 percent of and missiles rained down on pop-
Americans — a process that state ulation centers from Kharkiv to
and local officials had already Mariupol to the capital of Kyiv.
begun amid demands for a return As Moscow’s vastly superior
to normalcy. air, naval and ground forces dug
The new guidelines, which deeper into the country, Russian
took effect Friday, reflect the ad- President Vladimir Putin ap-
ministration’s view that the Unit- peared bent on regime change,
ed States has entered a different, calling on Ukraine’s armed forces
potentially less dangerous phase to “take power” from Ukraine’s
of the pandemic. The change democratically elected leaders,
follows a relaxation of restric- whom he called “drug addicts and
tions by most Democratic gover- neo-Nazis.”
nors responding to nosediving Ukrainian President Volod-
case counts and public pressure, HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST ymyr Zelensky vowed to defend
and well after most Republican the capital alongside his country’s
governors. CDC officials said the soldiers and citizens, who have
shift reflects the reality that after armed themselves with pistols, ri-
more than two years of living fles and homemade molotov cock-
with the virus, most communities tails. “This was a hard but brave
have greater protection against day,” Zelensky said in a video ad-
severe disease because of wide- dress late Friday. “This night they
spread immunity gained from will begin to storm. . . . We have to
both vaccinations and infections, withstand. The fate of Ukraine is
as well as the increased availabili- being decided right now.”
ty of treatments, testing and More than four dozen explo-
higher-quality masks. sions thundered in Kyiv before
Officials said the guidelines SEE UKRAINE ON A10
will not immediately affect mask
orders on public transportation.
Americans will still be required to
wear face coverings on buses,
trains and planes until a decision Inside Biden’s
is made closer to March 18, when
the order is set to expire. e≠orts to stop
Schools are included in public
settings where masking and test- an invasion
ing may not be necessary if the
covid-19 disease risk is low based BYA SHLEY P ARKER,
on the new metrics. If districts S HANE H ARRIS,
SEE VIRUS ON A7 M ICHAEL B IRNBAUM
AND J OHN H UDSON
What’s new
In the early evening of Thurs-
The CDC released a plan designed day, Feb. 10, President Biden’s
to keep hospitals from being national security team — a group
overwhelmed while protecting that included Cabinet secretaries
those at high risk for severe illness. and other senior advisers — got
Many counties once considered an urgent message: They were
high risk have been reclassified as needed in the Situation Room for
low to medium, meaning that WOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST a hastily convened meeting on
healthy people are no longer urged TOP: A man passes a bombed-out residential building in Kyiv on Friday. In the second day of fighting, Russian forces faced the escalating crisis between
to wear masks indoors. stiffer resistance than anticipated. ABOVE: Ukrainians are stuck at a border crossing with Poland. Some 50,000 have fled. Russia and Ukraine.
There were ultimately two
In areas with medium levels of meetings that night — one at 6:15
covid-19, the CDC recommends
people at high risk for illness Despite fear, people of Kyiv take up arms for their city Poll: Wide support
for sanctions on
and another at 8:30 — prompting
officials to scrap their existing
consider masking. Russia. A9 plans, including a birthday dinner.
In areas with low levels of the BY S UDARSAN R AGHAVAN, a basement for a bomb shelter. edge. A suspected rocket de- The group discussed two new
S IOBHÁN O ’ G RADY By Friday, Ianikovskyi was stroyed an apartment building in Strikes: Growing pieces of intelligence: one sug-
disease, there is no accusations of hits
AND W HITNEY S HEFTE faced with a difficult choice — the city, and its outer neighbor- gesting that Russia was planning
recommendation for mask- one shared by countless Ukraini- hoods were either battlegrounds on homes. A12 to stage a “false flag” operation
wearing. kyiv, ukraine — With Russian ans: “I really want to join the or no-go zones. Russian forces pegged to a specific date, blaming
Border crossing:
In schools, universal masking is forces pressing into the northern army,” he said inside the bunker, tried to push closer to the seat of Some arrive eager the fake attack on Ukraine and
recommended only in communities suburbs of this besieged capital as explosions rocked the out- the government, but Ukrainian for a fight. A14 using it as justification to invade
with high levels of covid-19. this week, Alexei Ianikovskyi skirts of the city. “But I also need forces repelled the advance. Still, the country; and the second that
took his family into the city’s to protect my family.” by nightfall, the Russian bom- Industry: Some the timeline for a Russian inva-
People can check their center. They found sanctuary at a On the second day of Russia’s bardment, and the war itself, chipmakers halt sion had accelerated.

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community’s rating at CDC.gov or hotel where he worked, one with invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv was on SEE KYIV ON A11 sales to Russia. A16 SEE BIDEN ON A13
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Capitol Police fall short on security goals after Jan. 6, reports find
Almost 14 months
after last year’s
Jan. 6 attack on
the U.S. Capitol,
its police force
remains a work in
Federal progress — with
Insider much work
JOE needed before
DAVIDSON there is sufficient
improvement.
Two new
government watchdog reports
on the U.S. Capitol Police
department’s response to the
violent assault on democracy by
supporters of former president
Donald Trump found a variety
of serious law enforcement
weaknesses that persist more
than a year later.
Until the Capitol Police Board
more fully implements
“countermeasures to mitigate
risks” on Capitol Hill, a
Government Accountability
Office report says, the panel “is
not fulfilling its responsibility in
overseeing the Capitol Police’s
protection of Congress and the
Capitol Building.”
Separately, but on the same
day last week, Michael A.
Bolton, the Capitol Police
inspector general, told a House
Administration Committee
hearing that although the force
has “made security
improvements throughout the
Capitol complex, much work
still needs to be addressed in
relation to training, intelligence,
cultural change and operational
planning.”
Bolton urged “an overall
cultural change . . . to move the
department into a protective
agency as opposed to a
traditional police department.”
All Capitol Police training, “no
matter what it is,” he added,
should be “driven by that
mission of protection.”
The GAO’s report highlighted
several deficiencies within the
police force and its oversight
board both in relation to Jan. 6
and in its general planning for
security at the Capitol,
including:
l Protest planning on Jan. 6
“did not reflect the potential for
extreme violence aimed at the
Capitol and did not include
contingencies for support from
other agencies.” Despite
information that “protesters
could be armed and were
planning to target Congress, the
Capitol Police’s plans focused on
a manageable, largely non-
violent protest at the Capitol.”
l The police received the
assistance of about 2,000
personnel from other agencies
on Jan. 6, but the police and its
board “lacked clear, detailed
procedures” on outside
assistance. “Without such
How the Ukraine invasion scrambles American energy politics
BY S TEVEN M UFSON
The Ukraine invasion and Rus-
sia’s influence on global oil and
natural gas markets are upend-
ing U.S. domestic energy politics.
What is good for motorists,
such as temporarily eliminating
the federal gasoline tax of
18.4 cents a gallon, isn’t good
climate policy, as it encourages
people to drive more. What is
good for homeowners, such as
lower natural gas prices and few-
er liquefied natural gas exports,
makes it harder to rush supplies
abroad to help Europe fend off
gas shortages.
And what was convenient for
lawmakers, like selling off part of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
to raise revenue and hide deficits,
doesn’t look so appealing today.
“From Reagan forward, gaso-
line prices go up, approval rat-
ings go down and vice versa
pretty reliably,” said Kevin Book,
managing director of ClearView
Energy Partners, a consulting
firm. “It’s been true for four
decades.”
For Americans, difficult battles
will be fought on the home front
over oil and gas policies, as Presi-
dent Biden considers sanctions
that could initially result in more
economic pain at home. Biden
will have to weigh policies with
short-term economic rewards
against long-term goals to fight
climate change. His supporters
who may disagree with some of
his choices will most probably
avoid an open rift to hang on to
political power and pursue last-
ing climate initiatives.
The gasoline tax is the best
example of the dilemma among
Democrats. “Every $10 a barrel is
25 cents at the pump,” Book said.
“Cutting an 18.4 cent tax to offset
25 cents or so can help, but the
question is: How many more
increases are we looking at?
There are times and places where
targeted tax cuts can give eco-
nomic relief, but in this case the
symbolic value may be more sub-
stantive.”
EZ RE K THE WASHINGTON POST
Two watchdog reports found a variety of weaknesses persisting in the Capitol Police force a year after the insurrection.
procedures, the Capitol Police
and the Board may be hampered
in their ability to request aid
quickly and effectively in future
emergencies.”
l “The Capitol Police’s process
for assessing and mitigating
physical security risks to the
Capitol complex is not
comprehensive or documented.”
l “The Capitol Police conducts
regular security assessments of
the Capitol complex and
buildings, but it does so without
a documented procedure to
ensure completeness and
consistency.”
l Although the force “makes
security recommendations, it
does not have the authority to
implement them.” That rests
with the Capitol Police Board,
but it “does not have a process
for formally considering or
making decisions on the
recommendations.” That leaves
the force and the board with “no
assurance” they “are not
overlooking potential security
risks.”
The GAO made four
recommendations on securing
outside police assistance and
managing risks. The
department agreed with the
recommendations, “which we
Biden forced to balance
demand at home with
climate change policy
Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and
Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) think
there is more than symbolic value
at stake. They sponsored legisla-
tion introduced this month that
would suspend the federal gaso-
line tax until the beginning of
2023. Even before the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, the price of
gasoline had jumped 90 cents a
gallon over the past year, accord-
ing to the Energy Information
Administration.
“As Russia continues its unpro-
voked attack on Ukraine, the
average price of crude oil could
remain above $100 per barrel
and push the price of regular
unleaded even higher than it is
now,” Kelly said Thursday in a
letter to Biden. “Hardworking
families cannot continue to bear
the economic hardship of high
gas prices while paying for more
expensive groceries and medi-
cine.”
Kelly, Hassan and Senate co-
sponsors such as Raphael G. War-
nock (D-Ga.) are all expecting
tight races this fall, making the
short term a priority.
But lower gasoline prices spur
greater consumption, and the
thirst for gas is already high. Last
November, bouncing back from
the coronavirus pandemic, Amer-
icans used 9 million barrels a day
of gasoline. One out of every 11
barrels worldwide went into the
tank of American automobiles.
Additionally, federal gas tax
revenue goes to the Highway
Trust Fund, and a shortfall would
hurt efforts to rebuild and repair
vital infrastructure. In the bill,
Kelly would require the Treasury
to make up for the shortfall, but
that would increase the deficit.
In 2008, then presidential can-
didate Barack Obama called cut-
ting the federal gas tax a “gim-
have already addressed,” it said
in an email to The Washington
Post.
The board, composed of the
House and Senate sergeants-at-
arms and the architect of the
Capitol, along with the police
chief as a nonvoting ex officio
member, took no position on the
recommendations. A letter from
the board included in the GAO
report said the panel is
“committed to implementing
any physical security upgrades
that will secure the safety of the
Capitol complex.” The board did
not respond to questions from
The Post.
At the remotely conducted
House hearing, Bolton said 39 of
his office’s 104
recommendations, made in
eight “flash reports” on the
attack that sought to overturn
Trump’s 2020 presidential
election defeat, have been
implemented. Out of 200
planned “security
enhancements,” the police
department promised, he added,
only 61 “have supporting
documentation to support those
enhancements that have
occurred.”
Bolton’s suggestion to move
the Capitol Police from a
mick” when his Democratic rival
Hillary Clinton proposed doing
so for three months. Some energy
experts say Biden should take the
Obama approach and leave the
federal gasoline tax alone, argu-
ing that suspending it would spur
gasoline consumption and en-
courage purchases of less fuel-ef-
ficient cars, which is bad climate
policy.
Jason Furman, a Harvard pro-
fessor who was chairman of the
Council on Economic Advisers in
the Obama administration, said
in an email that “a gas tax holiday
suspension would be a bad idea:
it would provide relatively little
relief for consumers and would
also provide a decent share of its
benefits to oil producers. It
would even be slightly helpful to
Russia by putting some upward
pressure on the global price of oil,
albeit not a lot.”
Instead, energy experts say,
Biden should focus on the long-
term climate issue. That means
helping Europe cut the link to
Russian fuel supplies as soon as
possible and strengthening re-
newable sources of energy.
“The faster Europe and other
importing countries reduce their
needs for oil and gas, the smaller
the geopolitical power of Russia
will be,” David Hawkins, director
of the climate center at the Natu-
ral Resources Defense Council,
said in an email. “NATO should
be looking at decarbonization as
a key strategic planning require-
ment,” adding, “Expanding U.S.
oil and gas production and infra-
structure is a not a viable short-
term fix,” and it “would be in
direct conflict with the impera-
tive of reducing dependence on
fossil fuels.”
Other Biden supporters have
urged the president to slow down
the issuance of permits for facili-
ties that liquefy natural gas at
minus-260 degrees Fahrenheit
for shipment by special tankers
to other countries. These sup-
porters have charged that the
export of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) to other countries was
. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
traditional police culture to a
protective mission was
bolstered by examples of routine
police work not related to
Congress in testimony from
Daniel Schuman, policy director
at the Demand Progress
Education Fund, an advocacy
organization.
His group’s research indicates
that “the Capitol Police spent a
lot of time arresting people for
things like smoking pot on their
porch five blocks from the
Capitol, or going to Union
Station and helping to remove
unhoused people from Union
Station, which is not something
that one would expect … of the
security force focused on
protecting the Capitol,”
Schuman told committee
members.
No congressional hearing
about the insurrection would be
complete, in this political
environment, without
Republican attempts to spread
blame from Trump supporters
to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.).
“The Capitol is no better
prepared today than it was on
January 6,” said Rep. Rodney
Davis (Ill.), the top Republican
on the committee. “And that
boosting domestic prices.
Bruce Nilles, executive direc-
tor of the Climate Imperative
Foundation, said in an interview
in December that exporting natu-
ral gas in a pandemic winter was
“the antithesis of everything
Biden has said since taking of-
fice.”
But international strategists,
most Republicans and others
have said that in the six short
years since the first LNG ship-
ment from the United States, its
exports have created an interna-
tional market, alongside Qatar
and Australia as the largest tank-
er exporters. This winter, the
United States and Qatar have
played key roles in diverting LNG
shipments to Europe.
“We’ve seen the consequences
of significant reliance through-
out Europe on Russian natural
gas,” said Frank Macchiarola,
senior vice president of policy
and regulatory affairs at the
American Petroleum Institute.
“But because U.S. supply has
been there, Europe has been get-
ting more natural gas from the
United States than from Russia.”
Nilles said in an interview
Thursday that he still opposes an
expansion of LNG facilities be-
cause of the time it takes to build
a new one, which does little to
deal with Europe’s urgent Russia
problem or help it reach its
climate targets. “It takes four
years and exacerbates the other
crisis facing Europe and the
globe, which is climate change,”
he said. “Let’s do everything we
can as Americans to help Europe
solve both.”
The fighting in Ukraine has
also cast the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve in a new light. Under
past budget bills, the Energy
Department has been ordered to
sell off substantial portions of the
reserve, which peaked at 727 mil-
lion barrels. At one point, the
Trump administration advocated
the sale of half of the reserve.
Though that never became law,
other measures have resulted in
the amount in the reserve falling
JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST
failure rests squarely on the
shoulders of Speaker Pelosi,
Capitol Police leadership and
the Capitol Police Board.”
While noting the board “is
made up of political appointees
answerable to congressional
leadership, including Speaker
Pelosi,” he neglected to mention
that Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.),
the Republican majority leader
at the time of the attack, was
part of that congressional
leadership. Davis’s staff would
not say why McConnell’s name
was omitted in this context, as
other Republicans also have
done.
The committee chairwoman,
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.),
cited “systemic deficiencies”
within the police department
but also paid respects to the
“more than 140 law enforcement
officers … injured that day,
many grievously.”
“We can’t forget that what we
saw on January 6 was started by
a lie,” she said, “a lie from a
disgruntled former president
and repeated by many in the
media and across the aisle that
the safest and most secure
election in American history
was stolen and that its results
were illegitimate.”
to 582 million barrels.
“This is exactly the situation it
was designed for: A bully is trying
to further intimidate us because
he controls part of global oil
production,” said Jay Hakes, head
of the Energy Information Ad-
ministration during the Clinton
administration.
Furman said that oil prices,
when adjusted for inflation, are
lower than they were during the
high period from 2011 through
2014. But he noted that they are
still spiking and that he does not
think a Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve release is “economically
critical at this point, but to the
degree it acts as a bit of extra
insurance against higher prices,
it would be reasonable to do.”
“Critics of using the reserve
argue releases aren’t sufficient to
influence a global market,” Hakes
said in an email, adding that the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve is
part of a global system. “Europe
has commercial stocks they can
release. China and others have
also established stockpiles,” he
said.
“Admittedly, the numbers are
not massive in an international
market,” but if Putin is “to coun-
ter by withholding additional oil
from the market, he will endure
short and long-term pain,” Hakes
said.
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New revelations about files recovered from Mar-a-Lago
Some documents are
so sensitive they may not
be described publicly
BY J ACQUELINE A LEMANY
AND T OM H AMBURGER
Some of the presidential rec-
ords recovered from former pres-
ident Donald Trump’s residence
at Mar-a-Lago are so sensitive
they may not be able to be de-
scribed in forthcoming inventory
reports in an unclassified way,
two people familiar with the mat-
ter said Friday.
The revelation comes as Rep.
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) sent
the National Archives and Rec-
ords Administration a request for
further information on 15 boxes
of records recovered from
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last
month. The Archives set Friday as
its deadline for an inventory of
the contents.
The Archives has publicly con-
firmed earlier reporting by The
Washington Post that classified
materials were found within the
boxes and that torn-up records
had been transferred to the Ar-
chives but not reconstructed by
the Trump White House.
The inventory is expected to
provide more information on the
volume and scope of classified
documents, including details on
the level of classification, accord-
ing to the two people familiar
with the matter, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity to dis-
cuss a sensitive topic. There are
records at the very highest levels
of classification, including some
that can be viewed by only a small
number of government officials,
the two people said.
“There are records that only a
very few have clearances” to re-
Newspapers and other items are loaded onto a truck at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington in January 2021.
view, one of the people told The
Post. The documents are so sensi-
tive that they may not be able to
describe them in an unclassified
way, and, therefore, such docu-
ments might be described broad-
ly in a classified addendum to the
inventory, according to the two
people.
Maloney is requesting the ad-
ditional information as a part of
the congressional investigation
into Trump’s handling of White
House records.
In a letter to sent Thursday
evening to Archivist of the United
States David S. Ferriero, Maloney
asked for a “detailed description
of the contents of the boxes
recovered from Mar-a-Lago …
and identification of any items
that are classified and the level of
classification” by March 10.
Maloney also requested a de-
scription of any potential reviews
conducted by other federal agen-
cies of the contents of the recov-
ered boxes, all presidential rec-
ords transferred to the Archives
that Trump “had torn up, de-
stroyed, mutilated, or attempted
to tear up, destroy or mutilate,”
and communications between
the Trump White House and the
Archives related to the Presiden-
tial Records Act.
“I am deeply concerned that
former president Trump may
have violated the law through his
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intentional efforts to remove and
destroy records that belong to the
American people,” Maloney
wrote. “This Committee plans to
get to the bottom of what hap-
pened and assess whether fur-
ther action is needed to prevent
the destruction of additional
presidential records and recover
those records that are still miss-
ing.”
The letter suggests that the
House committee led by Maloney
was broadening its efforts to
probe the breadth of potential
records act violations under
Trump, who frequently flouted
the legal requirements to safe-
guard documents produced dur-
ing his presidency and, at times,
seemed intent on destroying rec-
ords.
The letter cited revelations
from the Archives that the Trump
White House failed to capture
presidential records on social
medial platforms, and is “con-
tinuing to search for missing
records from the Trump Adminis-
tration” because of White House
staffers who conducted official
business “using nonofficial elec-
tronic messaging accounts that
were not copied or forwarded to
their official electronic messag-
ing accounts.”
Maloney asked for all docu-
ments and communications be-
tween Trump White House offi-
cials relating to the use of person-
al accounts for official business,
the destruction of presidential
records, the discovery of “paper
in a toilet” in the White House or
White House residence, and com-
munications with Trump about
the Presidential Records Act.
Maloney added a request to
prioritize from former White
House chiefs of staff Mark Mead-
ows, John F. Kelly and Reince
Priebus; former White House
counsel Donald McGahn; former
deputy White House counsel Ste-
fan Passantino; and former aides
Nicholas Luna, Derek Lyons,
Robert Porter and Madeleine
Westerhout.
Attorney General Merrick Gar-
land confirmed that the Justice
Department has been in touch
with the Archives about the dis-
covery of classified material in
boxes taken earlier this week
from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach,
Fla., but stopped short promising
a full investigation.

Drugmaker J&J and major distributors finalize $26 billion opioid settlement
BY M ERYL K ORNFIELD
Three major drug distributors
and the drugmaker Johnson &
Johnson finalized a $26 billion
agreement on Friday to bring
relief to states and communities
affected by the opioid epidemic,
in what lawyers say is a turning
point in the deadly public health
crisis.
The companies’ announce-
ment, a formal declaration that
the firms will go through with a
previously reported deal, kick-
starts a 60-day countdown to the
date the deal is considered effec-
tive, the beginning of the release
of funds — money that local lead-
ers across the country have start-
ed determining how to spend.
After an unprecedented effort to
achieve close to a national con-
sensus for the deal, a vast majori-
ty of communities have agreed to
take part, launching new mea-
sures to tackle opioid abuse, in-
cluding new transparency into
drug shipments.
The distributors, Cardinal,
McKesson and AmerisourceBer-
gen, said in a joint statement
Friday that 46 out of 49 eligible
states have joined their settle-
Money will flow to
thousands of areas
harmed in health crisis
ment, which was “sufficient par-
ticipation” to proceed. Johnson &
Johnson, which has committed as
much as $5 billion in the settle-
ment, also confirmed it would
move forward with the agree-
ment.
Lawyers representing the com-
munities in the massive web of
federal litigation over the opioid
epidemic say governments cover-
ing about 90 percent of the U.S.
population have signed on to the
deal, agreeing to drop legal
claims against the companies in
exchange for the funds. Separate-
ly, Native American tribes
reached an agreement this month
with the companies for a $665
million cut of the national sum.
“It’s huge,” said Joe Rice, a lead
lawyer for the plaintiffs suing
drug companies. “I think it’s the
beginning of turning the curve
against the opioid epidemic in
small-town America. Looking
back, I can’t think of any other
situation where national litiga-
tion has put the money directly in
the hands of small-town America.
And they deserve it. They’re the
ones that are fighting this battle.”
Rice and other lawyers, includ-
ing states’ attorneys general, have
spent months explaining the
framework of the settlement to
local officials to coordinate the
sweeping agreement, which
could have failed if a critical mass
was not achieved. Those who
question the agreement with the
companies raise concerns that
the money is insufficient to cover
the total cost of the drug epidemic
and could be misused, as were the
payouts from a 1998 settlement
with major tobacco companies.
Thousands of communities
have claimed in courts that dis-
tributors ignoring red flags and
manufacturers falsely advertis-
ing their drugs’ nonaddictive po-
tential flooded their area with
pain pills, leading to widespread
addiction and overdoses that
have continued to strain their
health-care systems and social
services. The companies do not
admit wrongdoing.
“They say, ‘It’s just not enough
money to solve the problem,’ ”
Rice said, describing those con-
versations with local leaders.
“And I say, ‘You’re right. It’s not.’
But we’re never going to solve the
problem with money alone.”
Negotiators of the deal say the
industry will face unprecedented
scrutiny going forward, as the
settlement establishes an inde-
pendent clearinghouse to oversee
data from distributors showing
where and when they are ship-
ping drugs. Johnson & Johnson
stopped selling opioids in the
United States.
Other companies may follow
the path of the distributors and
Johnson & Johnson, reaching a
nationwide agreement to resolve
litigation. In the meantime, litiga-
tion against others, including ma-
jor pharmacies, is still underway,
said Peter Mougey, an attorney
leading negotiations for the com-
munities.
“We have to … take this one
step at a time, and this is the
major first step,” Mougey said.
Trials are scheduled for the
coming months against drug
companies, including Teva, Endo
and Par Pharmaceuticals in Cali-
fornia and West Virginia. In an-
other West Virginia trial, over
claims by hard-hit Cabell County
and the city of Huntington, a
decision is expected from a feder-
al judge. Meanwhile, negotiations
are ongoing in bankruptcy court
involving states, Purdue Pharma
and its billionaire owners to re-
solve claims for possibly $6 bil-
lion after a previous deal was
blocked over the civil immunity
that Sackler family members
would receive.
While government lawyers
continue their legal battle over
the public health crisis that has
claimed hundreds of thousands
of American lives, community
leaders are readying for the influx
of funds from the distributors
over the next 18 years and John-
son & Johnson for nine years.
More states, counties or cities
may sign on to the deal after
Friday’s deadline, increasing the
total payout from the companies.
In Missouri, every county
signed on to the deal, unlocking
$458 million in funds from the
national agreement. With the
portion allotted to St. Louis Coun-
ty, Executive Sam Page, a physi-
cian, envisions scaling up sub-
stance abuse treatment and men-
tal health resources for patients
lacking sufficient insurance in his
area, where he said the drug
supply has become increasingly
deadly because of fentanyl.
“This is a really big deal,” Page
said.
In advance of the money, more
than 40 states have passed laws or
formed frameworks governing
how the money is distributed and
used, while several have bills in
progress, said attorney Christine
Minhee, the founder of watchdog
website opioidsettlementtrack-
er.com.
Colorado, set to receive ap-
proximately $385 million, will
seed regions that can govern how
they spend the money. Near Den-
ver, Weld County, the state’s third-
largest, has not had funding for
toxicology tests on suspected
drug overdoses since a six-month
grant more than two years ago,
said Public Health spokesman
Eric Aakko. County leaders would
be interested in resuming the
short-lived practice with the in-
coming money, Aakko said.
“When we’ve got that kind of
data, it’s just going to help us as
we make our decisions with how
the funding is used,” he said.

DIGEST

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Three plead guilty in
plot to hit power grid
Three men have pleaded guilty
to terrorism-related charges for
plotting to attack the U.S. power
grid, hoping that the ensuing
electricity outages would stir civil
and economic unrest that could
lead to a race war, the Justice
Department said.
Christopher Brenner Cook, 20,
of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan
Allen Frost, 24, of Katy, Tex., and
West Lafayette, Ind.; and Jackson
Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh,
Wis., sought to assault power
grids with “powerful rifles,”
federal officials said. The three
have pleaded guilty to one count
of conspiring to provide material
support to terrorists and face up
to 15 years in prison.
“The defendants believed their
plan would cost the government
millions of dollars and cause
unrest for Americans in the
region,” the Justice Department
said in a news release Wednesday.
“They had conversations about
how the possibility of the power
being out for many months could
cause war, even a race war, and
induce the next Great
Depression.”
In the fall of 2019, Frost and
Cook met in an online chat group,
and Frost raised the idea of
attacking a power grid, according
to the Justice Department.
Within weeks, the two started
recruiting others. Cook circulated
a list of readings that promoted
neo-Nazism and white-
supremacist ideology as part of
the recruitment process, the
agency said, and Sawall, already a
friend of Cook, quickly joined.
A few months later, in February
2020, the trio gathered in
Columbus, Ohio. There, Frost
supplied Cook with a rifle, which
the two took to a shooting range
for training, the Justice
Department said in the news
release. It said Frost also gave out
“suicide necklaces” filled with
fentanyl. The three agreed to take
the drug should they be caught by
law enforcement, the release said.
In August 2020, FBI agents
searched the residences of the
three men and found “racially
motivated violent extremism Nazi
material” and weapons,
according to court documents.
— Andrew Jeong
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Court-martial for sailor
over arson accusations
A sailor accused of starting the
Vehicles navigate Interstate 495 in Haverhill, Mass., in nearly
whiteout conditions on Friday. Parts of New England were expected
to receive about a foot of snow from the storm.
fire that destroyed the USS
Bonhomme Richard will face a
court-martial for arson, the Navy
said Friday.
Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays,
20, faces two counts in military
court for the July 2020 blaze that
injured dozens of personnel
aboard the amphibious assault
ship as the fire burned for five
days and sent acrid smoke
wafting over San Diego.
It marked one of the worst
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noncombat warship disasters in
recent memory, and the vessel
had to be scrapped. It would cost
an estimated $4 billion to replace.
Mays set the fire because he
was disgruntled after dropping
out of Navy SEAL training,
prosecutors said. His defense
lawyers said there was no
physical evidence connecting him
to the blaze.
Mays was charged with
aggravated arson and the willful
hazarding of a vessel.
Defense lawyer Gary Barthel
said the decision to proceed to
trial came despite a hearing
officer’s recommendation that
there wasn’t enough evidence to
win a conviction after a
preliminary hearing in
December.
Mays maintains his innocence
and looks forward to proving it at
trial, Barthel said.
Mays is no longer being
detained. He was demoted after
the December hearing, though
the Navy has declined to say why.
The lead federal fire
investigator for the government
determined the fire was started
July 12, 2020, by someone who
ignited cardboard boxes in a
vehicle storage area below deck.
The defense presented evidence
from experts that the blaze may
have been sparked by an
electrical malfunction.
About 160 sailors and officers
were on board as strong winds
whipped flames into an inferno
that sparked explosions. More
than 60 sailors and civilians were
treated for minor injuries, heat
exhaustion and smoke inhalation.
The 840-foot vessel had been
docked at Naval Base San Diego
while undergoing a two-year,
$250 million upgrade.
— Associated Press
MICHIGAN
Teen charged in
slayings of boy, 2 adults
A 16-year-old boy has been
charged as an adult in the fatal
shootings of three people,
including a mother and her 5-
year-old son, in a Detroit home.
The teen is scheduled to be
arraigned Tuesday in Detroit’s
36th District Court on three
counts of felony murder, three
counts of first-degree murder,
armed robbery and gun charges,
the Wayne County prosecutor’s
office said Friday.
The bodies of Aaron Benson,
32, LaShon Marshall, 28, and her
son, Caleb Harris, were
discovered Feb. 18 by Benson’s
cousin, who went to the home to
check on him after not hearing
from him for days.
The back door was open or had
been kicked in. The bodies of the
adults were in one room. The
boy’s body was in a bedroom,
police said. Each had been shot
multiple times.
Detroit police later arrested
two teens in the slayings. A
warrant for charges against the
second teen was denied due to
insufficient evidence, the
prosecutor’s office said.
— Associated Press
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JACKSON FROM A1
Johnny and Ellery Brown gave
their firstborn a name — Ketanji
Onyika — that meant “Lovely
One” chosen from a list sent to
them by Jackson’s aunt, then a
Peace Corps volunteer in West
Africa. Early photos show Jackson
“rocking Afro-puffs,” she said.
“My parents set out to teach me
that, unlike the many impenetra-
ble barriers that they had to face,
my path was clear,” recalled Jack-
son, now 51 and a federal appel-
late court judge in Washington. “If
I worked hard and believed in
myself, I could do anything or be
anything I wanted to be.”
Jackson found her way with a
different approach than the con-
frontational activism of her par-
ents’ generation, by deploying her
smarts, good cheer and a root
assumption that, whatever the ob-
stacles, she belonged.
In college, at law school and in a
succession of jobs that led her to
the pinnacle of the American legal
profession, Jackson was unusual-
ly clear about the line she drew
between standing up for herself
and ignoring the noise around
her, said Nina Coleman Simmons,
a lawyer in New York who was one
of three Black women who
roomed with Jackson through
most of their time at Harvard.
“She was always the person
trying to find the middle ground,”
Simmons said. As other Black stu-
dents at Harvard took to the
streets to confront college offi-
cials about issues of race and
equality, Jackson counseled mod-
eration. “ ‘They’re not going to
listen to us if we’re screaming at
them,’ she’d say,” Simmons re-
called. “She was always asking,
‘What are the facts we can use to
persuade?’ ”
In 1988, in her first year at
Harvard, Jackson had to choose a
path. The college’s freshmen lived
together in dorms surrounding
Harvard Yard, and one of Jack-
son’s classmates hung a Confeder-
ate flag from his dorm room win-
dow.
As a new student who’d signed
up with the Black Students Asso-
ciation, Jackson joined in reac-
tions to this “huge affront,” she
said in a 2020 speech at the Uni-
versity of Chicago. “We organized
rallies, we passed out fliers, we
circulated petitions, we planned
sit-ins.”
But Jackson wasn’t all in on
leaping into protest mode. “While
we were busy doing all of those
very noble things, we were not in
the library studying,” she noted. “I
remember thinking how unfair it
was to us.” Black students saw the
flying of the flag as an attack, and
they were angry about what they
saw as a lax response from univer-
sity officials, but now, as a result of
their protests, “we were also miss-
ing classes and could not just be
regular students” like “the rest of
our peers,” she said.
And that, Jackson decided, was
“exactly what the student who
had hung the flag really wanted:
For us to be so distracted that we
failed our classes and thereby re-
inforced the stereotype that we
couldn’t cut it at a place like
Harvard.”
In that instance and numerous
others, Jackson felt pulled in two
directions: stand up for what’s
right, or buckle down and work.
Time after time, in almost every
chapter of her life, according to
interviews with more than 15 of
her friends and colleagues and a
review of more than 2,000 pages
of her speeches and writings,
Jackson refused to be distracted.
She would press for her ideals, but
she would pick her battles and
choose tactics designed more to
persuade others than to an-
nounce her opposition.
“I just want to be clear about
how I envision thick skin,” Jack-
son told a Black student group at
the University of Chicago in 2020.
“As a professional of color, there
will inevitably be times when you
will feel singled out, challenged,
questioned, undervalued, and
misinterpreted, and you will very
much want to call out or cancel
people who say and do discrimi-
natory things,” she said. “But do-
ing so takes time and effort, and if
we are going to get to where we
belong … we can’t keep stopping
and fretting over random ridicu-
lousness!”
When she ran for class presi-
dent in high school, when she
traveled the high school debate
circuit and won a rack of prizes, or
when she applied to Harvard de-
spite her high school guidance
counselor’s suggestion that she
set her sights a bit lower, she felt
“slings and arrows” of bias yet
decided not to care about “slights
and misperceptions and underes-
timations that came my way.
What I do remember is often
thinking, ‘Hmm, well, I’ll show
them.’”
“Ketanji was a lawyer before
she went to law school, always
thinking of every side of an issue,”
said Lisa Fairfax, one of Jackson’s
roommates in college and law
school.
SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
How Ketanji Brown Jackson rose
higher by finding middle ground
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this month. If confirmed
by the Senate, she will be the first Black female justice of the Supreme Court.
Soon after they met in their
freshman year, Fairfax and Sim-
mons both noticed that Jackson
always spelled “Ketanji” out when
she introduced herself, so others
would be comfortable with her
unusual name. She was asserting
pride in her African roots as she
was easing the way for others to
get to know her as a warm and
friendly person, whatever her
name.
“Some people think she’s too
middle-of-the-road, or they ask,
‘Is she Black enough?’ ” Simmons
said. “But if they knew her or her
family, they’d never ask that ques-
tion. She taught me never to
shrink myself, never to be afraid
to take up space. I was raised to
keep your head down, don’t make
noise. You don’t want them to
think this or that because you’re a
Black person. But Ketanji would
say small things. In a restaurant,
she’d say, ‘My order is not correct,’
whereas I had this fear and I’d
take it as it came.”
When Harvard’s Black Stu-
dents Association organized a si-
lent march to protest a paucity of
Black professors at the school,
Jackson joined in, dressed in
black, carried signs and marched
silently around campus, but she
argued against more aggressive
tactics that some students pro-
posed.
“There were always more radi-
cal people who wanted to push
her off the middle,” arguing for
more in-your-face confrontation,
Simmons said. But Jackson ar-
gued against protests that might
alienate the very people she want-
ed to persuade. And she would not
let anyone steer her away from her
studies, the roommate said.
Jackson understood the power
of activism. She’d heard about it
from her parents back in Miami.
“For Black Americans in particu-
lar, 1970 was a time of hope,” she
said in 2020, noting that “the hard
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MARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POST
work of the previous decade — the
marches, the boycotts, the sit-ins,
the arrests — had finally borne
fruit.”
“She was clearly someone who “Young Black professionals like
my parents were finally on the
could talk to anybody and definitely verge of getting to enjoy the full
freedom and equality that is
not an ideologue or someone who promised to citizens of the United
States. Change does happen, and
was pushing a particular agenda.” that even the most dire circum-
stances can be overcome,” she
Richard Schragger, former colleague of Ketanji Brown
said.
Jackson and law professor at the University of Virginia
Jackson’s optimism and ability
to connect with people very differ-
ent from herself enabled her to
choose a middle path and demon-
strate that it still could produce
progress, said Fairfax: “Ketanji
moves the crowd, and it’s a very
diverse crowd.”
A persona taking shape
She was a star from junior high
school on. Chosen as “mayor” of
Palmetto Junior High, just south
of Miami, and elected class presi-
dent of Palmetto High three
times, Jackson was voted “most
likely to succeed” and “most tal-
ented,” according to her high
school yearbook. In one largely
White setting after another, she
soared to the top.
The keys, according to those
who knew her well, were confi-
dence, discipline and a clarion
sense of direction seeded and nur-
tured by her parents.
When Johnny and Ellery
Brown grew up in South Florida,
the segregation and closed doors
in many workplaces seemed for-
bidding. After attending histori-
cally Black colleges, Jackson’s par-
ents moved to Washington, where
they launched their careers, and
then went back to Miami, where
Johnny attended law school and
COURTESY OF LISA FAIRFAX
wound up as the top attorney for
From left, Nina Coleman Simmons, Antoinette Coakley, the Dade County School Board.
Lisa Fairfax and Jackson in 2017. The women were Ellery taught school and rose to
roommates at Harvard. Fairfax said Jackson had the become principal of the New
ability to connect with people different from herself. World School of the Arts, a mag-
net public high school.
From her earliest years, “it was
important to me to be seen as a
person who worked hard and was
good to work with,” Jackson told
Black law students in Chicago in
2020. “As a young Black woman
with a funny name, I already
stood out, and so I invested heavi-
ly in doing what was required to
build my brand within each or-
ganization I worked in.”
In the family’s modest subur-
ban house, Johnny and Ellery
kept on their coffee table a book
about racism in America, “Faces
At the Bottom of the Well: The
Permanence of Racism,” by Der-
rick Bell, the first Black professor
to win tenure at Harvard Law
School. Jackson would stare at the
book’s cover, struggling “to recon-
cile the image of the person, who
seemed to be smiling, with the
depressing message that the title
and subtitle conveyed,” she later
recalled.
She and her father spoke often
about what was required to both
earn that smile and find your way
to the top. “As a dark-skinned
black girl who was often the only
person of color in my class, club,
or social environment, my par-
ents knew that it was essential
that I develop a sense of my own
self-worth that was in no way
dependent on what others
thought about my abilities,” Jack-
son said.
At Palmetto High, Jackson en-
countered an array of students —
almost three-fourths White, 16
percent Black and 11 percent His-
panic — but most did not mix
much outside their own groups,
according to Jackson and several
of her friends.
Jackson, though, waded into
activities that were heavily domi-
nated by White students. She
sang, debated and got involved in
theater, even after a drama teach-
er told her she would not get a role
in a play about a White family
because she was Black.
For classes and for her speech
and debate prep, she hit the books
hard. “While other kids were
hanging out late going to parties, I
was either writing or rehearsing
my speech, or sleeping ahead of a
5 a.m. Saturday morning tourna-
ment wake-up call,” she recalled
in the 2020 speech in Chicago.
“That kind of self-discipline and
sacrifice,” Jackson said, “if I’m
being honest, has made me kind
of boring, but has also allowed me
to have opportunities that my
grandparents could not have even
dreamed about.”
“She didn’t waste time,” said
Nathaniel Persily, a friend and
high school classmate who was on
the speech and debate team with
Jackson. “She wasn’t going to be
distracted by something like I
was, like video games … she was
personally sort of conservative,
more mature in her attitude and
outlook on life. I always thought
of her as an old soul.”
But Jackson was no nerd, her
friends said. “We’d go to The
Falls,” the upscale mall a few miles
south of Palmetto High down
South Dixie Highway, said Denise
Lewin Loyd, a high school friend
and, with Jackson, one of the few
Black students tracked into hon-
ors classes at Palmetto. “We’d go
to pool parties. We’d spend a lot of
time at each other’s houses, just
hanging out. And the beach, of
course. Ketanji wasn’t as big on
the beach as I was, but we’d go
now and then.”
In Palmetto’s honors and Ad-
vanced Placement courses, “there
were three Black women and one
Black guy,” said Loyd, now a pro-
fessor of business administration
and a dean at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
During part of their time at Pal-
metto, Loyd and Jackson were
bussed to the school, many of
whose White students lived in
fancier neighborhoods closer to
the campus.
“We were in different spaces
from a lot of our classmates,” Loyd
said. “I was driving a 12-year-old
Caprice Classic in my senior year,
and I was fortunate to have that,
and our classmates were in new
Camaros. We had a friend that
had a swimming pool, a tennis
court, and guest quarters on the
property, and now I’m like, ‘Do
you think their parents were mak-
ing the same amount of money as
ours?’ ”
Jackson nudged her peers to
talk about those gulfs in their
experience. As a senior in 1988,
she joined a Jewish student and a
Latino student to lead a school
discussion about the divisions
that kept Palmetto’s racial and
ethnic groups apart. “If you don’t
talk about it, you never deal with
it,” Jackson told a Miami Herald
reporter covering the event.
People listened because Jack-
son “had this beaming, energetic,
friendly personality and natural
charisma,” said Stephen Rosen-
thal, a close friend who went to
school with her from junior high
through law school.
At Palmetto and around South
Florida, Jackson became “like a
living legend in the speech and
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
debate community,” said Rosen-
thal, now a lawyer in Miami.
Friends still recall her soaring
renditions of scenes from the
plays “Agnes of God” and “Fools.”
“She would do these dramatic
interpretations, and you would
see the judges and the people in
the audience literally cry,” said
Persily, now a professor at Stan-
ford Law School. “Then she’d do a
humorous interpretation and
they’d be laughing. She was just …
an incredibly polished speaker.”
Yet Jackson’s success as a na-
tionally ranked orator — she trav-
eled to tournaments on many
weekends — didn’t spare her from
what some today would dub mi-
croaggressions.
At competitions, judges would
sometimes pointedly say to her,
“I’m sorry, your name is what?”
Rosenthal recalled. “And she’d
say, ‘Ketanji,’ and articulate it very
clearly, and write it on the board.
She had to confront who she was
every time she entered a room like
that.”
A deepening inquiry
In September 1988, on her
birthday, Jackson, a freshman at
Harvard, found herself alone on
the Widener Library steps in Har-
vard Yard, “wrapped in a scarf,
with the hat pulled down over my
head, trying to get through orien-
tation paperwork, and sobbing,
because I was in a strange place
far from home, because no one
knew it was my 18th birthday and
certainly no one cared.”
Back in her room, she found a
message on her answering ma-
chine. It was her mother singing
her a song. “For the first time in 18
years, my mother serenaded me
on my birthday,” Jackson recalled
in a 2011 graduation speech at
Montrose Christian School in
Rockville. Comforted, she settled
down, assured that her parents
“remembered me, believed in me,
were praying for me, and wanted
me to be successful.”
In short order, Jackson was
showing few signs of loneliness.
She organized a study group in a
course called “African-American
Women Writers.” She persuaded
Rosenthal to join her in audition-
ing for an improv team called On
Thin Ice. They both got in. She
jumped into theater, winning a
role as a “doo-wop” girl in “Little
Shop of Horrors” during her
freshman fall term. (Mo Rocca,
now a journalist and comedian,
played the lead role.)
A review in the student news-
paper praised the production but
was not particularly kind to Jack-
son, writing that the three mem-
bers of the “girl group-style Greek
chorus” — which included her —
opened the show “with a rendi-
tion of the title song that is more
yelled than sung.”
With time, she won bigger
roles, culminating in playing jazz
legend Billie Holiday in “Yester-
days,” a play with music that Jack-
son adapted from the singer’s au-
tobiography. A review in the Har-
vard Crimson called the work “a
fresh interpretation of Holiday’s
life that manages both to enter-
tain and to challenge the bound-
aries of theater at Harvard.”
Jackson’s room became some-
thing of a salon, a place where
Black women found comfort and
refuge on a campus where they
were few in number, but also a
place “where Ketanji brought her
very diverse group of friends into
conversation,” said Fairfax, now a
professor at the University of
Pennsylvania law school. “She al-
ways told us, ‘You have to talk to
different people.’ ”
One evening late in sophomore
year, she announced to her room-
mates, “He’s coming over.” He was
Patrick Jackson, a pre-med and
math student who was as tradi-
tionally Harvard as they come,
“quintessential Boston Brahmin,”
the judge would say years later in
a 2019 speech to a law firm in
Washington. “His family can be
traced back to England before the
Mayflower and has been in Mas-
sachusetts for centuries.” Patrick
and his identical twin brother
were seventh-generation Har-
vard, she said.
The contrast was stark. Jackson
was only the second generation in
her family to attend college, and,
as she said in the talk to the
Washington lawyers, “my ances-
tors were slaves on both sides.”
Her roommates were more than a
little suspicious. Jackson hadn’t
had a serious boyfriend before.
Now this White guy was coming to
pick her up for a date.
“We all gave him the side eye,”
Simmons said. “We were going,
‘What do they have in common?’
We didn’t want her to get hurt. We
wanted to check him out.” The
roommates politely quizzed Pat-
rick on his family, his goals, his
values. “He passed with flying
colors,” Simmons said.
As the couple grew serious, her
parents also tested the young
man. “They were, like, ‘Let me see
what you’re coming with. Let us
see that you understand this is not
a colorblind society and you’re
going to have Brown children,’ ”
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Ketanji Brown Jackson in a photograph from Palmetto Junior High School in Florida in 1985. “My parents set out to
teach me that, unlike the many impenetrable barriers that they had to face, my path was clear,” Jackson remembered.
Simmons recalled. “Patrick really
demonstrated that he saw things
through her eyes and was sincere
and amazing and so sweet to her.”
They dated through college and
his time at Columbia University’s
medical school and hers at Har-
vard Law School. They married in
1996, have two daughters ages 17
and 21, and live in Upper North-
west Washington. Patrick is a sur-
geon at MedStar Georgetown Uni-
versity Hospital.
Although she relished her roles
as performer and activist, Jackson
was most devoted to her classes
and her professional plan to be-
come a lawyer and eventually a
judge. As an undergraduate, she
was drawn to the idea that the
justice system contained elemen-
tal flaws. She wrote her senior
thesis on her theory that a court
system that funneled the great
majority of alleged criminals into
plea bargains was denying all par-
ties a full public airing of what had
gone wrong.
For her thesis, titled “The Hand
of Oppression: Plea Bargaining
Processes and the Coercion of
Criminal Defendants,” Jackson
read scholarly work but also re-
ported on the ground, spending
her first year after college in New
York as a reporter at Time maga-
zine, then sitting in on meetings
and interviewing 25 judges and
lawyers as she interned at the
Neighborhood Defender Service
of Harlem. She read novels such as
Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vani-
ties” in search of the emotional
realities behind each case file.
Over more than 128 pages, she
built an argument that the system
pushes many defendants — “co-
erces” them — into taking pleas.
But again and again, she pushed
back against her own theory,
weighing the benefits of pleas:
lesser punishments, speed and a
certainty that no trial can offer.
In the end, Jackson decided it
was unfair to push people to plead
Jackson, center, talks with local high school students who arrived to observe a reenactment of a landmark Supreme
Court case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington in late 2019.
SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
guilty to crimes they insisted they
had not committed: “For the gov-
ernment to be allowed to engage
in a prime facie injustice solely for
the purposes of maintaining a
system that is supposed to be
dispensing justice is, to me, not
only paradoxical, but also nonsen-
sical.”
Yet she concluded that plea
bargaining could not be abol-
ished. “I must be realistic,” she
wrote. Pleas were simply “far too
prevalent and much too ingrained
to be easily dismissed.”
Finding a balance
At law school and in an itiner-
ant early career in which she tried
out roles at a public defender’s
office, a big law firm and a federal
agency, Jackson searched for her
place and for a balance between
professional success and the
strong family life she craved.
At Harvard, she won a competi-
tion to be an editor on the law
review. In a “hothouse of ambi-
tious people,” her colleague Rich-
ard Schragger said, Jackson
“stood out for her consideration of
others … and her kind words to
lots of people.”
“She was clearly someone who
could talk to anybody and defi-
nitely not an ideologue or some-
one who was pushing a particular
agenda,” said Schragger, who
teaches at the University of Vir-
ginia law school.
Fellow Harvard Law Review
editor Kimberly Jenkins Robin-
son, also now a professor at the
University of Virginia law school,
said Jackson’s election to an edit-
ing post was proof that she “had a
brilliant legal mind, but she is also
someone who is humble and easy
to work with.”
At the same time, Jackson did
not hesitate to stand up for her
political views. In 1997, the Boston
Herald published a letter from her
complaining that the paper’s col-
umnist Don Feder “is a racist.”
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Feder had written a denuncia-
tion of U.S. border policy, saying it
“would take this nation’s white
population from 74 percent today
to 53 percent by the middle of the
next century,” a change he called
“a cause for concern.” “Liberals
hate America, our history and
heritage, which they deem irre-
deemably evil.”
Jackson punched back: “To my
mind, he’s also like the liberal’s
purported view of American his-
tory — irredeemably evil.” But in
school and at work, she was better
known for quieter responses to
antagonism or bias, to civil recita-
tions of facts, rather than to scor-
ing rhetorical points.
One of her law school peers was
Ted Cruz, now a Republican sena-
tor from Texas, who makes it a
habit to aggressively question
Democratic nominees for judge-
ships.
In 2013, when Jackson was be-
fore the Senate for confirmation
to the U.S. District Court, Cruz
pressed her about whether laws
should reflect evolving standards
in society. He asked whether Jack-
son expected that “15 years from
now, the use of racial preferences
will no longer be necessary” in
public higher education.
Jackson noted that the Su-
preme Court had previously em-
phasized that “race-conscious ad-
missions policies must be limited
in time,” assuming that the law
school involved in the case prob-
ably could build a diverse student
body without using affirmative
action policies “in the relatively
near future. I have no particular
insight into the future need for, or
ramifications of, the continued
use of race in admissions,” Jack-
son said.
It was an answer that probably
rubbed some of her liberal friends
the wrong way, and one that her
conservative critics probably did
not entirely believe. But it was the
path Jackson had chosen at many
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points in her work: cautious and
respectful of precedent.
Last year, at Jackson’s confir-
mation hearing for her seat on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit, Cruz
congratulated her on her nomina-
tion. “Good to see you,” he said,
and then he voted against her.
Cruz declined to comment for this
article.
Throughout her career, Jack-
son has won people over, even
those on the other side of the aisle,
by exuding optimism and satis-
faction with the country’s prog-
ress on opening doors for women
and minorities.
“Girls like my daughters,” Jack-
son said in a speech in 2017, “need
to learn that they have opportuni-
ties in America today, opportuni-
ties that don’t exist for girls in
many other countries.”
After law school, when Schrag-
ger worked with Jackson at a
small Washington law firm, he
said she worked easily with peo-
ple across the political spectrum.
The firm, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca
& Lewin, was founded by lawyers
who had worked in John F. Ken-
nedy’s Justice Department but
also represented former Republi-
can president Richard M. Nixon.
Jackson left the firm after a year to
begin a clerkship with Supreme
Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer,
the man she would succeed if
confirmed by the Senate.
In later years, while in private
practice, Jackson wrote briefs for
the libertarian Cato Institute and
a conservative Christian civil lib-
erties group, the Rutherford Insti-
tute, just as she represented liber-
al organizations such as the Abor-
tion Access Project of Massachu-
setts and NARAL Pro-Choice
America. She also serves on the
board of Georgetown Day School,
a Northwest Washington private
school with a famously liberal
roster of parents and board mem-
bers.
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In 2012, when Jackson was
nominated by President Barack
Obama to serve on the U.S. Dis-
trict Court in Washington, she
was introduced to the Senate Ju-
diciary Committee by Rep. Paul D.
Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican
who later became speaker of the
House.
Ryan is related by marriage to
Jackson (Patrick’s twin brother is
married to Ryan’s sister), and he
recommended Jackson to the Sen-
ate without reserve: “Our politics
may differ, but my praise for Ket-
anji’s intellect, for her character,
for her integrity, it is unequivo-
cal,” he said. “She is an amazing
person.”
Even Ryan’s support couldn’t
alleviate Jackson’s anxiety about
that confirmation process, which
took the better part of a year. The
wait was complicated by the fact
that her approval depended on
Obama’s winning a second term
in the White House.
The stress was severe enough
that Jackson, who learned to knit
scarves to try to relax her nerves,
“started so many scarves I could
have outfitted a small army,” she
recalled in a 2019 talk. On election
night, she escaped to Elizabeth
Arden’s Red Door Spa, “the one
place I knew would have no
phones, no Internet and no televi-
sion access.”
On and off the bench, Jackson
continued to walk a line between
standing up for principle and
practicality. She spent four years
on the bipartisan U.S. Sentencing
Commission, which shapes feder-
al sentencing policy. In 2011, the
commission considered whether
to retroactively reduce sentencing
guidelines for people who were
serving prison time for crack co-
caine convictions.
Jackson argued that the change
was long overdue because sen-
tences for crack possession or
sales were much longer than
those for powder cocaine, a policy
that disproportionately punished
African Americans. The commis-
sion estimated that about 12,000
prisoners could petition courts
for early release if the potentially
reduced sentences were made ret-
roactive.
The disparity had “cast a long
and persistent shadow,” Jackson
said. “It has spawned clouds of
controversy and an aura of unfair-
ness that has shrouded nearly
every federal crack cocaine sen-
tence.”
The commission voted unani-
mously with Jackson. “Ketanji’s
voice rang out with conviction,”
said U.S. District Judge Patti Saris,
who was chair of the commission
and had once hired Jackson as her
law clerk.
Speaking at Jackson’s investi-
ture ceremony when she became a
district judge, Saris said, “Judge
Jackson will be the kind of judge
who blends common sense and
pragmatism with this overarch-
ing sense of justice.”
Despite her passion for crimi-
nal justice reform, friends say
Jackson looks for opportunities to
demonstrate her fealty to legal
precedent and her root trust in
the system.
In 2016, she appeared on a slate
of university-endorsed candi-
dates for seats on the Harvard
Board of Overseers. A renegade
group of alumni put up a separate
ticket of candidates pledging to
abolish undergraduate tuition
and to open records to show how
the college made admissions deci-
sions.
Jackson and her slate won. The
others on her ticket endorsed
Harvard’s affirmative action pol-
icy in a campaign survey. Jackson
was the only candidate who de-
clined to complete the survey. As a
judge who might someday have to
rule on an affirmative action case,
she said she could not discuss her
personal views.
“As a judge, I’m certainly no
scholar,” Jackson said in a 2017
speech. Rather, she portrays her-
self as a problem solver who
brings to the bench a practical
approach stemming from her de-
votion to the law, her roots in
Miami’s Black community, and
her experience as a performer in
theater and debate. If she could
win people over on a personal
level, she believed, she’d have an
honest shot at persuading them
on the merits of an argument.
During her stint as a public
defender in D.C., Jackson won
over colleagues with weekly in-
stant critiques of performers on
“American Idol,” said A.J. Kramer,
the District’s federal public de-
fender, during her swearing-in
ceremony.
“What we really missed about
her when she left,” Kramer said,
“was her talk around the water
cooler. Ketanji would come in the
next morning after every show …
and she would critique them to
great lengths on their perform-
ance the night before. But if you
think her fascination with ‘Ameri-
can Idol’ was something, her fasci-
nation with ‘Survivor’ is at an-
other level.”
Alice Crites contributed to this report.
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While Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history, she’s also shattering stereotypes
President Biden
presented his
nominee to the
Supreme Court on
Friday, and as he’d
promised during
Robin his campaign —
Givhan and again after
THE CRITIQUE Justice Stephen G.
Breyer announced
his retirement — he selected a
Black woman. Ketanji Brown
Jackson, 51, who currently sits on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit, is an accomplished
jurist, a graduate of Harvard Law
School and a believer in
American exceptionalism. Her
nomination is historic, but many
of the bullet points of her
personal story are familiar,
perhaps even reassuring. Biden’s
choice is glass-shattering, but
Jackson has given every
indication that she is not the sort
who will make the ground shift
beneath our feet. She is an
archetype, one who defies all the
stereotypes.
History will not forget the
tableau at the White House as
Biden walked to the lectern
flanked by two Black women. Vice
President Harris stood to his left.
Jackson was on his right. It was a
scene of flourishes and grace
If confirmed, Jackson would join diminished liberal wing
NOMINATION FROM A1
who “will bring to the Supreme
Court an independent-minded,
uncompromising integrity.” The
president, who spent weeks con-
sidering whom to nominate, tout-
ed Jackson’s varied legal experi-
ence and her personal back-
ground.
“For too long, our government
and our courts haven’t looked like
America,” Biden said. “I believe it’s
time that we have a court that
reflects the full talents and great-
ness of our nation, with a nominee
of extraordinary qualifications,
and that we inspire all young peo-
ple to believe that they can one
day serve their country at the
highest level.”
Jackson’s confirmation would
not affect the current conservative
6-to-3 supermajority on the court.
She would be likely to vote with
liberals on the most contentious
issues facing the Supreme Court,
including affirmative action,
abortion, LGBTQ protections and
gun rights — but she would be
replacing another liberal more
than 30 years her senior. And
while Biden described Jackson as
a “consensus-builder,” the court’s
right flank is moving fast and not
particularly looking for compro-
mise.
Jackson, who would join a sig-
nificantly diminished liberal wing
if confirmed, would bring a diverse
personal and professional back-
ground to the high court. She was a
law clerk for Breyer in 1999, and
she helped shape federal sentenc-
ing policy on the U.S. Sentencing
Commission after stints at private
law firms.
At the federal public defender’s
office in D.C. for 2½ years, Jackson
represented indigent clients in
criminal cases and detainees held
at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. She
would be the first justice since
Thurgood Marshall with signifi-
cant experience as a criminal de-
fense attorney, a trait often touted
by her supporters.
Jackson’s Ivy League creden-
tials — she’s a Harvard Law gradu-
ate and former editor of the Har-
vard Law Review — are similar to
other modern justices, but the im-
portance of her nomination is sin-
gular. She would be the first Black
woman on the nation’s highest
court. And for the first time in
history, there would be near-parity
on the court, with five men and
four women. As recently as 2009,
there was only one woman.
“I can only hope that my life and
career, my love of this country and
the Constitution, and my commit-
ment to upholding the rule of law
and the sacred principles upon
which this great nation was found-
ed will inspire future generations
of Americans,” Jackson said at the
White House.
In her brief remarks, she high-
lighted her family’s diverse back-
ground and touched on points that
could resonate widely: her faith,
her relatives’ careers in the police
and military, the importance of
her family. Jackson began by
thanking God “for delivering me to
this point,” and she also did not
neglect to mention an uncle who
landed in prison after struggling
with drugs.
If confirmed, she would join a
bench that includes Justices Clar-
ence Thomas and Sonia
Sotomayor, meaning a third of the
court for the first time would be
made up of people of color.
notes, subtle shifts in the visual
definition of power and
competence, a reminder that an
older generation can lean toward
the future with as much
hopefulness as the young. Biden
stepped to the microphone with a
smile. Pearls and pocket squares
were the stylistic nods to the
occasion. Dark suits. Glen plaid.
Clipped white hair. Flowing long
hair. Shoulder-length locks.
Biden’s trifold handkerchief gave
his navy suit a bit of extra polish.
The classic necklaces spoke of
propriety and restraint.
Supportive spouses sat tall in the
audience: the first lady, the
second gentleman and Jackson’s
husband, Patrick — a surgeon and
White Harvard classmate who’d
been vetted by her protective
Black female friend circle. The
visual vocabulary of authority and
competence continues to expand
as traditions are interrupted with
intention and care.
“For too long, our government,
our courts haven’t looked like
America,” Biden said. “I believe
it’s time that we have a court that
reflects the full talents and
greatness of our nation.” With
crisp precision, the president
summed up what gets lost when
the country fails to be inclusive of
President Biden, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, and Vice President Harris arrive at Friday’s brief announcement ceremony. Jackson
“will bring to the Supreme Court an independent-minded, uncompromising integrity,” the president said.
Civil rights groups fervently ap-
plauded the announcement, say-
ing it was deeply unjust that an
institution with so much influence
over Americans’ lives had been
limited to White men for so long
and calling Jackson’s nomination
a big step forward.
“This is a tremendously historic
moment for our nation and our
community in particular,” NAACP
President Derrick Johnson said in
a statement. “President Biden has
met this moment with an extraor-
dinarily qualified nominee, who
has stellar credentials and an im-
peccable background.”
Biden announced Jackson’s
nomination exactly two years after
vowing on a South Carolina debate
stage to nominate the first Black
woman if a Supreme Court vacan-
cy emerged during his presidency.
After Biden was elected, liberal
activists mounted an aggressive
public campaign to persuade
Breyer, now 83, to retire, warning
that if he did not step down before
the midterms, Democrats could
lose another reliable liberal vote
on the court. Former president
Donald Trump placed three jus-
tices on the high court, which fun-
damentally reshaped the Supreme
Court’s ideological balance.
In addition to Jackson, Biden
interviewed J. Michelle Childs, a
federal judge in South Carolina,
and Leondra Kruger, a justice on
the California Supreme Court.
Biden called Jackson on Thursday
night to offer her the nomination.
Childs’s candidacy, in particu-
lar, was backed by House Majority
Whip Rep. James E. Clyburn
(D-S.C.), whose endorsement of
Biden ahead of the South Carolina
primary revived his presidential
campaign. Clyburn praised Jack-
son’s selection on Friday though
showed no remorse for his public
campaign in support of Childs.
“I’m Black, and I’m a Southern-
er, and I’ll do everything I can to
promote Southerners and Black
people who are deserving of atten-
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all its children. The country
misses out on the full abundance
of its talent.
The president went on to detail
all the qualities he admired in
Jackson — her wisdom,
pragmatism and keen
understanding of history — and
to offer up an ode to the breadth
of her accomplishments
stretching from junior high to her
nomination to the highest court.
He spoke of her personal
qualities, boiling them down to a
list of character traits that were
about his estimation of Jackson’s
humanity, not simply her
scholarship.
“She listens. She looks people
in the eye: lawyers, defendants,
victims and families. And she
strives to ensure that everyone
understands why she made a
decision, what the law is and
what it means to them,” Biden
said. “She strives to be fair, to get
it right, to do justice.”
The nominee stood on a
platform. The president tried to
maneuver it behind the
microphone, which seemed like
the gentlemanly and polite thing
to do, until an aide rushed in to
assist because dragging boxes
around is not what the president
is supposed to do — at least not in
tion for public office,” Clyburn said
Friday. “When you play the game
you may not always win. But if you
don’t play the game, you will never
win. And so I advocated for Judge
Childs. She is an outstanding
judge.”
While Biden’s commitment to
make a historic nomination of a
Black woman was applauded by
Black leaders and the civil
rights community, some Republi-
cans complained that the presi-
dent was applying a racial litmus
test.
Along with his selection of Vice
President Harris as his running
mate, Biden’s pattern of elevating
women and minorities to promi-
nent government posts is now like-
ly to be among his biggest legacies.
Biden’s choice could also pro-
vide Democrats a political boost by
energizing Black voters ahead of
November’s midterms especially
as the president’s popularity has
been sagging, including among
some African American voters
who say he has not fulfilled his
promises of sweeping change.
More immediately, the nomina-
tion will kick off a Senate fight that
is likely to be bitter, if recent confir-
mation battles are any indication.
Liberal and civil rights groups
are ready to tout Jackson’s qualifi-
cations and temperament and
push back against any attacks they
see as racist or sexist. Republicans
and conservatives, meanwhile,
have been drawing up plans to
dismiss any Biden nominee as rad-
ical and outside the mainstream.
In a statement, Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
said he looked forward to review-
ing Jackson’s record but also
quickly signaled he was likely to
oppose her nomination.
“I voted against confirming
Judge Jackson to her current posi-
tion less than a year ago,” McCon-
nell said. “Since then, I understand
that she has published a total of
two opinions, both in the last few
weeks, and that one of her prior
front of TV cameras. Unlike the
court’s most recent nominees,
Amy Coney Barrett and Neil M.
Gorsuch, Jackson began her
acceptance remarks with a
moment of religiosity at a time
when the question of faith has
been politicized and weaponized.
“I must begin these very brief
remarks by thanking God for
delivering me to this point in my
professional journey. My life has
been blessed beyond measure,
and I do know that one can only
come this far by faith,” Jackson
said, her words laying a claim to
spirituality as a matter of grace
rather than dogma.
She mentioned her uncle who
had been incarcerated and whose
prison sentence was eventually
commuted by President Barack
Obama. She highlighted her
younger brother’s work as a
police officer, along with his
service in the Army and his
deployments to the Middle East.
She noted that another uncle was
police chief of her hometown of
Miami. In a few sentences, she
muddled the stereotype that
some have been trying to paint of
her as a radical, as a soft-on-crime
former public defender, as an
unpatriotic other. Before she’d
even had time to savor this
rulings was just reversed by a
unanimous panel of her present
colleagues on the D.C. Circuit. I
also understand Judge Jackson
was the favored choice of far-left
dark-money groups that have
spent years attacking the legitima-
cy and structure of the Court it-
self.”
But the White House is hopeful
Jackson can get bipartisan sup-
port. In introducing her, Biden
underscored that Jackson has al-
ready been confirmed by the Sen-
ate three times, and Sens. Susan
Collins (Maine), Lindsay O.
Graham (S.C.) and Lisa Murkow-
ski (Alaska), all backed Jackson
when she was confirmed to the
D.C. Circuit in a 53-to-44 vote.
Still, the stakes are significantly
higher for a Supreme Court nomi-
nee, and there is no guarantee that
the three GOP senators who
backed her last time would do so
again for the high court.
Jackson was born in the District
of Columbia in 1970 and grew up in
Miami in a family that valued pub-
lic service. Her parents began their
careers as public school teachers.
Two uncles were law enforcement
officers, including one who be-
came Miami’s police chief.
A high school debate champion
and class president, Jackson
earned her undergraduate and law
degrees from Harvard, where she
met her future husband Patrick
Jackson, a surgeon. She went on to
work as a law clerk for three feder-
al judges, including Breyer.
“Justice Breyer, the members of
the Senate will decide if I fill your
seat, but please know that I could
never fill your shoes,” Jackson said
Friday.
In eight years on the U.S. Dis-
trict Court, Jackson has presided
over hundreds of cases, and Re-
publican lawmakers are likely to
revive questions about several of
her rulings against the Trump ad-
ministration. She ordered former
president Donald Trump’s former
White House counsel Donald Mc-
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nomination, Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
had already described her as the
favored choice of “far-left dark-
money groups.” Then he added
that he would, of course, give her
nomination a sincere look-see.
Jackson used her family’s story
to make clear that she understood
what it means to be Black and
embroiled in the criminal justice
system. But her family narrative
also gives her empathy for folks
who risk their lives in service to
their community and to this
country. She made it plain that
Black people are all both flawed
and valiant. She knows the ways
in which the country falls short of
its promise, but she also revels in
that promise.
“Among my many blessings,
and indeed the very first, is the
fact that I was born in this great
country,” Jackson said. “The
United States of America is the
greatest beacon of hope and
democracy the world has ever
known.”
In political terms, Jackson
acknowledged that both liberal
and conservative points of view
can coexist in the person of a
flesh-and-blood Black woman —
not a stereotype but a three-
dimensional, nuanced woman.
BILL O'LEARY/THE WASHINGTON POST
Gahn to comply with a House sub-
poena, for example, declaring
“presidents are not kings.”
Jackson also issued a nation-
wide preliminary injunction that
blocked the Trump administra-
tion from expanding its power to
deport migrants who illegally en-
tered the United States by using a
fast-track process.
At the courthouse just blocks
from the U.S. Capitol, Jackson is
known for her collegiality and as a
skilled writer who works long
hours. She reads final drafts of her
opinions aloud while standing at a
lectern to ensure her writing is
accessible to a broader audience.
In her chambers, the maroon and
gold embossed set of U.S. Code
books is not purely decorative but
an integral part of Jackson’s proc-
ess. She reminds her law clerks to
“always start with the books.”
During her varied legal career,
Jackson served as a vice chair of
the U.S. Sentencing Commission,
giving her experience working on
a multi-member bipartisan panel
that required compromise to
shape federal sentencing policy.
Her former law clerk Jo-Ann Sa-
gar, a lawyer in D.C., said Jackson
would bring that same approach
to the Supreme Court.
“She considers herself a lifelong
learner,” said Sagar, who also
clerked for Breyer and for Justice
Brett M. Kavanaugh during his
time on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit. “There’s al-
ways something to be learned
from someone even if you disagree
with them. She’s very committed
to that idea that there is always
common ground and that the dis-
tances between us are not as sig-
nificant as they may seem at first
glance.”
Andrew Crespo, a Harvard Law
School professor who previously
worked as a public defender, said
Jackson’s experience as an attor-
ney for poor criminal defendants
would bring a fresh perspective to
the court on issues of policing and
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For all of the history that was
made in announcing Jackson as
the next nominee to the Supreme
Court, the truth is that the
country already knows exactly
who she is. Each of us have met
her countless times in churches,
in veterans halls, in schools, in
conference rooms, in our
neighborhoods.
“If I am fortunate enough to be
confirmed as the next associate
justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States,” Jackson said,
“I can only hope that my life and
career, my love of this country
and the Constitution, and my
commitment to upholding the
rule of law and the sacred
principles upon which this great
nation was founded, will inspire
future generations of Americans.”
Jackson’s words highlighted
our individual complexity and the
need to have a court that can sort
through the tangle of millions of
needs and expectations: faith and
freedom, equality and fairness,
the essence of patriotism, the
promise of individualism. If
Jackson is able to do any of that
on the Supreme Court, she won’t
simply be an inspiration for
young girls, children of color or
any one group. She’ll simply be an
inspiration.
mass incarceration. While Breyer
was outspoken with his concerns
about the constitutionality of the
death penalty, he was at times
more moderate regarding cases
involving the rights of criminal
suspects.
“If you have represented people
who have gone through that sys-
tem, you understand its injustices
because you have seen them up
close,” said Crespo, who was a law
clerk to Breyer and Justice Elena
Kagan. “Someone who comes to
the bench with those perspectives
will be not just a welcome addition
to the bench, but someone who
moves the court in a welcome di-
rection.”
On the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the D.C. Circuit, Jackson was part
of a three-judge panel this fall that
unanimously rejected Trump’s bid
to block the release of White
House records to the congres-
sional committee investigating
the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capi-
tol. The Supreme Court affirmed
the decision in January with only
Justice Clarence Thomas noting
dissent.
Last summer, she allowed the
Biden administration’s pandemic-
related moratorium on evictions
to remain in place before the Su-
preme Court later blocked the
measure. And in her first appellate
ruling in February, Jackson wrote
a unanimous opinion siding with
labor unions in a challenge to a
Trump administration change in
collective bargaining rules.
At her D.C. Circuit confirmation
hearing last spring, Jackson com-
mitted to being a neutral, fair-
minded judge in response to ques-
tions from Republicans.
“I know very well what my obli-
gations are, what my duties are,
not to rule with partisan advan-
tage in mind, not to tailor or craft
my decisions in order to try to gain
influence or do anything of the
sort,” Jackson told the Senate Judi-
ciary Committee.
“It doesn’t make a difference
whether or not the argument is
coming from a death row inmate
or the president of the United
States,” she said. “I’m not injecting
my personal views.”
Senate Democrats have been ea-
ger for Biden to make his Supreme
Court selection and move quickly
on confirmation, although the ini-
tial hope of Senate Majority Lead-
er Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)
that the process would take no
more than a month now appears
unlikely.
Democrats want to be sure that
all 48 Democratic senators, plus
the two independents who vote
with them, are present for any
confirmation vote. Various health
considerations, including covid-19
diagnoses, have often foiled Sen-
ate leaders’ plans in recent
months, and Sen. Ben Ray Luján
(D-N.M.), who suffered a stroke in
late January, is expected to return
to Washington sometime in
March.
Biden urged the Senate to move
quickly to confirm Jackson. “Her
opinions are always carefully rea-
soned, tethered to precedent, and
demonstrate respect for how the
law impacts everyday people,” he
said. “It doesn’t mean she puts her
thumb on the scale of justice one
way or the other, but she under-
stands the broader impact of her
decisions.”
Robert Barnes contributed to this
report
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GOP wrestles with how to handle Jackson’s nomination
BY S EAN S ULLIVAN
AND M IKE D E B ONIS
When Judge Ketanji Brown
Jackson won confirmation to a
federal appeals court last year, she
had the support of every Demo-
cratic senator and three Republi-
cans.
But on Friday, as President
Biden prepared to introduce Jack-
son as his first Supreme Court
nominee, one of the GOP senators
who voted for her last year was
now giving her a chilly reception.
“It means the radical Left has
won President Biden over yet
again,” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham
(R-S.C.) said in a statement re-
sponding to news of her nomina-
tion. Graham alleged that liberal
criticism of his preferred choice,
J. Michelle Childs, sunk her
chances. He added of Jackson: “I
expect a respectful but interesting
hearing in the Senate Judiciary
Committee.”
The president’s selection of
Jackson sets the stage for an elec-
tion-year showdown in an evenly
divided Senate, where Republican
resistance to Biden’s agenda has
often felt reflexive. On Friday,
some Senate Republicans struck a
largely critical posture toward
Jackson, pointing to a nomination
battle expected to fall largely
along party lines. They signaled
their intent to portray Jackson as a
radical jurist — part of their
broader midterm attack on Demo-
crats, who they argue have lurched
far to the left of much of the coun-
try.
With the potential for the nomi-
nation to reverberate beyond the
halls of Congress in ways that
could backfire on the GOP, Repub-
licans also sought to exercise some
restraint — with many simply say-
ing that they looked forward to
reviewing Jackson’s record, meet-
ing with her and conducting a
mannerly confirmation process.
The reactions underlined a conse-
quential and unsettled question
they were confronting: Exactly
how big a fight should they wage?
“The larger issues of the econo-
my and covid and health care and
education always dominate over
any particular incident like a Su-
preme Court nomination for most
voters,” said Republican pollster
Whit Ayres. “A Supreme Court
nomination is very important to
the people who care about the
court and their decisions. They
tend to be base voters.”
There is risk, some Republicans
said, in piling on the attacks
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follow the guidelines, nearly
19 million children who are now
required to wear masks could be
allowed into school without
them.
CDC Director Rochelle Walen-
sky said the new guidelines,
which classify the country into
low, medium and high levels of
disease, provide individuals with
an understanding of what pre-
cautions they should consider
based on the level of disease in
their community, their underly-
ing risk, and their own risk toler-
ance.
She stressed the new approach
was also flexible and could be
dialed up or down if an evolving
virus posed new challenges.
“None of us knows what the
future may hold for us and for
this virus,” she said. “We need to
be prepared and ready for what-
ever comes next. We want to give
people a break from things like
mask-wearing, when levels are
low, and then have the ability to
reach for them again, should
things get worse in the future.”
The new approach is expected
to be less disruptive to daily life at
a time when cases and hospital-
izations across the United States
have plummeted, with the seven-
day average of new cases now
near 70,000, the lowest since late
October and a drop of more than
85 percent from the end of Janu-
ary. Hospitalizations have
dropped by nearly two-thirds,
with under 55,000 covid patients.
Instead of focusing on elimi-
nating transmission of the virus,
the framework is aimed at pre-
venting hospitals and health-care
systems from being overwhelmed
and protecting people at high risk
for severe illness, officials said. To
that end, it incorporates new
metrics for the number of new
hospital admissions with covid-
19, and the number of hospital-
ized covid-19 patients, in addition
to case counts, in every county.
Under the approach, many
parts of the country that were
previously considered to have
high or substantial levels of the
virus are now reclassified as hav-
ing low to medium levels of covid-
19 disease. Consumers can find
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Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who supported Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to a federal
appeals court in 2021, has said her nomination to the Supreme Court is a win for the “radical Left.”
against a barrier-breaking nomi-
nee who would be the first Black
woman in the court’s more than
two-century history. After Justice
Stephen G. Breyer announced his
retirement, some Republicans de-
rided Biden’s stated intention to
nominate a Black woman as “affir-
mative action.” Democrats harshly
criticized these comments as of-
fensive and ignorant of the dis-
crimination Black women have
faced throughout the country’s
history.
Similar attacks against Jackson
by Republicans during the confir-
mation process could alienate
suburban swing voters who have
turned sharply against Demo-
crats, polls show, and will be key in
the midterm elections
The White House on Friday ag-
gressively rebutted GOP attempts
to cast Jackson as extreme, noting
that she has issued rulings in favor
of both parties and highlighting
the bipartisan support she has re-
ceived in past confirmations. In
his speech introducing Jackson on
Friday, Biden used the word “bi-
partisan,” in rapid succession to
note the support she has received
from Republicans before.
In the eyes of most Republicans,
Jackson’s nomination is unlikely
to be derailed — creating the pros-
pect of a deflating conclusion to a
sustained effort to defeat her. Oth-
ers point to a court whose 6-to-3
conservative majority is not likely
area by checking a new “county
check tool” online at CDC.gov or
by calling 800-232-4636.
People in communities with
high levels of disease, including
schools, are still urged to wear
masks in indoor public places —
but there are far fewer of them.
In communities with medium
levels of disease, those at high
risk for illness — including those
who are immunocompromised or
have underlying medical condi-
tions — can consult with their
health-care providers and consid-
er wearing masks.
In communities with low levels
of disease, there is no recommen-
dation for mask-wearing.
Regardless of the level of dis-
ease in a community, “people may
choose to wear a mask at any
time, based on personal prefer-
ence,” said Greta Massetti, a CDC
official leading the agency’s covid
response.
It’s also important for people
to always wear a mask if they have
symptoms, if they have tested
positive, or if they have been
exposed to someone with covid-
19, officials said.
The country’s two large teach-
ers unions welcomed the guid-
ance recommending universal
masking in schools located in
communities with high levels of
disease, saying it was based on
science, not politics — a swipe at
those who argued mask require-
ments should be lifted because
people were tired of them. Both
the American Federation of
Teachers and the National Educa-
tion Association had asked the
CDC for metrics to guide district
decisions about whether to lift
mask mandates.
NEA President Becky Pringle
said she was optimistic the virus
is in retreat but said schools
should be ready to reverse pol-
icies if the situation worsens.
“School districts should act
cautiously in response to today’s
announcement, with the health
and safety of students, educators,
and their families always in
mind,” she said in a statement.
Approximately 43 percent of
all public school children attend a
district that requires masks, but
where the new guidance recom-
mends they be optional, accord-
ing to preliminary data from the
American Enterprise Institute’s
to be altered dramatically if Jack-
son succeeds retiring Breyer, who
belongs to the liberal wing.
Many Republicans prefer to
keep the focus on rising crime,
inflation and other issues that
have put them in strong position
to compete in battleground areas
and retake the House and possibly
the Senate this November. Such
issues are likelier to be top-of-
mind in the fall than the confirma-
tion process, some maintained.
Some Republicans sought to in-
fuse their criticisms of Jackson
with these topics or bolster their
argument that Democrats are out
of touch with most Americans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mc-
Connell (R-Ky.) accused Jackson of
being favored by “far-left” groups.
At the White House, press secre-
tary Jen Psaki rejected portrayal of
Jackson as a leftist.
“She’s ruled in favor of Republi-
cans and Democrats. She’s ruled
for and against the government,
regardless of whether the govern-
ment is led by a Democratic presi-
dent or Republican president,” she
said.
The Supreme Court — with its
power to shape the law on abor-
tion, guns and a range of other
divisive issues — has been an ani-
mating force for conservatives in
recent years, particularly as the
GOP found success filling the fed-
eral bench during the Trump ad-
ministration.
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New coronavirus cases, deaths and
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7-day average 1,942
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Feb. 29, 2020 Jan. 2021
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7-day average 372,242
Feb. 29, 2020 Jan. 2021
Return to Learn Tracker.
All together, about 71 percent
of all students can go to school
without masks under the guid-
ance, AEI found. That figure in-
cludes districts that currently re-
quire masks as well as those that
do not.
The updated metrics change
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Several potential presidential
aspirants eager to cater to the
conservative base sit on the Judici-
ary Committee and they could
seek to use the televised confirma-
tion hearings that have come to
define recent Supreme Court bat-
tles to make a splash.
“When Judge Jackson appeared
last year before the Judiciary Com-
mittee, I was troubled by aspects
of her record, including her record
on crime and criminal justice,”
said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.),
who is seen as a possible future
presidential candidate. “I will be
thoroughly reviewing Judge Jack-
son’s record from top to bottom
and look forward to speaking with
her.”
In his speech, Biden nodded to
the praise Jackson received from
the Fraternal Order of Police, the
country’s largest policing organi-
zation.
But it remained unclear which
argument would win out in
among the public — the White
House pitch that they are nomi-
nating an eminently qualified and
evenhanded judge, or GOP con-
tentions that Biden picked a radi-
cal jurist.
To some Republicans, their ar-
guments are bolstered by Biden’s
decision not to pick a finalist who
had public support from Republi-
cans. Graham had advocated for
Biden to nominate Childs, a U.S.
District Court judge, who was
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the U.S. map from what was
almost exclusively red and orange
— signifying substantial or high
transmission risk — to one that
will show green, yellow and or-
ange, signifying states and coun-
ties with low, medium and high
levels of disease. With omicron
cases continuing to drop sharply,
backed by House Majority Whip
James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.).
Graham joined Clyburn in argu-
ing that Childs’s background,
which included being educated at
state schools, gave her more of a
common touch than most people
nominated for the Supreme Court.
The “Harvard-Yale train to the
Supreme Court continues to run
unabated,” Graham said. Jackson
earned her undergraduate and
law degrees from Harvard.
One Republican whose inten-
tions will be watched closely is
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a
centrist who has voted for Su-
preme Court candidates nominat-
ed from presidents of both parties.
She suggested Friday that she was
open to supporting Jackson, who
she voted for last year when she
was nominated to the appeals
court.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson is an
experienced federal judge with
impressive academic and legal
credentials,” Collins said in a state-
ment. “I will conduct a thorough
vetting of Judge Jackson’s nomi-
nation and look forward to her
public hearing before the Senate
Judiciary Committee and to meet-
ing with her in my office.”
The third Republican senator
who backed Jackson last year, Lisa
Murkowski (R-Alaska), also made
clear that her vote was up in the
air, noting that there is “an incred-
ibly high bar to achieve” for Su-
preme Court confirmation.
“I’ve been clear that previously
voting to confirm an individual to
a lower court does not signal how I
will vote for a Supreme Court jus-
tice,” said Murkowski, who is seek-
ing reelection this year in a field
that includes a more conservative
Trump-backed Republican, Kelly
Tshibaka.
Tshibaka attacked Murkowski’s
past support for Jackson and oth-
er Democratic-nominated judges
in social media posts Friday.
“When I’m your U.S. senator,
you’re never gonna have to guess
what I am going to do,” she said in
a Twitter video. “I will support
constitutionalist judges. It’s just
that simple.”
In recent years, nomination
hearings have become highly po-
liticized, making for moments
that have gone viral. In 2018, for
example, several Democratic sen-
ators who were gearing up to run
for president sought to show
strong opposition to Brett M. Ka-
vanaugh, who was nominated by
President Donald Trump and later
confirmed for the bench by the
officials expect fewer communi-
ties to be facing high levels of
covid-19 in the weeks ahead.
The CDC had previously rec-
ommended masking in areas
with substantial or high trans-
mission, a category that applied
to about 98 percent of counties,
representing about 327 million
people.
Under the new standards, only
about 28 percent of people live in
high-level disease areas, with
240 million living in medium and
low areas and therefore free to go
without masks.
Case counts provide a partial
picture of the virus’s reach. But
the number of hospitalized covid
patients reflects the disease’s im-
pact on a community — and its
ability to respond to other emer-
gencies. If hospitals or emergency
rooms are filled with covid pa-
tients, people seeking treatment
for heart attacks and strokes may
have care delayed or even denied.
While not saying so explicitly,
the new guidance provides a
framework for living safely with a
virus that is expected to remain at
endemic levels for the foreseeable
future — a goal that was out of
reach for most of the past two
years amid recurring surges and
the arrival of new variants when
far fewer people had gained im-
munity from vaccinations or in-
fections.
“We are going to have to figure
out our path forward for how we
live with this virus,” said Keri
Althoff, an epidemiologist at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health. “Our
population immunity has
changed, from everyone being
100 percent susceptible two years
ago, to what it is now, with our
rates of vaccination and [in-
creased natural immunity]
among unvaccinated who just got
through a big wave of infections.”
Using metrics that measure
munity can better identify places
where surges in ICU admissions
and deaths may overwhelm hos-
pitals. CDC officials said commu-
nities can also use additional
metrics, such as wastewater sur-
veillance, to provide more tai-
lored information.
Although surveillance of virus
levels in wastewater can be an
early warning sign for covid-19,
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Senate.
Some Democrats were also
looking at Jackson’s nomination
with an eye on the midterms —
signaling that they would em-
brace the chance to renew and
amplify debates with Republicans
during the nomination over issues
such as health care and abortion.
Party strategists feel these issues
have galvanized Democratic vot-
ers, with the latter emerging as a
potentially potent motivator this
election cycle after the Supreme
Court signaled that it would up-
hold a law undermining Roe v.
Wade later this year.
“Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s
historic nomination to become
the first Black woman to serve on
the Supreme Court reinforces the
stakes of this year’s election — and
why we must defend and expand
our Democratic Senate majority
with the power to confirm Su-
preme Court justices,” said Demo-
cratic Senatorial Campaign Com-
mittee Chairman Gary Peters (D-
Mich.) in a statement. “Protecting
Roe v. Wade, coverage for preexist-
ing conditions, workers’ rights
and so many other issues central
to the lives of every American are
all on the line.”
Other Democrats saw the
chance to excite Black voters,
many of whom have been demor-
alized by Biden’s inability to enact
sweeping laws on voting rights,
policing and other issues he and
other Democrats ran on in 2020.
But some Democratic candi-
dates saw other issues taking pre-
cedence. “It matters profoundly to
America, as would any Supreme
Court nominee, but there are a lot
of bread and butter issues that are
extraordinarily important at this
moment in our history,” said Sen.
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
He mentioned combating the pan-
demic, taming inflation and fight-
ing crime.
Blumenthal, who sits on the
Judiciary Committee, said he
planned to talk soon to some Re-
publican colleagues about Jack-
son’s qualifications. Asked how
Biden would push for Republican
support for his nominee, Psaki
said that the onus is on Republi-
cans to explain why they wouldn’t
vote for a judge with Jackson’s
qualifications.
“I think the bar here should not
be, what is the president going to
do? Of course he’s going to engage
with Democrats and Republicans.
You’ve seen him operate in that
way to date. It is: What are Repub-
licans going to do?” Psaki said.
the CDC’s current system does
not yet cover every U.S. county.
While some experts and aver-
age Americans have criticized the
CDC for being too slow to update
guidance, many public health ex-
perts have expressed uncertainty
about what comes next. They
worry that political pressure to
return to normalcy will heighten
risks for the immunocompro-
mised, those with disabilities, the
elderly and young children not
yet eligible for vaccines.
Several officials noted that
while case counts and hospital-
izations are declining, they are
still at elevated levels. They also
expressed concern that less than
two-thirds of Americans are fully
vaccinated, while only about half
of people eligible for boosters
have received the extra dose that
studies show provides the highest
level of protection.
State health officials applaud-
ed the framework, saying they
wanted better barometers of
covid’s impact in their communi-
ties.
The new metrics are “a timely
step in the right direction,” said
Nirav Shah, president of the Asso-
ciation of State and Territorial
Health Officials and director of
Maine’s Center for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
A focus on hospitalization
rates gives states a benchmark to
better understand covid-19’s
medical severity and its impact
on the health-care system, he
said. It also recognizes the declin-
ing importance of daily cases,
given the wider use of at-home
tests, he said.
The federal government’s mes-
saging about masks has drawn
criticism since the pandemic be-
gan. The Trump White House
delayed initial guidance on wear-
ing masks in April 2020 to pre-
serve enough of the higher-quali-
ty N95 masks for front-line
health-care workers. Some politi-
cal advisers also worried that
widespread mask use might
cause panic. The CDC reversed
itself one year later, recommend-
ing nearly universal masking, but
many Republican officials
pushed back on the advice and
declined to mandate the practice.
Jacqueline Dupree contributed to
this report.
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RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE
U.S., European allies sanction Putin
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov also target
of retaliatory asset freeze
BY M ICHAEL B IRNBAUM,
E MILY R AUHALA
AND F ELICIA S ONMEZ
The United States, the Euro-
pean Union and Britain an-
nounced sanctions on Russian
President Vladimir Putin and For-
eign Minister Sergei Lavrov on
Friday, the first time the two men
have been targeted personally by
such measures.
The decisions, which officials
said were made in consultation
with each other, marked a new
phase of a sanctions effort and put
Putin and Lavrov in company with
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
and the late Zimbabwean Presi-
dent Robert Mugabe.
The 27-nation European Union
said it planned to freeze
E.U.-based assets of the two men.
Britain and the United States
didn’t immediately release details
of their measures. Neither official
is believed to control extensive —
or any — property in his own name
inside the European Union. E.U.
policymakers said they would
freeze other property that the men
control indirectly.
“Following a telephone conver-
sation President Biden held with
European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen and in align-
ment with the decision by our
European allies, the United States
will join them in sanctioning Pres-
ident Putin and Foreign Minister
Lavrov and members of the Rus-
sian national security team,”
White House press secretary Jen
Psaki said at a news conference. “I
expect we will have more specific
details out later this afternoon.”
It was not immediately clear
which assets — and in which coun-
tries — the Biden administration
plans on targeting. Psaki declined
to address the specifics of Putin’s
assets on Friday, telling reporters
only that the move “sends a clear
message about the strength of the
opposition to the actions by Presi-
dent Putin and the direction in his
leadership of the Russian mili-
tary.”
A travel ban will likely be part of
the U.S. sanctions, Psaki added.
She later announced that the
U.S. government would impose
“full blocking sanctions” on the
Russian Direct Investment Fund,
Poll: Bipartisan, negative U.S. view of Russia
BY S COTT C LEMENT,
E MILY G USKIN
AND D AN B ALZ
A large and bipartisan majority
of Americans supports economic
sanctions on Russia for its mili-
tary invasion of Ukraine, as pub-
lic antipathy toward Russia
climbs to Cold War levels, accord-
ing to a Washington Post-ABC
News poll.
But while the invasion has pro-
duced a bipartisan and sharply
negative consensus about Russia,
it has not eliminated partisan
divisions about President Biden.
Overall, the president receives
negative marks for handling the
situation, with 33 percent approv-
ing and 47 percent disapproving,
while another 20 percent have no
opinion.
About half of the public doubts
Biden’s ability to handle a crisis
and says U.S. leadership in the
world has “gotten weaker” during
his presidency, levels similar to
former president Donald Trump’s
ratings while he was in office.
The Post-ABC poll was con-
ducted Sunday through Thurs-
day. The Russian onslaught began
early in the week with President
Vladimir Putin’s order for troops
to enter breakaway sectors of
Ukraine, escalating Thursday to
strikes across the country and a
ground invasion advancing on
areas including the capital, Kyiv.
Two-thirds of Americans (67
percent) support the United
States and its European allies
imposing economic sanctions on
Russia for its military actions in
Ukraine, while 20 percent oppose
sanctions and 13 percent have no
opinion. About half of the public
says they would still support
sanctions if they result in higher
energy prices in the United
States, although in that case op-
position rises to one-third.
Roughly 8 in 10 Democrats
support economic sanctions on
Russia in general, as do about 6 in
10 Republicans and independents
alike. Less than half of Republi-
cans support sanctions if that
were to result in higher energy
prices (44 percent), but 51 percent
of independents and 62 percent
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a sovereign wealth fund that for
years has tried to foster the growth
of Western-style businesses in
technology and other cutting-
edge sectors in Russia.
Also on Friday, Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau said Canada plans
to sanction Putin, Lavrov and
members of Putin’s inner circle.
“These men bear the greatest
responsibility for the death and
destruction occurring in Ukraine,”
Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.
“We’ve made it clear that all op-
tions are on the table when it
comes to imposing steep costs on
Russia’s unjustified and unpro-
voked invasion.”
The E.U. decision was part of a
larger round of sanctions to pun-
ish Russia for the invasion of
Ukraine. It likely won’t be the last
step taken against the Kremlin
during the conflict, policymakers
said.
Neither man will be barred
from traveling to the European
Union, a step that in some ways
would have been more concrete
but could also have complicated
any diplomatic settlement to the
escalating violence that Russia is
inflicting on its neighbor.
“Russia needs to see that it’s
going to be isolated from the inter-
national community,” said E.U.
foreign policy chief Josep Borrell,
announcing the measures in Brus-
sels on Friday.
Friday’s measures join a fast-
growing list of international con-
demnation of Russia’s actions in
Ukraine, whose president, Volod-
ymyr Zelensky, has declared that
he believes the Kremlin is trying to
kill him.
Russia has also been excluded
from the Eurovision song contest,
its annual Formula 1 race has been
canceled and the European Cham-
pions League has moved its soccer
final from St. Petersburg.
“It may look a small thing from
the geopolitical point of view, but
it will have a wide social reso-
nance,” Borrell said.
The European Union has typi-
cally held back from directly tar-
geting national leaders, except un-
der extraordinary circumstances.
E.U. policymakers don’t think
Putin and Lavrov have assets in
their name within the European
Union, but that they do control
assets indirectly. Officials intend
to go after those assets, a senior
E.U. diplomat said, speaking on
condition of anonymity to discuss
a sensitive intelligence issue.
Borrell acknowledged that
there is “a whole lot of work that
needs to be done” to track down
Bipartisan majorities support economic sanctions
on Russia
Q: Given Russian military action involving Ukraine, would you support or
oppose the United States and its European allies imposing economic
sanctions on Russia?
Support Oppose
U.S. adults 67%
Democrats 79
Republicans 62
Independents 63
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. 2/20-21 language:
“If Russia takes military action against Ukraine...”
Source: Feb. 20-24, 2022, Washington Post-ABC News poll of 1,011 U.S. adults with an error
margin of +/- 4 percentage points. Error margins larger among subgroups.
of Democrats say they would con-
tinue to support the sanctions
even if that were to happen.
Russia’s image has reached a
three-decade low, with 80 percent
of Americans seeing the country
negatively, including 41 percent
saying it is an “enemy” to the
United States. Those results are
similar to a 1987 Harris Poll, when
39 percent saw Russia as an en-
emy. Antipathy remains lower
than in 1983, during a particular-
ly frosty period in the Cold War in
President Ronald Reagan’s first
term, when as many as 63 percent
saw Russia as an enemy.
Given the partisan divide in the
country, Democrats and Republi-
cans generally take opposite sides
on contemporary issues. But on
the crisis in Ukraine, they are
relatively unified in their negative
views of Russia. More than three-
quarters of Democrats and Re-
publicans regard Russia negative-
ly, including 47 percent of Demo-
crats and 40 percent of Republi-
cans who view it as an “enemy.”
Trump recently praised Putin’s
moves against Ukraine, but none-
theless sentiments about Russia
are roughly aligned across the
political spectrum. Twelve per-
cent of Democrats say they con-
sider Russia an ally or friendly
nation, while 14 percent of Re-
publicans shared that view. Ten
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The effect, Borrell said, will be to
drive up inflation in Russia and
erode its industrial base.
The measures came after E.U.
leaders met long into the hours of
Friday morning to discuss how
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best to punish Russia for its ac-
tions. “The senseless suffering and
loss of civilian life must stop,”
tweeted European Council Presi-
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“The package of massive and
targeted sanctions European lead-
ers approved tonight clearly dem-
onstrates that it will have maxi-
mum impact on the Russian econ-
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pean Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen said at a
news conference after talks con-
cluded early Friday.
But the measures held back on
one key issue that Russia hawks
say would be especially painful for
Russia’s economy — excluding the
country’s financial institutions
from the SWIFT payments system.
That would make it difficult for
Russian banks and businesses to
make international transactions,
though it could also risk a cut off of
Russian gas to Europe if payments
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RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

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UKRAINE FROM A1

dawn Saturday. Continuous shell-

ing could be heard for about 30
minutes, around the same time
the Ukrainian military repelled
Russian attacks near a thermal
plant in northern Kyiv, the Kyiv
Independent reported.
Even with stiffer resistance by
Ukrainian troops than Western
and U.S. officials anticipated, few
doubted that Russia’s much larg-
er and more capable conventional
forces would prevail. “They’re
likely to defeat Ukrainian regular
military forces and secure their
objectives in the coming days or
weeks,” said a senior Western in-
telligence official, speaking on
the condition of anonymity to
discuss a sensitive topic.
Still, as Ukrainians took shelter
in subway stations amid blaring
air raid sirens, the United States
cheered on Ukraine’s forces, seek-
ing to dispel what it called Rus-
sian disinformation about mass
surrenders.
“Putin didn’t account for every-
thing — and he didn’t account for
the bravery and resolve of the
people of Ukraine,” said State
Department spokesman Ned
Price. “We have seen Ukrainian
soldiers demonstrate incredible
bravery in the first day of self-de-
fense, shooting down Russian air-
craft, firing on tanks and holding
positions while under violent as-
sault.”
Russia faced a fresh round of
economic punishment from
Western nations, along with glob-
al outrage from leaders in poli-
tics, culture, sports and enter-
tainment. The United States
joined the European Union in
imposing sanctions on Putin and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov in a coordinated effort
that included travel bans and
asset freezes.
In Brussels, NATO Secretary
General Jens Stoltenberg an-
nounced the deployment of thou-
sands of troops from France, Ger-
many and the United States to
Eastern Europe to bolster the
military alliance’s eastern flank. A
growing list of nations an-
nounced they would close their
respective airspace to Russian
airlines. The countries — which
include Poland, Czech Republic
and Bulgaria — were all behind
the Iron Curtain and have since
become members of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization,
which had also been Ukraine’s
goal.
At a heated session of the U.N.
Security Council in New York, a
diverse array of countries sup-
ported a resolution denouncing
Russia’s assault — a move Russia
was nevertheless able to veto un-
der its authority as a permanent
member of the council.
Eleven countries voted in favor
of the resolution. Only Russia
voted against it. Three nations
abstained: China, India and the
United Arab Emirates.
Speaking after the vote, U.S.
Ambassador to the United Na-
‘A hard but brave day,’ Zelensky
says as Kyiv puts up a fight
TOP: People wait for a western-bound train on Friday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Of the 50,000 Ukrainians who left the country, about
30,000 crossed to Poland and approximately 20,000 to Moldova, a United Nations official said. ABOVE: Ukrainian servicemen
ride on tanks toward the front line with Russian forces in the eastern Luhansk region of Ukraine on Friday.
tions Linda Thomas-Greenfield
described Russia as reckless and
irresponsible. “Russia, you can
veto this resolution, but you can-
not veto our voices,” she said. “You
cannot veto the Ukrainian peo-
ple, and you will not veto account-
ability.”
Back in Ukraine, the humani-
tarian toll of the war was quickly
becoming apparent.
More than 50,000 Ukrainians
fled the country in the first 48
hours after the attacks started,
according to Chris Boian, a
spokesperson for the U.N. Refu-
gee Agency. More than 100,000
people had been displaced inside
Ukraine, he said, many of them
fleeing artillery and missile
strikes.
The fighting threatens to de-
stabilize Europe and give rise to
the continent’s largest refugee
crisis since the Syrian civil war.
Of the 50,000 people who left
the country, about 30,000 crossed
to Poland and approximately
20,000 to Moldova, Boian said.
Smaller numbers crossed to other
countries in the region.
“There are no winners in war,
but countless lives will be torn
apart,” said Filippo Grandi, the
agency’s High Commissioner.
Lavrov, the Russian foreign
minister, claimed Friday that “no
strikes are being made on civilian
infrastructure” — a claim Ukrai-
nian officials strenuously denied.
Total numbers of civilian casu-
alties in Ukraine remain unclear,
with no comprehensive figures
released by Ukraine’s govern-
ment. Early Friday, Zelensky, said
at least 137 people — civilians and
military personnel — had been
killed in the Russian attacks.
Western intelligence officials said
they believed the death toll was
likely much higher and would
certainly grow in the coming
days.
“The enemy wants to bring the
capital to its knees and destroy
us,” he said. “Everyone who can
defend the city must join and help
our soldiers.”
Putin, in a video statement
Friday, said the Zelensky govern-
ment had “occupied Kyiv and
took the entire Ukrainian people
hostage.” But even as he waged
war against it, his spokesperson
said Russia was ready to send a
delegation to Minsk, in Belarus,
for talks with Ukraine. He made
clear, however, that should those
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talks happen, nothing less than
full capitulation by Kyiv would
suffice.
The possibility of such negotia-
tions was discussed during a
phone call between U.S. Secretary
of State Antony Blinken and his
Ukrainian counterpart. The Unit-
ed States said later on Friday that
the offer was not serious, howev-
er, and warning diplomacy could
not be done “at the barrel of a
gun.”
“We see these offers as tanks
roll across the border,” Price said.
“We want to make clear to Presi-
dent Putin that diplomacy by the
barrel of a gun, coercive diploma-
cy is not something we will take
part in, and not something that
will bring an end to this conflict
in a real, genuine and sustainable
way.”
Russia’s offer to negotiate fol-
lowed an unusual threat by Mos-
cow to Finland and Sweden, with
Russian foreign ministry spokes-
person Maria Zakharova warning
of “military and political conse-
quence” should those countries
attempt to join NATO.
“Finland and Sweden should
not base their security on damag-
ing the security of other countries
and their accession to NATO can
have detrimental consequences,”
Zakharova said.
Elsewhere on Friday, Russia
faced a wide range of pushback.
The Council of Europe, the conti-
nent’s main human rights watch-
dog, suspended Russia’s repre-
sentation rights in the organiza-
tion’s decision-making body and
debate forum. The council was
founded after World War II to
uphold democracy in Europe and
has 47 member nations.
Russia remains a member of
the council and a party to its
conventions, including the Euro-
pean Convention on Human
Rights, the council said in a state-
ment. It said the suspension is
temporary, “leaving channels of
communication open.”
Russia was also banned from
competing in the popular Eurovi-
sion Song Contest.
Fedor Smolov, a Russian na-
tional soccer team member, criti-
cized the military incursion in a
viral Instagram post that said “No
to war!!!" alongside a Ukraine. Hudson and Nakashima
broken-heart emoji and Ukraini-
an flag. Another critic of the war,
Russian rapper Oxxxymiron, can-
celed upcoming shows in St. Pe-
tersburg and Moscow.
Western nations pledged to
beef up military and economic
aid to Ukraine. The White House
asked Congress to approve
$6.4 billion in new emergency
aid, hoping to boost humanitari-
an assistance and shore up other
allies in the region against any
further Russian aggression.
The first chunk of money, total-
ing about $2.9 billion, would al-
low the State Department and
other agencies to provide security
assistance to Ukraine as well as
other states in the region, accord-
ing to a Biden administration
official, who spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity to describe the
discussions.
Poland, meanwhile, delivered a
package of ammunition to
Ukraine, according to its defense
minister. It was the first publicly
acknowledged shipment of mili-
tary aid to the country since the
Russian invasion began.
Addressing his hawkish Secu-
rity Council by video link on Fri-
day, Putin claimed “neo-Nazis” in
Ukraine had placed heavy weap-
ons in residential neighborhoods
in cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv,
saying they were using women,
children, wives and elderly peo-
ple “as human shields.”
He said Russia’s main fight was
not against the regular Ukrainian
army, but what he called neo-Nazi
gangs. Putin also claimed without
evidence that the United States
was advising these forces to de-
ploy heavy weapons in civilian
areas.
Ukraine estimated that its forc-
es have destroyed more than 30
Russian tanks, up to 130 armored
combat vehicles, seven airplanes
and six helicopters, according to
official reports.
Russian forces continued
bombing cities in eastern
Ukraine, including Kropyvny-
tskyi, and the southern city of
Vilkovo, Ukrainian officials re-
ported.
Roughly one-third of the Rus-
sian forces committed to the as-
sault appeared to be in Ukraine as
of midday Friday, which would
amount to more than 50,000
troops, a senior U.S. defense offi-
cial said.
The invasion continued with
an amphibious landing of Rus-
sian naval forces west of the city
of Mariupol and with Russia con-
tinuing to launch missiles into
Ukraine. As of Friday morning in
Washington, more than 200 mis-
sile strikes had occurred, the offi-
cial said, up from 160 as of Thurs-
day. Some of the missiles landed
in residential areas.
Russian forces have blocked
Kyiv’s access from the West with
paratroopers and assault teams,
according to a spokesman with
Russia’s defense ministry.
Stern reported from Mukachevo,
reported from Washington. Tony
Romm, Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe
in Washington, and Robyn Dixon in
Moscow, contributed to this report.
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RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

‘I’m not
planning
to run
away’
KYIV FROM A1

seemed to be intensifying.
With each air raid siren, hun-
dreds of thousands of Ukraini-
ans descended into underground
bunkers or metro stations, un- SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK STATE SERVICE OF UKRAINE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

sure what the military and politi-

cal landscape would be when
they emerged. Tens of thousands
more fled the capital altogether
— by car, train, bus, hitchhiking.
Over the past two days, 100,000
people fled Kyiv and other popu-
lation centers, the United Na-
tions said.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko, a for-
mer heavyweight boxing cham-
pion, warned on his Telegram
channel Friday that Russian forc-
es were “very close to the capital.”
He vowed this week to take up
weapons against the Russians.
“The situation now is threat-
ening for Kyiv, no exaggeration,”
he said Friday. “The night and
the morning will be difficult.”
Yet even as fear gripped the
city, there was also a heavy sense
of collective defiance. Thousands
heeded government calls to en-
list in the military or join local
defense forces that were armed
and dispatched to secure every
neighborhood. Thousands more
lined up at health centers to
donate blood. Gas stations hand-
ed out Ukrainian flags to cus-
tomers waiting to fill up tanks
before the anticipated shortages
of fuel.
The country’s leaders led the
call to arms. Deputy Defense
Minister Ganna Malyar urged
citizens to procure weapons,
even to make molotov cocktails,
the petrol bombs that function as
hand grenades.
“It is important that everyone
be strong in spirit,” Malyar post-
ed on Facebook. “This is our
land. We won’t give up.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky
posted a defiant video on social
media Friday. As questions
mounted over his whereabouts,
he declared he would stay put in HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

the capital. He urged citizens to

defend themselves because for-
eign forces weren’t going to do it
for them.
“This morning we are defend-
ing our state alone as we did
yesterday,” said Zelensky, wear-
ing an olive-green pullover. “Stop
the enemy wherever you see it.
No one but ourselves will control
our lives.”
On Thursday, the 44-year-old
leader declared martial law and
decreed that all Ukrainian men
between the ages of 18 and 60
capable of carrying a weapon
would be barred from leaving the
country.
Friday began with missile
strikes and the destruction of an
apartment building in southeast-
ern Kyiv during the predawn
hours. Zelensky said the last time
the capital had experienced such
an assault was in 1941 — when
Ukraine was part of the Soviet
Union and the city was attacked
by Nazi Germany.
Klitschko said rocket debris
had struck the complex, engulf-
ing it in flames and injuring
several people, including one
who remained in serious condi-
tion. Some residents said an
armed drone had hit the build-
ing. It was unclear which of the
warring sides were responsible
in an area of the city devoid of
military bases or government
buildings.
What was clear and palpable
was the antagonism among resi-
dents, who all blamed Russia.
Vladimir Skakun, standing in his
shattered apartment, shards of
glass covering the floors, de-
clared that the targeting of a
residential place filled with civil-
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ians was reason enough to fight.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A man looks at the debris left “If someone is still consider-
over from a military plane that was shot down overnight in ing in Kyiv whether to enlist, I
Kyiv. Emergency personnel respond to a fire at a multistory tell them, ‘Please, do enlist, take
residential building. President Volodymyr Zelensky said up weapons,’ ” said Skakun, 57, a
Kyiv hasn’t experienced such an assault since it was attacked retired Ukrainian border guard,
by Nazi Germany in 1941. People take shelter in a metro his voice rising with anger. “We
station on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are need to save Kyiv, the heart of
taking shelter in underground bunkers and the stations, as Ukraine. Don’t hesitate.”
others flee the city however they can. On Friday, Zelensky Serhiy Serhiyovych Harhun,
decreed that all men between 18 and 60 would not be 58, lived in a neighboring build-
allowed to leave the country. Deputy Defense Minister ing; he fled to a shelter with his
Ganna Malyar urged citizens to procure weapons. Volunteer family. He had fought for the
groups in the city took the call seriously, producing molotov Soviet Union in Afghanistan, he
cocktails in their homes. said, and he understood war.
“I’m not planning to run
away,” he said. “I’ll pick up the
weapon.”
By midmorning, the Defense
Ministry said, Russian forces had
swept into Obolon district,
roughly six miles from the city’s
center. The ministry urged resi-
dents to remain inside their
homes. By the afternoon, Ukrai-
nian forces were clashing with
Russian forces near Vyshgorod,
north of the city.
That’s the suburb Ianik-
ovskyi’s mother, grandmother
and 12-year-old brother had fled.
He phoned a friend, Sergei, who
was watching over his family’s
home to learn more about the
fighting. What Sergei told him
pleased Ianikovskyi.
“The Russians came that far
down and deployed their forces
against us,” Ianikovskyi relayed,
a smile widening across his face.
“But our forces managed to send
them far back.”
Yaroslava Kravchenko, a tele-
vision host and theater producer,
took the calls to create molotov
cocktails seriously. She said sev-
eral volunteer groups made up of
people from different walks of
life, including women and stu-
dents, were producing the weap-
ons inside houses. Some were
procuring the bottles and others
the gasoline. Some were trans-
porting the weapons.
“I can’t reveal the number of
cocktails, but that’s enough to
stop a few tanks,” she said. “The
molotov cocktail is already a
national dish of Ukrainians.”
She said the homemade
bombs were being delivered to
territorial defense groups in dif-
ferent districts of the city.
Ianikovskyi, too, was planning
to contribute to the war effort.
He was searching for a safe place
for his family to take shelter.
Then, he said, he wants to fight
the Russians.
“I can easily join the army
because I know I managed to
save my family’s lives,” he said.
He also wants to join his
friend. On Friday, Sergei enlist-
ed.
Kostiantyn Khudov contributed to
this report.

U.S. stands ready to help Zelensky leave Kyiv, but he has refused to go
BYS HANE H ARRIS,
E LLEN F RANCIS
AND R OBYN D IXON
The U.S. government is pre-
pared to help Ukrainian Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelensky leave
Kyiv to avoid being captured or
killed by advancing Russian forc-
es, according to U.S. and Ukraini-
an officials. But so far, the presi-
dent has refused to go.
As the Russian military ratch-
eted up its attacks on Friday, a
defiant Zelensky pledged to re-
main in charge of his government
despite grave personal risk. “Ac-
cording to the information we
have, the enemy has marked me
as target No. 1, my family as target
No. 2,” he told Ukrainians in an
early-morning address. “They
want to destroy Ukraine political-
ly by destroying the head of state.”
For weeks, Zelensky has heard
those warnings from U.S. offi-
cials.
When CIA Director William J.
Burns flew to Ukraine in January
to meet with Zelensky about the
growing Russian threat to his
country, the Ukrainian president
asked whether he or his family
were personally in danger, ac-
cording to a Zelensky aide, who
said that the leader was skeptical
the Russians would try to kill him.
Burns didn’t share specific in-
formation but made clear that
Zelensky needed to take his per-
sonal security seriously, the aide
said.
The CIA declined to comment.
At the time, intelligence sug-
gested that Russian hit teams
might already be in Kyiv, well
before the first forces ever crossed
the border, according to officials
familiar with the information
who, like others, spoke on the
condition of anonymity to discuss
sensitive material.
U.S. officials in recent days
have spoken to Zelensky about a
variety of security issues, includ-
ing the safest places for the presi-
dent to situate himself to ensure
continuity of the Ukrainian gov-
ernment, said a senior U.S. offi-
cial.
“We have been making him
aware not only of the threat of
Russian invasion, now a reality,
but also the threat to him person-
ally,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Ca-
lif ), the chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, said. “We
stand ready to assist him in any
way.”
Removing Zelensky might of-
fer Russian President Vladimir
Putin the swiftest way to end the
war in Ukraine or avoid a pro-
tracted, costly occupation, sev-
eral current and former national
security officials said this week.
With the Ukrainian leader out
of the picture, Putin could try to
install a puppet replacement.
In January, the British govern-
ment accused the Kremlin of
scheming to replace Zelensky
with a pro-Russian politician and
former member of Ukraine’s par-
liament.
Schiff said he worried that if
the Russians captured Zelensky,
they could hold him incommuni-
cado or force him to make conces-
sions.
“I’m deeply concerned with the
threat to his life and well being,”
Schiff said.
As the Biden administration
and Western allies warned an
invasion was coming, Zelensky
publicly downplayed the threat.
He and his aides acknowledged
that Putin might order the forces
massing in huge numbers on
Ukraine’s borders to strike, but
they said U.S. and other European
leaders also risked igniting a pub-
lic panic and economic catastro-
phe with their constant warnings
of an imminent attack.
Now that Russia has struck,
U.S. officials warned again this
week that Putin’s goal was to
decapitate the Ukrainian govern-
ment. White House press secre-
tary Jen Psaki indicated to report-
ers on Thursday that the United
States had plans to assist Zel-
ensky if he were personally
threatened.
“We’re not going to get into
security — security questions, but
we are in touch with President
Zelensky, and we are working to
provide him a range of support,”
Psaki said.
According to a Ukrainian offi-
cial, Zelensky has not directed his
own security services to remove
him to a safe city, such as Lviv,
although they stand ready to do
so.
Fending off rumors that he had
fled, Zelensky posted a video on
Telegram on Friday surrounded
by his top advisers and the prime
minister in front of Bankova,
Ukraine’s equivalent to the White
House.
“We are all here. Defending our
independence. Our country. And
so it will continue,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky noted in his earlier
remarks that his family remained
in Ukraine, as well, but he de-
clined to say where.
He also said that “sabotage
groups” had infiltrated Kyiv,
without saying whether they were
targeting him personally.
Paul Sonne and John Hudson in
Washington and David L. Stern in Lviv,
Ukraine, contributed to this report.
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Residents displaced, in peril as attacks hit populated areas
Number of Ukrainians killed or injured could increase as Russian forces push into major cities, despite claims of ‘no strikes’ on civilian neighborhoods
BY S IOBHÁN O ’ G RADY,
I SABELLE K HURSHUDYAN,
S UDARSAN R AGHAVAN
AND K OSTIANTYN K HUDOV
kyiv, ukraine — From what was
left of her fourth-floor balcony, an
elderly woman tossed piece after
piece of debris to the grass below.
Out went heaps of glass, insula-
tion and wood. She occasionally
paused to survey the damage
around her.
She is among the scores of
Ukrainian civilians displaced
from their homes in Kyiv on Fri-
day after an unidentified projec-
tile struck just outside their apart-
ment block before dawn, severely
damaging the building and
wounding several residents, in-
cluding at least one in critical
condition. The apparent Russian
strike left behind a large crater
that now sits just a few yards from
a playground, which remained
empty Friday except for one
young boy digging in the dirt.
Total numbers of civilian casu-
alties in Ukraine remain unclear
with no comprehensive figures
released by Ukraine’s govern-
ment. Early Friday, Ukraine’s
president, Volodymyr Zelensky,
said at least 137 people — civilians
and military personnel — had
been killed in the Russian attacks.
But Russia is facing growing
accusations that its barrages are
hitting civilian areas, and the tally
of Ukrainians killed or injured
could climb sharply as Russian
forces push into Kyiv and other
major cities, many now surround-
ed by Russian forces.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov claimed Friday that
“no strikes are being made on
civilian infrastructure.”
But across the country, Ukrai-
nians are huddled in bunkers and
basements as the Russian ad-
vance into Ukraine deepens. Un-
der international humanitarian
law, warring parties are required
to be able to justify their targets
and avoid civilian infrastructure.
Intentionally targeting civilian
infrastructure is a war crime.
On Friday, Amnesty Interna-
tional said Russia is carrying out
“indiscriminate attacks on civil-
ian areas and strikes on protected
objects such as hospitals.”
Russian forces have used “ex-
plosive weapons with wide area
effects in densely populated ar-
eas,” Agnès Callamard, the group’s
secretary general, said in a state-
ment, noting that some of these
attacks may qualify as war crimes.
The International Committee
of the Red Cross said in a state-
ment Friday that four people were
killed when a hospital in Donetsk
was attacked on Thursday, in
what it called a “direct contraven-
tion of international humanitari-
an law.”
Andriy Zablotskiy, 37, was
asleep in one room and his wife
and 5-year-old son were in an-
other when the blast struck just
outside their windows early Fri-
day in Kyiv. They ran to their
bathroom, but then, fearing the
building might collapse, fled to
the street in their pajamas. De-
spite the scale of the damage in
their apartment, which is on the
second floor, no one in the family
was injured.
They later returned — and
made sure to rescue their gray cat,
Anatoly — before relocating to a
friend’s house. Much of what was
left in their apartment was cov-
ered in shards of glass that
Russia seizes Chernobyl plant as Ukraine warns of elevated radiation levels
BY A DELA S ULIMAN
AND M ARY I LYUSHINA
The Ukrainian government
warned on Friday that radiation
levels near the Chernobyl nuclear
power plant site have “exceeded”
control levels, as the Russian mili-
tary confirmed it has captured the
area but insisted that radiation
levels remained “normal.”
“The control levels of gamma
radiation dose rate in the Exclu-
sion zone were exceeded,” the
State Nuclear Regulatory Inspec-
torate of Ukraine, a government
body, said in a statement early
Friday.
Local experts “connect this
with disturbance of the top layer
of soil from movement of a large
number of radio heavy military
machinery through the Exclusion
zone and increase of air pollution,”
it added. However, it noted that
“the condition of Chernobyl nu-
clear facilities and other facilities
is unchanged.”
Earlier Friday, the body said
that although data “from the auto-
mated radiation monitoring sys-
tem of the exclusion zone” indicat-
ed that the control levels of gam-
crunched under Zablotskiy’s feet
as he gestured to the damage:
Windows blown out. Their elec-
tric fireplace destroyed. Books,
bottles of champagne and clothes
strewn about.
To rebuild, he said, he will
essentially have to start from
scratch.
His family has lived in the
apartment since the fall of the
Soviet Union in 1991. His parents
later moved to a village 30 miles
from Kyiv, where they are now
surrounded by Russian forces.
Despite his sadness, he said:
“There’s nothing I can do, so I
can’t really be worried.”
Outside, civilians and some
uniformed cleanup crews plucked
Hostages taken at site of
1986 disaster that sent a
poison cloud over Europe
ma radiation had risen, it was
“currently impossible to establish
the reasons for the change in the
radiation background in the ex-
clusion zone because of the occu-
pation and military fight in this
territory.”
Despite the higher readings,
the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) said Friday that
the readings recorded by the
Ukrainian regulator remained rel-
atively low and “do not pose any
danger to the public.”
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
is a 1,000-square-mile zone of for-
est surrounding the shuttered
plant and lies between the Belar-
us-Ukraine border and the Ukrai-
nian capital.
The Chernobyl nuclear power
plant, then under the control of
the Soviet Union, became infa-
mous as the scene of an April 1986
disaster, when a series of explo-
EZ RE
RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE
sions and fires sent a huge radio-
active cloud over parts of Europe
and left contaminated soil and
other fallout, which remains dan-
gerous.
The catastrophe ranks as the
world’s worst nuclear power plant
accident.
On Friday, the Russian Defense
Ministry confirmed that its forces
have taken control of the area near
the power plant as part of Russia’s
wider invasion of Ukraine, which
began Thursday and sparked
global outrage.
“Yesterday, on February 24,
units of the Russian Airborne
Forces took full control of the area
around the Chernobyl NPP,” or
nuclear power plant, Russian De-
fense Ministry spokesman Igor
Konashenkov said Friday, accord-
ing to the Interfax news agency.
Russia countered Ukraine’s
statement and said radiation lev-
els were normal.
“Radiation levels are normal in
the NPP area. The NPP personnel
continue to operate the power
plant as usual and to monitor radi-
ation levels,” Konashenkov added.
Radiation poses an invisible
threat. It’s impossible to smell or
SALWAN GEORGES/THE WASHINGTON POST
see and can be detected only with
a special measuring device.
Health effects are not immedi-
ately apparent unless a person has
been exposed to a very large dose.
In the decades since the acci-
dent, studies have shown that ra-
diation from the Chernobyl plant
led to various health conditions,
including thyroid problems, par-
ticularly in children. The United
Nations estimated that at least
4,000 people may have died as a
result of exposure to radiation.
The Chernobyl zone, one of the
most radioactively contaminated
places in the world, has remained
closed since 1986, although a
small number of people still live in
the area — mostly elderly Ukraini-
ans who refused to evacuate.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minis-
try warned Thursday that the Rus-
sian capture of the plant “may
cause another ecological disaster”
if the conflict continued.
“Our defenders are giving their
lives so that the tragedy of 1986
will not be repeated,” Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky
also tweeted Thursday. “This is a
declaration of war against the
whole of Europe.”
THE WASHINGTON POST
SALWAN GEORGES/THE WASHINGTON POST
HEIDI LEVINE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
FROM TOP: Hotel guests
with their pets head to
shelter as explosions are
heard in downtown Kharkiv,
Ukraine, on Friday. Alisa
Petrova inside her bedroom
following a rocket attack on
a residential building in
Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. An
ambulance staff embraces
another person in
downtown Kharkiv on
Friday. Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky said
early Friday that at least 137
people — civilians and
military personnel — had
been killed in the Russian
attacks.
In a further twist, the White
House expressed its outrage over
“credible” reports that Russian
forces were holding the staff of the
Chernobyl nuclear facilities hos-
tage.
“We are outraged by credible
reports that Russian soldiers are
currently holding the staff of the
Chernobyl facilities hostage. This
unlawful and dangerous hostage-
taking, which could upend the
routine civil service efforts re-
quired to maintain and protect
the nuclear waste facilities, is ob-
viously incredibly alarming and
greatly concerning,” White House
press secretary Jen Psaki said in a
Thursday news briefing. “We con-
demn it, and we request their re-
lease.”
Konashenkov, the Russian De-
fense Ministry spokesman, did
not address reports of hostages
early Friday but said the workers
were still operating the plant.
“The safety of power units is en-
sured together with the staff of the
Ukrainian security battalion,” he
said, adding that “the radiation
background is normal.”
The Chernobyl plant decom-
missioning team had been operat-
. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
through the massive pile of de-
bris, transferring it bit by bit to a
wagon connected to a tractor that
periodically hauled it away. Oth-
ers gathered around to gape at the
scene. Some filmed it on their
phones and expressed gratitude
that they themselves were not the
ones wounded or displaced.
Crumpled air conditioners and
satellite dishes hung off the build-
ing. A winter parka dangled from
one of the top floors. A blown-out
window revealed a glimpse into
someone’s closet, where a fur coat
hung from a hanger. Through
another, there was a poster of the
famous Ukrainian poet known as
Kobzar Taras.
In one neighborhood in
Kharkiv, in the country’s east, the
target was probably the Academy
of the National Guard. But what
appeared to be a mortar from a
300-millimeter Smerch artillery
rocket apparently missed its in-
tended target, landing instead in
the middle of a crosswalk in a
civilian area that includes apart-
ment buildings, a large market
and a KFC. It was eventually re-
moved from the street and an
orange barrier was placed around
the crater it left behind.
It was unclear if the rocket
carried a single warhead or clus-
ter munitions, the latter of which
are banned by most countries,
with the exception of Russia, the
United States and some others.
In another district just three
miles away, the booster section of
a Russian multiple-launch rocket
system landed in the middle of
the street, like an arrow lodged in
the asphalt. It narrowly missed a
produce store.
The Friday afternoon shelling
was so close to Kharkiv’s city
center that four men walking by
the main square at that time start-
ed running for shelter at the
sound of the loud booming. A
group of people standing in line at
the pharmacy promptly dis-
persed. The air smelled of sulfur.
An upscale hotel told its guests
to shelter in the underground
parking garage. One young girl
started crying at the sound of
bombardment.
About 45 minutes outside
Kharkiv, the Russians targeted a
military airfield in Chuhuiv, but
the strike hit a residential apart-
ment building, leading to multi-
ple casualties that included a
teenage boy.
The assault in Ukraine’s sec-
ond-largest city, just 25 miles
from the Russian border, has been
largely kept to the outskirts. But
Friday’s sporadic shelling could
be heard as some locals waited in
a long line at one of the few gas
stations still open.
As people waited more than an
hour for fuel, they wondered if
they should leave Kharkiv and go
west. But that would put them on
a road going through Kyiv. Many
planned to stay put — and just
stock up on food, alcohol and
cigarettes.
When a new series of explo-
sions could be heard in the dis-
tance, people casually looked up
to the gray winter sky. They didn’t
get out of line, resorting to dark
humor.
“We’re all going to get blown up
while waiting to buy gas,” one
man said.
Khurshudyan reported from Kharkiv,
Ukraine. Whitney Shefte in Kyiv and
Alex Horton in Washington
contributed to this report.
ing a scaled-back “downtime”
service since Feb. 15 because of an
outbreak of coronavirus cases
among staff, its official website
said.
“Until at least 27 February 2022,
the operational staff only, ensur-
ing nuclear and radiation safety
will remain working on-site on a
regular operating schedule,” it an-
nounced earlier this month.
The building containing the ex-
ploded reactor from 1986 was cov-
ered in 2017 by an enormous con-
crete shelter aimed at containing
radiation still leaking from the
accident. Robots inside the shelter
work to dismantle the destroyed
reactor and gather up the radioac-
tive waste. It’s expected to take
until 2064 to finish dismantling
the reactors.
The IAEA said Friday that it was
continuing to monitor the situa-
tion in Ukraine, while Director
General Rafael Mariano Grossi
“remained gravely concerned
about the overall situation in
Ukraine.”
Andrew Jeong, William Branigin, David
L. Stern and Claire Parker contributed
to this report.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
13 days: How the Biden administration tried to stop Putin
BIDEN FROM A1
Based on the heightened as-
sessment, the next morning Sec-
retary of State Antony Blinken
warned the world that a Russian
invasion of Ukraine could occur
“at any time” — including during
the Olympics — and national
security adviser Jake Sullivan ap-
peared in the White House brief-
ing room with a similarly pointed
message.
“It could begin any day now,”
Sullivan told reporters, adding
moments later, “Russia has all
the forces it needs to conduct a
major military action.”
The 13 days that followed those
impromptu Situation Room hud-
dles provide a revealing window
into the Biden administration’s
unsuccessful scramble to stop
Russian President Vladimir Pu-
tin from launching a full-scale
invasion, as explosions now echo
across Ukraine and Russian forc-
es close in on the capital, Kyiv.
The attack has plunged the NATO
alliance and global markets into
crisis, and leaves the United
States with limited options as
Americans remain broadly op-
posed to direct military interven-
tion.
For months, Biden and his
team operated on two tracks: one
of open diplomacy and one of
grim realpolitik, working to
counter an unpredictable geopo-
litical foe who many suspected
had already made up his mind to
invade Russia’s neighbor to the
west.
In November, for instance, the
administration stood up an elite
“Tiger Team” to game out how
the United States would respond
to a range of scenarios, ranging
from a limited incursion to a
colossal, mass-casualty invasion.
And in December, following
Biden’s sign-off, the national se-
curity team deployed a novel
strategy of declassifying and
sharing intelligence — both with
allies and the public — in an
attempt to broadcast Putin’s
plans as a way of heading them
off.
The multipronged approach
also highlighted a recognition
inside the administration that
Putin was unlikely to be dissuad-
ed by any countermeasures and
that Biden and his team were
trying to prevent an invasion that
seemed inevitable.
And while Washington suc-
cessfully united Western nations
against Russia, Biden and his
team fell short in persuading
Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help
pressure his regional ally to hold
back from attacking Ukraine —
but not for a lack of trying.
Beginning in November, U.S.
officials started private discus-
sions with Beijing and other
countries in a position to influ-
ence Russia to alert them to
Putin’s plans and explain Wash-
ington’s strenuous opposition,
said a senior State Department
official. But China, already em-
broiled in disputes with the Unit-
ed States across economic, politi-
cal and security fronts, was un-
moved by U.S. overtures.
“The Russian military has be-
gun a brutal assault on the people
of Ukraine, without provocation,
without justification, without ne-
cessity,” Biden said Thursday in
the East Room of the White
House, in a speech that was as
much an explanation of a fait
accompli as an address to the
nation. “This is a premeditated
attack. Vladimir Putin has been
planning this for months as I’ve
— we’ve been saying all along.”
This portrait of Biden working
to avert Russia’s aggression is the
result of interviews with 30 sen-
ior Biden advisers, administra-
tion officials, diplomats, Euro-
pean officials and former officials
still in touch with the White
House, many of whom spoke on
the condition of anonymity to
share candid details of a still-un-
folding conflict.
The challenges facing the ad-
ministration in trying to pressure
Putin were evident in a steady
stream of statements from Biden
and other top administration of-
ficials throughout the past two
weeks — many of which were
contradictory at best.
In his remarks in the briefing
room the day after the Feb. 10
Situation Room meetings, Sulli-
van touted the administration’s
threat of crippling economic
measures should Russia move
forward: “The president believes
that sanctions are intended to
deter,” he said.
But on Thursday, nearly two
weeks later, Biden found himself
addressing the world as the Rus-
sian attack on Ukraine accelerat-
ed, saying publicly what many
officials had long been saying
privately: “No one expected the
sanctions to prevent anything
from happening,” Biden said.
. THE WASHINGTON POST
Deployments of troops and equipment in rural areas southwest of Belgorod, Russia, less than 15 miles from the border with
Ukraine, on Feb. 22. For weeks, U.S. officials declassified and shared intelligence about Russia’s plans with allies and the public.
‘Not a crazy spy novel’
In early December, the Biden
administration unveiled a new,
unorthodox strategy in its inter-
national game of chicken with
Russia: declassifying and sharing
intelligence with allies, the me-
dia and the broader world.
On Dec. 3, The Washington
Post reported that U.S. intelli-
gence had found the Kremlin
planning a multi-front offensive
as soon as early 2022, involving
as many as 175,000 troops. The
assessment relied principally on
a map that included satellite
images, which officials said
showed that 50 battlefield tacti-
cal groups were deployed, along
with “newly arrived” tanks and
artillery.
The declassified information
was strategically timed, coming
just four days before Biden and
Putin were scheduled to have a
secure video call to discuss the
escalating situation in Ukraine.
“Biden wanted that informa-
tion out in the world before he
spoke with Putin, and he wanted
Putin to know that we knew and
we were going to make sure the
world knew,” a senior adminis-
tration official said. “It was the
start of a new phase where we
were talking about what we were
seeing. This is a very different
way to do diplomacy.”
This initial declassification
was the first in an unusual series
of coordinated public disclo-
sures, from December through
this month, in which U.S. officials
declassified intelligence from
sensitive sources to expose Pu-
tin’s planning. They used satellite
imagery to reveal his massing of
troops along the Ukraine border;
released details of a scheme to
install a puppet regime in Kyiv;
and reported that Russia was
planning an elaborate false-flag
attack — staging a video that
would accuse Ukrainian forces of
attacking Russian territory or
Russian-speaking people in
Ukraine, complete with corpses
to stand in for victims and a cast
of actors posing as mourners.
The approach grew out of in-
tensified intelligence-sharing
with allies and partners, includ-
ing Ukraine, that began in the
fall.
But the calculation was a com-
plex one. The U.S. intelligence
community historically has been
reluctant to share classified in-
formation publicly for fear of
compromising the sources and
methods used to acquire it, in-
cluding human spies and tech-
nology for covertly intercepting
communications.
And the officials released the
information not so much to deter
Putin from invading; U.S. intelli-
gence analysts and their British
counterparts already had high
levels of confidence that the Rus-
sian president ultimately would
order his forces across the bor-
der.
Rather, they were attempting
to shape the public debate and
disclose enough information
about Putin’s plans so that he
could not operate with impunity
or attempt to blame Ukraine for a
war that he started, according to
officials in multiple countries in-
volved in the effort. If he tried to
stage a false-flag attack, for exam-
ple, the world would have been
warned that it was a ruse.
RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE
Biden ultimately approved the
strategy, which was advocated by
Sullivan, principal deputy na-
tional security adviser Jon Finer
and National Security Council
spokeswoman Emily Horne.
When analyzing Russia’s re-
cent moves against Ukraine, the
United States and its allies have
relied mainly on satellite im-
agery, intercepted communica-
tions and social media posts,
including by deployed Russian
soldiers, who may have carelessly
helped to reveal details about
their locations and movements.
“We learned collectively from
Russia’s disinformation cam-
paigns in the past,” said William
Klein, an associate at the Center
for Strategic and International
Studies and a consulting partner
with Finsbury Glover Hering, a
global strategic-communications
firm. “This time, the United
States was very, very proactive in
calling out Vladimir Putin before
he could act, and the United
States was pretty accurate about
its forecasts.”
The decision was born, in part,
out of previous Russian aggres-
sion, when Putin’s forces invaded
and annexed Crimea in 2014. At
the time, some U.S. officials were
frustrated that the Obama ad-
ministration didn’t call out Putin
using classified information that
the U.S. government possessed
about his plans and operations.
The information environment
has changed since then, as well —
with more open-source analysis,
commercially available satellite
imagery, social media live-
streaming of wars and invasions,
and a public more likely to under-
stand terms like “disinforma-
tion.”
Some national security offi-
cials who worked in the Obama
administration are now in senior
positions with Biden, and they
think the savvier strategy is to
publicize some of what the intel-
ligence community has collected.
At times, the approach frus-
trated the Ukrainians. A close
aide to Ukrainian President Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky complained
that the Biden administration
delivered dire warnings about a
Russian attack — including call-
ing it “imminent” — but didn’t
share many details, particularly
about how the Americans knew
what they claimed to know.
The senior administration offi-
cial said Biden officials did share
downgraded information with
the Ukrainians in real time, but
were also aware that the Rus-
sians had deeply penetrated the
Ukrainian security infrastruc-
ture and so were cautious to not
reveal sources or methods.
Ultimately, however, the ro-
bust information-sharing paid
dividends, including helping to
unite the United States and its
Western allies against Putin.
Biden, a second senior admin-
istration official said, wanted to
“ensure that everybody had a
common picture of the facts, and
that was driven by his recogni-
tion that to pull together the
greatest possible deterrent to
stop Russian aggression, he
needed all allies and partners on
board.”
Even some European NATO
allies who were initially dismis-
sive of the reports that Russia
had started to amass troops
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along its border with Ukraine
soon came around, as Biden and
his national security team con-
ducted more than 400 calls and
meetings with their various
counterparts since December.
“Excellent transatlantic con-
sultation and cooperation,” said a
senior NATO diplomat who took
part in high-level briefings at
NATO headquarters in Brussels
in December.
Ian Bremmer, president of
Eurasia Group, a global risk con-
sultancy, said that while the
NATO alliance “was ultimately
incapable of preventing the de-
struction of Ukraine,” the
months-long coordination be-
tween the countries still proved
valuable.
“The alliance is a lot stronger
today than it was three months
ago, six months, and I think that’s
a big problem for Putin going
forward,” he said.
And in the final days before
Putin made his move, adminis-
tration officials watched — with a
combination of interest and sat-
isfaction — as Russian disinfor-
mation was greeted warily by a
public that had been primed to be
skeptical.
“Seeing people greet these ru-
mors and these streams of disin-
formation with initial skepticism
and then to go to work at debunk-
ing them quickly exposed how
effectively amateurish a lot of
them were,” said the first senior
administration official. “For a lot
of people who had been wonder-
ing if we were crying wolf or if we
were being too aggressive in our
strategy, it was a wake-up call
saying: ‘Oh, no, this is happening.
Everything that we have been
warning about is not a crazy spy
novel. They’re actually going to
do that.’ ”
‘Something out of “Argo” ’
The days leading up to the Feb.
10 Situation Room meetings
were tense in the U.S. Embassy in
Kyiv, as well. By the end of that
week, U.S. officials briefed allies
that Russia’s military prepara-
tions were complete, and the
embassy began making plans to
evacuate.
The final days were “surreal,”
according to one of the last U.S.
diplomats to leave. The time was
filled with collecting documents
for destruction even as the cru-
cial mission of the embassy —
talking to Ukrainian leaders and
other missions in Kyiv — contin-
ued.
“It was like something out of
‘Argo,’ ” the diplomat said, refer-
ring to the Ben Affleck thriller
about the rescue of six U.S. diplo-
mats amid the 1979 hostage crisis
in Tehran.
Looming large for Biden, too,
was the messy withdrawal from
Afghanistan last summer. A sui-
cide bombing at a gate of the
country’s largest airport had
killed 13 U.S. troops, and chaotic
images from the final days of the
American drawdown had hurt
the president politically, under-
mining his image as a competent
leader.
The evacuation of Kabul was
historically unique, and adminis-
tration officials worried that
Americans now would expect a
similar U.S. evacuation, although
the situation in Ukraine was
quite different. Biden several
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times urged Americans to leave
the country while they still could.
“American citizens should
leave now,” he said in a Feb. 10
interview with NBC News anchor
Lester Holt. “It’s not like we’re
dealing with a terrorist organiza-
tion. We’re dealing with one of
the largest armies in the world.
It’s a very different situation, and
things could go crazy quickly.”
A handful of U.S. diplomats,
meanwhile, pulled back to Lviv,
in the far west of the country. But
most lifted off from a chilly Kyiv
airfield and evacuated back to
Washington on Sunday, Feb. 13.
Putin ‘crossed the Rubicon’
On Presidents’ Day, European
Union foreign ministers descend-
ed on Paris in advance of previ-
ously planned discussions — un-
related to the Russia-Ukraine cri-
sis — scheduled for the following
morning. They arrived late, and
many were put up for the night in
the opulent InterContinental
Paris Le Grand, across the street
from the Palais Garnier.
This coincidence of timing and
location meant that about a half-
dozen of them and their entou-
rages were dining separately in
the hotel’s 1862 Café de la Paix —
or Cafe of Peace — when Putin
began delivering a snarling
speech about how Ukraine
wasn’t a state. The surroundings
were a jarring contrast to the
violence of Putin’s address, which
a Biden administration official
later described as intended to
“justify a war.”
Oysters, chestnut-cream-
topped foie gras and cardamom-
scented pollock were on the
menu. Underneath cloud-paint-
ed ceilings and gilded chande-
liers, one of the diplomats
watched as foreign ministers and
their aides — sprinkled across the
restaurant — pulled out their
phones and cued up a live stream
of Putin’s speech.
The diplomats watched the
Russian president and swiped
through live reactions on Twitter,
shifting on their green velvet
banquettes as Putin grew angrier
and angrier.
“The more Putin spoke, the
more shock my colleagues had,”
the senior diplomat said of the
other ministers and aides. “It was
visible. . . . Even the best friends
of Russia in Europe were quite
taken aback.”
By the end of the day Monday,
Putin had recognized the inde-
pendence of two Moscow-backed
separatist regions in eastern
Ukraine and ordered Russian
forces onto their territory for
alleged “peacekeeping” purposes
— his most provocative moves to
date.
Now, Biden faced a key chal-
lenge: unifying Europe behind a
tough sanctions policy, which his
administration had long been
promising.
For months, Blinken had been
shuttling back and forth to Eu-
rope to coordinate with U.S. allies
on a variety of doomsday scenar-
ios. His problem was that Euro-
peans might splinter apart if
Putin mounted an attack that fell
short of a full-scale invasion — a
reality Biden candidly acknowl-
edged last month, when he ad-
mitted that a “minor incursion”
might not prompt the full buffet
of a response from the West.
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That feared moment of ambi-
guity came Monday as Putin or-
dered troops into Donetsk and
Luhansk, separatist areas Rus-
sian forces had already occupied
for eight years, albeit without
official Kremlin acknowledg-
ment.
From the Oval Office, Biden —
who had already announced lim-
ited sanctions narrowly focused
on the separatist regions — con-
vened a three-way phone call
Tuesday with French President
Emmanuel Macron and German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz to devise a
response.
Macron, according to officials
familiar with the call, noted that
Putin’s recognition of the two
territories had just eviscerated
the Minsk Agreement, a diplo-
matic accord designed to resolve
the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
and keep Donetsk and Luhansk
within the country’s borders.
Yet what surprised both U.S.
and French officials was the reac-
tion from Scholz, who had long
hoped to preserve a controversial
$11 billion Russian gas pipeline
to Germany known as Nord
Stream 2. U.S. and German offi-
cials kept in close touch through
the night, and the next day,
Scholz announced that he was
halting certification of the pipe-
line — a major pivot for Germany,
which had cultivated a reputa-
tion for accommodating Russia.
“Scholz realized Putin had
crossed the Rubicon,” said a
French official. “The French and
the Americans did not even have
to strong-arm him on that.”
That same day, the Biden ad-
ministration began referring to
the crisis as “an invasion,” and
the American president, speak-
ing from the East Room, outlined
additional sanctions against Rus-
sia, including against two big
banks and several individual oli-
garchs and their families.
And while the halting of the
Nord Stream 2 pipeline made for
a powerful opening salvo, Putin’s
decision Wednesday to move
tanks, troops and warplanes be-
yond Ukraine’s separatist regions
placed new pressure on Biden
and his team to respond even
more forcefully.
The multipronged attack did
not surprise the administration,
after months of Russia encircling
Ukraine by land and sea. A senior
U.S. defense official described
Russia’s actions as a likely “initial
phase” of a campaign that could
unfold for some time.
As missile strikes boomed
across Ukraine, Defense Secre-
tary Lloyd Austin stayed at the
Pentagon into the night Wednes-
day, “monitoring all of this in real
time,” the senior defense official
said.
The defense secretary re-
turned to the Pentagon before
dawn Thursday, meeting with
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
before convening a 6 a.m. meet-
ing that included Milley, Deputy
Defense Secretary Kathleen
Hicks and other top defense offi-
cials. Milley also led a meeting of
the Joint Chiefs at 5 a.m., a
second defense official said. The
general and Austin visited the
White House later in the morn-
ing, huddling with the com-
mander in chief about the crisis.
Biden, for his part, spent
Wednesday evening mostly in the
White House residence, watching
the situation unfold on television
and receiving regular updates
from his national security team
— a group that included Austin,
Blinken, Milley and Sullivan.
In the end, the devastating
outcome felt preordained.
“The basic truth is that Vladi-
mir Putin was prepared to go to
war to advance his interests in
Ukraine, whereas the Western
countries, including the United
States — as much as they at-
tempted to deter and disincentiv-
ize Russia from going to war —
did not have an interest in going
to war with Russia themselves
over Ukraine,” said Klein, the
CSIS associate. “That’s a basic
imbalance in the interests.”
Michael McFaul, who served as
the U.S. ambassador to Russia
under President Barack Obama,
similarly said he did not fault the
Biden administration for the cur-
rent conflagration.
“Basically, they had weak cards
to play — they played them well,”
McFaul said.
On Thursday, Biden found
himself addressing the nation yet
again on the war between Russia
and Ukraine, offering yet another
bleak assessment.
“Putin is the aggressor,” Biden
said, standing in the East Room
of the White House. “Putin chose
this war, and now he and his
country will bear the conse-
quences.”
Dan Lamothe and Tyler Pager
contributed to this report.
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RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

At Polish crossing,
some men arrive
eager for a fight
As Ukrainians wait in gridlocked traffic to leave,
others rush to enter the nation to take up arms
BY L OVEDAY M ORRIS
shehyni, ukraine — At the
jammed-up border crossing to
Poland, where people lined up for
more than a day to make their
way out of Ukraine to the safety of
the European Union on Friday,
some rushed in the opposite di-
rection.
“It’s my home, it’s my land,”
said Viktor, 22, who had boarded
a plane from London two days
earlier and made his way over
land from the Czech Republic.
“I’m going to fight to my last drop
of blood.” He entered Ukraine at
the land border crossing near the
village of Shehyni with jerrycans
of fuel — he’d heard there was a
shortage.
As Russia launched its assault
on Ukraine, President Volodymyr
Zelensky called on citizens to take
up arms and fight, and promised
firearms to anyone who is willing.
Ukraine’s border guards were or-
dered Friday to stop all male
citizens between the ages of 18
and 60 from leaving the country.
With no foreign troops coming
to Ukraine’s rescue, it’s a battle of
David and Goliath. Some 18,000
rifles have been distributed in
Kyiv, according to the defense
ministry, while citizens were
urged to make their own petrol
bombs.
Gridlocked traffic, three vehi-
cles abreast, snaked 10 miles to
the border. On the television
screen in a cafe near the crossing,
an infographic distributed by the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
showed viewers how to make mo-
lotov cocktails as Ukrainians for-
tified themselves with dumplings
and beer. “LET’S GET PRE-
PARED,” it urged.
The message reminded view-
ers of the homemade explosive’s
history in another seeming mis-
match with Russian forces: It was
invented by Finns to help fend off
a Soviet invasion in the first
months of World War II.
“The Finnish army fought
tanks with these bottles,” the mes-
sage read. It instructed citizens to
fill jars or bottles with one-third
machine oil and two-thirds gaso-
line and stuff them with fabric to
use as a fuse.
As Russian troops closed in on
the capital Kyiv on Friday, enter-
ing the district of Obolon,
Ukraine’s defense ministry took
to social media.
“We ask citizens to inform
about the movement of equip-
ment!” the ministry tweeted.
“Make molotov cocktails, neutral-
ize the infidels! Peaceful residents
— be careful! Do not leave the
house!”
“We will fight them back,” Vik-
tor said as he waited for a ride into
Ukraine. He spoke on the condi-
tion that his last name not be
used, citing his plan to join a
military unit.
The United States and Euro-
pean allies are imposing sanc-
tions on Russia and sending arms
to Ukraine, but aren’t sending
troops to join the fight. Viktor
said he was disappointed by what
he saw as insufficient support.
“The United States turned their
back on us,” he said. “We will
remember their behavior.”
Other border arrivals passed
through metal gates and raced
toward minibuses.
“I’m going to fight,” said a
young man weighed down with
bags.
But down the road, Alexander
Gorbenko, 54, was unconvinced
by efforts to rally the home guard.
“I just have an air rifle. The
cash machines don’t work, and
there is no organization,” he said.
“I cannot prepare.”
He had said goodbye to his wife
and 11-year-old daughter at a
checkpoint 10 miles from the bor-
der, where a mass of people wait-
ed to exit on foot. The journey
from checkpoint to border now
takes more than 24 hours; some
waited overnight in cars on grid-
locked roads.
Gorbenko said he would try to
protect his home and neighbor-
hood, but not more.
“A lot of young guys haven’t
been in the military at all. They
will just die, like they have been in
Donbas,” he said. Ukrainians have
battled Russia-backed separatists
in eastern Ukraine for eight years. Some Ukrainians wait
For those who were allowed to in miles of traffic
leave, progress was agonizingly Friday to leave the
slow. Yarsolav Proniv, 42, who had country and enter
been stuck in his black Audi for 17 Poland. The journey
hours, said he’d thought about from checkpoint to
staying to mobilize. border now takes more
“But it’s not easy to buy a gun,” than 24 hours; some
he said. “Not like the U.S.” And spent the night in cars
when the war arrives in his neigh- on gridlocked roads.
borhood, he said, it would not just Ukraine’s border
be Russian soldiers to fend off. guards were ordered
“Many bad guys will come out.” Friday to stop all male
As a dual U.S.-Ukrainian citi- citizens between the
zen, he expected he would be ages of 18 and 60 from
allowed to leave when he finally leaving the country.
made it to the border.
Others were disappointed they
didn’t have the option as they said
goodbyes to women and children
at the checkpoint.
“If I could go, too, I would,”
Vitali, 31, said after his wife and
child crossed into Poland, with
tears in his eyes. “It’s brutal.”

PHOTOS BY WOJCIECH GRZEDZINSKI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Beijing struggles to navigate its relationship with Moscow as war begins

China finds itself in
a quandary over a war
with few benefits
BY C ATE C ADELL
Beijing is struggling to navi-
gate its newly upgraded partner-
ship with Moscow, as its lends
rhetorical support to Russia’s in-
vasion of Ukraine while attempt-
ing to remain unscathed by a war
that has few benefits for the
world’s second-largest economy.
In the days since Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin ordered
troops into Ukraine, China has
not directly addressed Russia’s
role, declining to label it an inva-
sion and calling for a diplomatic
resolution.
However one element of Chi-
na’s messaging has remained con-
sistent: scathing criticism of
NATO and U.S. responses to
Ukraine, including sanctions,
which China’s Foreign Ministry
said on Thursday will bring only
“serious difficulties” to the re-
gion.
“The truly discredited coun-
tries are those that wantonly in-
terfere in other countries’ inter-
nal affairs and wage wars in the
name of democracy and human
rights,” Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Wang Wenbin said on
Thursday. At the same time, Chi-
nese officials have issued broad
calls for the sovereignty of coun-
tries to be respected.
Analysts say Beijing’s muddled
messaging reflects anxiety over
potential threats to China’s exten-
sive trade partnerships with the
West, particularly with large Eu-
ropean Union countries, whose
contribution to the Chinese econ-
omy vastly outweighs Russia’s.
China’s trade volume with E.U.
countries rose 27.5 percent to
$828 billion in 2021, compared
with $147 billion in Russian trade
in the same period, according to
official Chinese figures.
“It’s becoming quite clear that
Beijing is scrambling a little bit,
they’re trying to square the cir-
cle,” said Helena Legarda, a senior
analyst at the Mercator Institute
for China Studies in Germany. “I
don’t think that’s sustainable now
war has broken out.”
On Thursday, President Biden
said any country that backed Rus-
sia’s war in Ukraine would be
“stained by association.”
“I think that China doesn’t
want the world to split into this
sharp divide between autocracies
and democracies in which it is put
into a can with Russia and some
other autocracies, and this would
be detrimental not only to China’s
political interests, [and] impor-
tantly its economic interests,”
said Bonnie Glaser, director of the
German Marshall Fund’s Asia
program.
“It’s becoming quite
clear that Beijing is
scrambling a little bit,
they’re trying to square
the circle. I don’t think
that’s sustainable now
war has broken out.”
Helena Legarda, senior analyst at
the Mercator Institute for China
Studies in Germany
The war in Ukraine is likely to
challenge the limits of the Sino-
Russian relationship, which has
grown stronger in recent years
but falls short of an alliance and is
— in practice — a partnership
based on a mutual disdain for the
U.S.-led global order.
It’s unclear how much of Pu-
tin’s plans Beijing was aware of
before Russian troops entered
Ukraine, but analysts say China
may have been blindsided by the
scale and speed of the invasion.
“If China really knew, would
they send [Foreign Minister]
Wang Yi to the Munich security
conference to revive the Minsk
agreement only for Putin to tear it
up? I do wonder if Beijing got
played a little,” said Legarda.
Wang called for Russia and
Ukraine to return to a diplomatic
agreement known as the Minsk
accords.
In the weeks before the inva-
sion, China and Russia laid out
sweeping agreements as part of a
“no limits” pact that formalized
the growing ties between the two
powers.
“It was a position advanta-
geous to Russia and China to put
forward the idea that they could
operate outside the U.S. interna-
tional rules-based order, but that
architecture doesn’t fully exist,”
said Craig Singleton, an adjunct
fellow at the Foundation for De-
fense of Democracies who spe-
cializes in China.
Part of China’s Ukraine calcu-
lus will hinge on how it handles a
more dependent Russia as the
United States and others seek to
cripple Putin’s economy with
sanctions.
“In my view, the relationship
will be increasingly asymmetric
— with China having the leverage
— but I think Russia sees that as a
necessity because it has far bigger
national interests at stake, at least
in Vladimir Putin’s view,” said
Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow
at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Gabuev said there is hesitancy in
Russia about overreliance on the
Chinese, but “that is all out the
window because of bigger events.”
For Chinese President Xi Jin-
ping, the conflict also comes at a
critical time as he is looking to
solidify his image as a global lead-
er ahead of China’s 2022 National
Party Congress, where he is
poised to accept an unprecedent-
ed third term after abolishing
term limits in 2016.
Inside China, where the gov-
ernment has sought to temper
strong opinions on the conflict
through censorship, public opin-
ion largely follows Beijing’s line,
railing against the United States
and its allies. Some voices, howev-
er, have questioned the official
response, pointing out China’s
own strong stance on noninter-
ference in the affairs of other
countries and respecting sover-
eignty.
“What is Russia’s war if is not
blatant aggression? What reasons
do these netizens choose to sup-
port trampling on national sover-
eignty?” said professor Qu Weig-
uo at China’s Fudan University in
a blog posted on Thursday in
reaction to social media commen-
tary. “Aren’t we worried that we
might be ravaged by the same
kind of robbery ourselves tomor-
row?”
Yet others said that if China
manages to maintain its strategic
balancing act between Russia and
the West, Beijing could benefit
from the redirection of resources
from Biden’s much-touted Indo-
Pacific strategy to Europe.
“As long as we do not make
subversive strategic mistakes
ourselves, not only will China’s
modernization process not be in-
terrupted, but China will instead
have the ability and will to play a
more important role in the proc-
ess of building a new internation-
al order,” said Chinese political
scientist and government adviser
Zheng Yongnian in a social media
post on Thursday.
Paul Sonne in Washington, Christian
Shepherd and Vic Chiang in Taipei,
Taiwan, and Lyric Li in Seoul
contributed to this report.
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War’s outbreak casts pall on rosy outlook for U.S. economy

Energy prices have already surged, and the stock market is spiking up and down while policymakers look for ways to blunt the fallout
BY A BHA B HATTARAI,
T ONY R OMM
AND R ACHEL S IEGEL
A few weeks ago, the coronavi-
rus’s fading omicron variant, fall-
ing gas prices, and a newly buoy-
ant stock market set the table for
what many felt could be a surging
U.S. economy in 2022.
But those rosy scenarios are
suddenly in doubt, as rampant
geopolitical uncertainty has
helped drive up energy prices and
send global markets on a roller-
coaster ride. These changes could
give many consumers and busi-
nesses pause and put more pres-
sure on Washington leaders to re-
spond, even though it is unclear
how exactly they will intervene.
The Federal Reserve is still ex-
pected to move next month to
begin raising interest rates in an
effort to slow inflation, but it could
face new questions about how best
to steer an economy during a rare
military conflict involving Russia.
President Biden, meanwhile,
has said he would consider mea-
sures to blunt the impact of rising
oil prices on Americans, including
the sale of more oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve. He
warned energy companies not to
opportunistically jack up prices,
while acknowledging that the eco-
nomic consequences of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine would be felt
by Americans.
“The primary impact is going to
be on energy prices, but we’re like-
ly going to see a slower recovery
this year than we otherwise would
have,” said Bill Adams, chief econ-
omist for Comerica Bank. “We’re
already facing higher energy pric-
es — both at the pump and for
natural gas, which is raising home
heating costs this winter — and
both will get worse in the coming
months.”
Although it’s too early to assess
the conflict’s full impact on the
world economy, economists pre-
dict a number of cascading effects,
A gas station in San Francisco offers fuel at $5 a gallon Wednesday. The price of Brent crude oil, the
global benchmark, jumped about 8 percent to more than $101 a barrel on Thursday.
starting with things such as fuel
prices. Russia is one of the world’s
largest exporters of oil and natural
gas, particularly to Europe, with
some of its supply flowing through
pipelines across Ukraine. The
price of Brent crude oil, the global
benchmark, jumped about 8 per-
cent to more than $101 a barrel on
Thursday — the first time it’s been
in the triple digits since 2014 —
while U.S. oil spiked 8.3 percent to
$99.70.
In a speech delivered at the
White House, Biden on Thursday
sketched out a broad range of
sanctions and other penalties tar-
geting vast swaths of the Russian
economy — including frozen as-
sets at top banks, sanctions on
Kremlin-aligned oligarchs, and
limits on exports that might ben-
efit the country’s technology sec-
tor.
There are early signs that Rus-
sia’s economy is shuddering under
the global pressure, with its stock
market falling precipitously on
Thursday. Disruptions like this,
Biden said, were some of the goals
of the global economic pressure
campaign. But the pain won’t be
contained to just Russia. There
would be spillover effects of all the
turmoil that impact American
consumers, as well, he said. He
said his administration would
work to “minimize” the potential
blowback for the United States
and “protect American families
JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES
and businesses,” particularly in
the face of rising gas prices.
“There’s no doubt that when a
major nuclear power attacks and
invades another country that the
world is going to respond and
markets are going to respond all
over the world,” Biden said.
He added that the government
is “closely monitoring energy sup-
plies for any disruption” and
raised the potential the U.S. could
further tap its petroleum reserves
if conditions warrant. The presi-
dent also fired a warning shot at
oil and gas giants themselves, add-
ing they “should not exploit this
moment to hike their prices.”
“This is critical to me,” Biden
added as he made the case for
economic sanctions, before em-
phasizing of Russia: “This aggres-
sion cannot go unanswered.”
Some Democrats have explored
another way to try to ease the pain
of higher gas prices, floating the
idea of a temporary pause on the
federal gasoline tax. The White
House has expressed early interest
in the idea to halt the roughly
18-cent per-gallon levy until the
end of the year. But the proposal —
chiefly championed by Sens. Mark
Kelly (Ariz.) and Maggie Hassan
(N.H.) — has faced early resistance
from some Democrats and Repub-
licans alike.
Average prices at the pump
reached $3.54 per gallon on
Thursday, almost a dollar more
than they were at the same time
last year, according to AAA (and
up from their $3.33 per-gallon
price one month ago). Benchmark
prices of other exports from Rus-
sia and Ukraine, such as wheat
and corn, climbed to multiyear
highs.
For many Americans, those
price increases are piling onto in-
flation that has already skyrocket-
ed to 40-year highs. Inflation data
from January showed that the en-
ergy index rose 27 percent com-
pared with the year before.
To bring prices under control,
the Federal Reserve is slated to
raise interest rates when policy-
makers gather in mid-March, and
officials have increasingly sig-
naled that next month’s hike will
be only the first in a series this
year.
Fed experts so far say they don’t
expect Russia’s attack to alter the
central bank’s actions in March.
On Thursday, Federal Reserve
Bank of Cleveland President Lo-
retta Mester said the implications
from the conflict would be “a con-
sideration” as Fed officials weigh
how quickly to pull back on their
support for the economy in the
medium-term.
The geopolitical turmoil adds a
heavy dose of uncertainty to a
recovery that is already without a
playbook.
Even so, the economy has
notched blockbuster growth in re-
cent months. GDP grew at a whop-
ping 6.9 percent annualized rate
in the last three months of 2021,
according to the Bureau of Eco-
nomic Analysis. The national un-
employment rate remains low, at 4
percent, and most Americans have
considerably more money in their
bank accounts than they did be-
fore the pandemic. Consumers
have continued to spend briskly —
with overall spending up 2.1 per-
cent in January, new Commerce
Department data show. But some
worry that new turmoil could
cause American families and busi-
nesses to pull back.
“The broader worries are about
how all of this affects consumer
and business confidence,” said
Karen Dynan, an economics pro-
fessor at Harvard University and
former Treasury Department
chief economist. “There is a ton of
uncertainty out there — that’s
been true for a couple of years now
because of the virus — but this is a
very distinctive geopolitical event
that could cause businesses to hes-
itate and to put off plans to hire
and expand.”
U.S. markets tumbled Thursday
morning before recovering
ground in the afternoon following
Biden’s announcement of new
sanctions. On Friday, Wall Street
posted broad gains, with the Dow
clawing back more than 2 percent.
Jeremy Schneider, founder of
Personal Finance Club, which of-
fers advisory services, said most
investors are holding off on large
financial decisions until they have
a better sense of where things will
settle. Instead of decisive action,
he said, the reaction he’s hearing
from investors “is more like trepi-
dation.”
Todd C. Frankel, Chico Harlan and
Taylor Telford contributed to this
report.

Big gains for U.S., global markets as investors keep an eye on Ukraine
BY T AYLOR T ELFORD
Wall Street posted a massive
rally Friday to finish off a turbu-
lent week, with the Dow soaring
835 points even as investors moni-
tored Russia’s incursion into
Ukraine and the responses from
the United States and its allies.
The S&P 500 and tech-heavy
Nasdaq indexes also notched big
gains.
This came after global markets
rebounded following several days
of Russian attacks across Ukraine.
European indexes rallied 3 per-
cent or more across the board,
while Asian markets closed in pos-
itive territory with the exception
of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index.
Even Russia’s MOEX index,
which cratered more than 33 per-
cent Thursday in one of the big-
gest crashes in market history,
bounced back nearly 21 percent.
Anthony Denier, chief execu-
tive of the trading platform We-
bull, said U.S. markets had moved
higher because investors believe
that the fallout from the Russia-
Ukraine conflict “is not going to
have a big enough global effect to
send the U.S. into a recession.”
“They also may be thinking that
the Russia situation may make the
Fed a little less hawkish,” Denier
told The Washington Post in an
email, adding that investors
should expect volatility to be “the
new normal” as long as the con-
flict continues.
The Dow Jones industrial aver-
age closed up 2.5 percent. The
broader S&P 500 index surged
about 2.2 percent, while the Nas-
daq added 1.6 percent.
The gains come as investors
make “slightly queasy calcula-
tions about the extent to which the
economic and market impact of
Russia’s invasion will be con-
tained,” Russ Mould, investment
director at AJ Bell, said Friday in
comments emailed to The Post.
“Along with higher energy prices,
we are getting almost constant
reminders that war will only add
to the current inflationary pres-
sures.”
Volatility raged in global trad-
ing in the run-up to the invasion,
with stocks selling off sharply and
all three major U.S. indexes enter-
ing correction territory briefly. Al-
though investors typically shrug
off geopolitical tensions, the
Ukraine crisis has weighed heavily
on the markets because of Russia’s
central role in global energy mar-
kets. Russia produces about 10
percent of the world’s oil supply,
on par with the United States and
Saudi Arabia, and surging energy
costs will ripple quickly through
the global economy.
Markets loathe uncertainty,
and the Russian attack is arriving
at a moment when the economic
recovery is under pressure from
soaring inflation, chaotic supply
chains, labor shortages and other
pandemic-era stressors. Investors
are betting that the conflict will
stall planned interest rate hikes —
central banks’ greatest weapon
against inflation — as the poten-
tial costs tied to energy market
disruption could send prices
through the roof.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
has “significantly changed the
Fed’s monetary policy debate in
the near term,” Ivan Feinseth,
chief investment officer at Tigress
Financial Partners, said Friday in
comments emailed to The Post.
On Thursday, President Biden
announced an unprecedented
package of sanctions targeting
Russian financial institutions and
the nation’s business and political
elites.
Russia has warned that Ameri-
cans will fully feel the “conse-
quences” of the sanctions. U.S.
businesses have been warned to
prepare for possible cyberattacks,
and Biden has acknowledged that
the crisis could lead to higher gas-
oline prices.
For all the financial whiplash
associated with the conflict, no
nation has faced higher costs than
Russia. The MOEX index’s rout
Thursday during the invasion
wiped tens of billions off the value
of Russian firms, while the ruble
plunged to a record low.
Oil prices skidded lower Friday
amid the sanctions and fears of
disruption. Brent crude, the inter-
national oil benchmark, shed
1.4 percent to trade around $94
per barrel. West Texas Intermedi-
ate crude, the U.S. oil benchmark,
also dropped 1.4 percent.
Travel stocks such as Airbnb
declined Friday as investors wor-
ried about the war’s fallout on
hotels, cruises and airlines. Scott
Keyes, founder of Scott’s Cheap
Flights, said the invasion bodes ill
for travelers because it will cause
the cost of jet fuel to spike (a cost
that will be passed on to custom-
ers). Russian airspace is also high-
ly trafficked, part of many major
international routes, Keyes said.
“If a war results in western air-
lines no longer willing to enter
Russian airspace, that will result
in much longer, more circuitous
routes to Asia and the Middle
East,” Keyes said in comments
emailed to The Post. “More fuel,
more pilot hours, more connect-
ing flights, and higher prices.”
Gold, a Russian export and in-
vestor safe haven, also swung low-
er Friday, declining nearly 2 per-
cent. Government bonds, another
investor haven, saw recovery, with
the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treas-
ury note edging close to 2 percent.
Bond yields move inversely to
prices.

D I G E ST

AUTO INDUSTRY
Hyundai, Kia sued
over brake problems
Hyundai Motor and Kia were
sued Friday by drivers who claim
that a defect in their vehicles’
anti-lock brake systems could
trigger fires.
The proposed class action
filed in federal court in Santa
Ana, Calif., followed the South
Korean automakers’ Feb. 8 recall
of nearly 485,000 Hyundai Santa
Fe, Hyundai Tucson, Kia K900
and Kia Sportage vehicles from
model years 2014 through 2019.
Hyundai and Kia said
malfunctioning hydraulic
electronic control units could
cause electrical shorts,
increasing the risk of fire in
engine compartments while the
vehicles were being driven or
even parked.
They recommended that
vehicles be parked outside and
away from others, and said
dealers would install new fuses.
The recall followed 11 reports of
fire incidents in the United
States.
In their complaint, vehicle
owners and renters called the fix
“only a Band-Aid” that did not
adequately address the defect, or
reimburse them for out-of-
pocket expenses and the loss of
their vehicles’ use and value.
The lawsuit also covers many
other Hyundai and Kia vehicles
from the 2006 through 2021
model years with similar alleged
defects. It seeks unspecified
compensatory and punitive
damages.
Hyundai had no immediate
comment. Kia did not
immediately respond to requests
for comment.
— Reuters
HOUSING
Pending home sales
down in January
A gauge of U.S. pending home
sales unexpectedly fell in
January for a third month as
high prices and low inventory
continued to restrict home-
buying.
The National Association of
Realtors’ index of pending home
sales decreased 5.7 percent from
a month earlier to 109.5, the
biggest drop since February
2021, according to data released
Friday. The figure was worse
than all estimates in a
Bloomberg survey of economists.
The figures suggest that home
buyers are still struggling to get
into a housing market marked by
record prices and lean inventory.
It will only get less affordable as
mortgage rates rise ahead of
expected interest rate increases
by the Federal Reserve.
“Given the situation in the
market — mortgages, home costs
and inventory — it would not be
surprising to see a retreat in
housing demand,” said Lawrence
Yun, NAR’s chief economist.
Contract signings dropped in
three of the four regions from the
prior month, led by a 12.1 percent
plunge in the Northeast. The
West posted the only gain.
— Bloomberg News
ALSO IN BUSINESS
The Biden administration’s sale
of offshore wind development
rights off the coasts of New York
and New Jersey drew a record
$4.37 billion in high bids from
developers. The auction, which
began Wednesday and stretched
into Friday afternoon, is the first
offshore wind lease sale under
President Biden, who sees the
expansion of the industry as a
way to tackle climate change and
producing documents related to
an investigation, the New York-
based bank said in a regulatory
filing Friday. In December, the
SEC and the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission imposed
$200 million in fines on
JPMorgan Chase, saying that
even managing directors and
other senior supervisors at the
bank had skirted regulatory
scrutiny by using services such
as WhatsApp or personal email
addresses. This week, HSBC
Holdings said it’s being
investigated by the CFTC over
bankers’ misuse of WhatsApp
and other messaging platforms.
REBECCA NOBLE/BLOOMBERG
Exxon Mobil reached a final
A contractor works on a home under construction in Tucson on Feb. investment decision on
22. The National Association of Realtors’ index of pending home sales expanding a carbon capture
unexpectedly decreased in January, marking the biggest drop since facility at LaBarge in Wyoming,
February 2021. Record prices and low inventory have continued to with the $400 million project
limit home-buying across the United States. expected to start up by 2025. The
project will capture as much as
1.2 million metric tons of carbon
dioxide a year, an increase of
create jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Goldman Sachs Group became about 20 percent over current
Ocean Energy Management, the latest bank to be investigated levels. The oil giant is feeling the
which oversees energy over employees communicating heat from investors to do more
development in federal waters, using messaging services that to reduce its carbon footprint
offered six leases across 488,201 aren’t approved by the after losing a quarter of its board
acres between New York’s Long companies. Goldman is to an activist campaign last
Island and New Jersey, an area cooperating with the Securities year.
known as the New York Bight. and Exchange Commission and — From news services
A16 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022

Computer chipmakers start halting deliveries to Russia

Sanctions by U.S., allies
cut off access for defense
and high-tech buyers
BY J EANNE W HALEN
The global computer chip in-
dustry, including the giant Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company, has begun halting sales
to Russia in the wake of U.S. sanc-
tions aimed at punishing Mos-
cow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration an-
nounced the sanctions Thursday,
saying they would cut off more
than half of Russia’s high-tech im-
ports and kneecap the country’s
ability to diversify its economy
and support its military.
The ban, which is also being
enacted by major U.S. allies, is
designed to choke off deliveries to
defense and other high-tech buy-
ers in the aerospace and maritime
technology sectors, but not to
block deliveries of consumer elec-
tronics, the Biden administration
said.
TSMC has suspended all sales
to Russia and to third parties
known to supply products to Rus-
sia while it sorts through the sanc-
tions rules to ensure it fully com-
plies, according to a person famil-
iar with the company’s business,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss sensitive
matters.
In a statement, TSMC said it is
“fully committed to complying
with the new export control rules
announced.”
GlobalFoundries, the chip
manufacturer based in Malta,
N.Y., said it also has begun comply-
ing with the rules. The company
has a system to review and block
any prohibited sales to Russia,
said Karmi Leiman, the compa-
ny’s head of global government
affairs and trade, though he added
that the size of the company’s sales
to Russian buyers is “not materi-
al.”
Leiman said the internal review
system is similar to the one the
company uses for Huawei, the
Chinese tech giant that has been a
target of U.S. sanctions for several
years.
Intel, based in Santa Clara,
Calif., said it “complies with all
applicable export regulations and
sanctions,” including the new
Russia-focused export controls.
Russia is vulnerable to the ex-
port ban because it doesn’t pro-
duce consumer electronics or
chips in large quantities, analysts
say. In particular, it doesn’t make
the highest-end semiconductors
needed for advanced computing,
an area dominated by Taiwan,
South Korea, the United States,
Europe and Japan.
TSMC’s participation in the
sanctions is particularly damag-
ing because the company is the
world’s largest manufacturer of
chips, including the most ad-
vanced.
Among the chips TSMC is no
longer shipping are Elbrus-brand-
ed semiconductors that are de-
signed in Russia, according to the
person familiar with TSMC’s busi-
ness.
Russia’s military and security
services use Elbrus chips in some
computing applications, accord-
ing to Kostas Tigkos, an electron-
ics expert at Janes, a U.K.-based
provider of defense intelligence,
who described the loss of TSMC’s
help with the chips as “devastat-
ing” for Russia.
The Russian government has
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world’s
largest manufacturer of chips, including the most advanced.
also been encouraging large do-
mestic companies and banks to
use Elbrus chips in their comput-
ers because the components are
designed in Russia.
The Semiconductor Industry
Association, a trade group repre-
senting big chipmakers, said its
members are “fully committed to
complying” with the new rules “in
response to the deeply disturbing
events unfolding in Ukraine.”
PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS
“While the impact of the new
rules to Russia could be signifi-
cant, Russia is not a significant
direct consumer of semiconduc-
tors, accounting for less than 0.1%
of global chip purchases, accord-
ing to the World Semiconductor
Trade Statistics (WSTS) organiza-
tion,” the group’s president, John
Neuffer, said in a statement.
The United States and other
Western nations have long regu-
lated sales to Russia of chips and
other electronic components spe-
cifically designed for military use.
Any such sales already required a
government license to proceed,
industry experts said.
The new rules largely block the
sale of dual-use chips, which have
both military and commercial ap-
plications, to nonmilitary users in
Russia, including those in high-
tech industries.
In a novel move that the United
States has used only once before —
against China’s Huawei — it is also
requiring companies worldwide
to abide by the rules and block
such sales to Russia if they use U.S.
manufacturing equipment or soft-
ware to produce chips. Most chip
factories around the world use
software or equipment designed
in the United States, analysts say.
That approach is called the for-
eign direct product rule.
“With these export controls,
we, together with our allies and
partners, are technologically iso-
lating Russia and degrading its
military capabilities,” Thea D.
Rozman Kendler, the assistant
secretary of commerce for indus-
try and security, said in a state-
ment Thursday.

Negotiators in Vienna await decision from Tehran on reviving nuclear deal

Officials said there were
indications Iran’s team
found terms acceptable
BY K AREN D E Y OUNG
The text of a proposed nuclear
deal between Iran and world
powers, distributed by the Euro-
pean Union to negotiators, is in
limbo while the head of Iran’s
delegation consults with the Teh-
ran government over its terms,
according to U.S. and foreign
officials familiar with the talks
being held in Vienna.
“There are papers and text that
have been shared,” a senior State
Department official said Friday.
“I think enough is on the table
now that Iran has a very clear
sense of what it stands to gain
and what it stands to lose” in
returning to compliance with the
2015 agreement that limited its
nuclear program in exchange for
sanctions relief.
Chief Iranian negotiator Ali
Bagheri Kani left Vienna late
Wednesday following what sev-
eral officials familiar with the
text said were indications the
Iranian team found it largely
acceptable. Since then, the Irani-
an government, which has been
publicly outspoken about its po-
sitions since the talks began last
year, has been silent on the sub-
ject.
Officials reluctant to upset the
sensitive situation spoke on the
condition of anonymity about the
current state of affairs.
The E.U. has coordinated the
talks between Iran and four of
the five permanent members of
the United Nations Security
Council — Britain, France, Russia
and China — plus Germany. All
were original signers of the deal,
along with the United States. U.S.
withdrawal from the agreement
in 2018, and the reimposition and
expansion of harsh economic
sanctions by the Trump adminis-
tration, led Iran to rapidly ex-
pand its nuclear activities far
beyond the bounds of the agree-
ment. Iran has refused to meet
directly with the United States,
which is negotiating through the
European delegations.
The apparent endgame in the
Iran talks arrives as the United
States is locked in confrontation
with Russia over Ukraine and has
shut down most communication
with Moscow. U.S. officials
throughout the talks have said
that both Russia and China have
played constructive roles, and
the State Department official
said that has not changed.
Those sitting across the table
from Iran initially came together
because of a “common interest
that Iran couldn’t acquire a nu-
clear bomb” and a desire to
resolve the situation “without
confrontation,” the official said.
“We’re not doing this as a favor to
Russia; they’re not doing it as a
favor to us,” the official said. “On
this issue . . . we appear to have a
common interest.”
While there was “significant
progress in the last week or two”
of negotiations, “It’s important to
note that very serious issues re-
main,” the official said. “Issues
left for last are left for last for a
reason . . . [and] it’s wrong to say
right now that they will be re-
solved, particularly since we have
very little time to resolve them,
given the pace of Iran’s nuclear
advances.”
The United States and its part-
ners in the negotiations have set
an informal deadline of the end
of February, saying that Iran’s
continuing expansion in the
quantity and quality of the fissile
material it is producing, and in
other areas that give it the where-
withal to construct a nuclear
weapon, would make a return to
the 2015 terms meaningless.
Iran has said repeatedly its
nuclear program is intended only
for peaceful purposes.
Other officials indicated re-
maining differences are not pri-
marily over the scope of U.S.
sanctions relief or the reduction
in Iran’s activities — issues that
have dominated the talks in eight
rounds of negotiations that be-
gan in April — and are not part of
the draft text that deals largely
with those matters and verifica-
tion parameters.
“We do envision a straight
return to the 2015 deal,” the State
Department official said. “There
will be very little to surprise you
if we succeed. . . . The require-
ments [of the original agree-
ment] on Iran’s nuclear program
and on our sanctions are quite
clear.”
Instead, other officials sug-
gested that differences revolve
around Iranian resistance to
some nuclear safeguard issues
that predate the 2015 deal.
At the same time, there is
widespread speculation about
the status of separate U.S.-Iran
negotiations over four U.S. citi-
zens that Washington says have
been unjustly imprisoned for
years by Tehran.
U.S. officials have repeatedly
maintained that there is no over-
lap between the Iran talks and
the detainee issues that are being
negotiated through a separate
channel via Switzerland. But they
have also said they cannot envi-
sion signing a new nuclear agree-
ment if the detainee issue is not
resolved, a position that has occa-
sionally puzzled some of the oth-
er participants in the talks.
“Our strong hope is that we
will be able to resolve both,” the
State Department official said.
Asked whether the United States
would refuse to sign an agreed
nuclear deal without the release
of the detainees, the official re-
plied, “I didn’t quite say” that,
“but that’s our position.”
The administration believes
that release of the detainees
might soften the opposition of
some U.S. lawmakers over a re-
turn to the 2015 agreement. Most
Republicans, and a number of
Democrats, have been skeptical,
at the very least, over the pros-
pects of a new deal, and insisted
that President Biden submit any
agreement with Iran for congres-
sional approval under the terms
of a law they passed after the
Obama administration finessed
the subject with the original deal.
Asked if the United States and
the others would simply stand up
and walk away if no agreement is
reached, the State Department
official said that it was “not an
issue of theatrics. The issue is
whether we believe a deal is
achievable . . . in the time that
remains to salvage it.”

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Free For All

Don’t euphemize the truth
I was disappointed that the Feb. 12 obituary for
David Osnos, “Legal adviser to titans of industry in
D.C. area,” did not call what happened after Osnos’s
law school graduation by its name. Law firms were
not “largely segregated along religious and cultural
lines,” as the article stated. Rather, many firms, and
especially the prestigious “white shoe” ones, refused
to hire Jews, period. It was discrimination based on
antisemitism, pure and simple, and it continued
until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed it.
Polite euphemisms distort the truth.
Beryl Lieff Benderly, Washington
More-perfect grammar
I absolutely disagree with the contention that it is
inappropriate to use the term “more-permanent
housing,” as put forth in the Feb. 12 Free for All letter
“We could stand to be more perfect.” One might say
I’m constitutionally opposed to such a notion.
The argument made in the letter was that “perma-
nent” is an absolute, and therefore one cannot call
something “more permanent.” Not so fast. Let’s shift
our focus from the definition of the word “perma-
nent” to that of the modifier “more.” For the example
of Afghan evacuees wanting more-permanent hous-
ing than their current hotel rooms, “more” is clearly
describing something that aims to be closer to the
ideal of permanent.
Ironically, the letter writer provided “perfect” as
another absolute that supposedly cannot take a modi-
fier. This points to an excellent example of the use of
“more” as indicating a striving for an ideal: “We the
People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union . . . ”
Milton J. Axley, Rockville
Don’t forget about Poland, either
The Feb. 12 Free for All letter “Don’t forget about
Norway” pointed out that a Feb. 2 Post article
omitted Norway from the list of NATO countries that
directly border Russia. (The Post article listed
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as the only NATO
members directly bordering Russia.)
But don’t forget NATO member Poland. As with
Lithuania, it borders the Russian exclave of Kalinin-
grad. Indeed, Erika Fatland’s 2020 book, “The
Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North
Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Lat-
via, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast
Passage,” explains: “Kaliningrad is now a Russian
exclave, surrounded by Poland and Lithuania, which
are both N.A.T.O. countries. It is currently the most
militarized area in Europe, and an important naval
base for Russia, which lost the greater part of the
Baltic coast when the Soviet Union fell apart. The
exclave is a constant reminder to its neighbors of
Russia’s military muscle.”
Mark Prenty, Washington
CHRIS PIZZELLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge J. Michelle Childs on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2010.
An unfair claim
In the middle of the otherwise interesting Feb. 14 front-page
article about Judge J. Michelle Childs, “Childhood traumas
shaped potential high court pick,” was a comment that rein-
forced a misimpression both generally about what judges do,
and especially about Childs. The article reported that, in 2009,
Childs had already presided over state court cases involving
“hundreds” of people and was so well regarded that the Senate
(despite frequent partisan differences over other candidates)
approved her nomination for her current position as a U.S.
District Court judge for the District of South Carolina on a
voice vote, “meaning no roll call was needed.” But then, in the
very next moment, the article declared that she “would soon
use her position to stake out politically charged decisions.”
Childs did not pick the cases she was assigned. They were
assigned randomly to judges on her court. The fact that in
2014 (five years after her appointment) and 2020 (11 years
after her appointment) she ruled in two cases the article
viewed as politically charged does not suggest that she “soon
used her position” in any way. And it was extremely unfair to
claim that it “stakes out” some position when a judge decides
the case before her. Judges have to decide cases, even when
Where are
the email
addresses?
I am a longtime reader of The
Post and a frequent pesterer of
the many fine journalists who
have written for the paper. Over
the years, motivated by what they
wrote, I have written something
like two emails per week to writ-
ers. I contact them to thank them,
provide them with context I be-
lieve they missed, or — less fre-
quently — complain about their
piece or an aspect of it. I have
been able to do that because The
Post, in an admirable gesture of
transparency, provided me with
their email addresses at the end
of each article. Many writers
were kind enough to reply, and, Funk singer Betty Davis.
without ever meeting any of
The media should
not be bothsidesing
heart health
I write this letter from my office,
looking at a cardiac catheterization of a
patient with a 90 percent lesion in their
left anterior descending coronary ar-
tery, with high cholesterol driven large-
ly by diet and no family history of car-
diovascular disease. In the Feb. 13 news
article “Mudslinging between alt-
meat and traditional agriculture is get-
ting dirty,” it was expressed that there
are two sides to the nutrition debate in
cardiovascular disease prevention, but
the aggregate of scientific evidence
CHARLES DHARAPAK/ASSOCIATED PRESS clearly demonstrates otherwise. It is
estimated that 80 percent of cardiovas-
cular disease is diet- and lifestyle-relat-
ed. But for as much as popular media
would say otherwise, the evidence for
nutrition and the prevention of cardio-
vascular disease is robust and straight-
they are “politically charged.” forward. Guidelines from the leading
Judges are human beings. They are shaped by their life cardiovascular organizations world-
experiences and can have different views about how to apply wide all agree that a diet with an abun-
the law to the facts that are presented. But that does not mean dance of plant foods, substituting satu-
every time they decide a case they abandon the oath to rated fat for polyunsaturated fat and
uphold the law and instead are pursuing some personal reducing dietary cholesterol, sodium
political agenda. and refined carbohydrates, helps to sig-
This is especially true of Childs, who, among many other nificantly reduce the risk of developing
accomplishments, is the immediate past chair of the Judicial atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Division of the American Bar Association and was the chair Those of us who care every day for
of the ABA’s National Conference of Federal Trial Judges. She patients with heart disease, the No. 1
has dedicated many hours to pursuing the rule of law — a rule killer of Americans, wish the media
that applies to everyone regardless of political views. would help us to save Americans lives
The article presented no reason to believe Childs did by prioritizing evidence-based medi-
anything but decide the cases presented to her based on her cine over sensational headlines.
honest view of the law. And it did a disservice to Childs and the Danielle Belardo,
rule of law she serves to strain so hard to assume otherwise. Jacksonville, Fla.
Merril Hirsh, Washington The writer is a cardiologist practic-
The writer is the chair of the ing in California and is co-chair of the
ABA Judicial Division Lawyers American Society for Preventive Cardi-
Conference Special Masters Committee. ology’s Nutrition Committee.
FIN COSTELLO/REDFERNS

A star for film director Ivan Reitman in Los

Angeles on Feb. 14.
A funny family
I was surprised by the oversight in the Feb. 15
Style appreciation of Ivan Reitman and his “buddy”
movies, “ ‘Ghostbusters’ director found his calling
with comedy.” The appreciation discussed Reitman’s
legacy on comedians who have followed him and
mentioned his son’s work. But the work of his
daughter Catherine Reitman and her hugely suc-
cessful Canadian TV show, “Workin’ Moms,” was
omitted. Was this because her show focused on
women, not men?
Catherine Reitman is a very funny comedian
herself and surely was deeply influenced by her
father. And female friendships (a female version of
the “buddy” relationship) are a significant compo-
nent of her show. The appreciation did a disservice
by excluding mention of Catherine Reitman or her
show in discussing her father’s legacy.
Jeanne T. Cohn, Washington
Yes, we should follow the science
My compliments for the excellent reportage on
the state of the “follow the science” debacle in the
Feb. 14 front-page article “How ‘follow the science’
turned into a political cry.”
The article’s balanced approach in researching
and reporting on this topic was impressive, and it
did an excellent job covering the yin and yang of this
whole matter.
As several people in the article said, it would be
nice if we could work through the science as it
evolves, which is the nature of scientific knowledge,
and respect fellow citizens of differing opinions
during the process. Of course, in today’s partisan
politics, that’s much easier said than done.
Fred W. Apelquist III, Oak Hill
Simone de Beauvoir’s own chops
In the Feb. 15 obituary for Marie-Claire Chevalier,
“As a minor, she was at the center of a landmark
abortion case in France,” the fifth paragraph began:
“The women included existentialist philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre’s longtime partner and fellow writ-
er Simone de Beauvoir.”
What? Doesn’t de Beauvoir qualify for a call-out
based on her own reputation rather than Sartre’s?
Martha E. Powers, Lake Frederick, Va.
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receive, we are unable to acknowledge submissions;
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publication will be contacted.
them in person, I established re-
lationships with some of them
based on our exchanges.
Remembering Betty Davis
The Post has stopped printing I gasped with gratitude reading Chris Richards’s Feb. 11 Style documented Davis’s three high-volume, scorching solo albums
journalists’ email addresses at appreciation, “Betty Davis was the original funky diva.” Then I — 1973’s “Betty Davis,” 1974’s “They Say I’m Different” and 1975’s
the end of articles. I’m not sure applauded Davis’s musical legacy in the Feb. 13 obituary “Free- “Nasty Gal” — in an aura of funky amber. Davis still sizzles. The
when this policy change took ef- spirited funk singer and songwriter had her heyday in the obituary captured Davis as genre-busting and inspirational,
fect, nor have I been able to find 1970s.” diving extensively into how Davis influenced and positively
any statement, declaration or an- Both honorably and humbly brought Davis’s background, challenged other artists, including Miles Davis (her husband
nouncement explaining this music career and later years out of obscurity into the light for for a year), to be truer to themselves and the times they’re living
abrupt deletion. I am going to 21st-century music lovers, young and old. As an elder, I remem- in. Davis was different yet had style, grace, wit and self-empow-
assume it was not because your ber back in the 1970s when we gentlemen were polite around erment. It wasn’t easy for her or those who didn’t get it, her art
staff feared my name gracing our mothers, aunts and grandmothers and lip-synced to safe or performances, including, as the obituary noted, the NAACP.
their inbox or worried too much singers such as Marilyn McCoo of the 5th Dimension, Diana The message is in the music, and Davis delivered in her short
about not having replied to some- Ross and Dionne Warwick. Then we’d run out the back door, career. We still have her music to play and to inspire us to be
thing I sent, so what was the listening and partying with Davis. She wasn’t a nasty gal to us humbly different and honest in whatever we decide to do for a
reason? but a free-spirited soul to set the listener’s mind free, unchained. better life.
David Ballard, Reston Anointing her our original funky diva, Richards graciously Aldric Crawley, Richmond
The amazing athleticism
in endurance sports
Chuck Culpepper’s in-depth and bizarrely comical
attempt at depicting the end of a grueling cross-coun-
try ski race, “Grueling sport’s finish line is tapestry of
gorgeous misery” [Sports, Feb. 11], did not do a
service to the amazing athleticism required for this
power/endurance sport. Though culturally, we love to
glorify the agony of “to complete,” a little explanation
about why would have been appropriate and maybe
well received. Power/endurance sports such as cross-
country, rowing and maybe cycling require the high-
est level of overall fitness just to participate, let alone
succeed in competition.
In fact, none is more strenuous and employs the
body more completely than cross-country skiing. Ev-
ery athlete in this competition has to meter both
strength and endurance aspects of the race over a long
period of time — too much power (and thus speed) too
early, and the athlete might burn out and slow down
before the end (fly and die). Starting out too conserva-
tively means the athlete must exert maximum power
toward the end to succeed. Both energy-management
SHURAN HUANG FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
styles are legitimate approaches to attack a sport of
Visitors look at a painting by Vincent van Gogh at the Phillips Collection in D.C. on Feb. 12. this nature. Unremarkably, they also all result in the
same outcome at the end. Skilled athletes (that is, all of
Education through art these Olympians) know they have to cover the course
and time the exhaustion of their resources (power and
endurance) perfectly with the end of the race. Athletes
Mark Jenkins wrote of beauty in his Feb. 11 provide thought for the student of sociology for who leave anything “in the tank” torture themselves
Weekend review of Lou Stovall’s printmaking, years to come. Executed in tempera, these paint- for not trying hard enough. Barring an unfortunate
“Uncovering the beauty of printmaking,” and ings are small in size, but big in content.” crash, none of these athletes will come up short. All will
rightly so. It was Lawrence’s intent to educate. It has also choose to push to the end. Sprawling on the ground is a
When I reflect upon Stovall’s work, I turn to his been Stovall’s. About his friendship with Lawrence, natural part of using literally all of your energy at the
words. Stovall collaborated with Jacob Lawrence Stovall wrote: “Jacob and I shared a common end. Turning the finish line into a description of art
for many years. This was long after Lawrence’s feeling that making art was a splendid way to teach carnage without recognition of how the competitor
entire Migration Series debuted in February 1942 tolerance and acceptance through the lessons of must perform during the race, resulting in this more or
at the Phillips Collection. The series depicts the history.” less standard result at the finish, is insulting and a
migration of African Americans from mostly rural Pamela Carter-Birken, Arlington gross disservice to the readers and the sport.
sections of Southern states to cities in the North. The writer is author of Mike Arnold, University Park
Post art critic Ada Rainey wrote then that “Duncan and Marjorie Phillips and America’s The writer is a competitive masters rower
Lawrence “has done a saga in paint that will First Museum of Modern Art.” and coach.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
A historic pick
Judge Jackson is eminently qualified and deserves a fair hearing.
P
RESIDENT BIDEN’S nomination
of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
to the Supreme Court is historic,
fulfilling his campaign pledge to
appoint a Black woman. As he said in
January, the move is “long overdue.”
There has been carping from some on
the right — as though politics and
demographics have never played a role in
the selection of justices in the past,
including when Ronald Reagan as a
presidential candidate declared he
would appoint the first female justice. “It
is time for a woman to sit among our
highest jurists,” Reagan said in October
1980, which set the stage for the selection
of Sandra Day O’Connor. Four decades
later, Mr. Biden had a notable pool of
experienced Black female jurists from
which to choose. One hundred eight
White men have been elevated to the
court, many of them with credentials less
impressive than those possessed by the
contenders under consideration this
time around.
Judge Jackson by all accounts possess-
Russia’s streets erupt
Mr. Putin’s war without a cause is facing deserved pushback at home.
F
OR A year, the streets of Russia
have been relatively quiet. Pro-
tests in early 2021 in support of
opposition leader Alexei Navalny
were met with arrests, beatings and
prison sentences. But after President
Vladimir Putin announced war against
Ukraine this week, the streets swelled
again with thousands of protesters.
These courageous people, making them-
selves heard despite the fear and risks,
demonstrated vividly that Mr. Putin
faces opposition at home for what has
quickly become known to be a war
without a cause.
Mr. Putin draws power from cronies
and clans, not the voters. It is not clear if
public discontent can change his course.
But the outpouring against the Ukraine
war at the very outset was far larger than
might have been expected. Russia’s
educated urbanites were joined in pro-
tests by hundreds of journalists, enter-
tainers, social media influencers, ath-
letes, actors, television presenters and
others. They have the potential to be-
come a powerful force galvanizing oppo-
sition to the war.
The Kremlin fears this kind of opposi-
tion. Government censor Roskomnad-
zor warned the Russian news media to
publish only information from official
sources and threatened penalties for
violators. Russian prosecutors threat-
ened against unauthorized demonstra-
tions, saying marchers could face “crimi-
nal charges,” including “severe punish-
ment for organizing mass unrest.” They
added ominously that a criminal record
would have long-term consequences.
Nonetheless, thousands took to the
streets on Thursday. In 60 Russian
cities, more than 1,860 people have been
detained, according to OVD-Info, a
nongovernmental group that monitors
political arrests. Alexei Nurullin, an
activist from the Ulyanovsk region,
picketed with a sign declaring, “A mad-
man is bombing all of Ukraine.” Elena
Chernenko, a prominent journalist for
Kommersant, organized a protest letter
from journalists and others involved in
foreign policy. With about 300 signers,
Targeting trans kids in Texas
The state’s governor and attorney general see political advantage in the move.
T
EXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Ken Paxton is locked in a
contentious Republican pri-
mary as he seeks reelection.
Gov. Greg Abbott is being criticized as
not conservative enough from Republi-
can opponents who want to deny him a
third term. So it is probably not a
coincidence of timing that just days
before Tuesday’s primary, Mr. Paxton
and Mr. Abbott set their sights on what
they no doubt see as a convenient and
easy political target: transgender
youths and their parents.
Mr. Paxton, embattled by accusations
he abused his office and accepted
bribes, provided the opening salvo. He
issued a legal opinion that gender-af-
firming medical treatment for adoles-
cents, such as puberty-suppressing
drugs and hormones, can legally consti-
tute child abuse.
Mr. Abbott followed suit this week
with a directive to state health agencies
to conduct “prompt and thorough”
investigations into the use of gender-
affirming care for transgender chil-
dren. Raising a threat of criminal
prosecution, the governor called on
licensed professionals in Texas — in-
cluding doctors, nurses and teachers —
to report families who provide such
EZ
EDITORIALS
es the qualities essential in a Supreme
Court justice: a devotion to the rule of
law; a commitment to judicial independ-
ence; an ability and willingness to collab-
orate with colleagues whose views and
philosophies differ from her own. She
also appears to be a keen and careful
legal thinker. A graduate of Harvard and
Harvard Law School, she was an editor of
the law review and went on to clerk for
Justice Stephen G. Breyer, whom
Mr. Biden has chosen her to replace. She
put in eight years as a trial judge before
ascending to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia in 2021. And
compellingly, she would bring even more
diversity to the court as the first public
defender on the modern court — an
especially proud legacy for a president
who has proclaimed his devotion to
criminal justice reform.
Senate Republicans should judge her
on the basis of her career and character,
and refrain from obstructive maneuver-
ing designed to deprive the nominee of a
fair hearing. This may seem like a fantasy
Russian police officers detain a woman in St. Petersburg on Friday.
the letter condemned the war against
Ukraine: “War has never been and will
never be a method of conflict resolution
and there is no justification for it.” On
Friday, Ms. Chernenko was informed by
the Foreign Ministry that she was ex-
pelled from the press pool, meaning she
will be barred from ministry briefings
and has lost her access to the minister.
A few celebrities also spoke out
against the war. Ivan Urgant, who hosts
a popular comedy show, wrote, “Fear
and pain. NO to war.” His show was
taken off the air almost immediately.
What will happen next depends in
part on how Russians perceive the war,
whether there are serious casualties,
and whether Facebook and other social
medical treatment for their children.
Since Mr. Abbott signed into law the
measure that made bounty hunters out
of citizens as a means of enforcing an
unconstitutional ban on abortion, his
assault on other medical procedures
comes as no surprise.
Neither Mr. Paxton’s nonbinding le-
gal opinion nor the governor’s directive
has any effect on state law or the courts
and some protective service officials
said they would ignore the directives.
Nonetheless, the statements from
Mr. Paxton and Mr. Abbott ignited
panic and anxiety among transgender
youths facing the challenges of their
identity, as well as families and care-
givers trying to do what is best for
them. There was worry about false
investigations being launched. And the
possibility — no matter how remote —
that their child could be taken from
them has unnerved families trying to
navigate already fraught social and
health-care decisions.
Contrary to the outdated, inaccurate
and intentionally misleading informa-
tion cited in the attorney general’s
opinion, gender-affirming treatment for
children and adolescents suffering from
gender dysphoria is supported by every
major medical association in the United
RE
considering the poisoned state of the
Supreme Court confirmation process. Yet
the signs so far are somewhat encourag-
ing. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) rhet-
oric in advance of her nomination had
been conciliatory — with the minority
leader refusing to criticize the presi-
dent’s pledge to pick a Black woman for
the job. He should urge members of his
caucus to consider her on her merits.
Indeed, three of these Republicans —
Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), Susan
Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski
(Alaska) — have already voted for Judge
Jackson once, to confirm her for her
current role.
That the Supreme Court could now
look a little more like America is worth
celebrating, not least for how it might
help preserve the public trust in the
institution, which has taken a beating in
the eyes of the country. The court’s
integrity would be further enhanced if
senators approached the confirmation
process not as a partisan battle but as the
constitutional duty it is.
DMITRI LOVETSKY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
networks convey the truth from the
battlefield. In the early hours, Facebook
posts were filled with emotion, outrage
and distress. On Friday, the government
censor announced the start of an effort
to slow down access to Facebook, as was
done earlier with Twitter.
Still, opposition voices in Russia have
a way of getting through. In an ongoing
prison trial, Mr. Navalny declared, “I am
against this war. I believe that this war
between Russia and Ukraine is being
waged to cover up the robbery of
Russian citizens and to distract their
attention from the problems that exist
within the country from the degradation
of the economy.” His will not be the last
protest.
States, including the American Academy
of Pediatrics, the American Medical
Association and the American Psycho-
logical Association. Decisions about
treatment are made with care and
thought and consultation; research has
established that transgender youths at
risk of mental health problems and
suicide benefit when their gender iden-
tity is affirmed. And, despite what
Mr. Paxton and Mr. Abbott would have
you believe, there are not hordes of
children being lined up for invasive
surgeries. Treatment for children and
adolescents involves almost exclusively
nonsurgical interventions.
Mr. Paxton and Mr. Abbott are not
alone in seeing political advantage in
attacking transgender children. Across
the country, mostly in Republican-con-
trolled states, bills are being lined up to
ban transgender children from partici-
pating in sports according to their
identity, to prohibit classroom discus-
sion about gender identity and to bar
gender-affirming medical treatments.
That some of these same politicians
have railed about government overreach
and the rights of parents to make
decisions about their children under-
scores their blatant opportunism and
hypocrisy.
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Let female students wrestle
As parents of both a current student
and a recent graduate of St. John’s College
High School, both champion varsity ath-
letes, we were disappointed to learn in the
Feb. 19 Sports article “St. John’s leaders
keep a girl off the mat” that the school’s
president and athletic director denied a
female student membership on the wres-
tling team.
We chose St. John’s, established in
1851 and coed since 1991, because it
teaches in the Roman Catholic Lasallian
tradition. The school’s handbook says
such an education espouses “respect for
all persons,” “integrity and character,”
“building inclusive communities” both
in the class and on the athletic fields, and
“fortitude to make ethical decisions.”
The handbook also states that the school
does not discriminate based on race, sex,
color, nationality or ethnic origin in its
educational, admission, hiring, athletic
or school administrative policies. The
administration’s decision does not exem-
plify Lasallian values.
Female athletes have played on male
high school and college teams in the
United States for years.
The administration’s decision was
shortsighted and unenlightened; its pri-
oritization of alpha-male athletes over
aspiring and capable female athletes is
troubling. The decision only propagates
the patriarchal hierarchy that has charac-
terized the Roman Catholic Church and
our society for centuries, causing irrepa-
rable harm to many, including men.
In strong support of coach Michael
Sprague and his team, we respectfully ask
the president and athletic director to seek
input from an inclusive group of St. John’s
male and female coaches, teachers and
students to reconsider this decision.
The female wrestler clearly merits a
spot on the mat: She attended roughly
90 percent of preseason workouts, dem-
onstrating commitment, ambition, brav-
ery and confidence.
Susan Rzemien and Bob Angevine,
Washington
What we teach
Regarding the Feb. 21 front-page article
“College faculties take up critical race
theory fight”:
It appears that Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Pat-
rick (R) is the model for the antidemocrat-
ic, anti-academic-freedom, pro-censorship
and book-banning wing of the Republican
Party.
Republican-controlled legislatures
across the country are attempting to ban
books, concepts and teachers’ free-speech
rights to prevent their followers from feel-
ing any discomfort or cognitive disso-
nance from their sanitized view of reality.
This is what authoritarian governments in
China, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia,
and a host of other right-wing govern-
ments, have been doing for decades.
Joseph A. Izzo, Washington
Academic freedom will best be served
by allowing college faculties to offer elec-
tive courses in critical race theory and by
professors encouraging open discussions
about the validity of the claims of critical
race theory. Anyone who reads the Wiki-
pedia page on critical race theory should
realize that this is not a topic that can be
discussed by elementary school children.
Perhaps a few teenagers are experienced
and skilled enough to discuss this topic
and weigh the arguments for and against
some of the assertions.
In any event, critical race theory ought
not be mandated at any level of education;
that would be an affront to academic
freedom.
Frank Nicolai, Fort Washington
The legislatures that think they can
affect by law college classroom teaching
and the faculty who claim great fear that
their academic freedom is being threat-
ened understandably misunderstand the
entire issue.
As a university professor, I have been on
panels discussing critical race theory. The
issue of university faculty teaching politi-
cally controversial perspectives, especial-
ly in the humanities and social sciences,
will be determined by the faculty univer-
sities hire and virtually nothing else.
There is no way a legislature can stop
the teaching of a salient news topic, nor is
there a way it can determine how it is
taught. In addition, there is no way that
faculty will ever infringe on the academic
freedom of liberal or progressive profes-
sors in public universities.
The universities wherein there is a vote
for academic freedom in faculty senates
are acting symbolically, as they do not
protect faculty from anybody; they just
make faculty feel good. Hence, you get silly
and smug pronunciamentos, such as Ohio
State University’s that “there are no ‘two
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sides’ to racism.” Of course there are vary-
ing sides as to what constitutes racism,
what should be punished or ignored, etc.
For all of the self-righteous claims of the
critical need for academic freedom at uni-
versities, hardly any of their academic or-
ganizations believe in hiring conservatives,
treating them equitably if hired or allowing
them to publish well-researched and well-
argued articles in their major journals.
Few academics believe or fight for “aca-
demic freedom” for anyone but their ideo-
logical kin, and legislatures are just spin-
ning their wheels in the hope that they
affect hiring.
Richard E. Vatz, Towson
And who teaches it
Republican governors have been stok-
ing fears about so-called lasting damage
to the racial feelings of White students to
generate policies that prevent teachers
from discussing systemic racism. It also
is disturbing, to a smaller extent, that
Georgetown Law professor Paul Butler is
using fear of racism in academics to
recommend firing fellow law professor
Ilya Shapiro for expressing his opinion
[“Yes, Georgetown should fire an aca-
demic for a racist tweet,” Tuesday Opin-
ion, Feb. 22].
Mr. Shapiro tweeted that there is a
better person of color to serve on the
Supreme Court than any of the Black
women President Biden has said he is
considering. Mr. Shapiro prefers Sri
Srinivasan, chief judge of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, who is a man but hardly a liberal.
Mr. Shapiro did not tweet that all Black
women are unqualified but, rather, that
his preferred candidate was better quali-
fied than any of Mr. Biden’s Black female
candidates. This is a critical distinction.
As a conservative libertarian, Mr. Sha-
piro shares views that Mr. Butler, I and
probably most Georgetown Law students
and professors do not share. But that is a
good reason Mr. Shapiro’s ideas should be
at least a tolerable addition to the law
school’s environment.
Georgetown, as a Christian and Jesuit
university, has not used religious beliefs
to prevent its professors from advocating
pro-abortion points of view. That is what
the First Amendment counsels. It does
not counsel firing a professor for “inart-
ful[ly]” sharing his unpopular tweet, for
which he soon apologized.
John Weston Parry, Silver Spring
Paul Butler was right that Georgetown
Law School should fire Ilya Shapiro for
his racist tweet demeaning the Black
women on President Biden’s shortlist for
a Supreme Court nomination.
Fifty years ago, I was a first-year stu-
dent at Georgetown Law. In my first week
of classes, my White, male, tenured, high-
ly esteemed property professor called on
one of my (few) female classmates and
asked if she wanted to be called “Miss” or
“Mrs.” She replied by saying she wanted
to be called “Ms.” The professor respond-
ed along the lines that “there is no ‘Ms.’ in
my classroom; you are either ‘Miss’ or
‘Mrs.’ ” I was so dismayed that I never
went back to the class.
That’s right: I taught myself enough
property to pass the course, getting one of
my worst grades ever, because I could not
learn from a professor who would say
such a thing. Perhaps it would have been
more mature for me to bear up under his
demeaning, humiliating sexism and
learn as best I could in his classroom, but
I should not have faced that choice.
Neither should the Black women study-
ing at Georgetown Law today.
Nancy Polikoff, Washington
‘Ukraine Has Not Yet Died’
As Ukraine fills the news, few in our
region realize that we have a monument
to Ukrainian independence, authorized
by Congress. Just off Dupont Circle on a
small piece of land in the 2200 block of
P Street NW is a statue of Taras
Shevchenko (1814-1861), a poet and
artist known as the Bard of Ukraine.
On June 27, 1964, when Ukraine was
still part of the Soviet Union, an estimat-
ed 100,000 people gathered for a dedica-
tion ceremony. Former president
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had signed
the authorizing legislation, gave a
speech and unveiled the statue. In his
remarks, he stated that he hoped that
the monument would kindle “a never-
ending movement dedicated to the inde-
pendence and freedom of peoples of all
captive nations of the entire world.”
The dedication ceremony closed with
the singing of the Ukrainian national
anthem, the title of which translates to
English as “Ukraine Has Not Yet Died,”
words more relevant than ever.
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The saddest irony of Putin’s war against Ukraine

BY N ATALIYA G UMENYUK television, allowing us to see Moscow’s veiled criticism. But there is only so despite intense (presumably Russian) and warning about gullibly accepting
version of events. For now, the Russian much they can do in Putin’s police state. cyberattacks. bad information. We don’t need to be told
kyiv, ukraine

R
ussians and Ukrainians actually
understand each other well.
That is perhaps the biggest and
saddest irony of this perverse,
unnecessary war.
We know each other’s mentalities. We
understand each other’s languages. We
share a Soviet past. And yet this sense of
familiarity underlines just how different
our two countries are.
We have watched Russian President
Vladimir Putin give an angry, hateful
speech denying our existence as a coun-
try. We have also watched Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky address
Russians in their language, explaining to
people across the border that we have no
quarrel with them, expressing the will-
ingness to resolve our differences and lay
Russian fears to rest. And even as Rus-
sian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, he
hasn’t expressed hate, instead calling
upon Russian citizens to take to the
streets to protest the war. The contrast
could not be more stark.
Here in Kyiv, we can watch Russian
media is allowed to describe the invasion
only as “a special military operation in
Donbas” — Orwellian language appar-
ently dictated by Putin himself. (That
reluctance to use the word “war” shows
that the authorities understand that the
attack might not be popular with ordi-
nary people.) Ukrainians can track the
Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns and
compare them with the reality we see on
the ground. Russian TV, for example,
broadcasts stories of fake Ukrainian
soldiers surrendering to Moscow’s forces
— even though we all know firsthand
that our soldiers have been offering
bitter resistance.
Russian colleagues have been bom-
barding me with apologies for the ac-
tions of their government. But most of
them can’t say that publicly — because
they know they’ll be arrested, like those
who were detained by police when they
tried to protest the war in the center of
Moscow. Some Russians have succeeded
in showing their opposition, demonstrat-
ing on the streets of St. Petersburg.
Celebrities have managed to register
Some of us have relatives in Russia
who’ve been warned by the authorities
not to express their views on the war —
just like in Soviet times.
Here at home, by contrast, it is hearten-
ing to see how people are taking on the
responsibility for the defense of our
country. People are doing their best to
support one another, to help. A British TV
reporter asked me on air whether looting
has been going on in cities attacked by the
Russians. The comment irritated me be-
cause it missed something very funda-
mental about our state of mind. To Putin,
democracy means chaos. He is desperate
to depict us as a failed state. We’re
determined to prove him wrong.
The shops are open. The hospitals are
working, taking care of the wounded
and injured. Firefighters are staying on
duty despite the risk of falling bombs.
The national postal system is maintain-
ing service. The Ukrainian railways have
evacuated thousands of people from the
front-line towns in the east, adding new
routes and trains in the west. The banks
are doing their best to keep going
To be sure, there are long lines in front
of some ATMs, where people are trying to
withdraw money, but those waiting do so
with dignity and good humor. Yet the
lines to donate blood or sign up for
military service are even longer. People
have been voluntarily donating to the
armed forces. Cities in western Ukraine
are offering shelter to the displaced.
Ukrainians have a long tradition of
disrespect for the government. Criticism
of the authorities is in our blood. Now,
people are putting that aside. Before the
invasion, Zelensky met with the leaders
of political factions, who have pledged to
work together. Top business leaders have
rallied around the state. The Kremlin is
eager to divide and conquer, to destabi-
lize the country. But the more Putin
pushes, the more united the country
becomes. We have to do everything we
can to resist.
No one is telling me or my journalistic
colleagues what to report. We’re just
doing our jobs. My colleagues are doing
live reports from every regional capital,
reporting on casualties, providing advice
what to say.
Don’t misunderstand me: People are
afraid. This is a vicious war, and we
haven’t seen the worst of it yet. Many are
trying to move their families from Kyiv to
safer places in the western part of the
country. I don’t blame them for that at
all. The Russians have already shown
that they don’t care about civilian
casualties.
The whole idea behind Putin’s inva-
sion is to deprive the Ukrainian people of
our right to choose — our government,
our allies, our media, our future. He
hasn’t succeeded.
Ukrainians are doing what they can —
as soldiers, as firefighters, as doctors or
just as people willing to open their doors
to those they don’t know. It’s also a way of
showing that we are not ready to accept a
world driven by madness, hatred and
military force.
Nataliya Gumenyuk, a founder of the Public
Interest Journalism Lab, is a Ukrainian author
and journalist specializing in foreign affairs
and conflict reporting.

COLBERT I. KING D RA WI NG B O A RD
Phil Mickelson
Putin isn’t finished and the perils
with America yet of sportswashing
M
aybe now that the Russian invasion of
Ukraine is well underway, the implications BY J OHN F EINSTEIN

T
of President Vladimir Putin’s actions
against the United States in 2016 will finally he Saudi Arabian soap opera involving some of
sink in, especially for Republicans in Congress. The golf’s biggest stars — notably Hall of Famer Phil
Vladimir Putin who planned, staged and launched a Mickelson — appears to be a complicated tale.
large-scale war on Ukraine is the same Vladimir Putin In fact, it’s very simple: It’s about money —
who ordered an aggressive, multifaceted, clandestine and how reaching for more can damage even the best
campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential reputations.
election. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman be-
Putin’s Ukraine goal: pull that country from the lieves that throwing millions of dollars at professional
West and back into Russia’s sphere of influence. His golfers can help him whitewash his reputation as the
U.S. goal in 2016: undermine the democratic process, man who U.S. intelligence officials believe ordered the
disparage and undercut Hillary Clinton and her murder of Post contributing columnist Jamal
campaign for president, and help elect Donald Trump. Khashoggi.
The outcome of his Ukraine campaign is yet to be Players such as Mickelson have been ready to accept
decided. His U.S. effort found full success. Mohammed’s cash, guaranteed to players up front,
But more than a personality contest was at stake BY DANA SUMMERS
instead of sticking with the PGA Tour, where — for the
five years ago. To be sure, Putin had his reasons for most part — you are paid what you earn each week.
loathing Clinton. As Barack Obama’s secretary of And the PGA Tour wants to retain its monopoly on
state, she took a hard line on Russia. She was a vocal the world’s best players — and its massive television
supporter of the 2011 protests of Putin’s government. contracts, which skyrocketed this year.
But Putin also had his reasons for wanting Trump in The story begins a generation ago, in 1994, when
the Oval Office. As with the buildup in his campaign to Greg Norman, then the world’s No. 1 player, came up
take Ukraine, Putin was clearly playing a long game: with the idea for an alternate tour, one that would pay
put in place a U.S. president who would pursue the circuit’s top players far more money than the PGA
policies that would weaken the European Union and Tour was paying them at the time.
NATO, the bulwarks against Russian expansion into That idea died when PGA Tour added four tourna-
former Soviet countries. Trump was the answer. ments to its schedule that would feature — surprise —
In Trump, Putin finally had a U.S. president who fewer players and more prize money. Most top players
generated more anti-American sentiment in Europe loved that idea: It meant more money without fear of
than the Kremlin could ever have hoped to produce on the sanctions threatened by the PGA Tour if they signed
its own. up with Norman’s group instead.
Perhaps now, Republicans will reappraise reports — Norman’s idea died, but his anger at the PGA Tour
which many of them discounted — of Russian social did not. So when Mohammed pitched Norman on a
media campaigns aimed at provoking discord in this Saudi-paid tour last year, Norman jumped at the idea.
country. The Russian disinformation campaign to The key to making it work was to get other top players
bolster domestic support for an invasion into Ukraine to join up, too.
reminded me of the targeted disinformation opera- The biggest name to come on board early was
tions in the 2016 election by the Internet Research Mickelson — one of the most popular players in the
Agency, based in St. Petersburg and allegedly con- sport’s history. There was, however, a problem: Mickel-
trolled by a Russian oligarch tied to Putin. BY ANN TELNAES son is 51 and, although he miraculously won the PGA
Championship last May (becoming the oldest major
champion in history), he is approaching the end of his
run. The biggest names in golf nowadays — Americans
Putin said he would not invade Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Bry-
son DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, along with
Ukraine. He lied. He said Russia did Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy — are all much
younger. And none rushed to follow Mickelson. (Tiger
not interfere in our 2016 presidential Woods is still hugely popular, but he’s 46, and no one
knows whether he will play again after his disastrous
election. He lied about that, too. car accident a year ago.)
Mickelson made it clear how much he liked the idea
of the Saudi tour in an interview earlier this month,
Now that Russian government hackers have prob- when he accused the PGA Tour of “obnoxious greed”
ably penetrated Ukrainian military, energy and other and claimed the tour was denying players the rights to
critical computer networks to collect intelligence, their digital images. At that moment, it was clear that
skeptical Republican partisans might come to accept Mickelson had thrown in with Norman and his Saudi
the evidence that the Russian intelligence service backers. (The Post reported this month that the Trump
known as the GRU hacked into the computer net- Organization, which owns a number of golf resorts, is
works of the Democratic Congressional Campaign also in talks with the Saudi golf league.)
Committee and the Democratic National Committee. The PGA Tour, meanwhile, was not taking this lying
Maybe Republicans who turned a blind eye to 2016 down. Last spring, it created a $40 million fund to be
will now accept findings that the GRU agents stole handed out to the 10 “most impactful” players. Exactly
hundreds of thousands of documents from the com- how a player’s “impact” was calculated was a secret.
promised email accounts and networks. (No outfit in sports is more secretive than the PGA
Now that it has been reported that Russian Tour.) But the $8 million first prize in 2021 went to —
propaganda and misinformation campaigns have you guessed it — Mickelson. Woods, who last played in
been launched on social media platforms and have an official event in November 2020, finished second.
targeted websites, including those of Fox News in the Clearly, the tour was willing to pay its stars millions just
United States, Le Figaro in France, La Stampa in Italy, for being stars.
and Der Spiegel and Die Welt in Germany, maybe more Norman’s new tour began to fall apart when McIlroy
people in this country will believe findings that the made it clear in mid-February that he had no interest in
Internet Research Agency purchased political adver- joining. Other top players fell into line. Then came the
BY MATT DAVIES FOR NEWSDAY
tisements on social media in the names of Americans coup de grace, when author Alan Shipnuck published a
and U.S. organizations, and even staged political quote from a November interview he did with Mickel-
rallies within the United States in support of Trump. son. “[The Saudis] are scary mother------- to get in-
The simple truth is that Putin believed Russia volved with,” Mickelson said. “We know they killed
would benefit from having Trump in the White House, Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights.
and he pushed his intelligence services to help secure They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing
that outcome. Just as he perceives that a subjugated all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is
Ukraine benefits Russia and is now working to achieve a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the
that end. PGA Tour operates.”
There’s a lesson in this for the United States. Translation: Forget murder, human rights, gay
Putin said he would not invade Ukraine. He lied. He rights. There’s a hell of a lot of money on offer.
said Russia did not interfere in our 2016 presidential You know what happened next. Mickelson has been
election. He lied about that, too. buried by social media for his remarks. On Feb. 22,
In the present crisis, President Biden has been Mickelson’s longtime corporate sponsor, KPMG, sev-
stalwart in rallying a unified response from NATO and ered ties with him. Mickelson apologized for his
the West. If Americans didn’t believe it before, they remarks, vowed to take some “time away” from golf and
sure should believe it now: Putin sees Biden, as he saw continues to support the new tour. McIlroy, normally a
Clinton, as an impediment to what he wants. gentle soul, called Mickelson’s November comments
And Trump, who calls Putin a “genius” and accepts “naive, selfish, egotistical and ignorant.”
his lie about the presidential election, wants back in. The Saudi venture looks uncertain for now —
Russia had success with its information-warfare though, in sports, almost anything and everything can
playbook in 2016. Count on a Russian influence rise from the dead. What is certain? Million-dollar
operation conducted through social media to dispar- crusades to repair one reputation through sportswash-
age Biden, undermine his leadership and stoke ing can badly damage the reputations of those who
support for his opposition. The goal: defeat an think it will cost them nothing to participate.
American political enemy.
It worked once before. Wake up, America, to John Feinstein is a Post contributor. His most recent book is
another Russian threat. This time, no one can claim to “Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress
BY DREW SHENEMAN FOR THE STAR-LEDGER
have not seen it coming. in Modern Sports.”
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The French Ambassador addresses geopolitical implications of Russia’s military invasion.

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Va. ends school diversity, equity Fairfax school discriminates in

initiatives after Youngkin order admissions system, judge rules
BY H ANNAH N ATANSON
AND K ARINA E LWOOD
The Virginia Department of
Education has rescinded a wide
range of policies, memos and
programs established to further
diversity, equity and inclusion in
schools in obedience to an execu-
tive order from Gov. Glenn
Youngkin (R).
Jillian Balow, the Virginia su-
perintendent of public instruc-
tion, announced the end of the
initiatives in a letter sent to
Youngkin and Education Secre-
tary Aimee Guidera on Friday.
Balow wrote that she was acting
due to Youngkin’s Executive Or-
der One, issued on his first day in
office last month and which for-
bids the teaching of “inherently
STATE SAYS LARGER
OVERHAUL TO COME
Governor had pledged to
halt ‘divisive concepts’
divisive concepts” including “crit-
ical race theory and its progeny.”
The programs Balow has re-
scinded or is working to rescind
were established under Young-
kin’s Democratic predecessor,
Ralph Northam. They include a
framework called “EdEquityVA”
that aimed to eliminate racial and
socioeconomic disparities in aca-
demic and disciplinary outcomes
for students. They also include a
website devoted to “culturally re-
sponsive” teaching, and a memo
that former state superintendent
James Lane published in 2019
urging teachers to “facilitate
meaningful dialogue on racism
and bigotry.” Nixed as well is a
web seminar series called “Teach-
ing 9/11.”
Balow wrote in the letter that
her cancellations of the programs
are only the first step in a whole-
sale overhaul of how the state
education department operates.
“Discriminatory and divisive
concepts . . . have become wide-
spread in the Virginia Depart-
ment of Education (VDOE) and in
Virginia school divisions,” she
wrote. “We will need to proactive-
ly review policies, practices and
pedagogies around the state.”
SEE YOUNGKIN ON B4
BY H ANNAH N ATANSON
A federal judge ruled Friday
that a new admissions system for
Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and Technology, a presti-
gious magnet program in Fairfax,
discriminates against Asian
American applicants and must
end.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hil-
ton concluded that an effort to
boost African American and Lati-
no representation at TJ, as the
school is known, constitutes an
illegal act of “racial balancing.” He
added that the school board al-
tered the admissions process —
eliminating a notoriously difficult
test and a $100 application fee,
choosing instead to evaluate stu-
dents on “experience factors” such
as socioeconomic background —
in a rushed, sloppy and opaque
manner.
Hilton wrote that “emails and
text messages between Board
members and high-ranking FCPS
officials leave no material dispute
that, at least in part, the purpose of
the Board’s admissions overhaul
was to change the racial makeup
to TJ to the detriment of Asian-
Americans.”
“The proper remedy for a legal
provision enacted with discrimi-
natory intent is invalidation,” Hil-
ton wrote, before issuing a stark
order: “Defendant Fairfax County
School Board is enjoined from fur-
ther use or enforcement of” its
revised admissions system.
An attorney for Fairfax County
Public Schools, John Foster, said
Friday that he believes “the ruling
is not supported by law.” He said
Fairfax “will consider asking a fed-
eral appeals court to review the
decision.”
Foster said officials were study-
ing what the ruling will mean for
how the school conducts admis-
sions for the next cycle of TJ appli-
cants, those destined for the Class
of 2026.
The plaintiffs, the Coalition for
TJ — a group of TJ parents, stu-
dents and alumni that formed to
oppose the admissions changes —
celebrated Friday afternoon. Asra
Nomani, who is co-founder of the
coalition and parent to a TJ stu-
dent who graduated in 2021, said
in a statement that Hinton’s ruling
is thrilling.
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Man who
toted Pelosi
lectern gets
75 days’ jail
BY T OM J ACKMAN

Adam Johnson, the Florida

man who posed for a picture while
carrying the lectern of House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in
the Senate Rotunda of the Capitol
on Jan. 6, 2021, and led a pro-
Trump mob that tried to break
into the House chamber that day,
was sentenced to 75 days in jail
Friday and ordered to pay a $5,000
fine.
“A message just has to be sent,”
Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie
B. Walton told Johnson. “If you’re
going to associate yourself with
this type of behavior, and you’re
going to try to engage in conduct
that undermines the fundamental
fabric of this society, that your
freedom is going to be taken away.”
The judge recommended two
books to Johnson: “How Civil
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ROBB HILL FOR THE WASHINGTON POST As mask rules

fall, experts
In D.C.,
BY M AXINE J OSELOW The Washington Post interviewed six Pep-
co customers in D.C., including Hillbrand,
Alex Hillbrand and Clémentine Stip have
long dreamed of installing solar panels on
who say that significant electrical upgrade
costs from Pepco are thwarting their plans warn virus
there’s isn’t done
the roof of their rowhouse in Mount Pleas- to go solar — even as the District tries to
ant, where sunshine shoots through the combat climate change through promoting
leafy canopies of Rock Creek Park, providing solar energy.
an abundant and sustainable source of Under climate legislation signed by May-
energy that could heat their home and or Muriel E. Bowser (D) in 2019, 100 percent BY J ENNA P ORTNOY,

a shadow
power their appliances. of the District’s electricity must come from H ANNAH N ATANSON,
But when Hillbrand and Stip, both 31, renewable sources by 2032. And by 2041, 10 R ACHEL C HASON
signed a contract last year with a solar panel percent of that energy must come from solar AND J OHN D . H ARDEN
installer, they received a startling letter from power.

hanging
their utility company that could put that The upgrade fees from Pepco — which the Coronavirus case rates are fall-
dream in question. utility says it has a legal right to charge — ing fast, prompting officials in
The letter from Pepco said the couple have affected about 15 percent of District parts of D.C., Maryland and Vir-
would need to pay a fee of $19,797 to upgrade residents who apply for a permit to install ginia to remove indoor mask
the electric distribution system in their rooftop solar panels, according to a study mandates even as public health

over them
neighborhood before installing solar panels. commissioned by the Chesapeake Solar and officials warn that the pandemic
Otherwise, the system would be unable to Storage Association, which advocates for is not over and another serious
handle the extra power generated by their solar energy in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. variant could emerge.
solar panels, which themselves cost about as The study, which was conducted by the Government and school offi-
much as Pepco’s fee. consultancy CleanGrid Advisors, looked at cials say thanks to vaccines and
“It was just really strange,” Hillbrand Pepco’s fees may put solar panel plans hundreds of solar systems in the District test availability, people should be
recalled. “I was not planning — and am not
planning — to pay nearly $20,000.” out of reach, some residents say proposed by five installers. It found that
SEE SOLAR PANELS ON B6
able to resume normal activities
without masks, an argument re-
inforced Friday as the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Lima Martinez from Solar Solution installs solar panels Wednesday on a home in Southeast D.C. Pepco’s upgrade fees have affected about 15 percent of eased mitigation recommenda-
D.C. residents who apply for a permit to install rooftop solar panels, according to a study commissioned by a group advocating for solar energy. SEE CORONAVIRUS ON B3

New cases in region

Through 5 p.m. Friday, 2,452 new
coronavirus cases were reported in

Processing center to open in Loudoun for thousands more Afghan refugees
BY A NTONIO O LIVO
A new processing center in Lou-
doun County will open for thou-
sands of Afghans arriving from
refugee sites outside the United
States, an effort by the Biden ad-
ministration to expedite nation-
wide resettlement efforts that was
greeted with anger and fear by
some residents in the resort-style
community surrounding the
Northern Virginia site.
At a Thursday night town hall
meeting in the Lansdowne section
of Leesburg, Department of
Homeland Security officials de-
scribed plans to use the 40-acre
National Conference Center for as
many as 1,000 Afghans processed
there per month before they are
moved into permanent homes
around the country, including the
Washington region.
The new “safe haven” at the
privately owned facility, which is
normally used for corporate
events, is a central piece to a more
streamlined phase of Biden ad-
ministration resettlement efforts
that, so far, has placed more than
76,000 Afghans in communities
across the country since the fall of
Kabul to the Taliban in August.
Robert J. Fenton Jr., who is co-
ordinating the resettlement effort
for DHS, told a group of about 200
local residents gathered inside a
National Conference Center ball-
room that the U.S. military bases
used to temporarily house the
thousands of Afghans who arrived
were not ideal to host such large
amounts of people waiting to be
processed — often for several
months after they arrived with no
documents.
“We were putting massive
amounts of people in tents just
because of the numbers that were
coming in,” Fenton told the crowd.
The Afghans who will arrive at
the District, Maryland and Virginia,
bringing the total number of cases
in the region to 2,771,407
D.C. MD. VA.
the Loudoun County site — either
former interpreters who helped in +112 +672 +1,668
the U.S. war effort or female lead- 134,326 1,000,562 1,636,519
ers, human rights activists or jour-
nalists who were evacuated be- Coronavirus-related deaths
cause of likely retribution from As of 5 p.m. Friday:
the Taliban — will have separate
living spaces with their families D.C. MD.* VA.
and a more serene environment as +0 +15 +96
they wait to move on to the next 1,317 14,091 18,536
stage of their lives, Fenton said.
Many have already had most of * The state’s total includes probable
SEE REFUGEES ON B2 covid-19 deaths.
B2
Maryland-based Novavax could appeal to religion-based vaccine skeptics
BY J ACK J ENKINS
Could a much-delayed corona-
virus shot finally win over reli-
gious vaccine skeptics?
That’s the question swirling
around a vaccine made by
Novavax, a Maryland-based bio-
tech firm that submitted its re-
quest to the Food and Drug
Administration last month for
emergency use authorization of
its coronavirus shot, also known
as NVX-CoV2373.
Although more than a year
behind competitors such as Mod-
erna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which
were both cleared for emergency
use in late 2020, Novavax’s two-
dose vaccine has been approved
for use in other countries such as
the United Kingdom, and the
company hopes to aid global
immunization efforts.
But Novavax may have another
unusual selling point: the poten-
tial to woo vaccine skeptics who
reject other widely available vac-
cines because of distant links to
abortion they say violate their
morals and their faith.
“No human fetal-derived cell
lines or tissue, including HEK293
cells, are used in the develop-
ment, manufacture or produc-
tion of the Novavax covid-19 vac-
cine candidate, NVX-CoV2373,” a
Novavax spokesperson told Reli-
gion News Service via email.
About 64.8 percent of the U.S.
population has been fully vacci-
nated against the coronavirus as
Houses of worship to build a≠ordable homes for the needy
$8.5 million in grants
will help groups adapt
underutilized land
BY A LEJANDRA M OLINA
Houses of worship own thou-
sands of acres across the United
States, and now through millions
of dollars in new grants, congre-
gations in Atlanta, New York,
Baltimore, Miami and Seattle will
be building affordable housing on
their properties.
The national nonprofit Enter-
prise Community Partners on
Wednesday announced $8.5 mil-
lion in grants from the Wells
Fargo Foundation to help houses
of worship convert underutilized
land into affordable homes and
community facilities. The effort
was launched at Atlanta First
United Methodist Church.
This money will help build
roughly 6,000 affordable homes,
Enterprise said.
“To meet my administration’s
ambitious goal of creating or pre-
serving 20,000 units of affordable
housing, we will need the assis-
tance of all facets of our commu-
nity using all tools at our dispos-
al,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens
said at the event.
In Atlanta’s Fulton County
alone, faith-based organizations
own more than 6,000 acres, much
of which is underutilized, Enter-
prise said. With this funding,
Enterprise will help about 15
houses of worship in the Atlanta
metro area create 1,000 afford-
able homes over the next five
years.
As pastors may lack the re-
sources or knowledge to cut hous-
ing deals, the nonprofit organiza-
tion will assist faith leaders in
navigating the development
process, enter into long-term
ground lease agreements and re-
fer them to vetted development
partners, such as architects and
designers.
Enterprise’s Faith-Based De-
velopment Initiative launched in
Va. residents
push back on
‘safe haven’
for Afghans
REFUGEES FROM B1
their documents processed
abroad, which will keep their stay
in Leesburg to between two and
four weeks, DHS officials said.
All of those individuals have
been vetted to enter the United
States — including biometric and
biographic screenings and vacci-
nations for the coronavirus and
other diseases — with many of
them eligible to receive special
immigrant visas that would put
them on a path to legal permanent
residency, DHS officials said.
of Friday, according to The Wash-
ington Post.
Public health experts say the
unvaccinated population is har-
boring vaccine hesitancy or out-
right anti-vaccine sentiment,
some of it driven by faith. Accord-
ing to a December survey by the
Public Religion Research Insti-
tute and the Interfaith Youth
Core, 10 percent of Americans say
they believe getting a coronavirus
vaccine conflicts with their reli-
gious beliefs.
Among their objections is that
in developing or testing their
vaccines, Moderna, Pfizer-
BioNTech and Johnson & John-
son all used cell lines in various
ways that trace their origins to
aborted fetuses from the 1970s
and 1980s. The most commonly
used in medical laboratories are
known as HEK293 and PER.C6.
Bishop Joseph Strickland of
the Diocese of Tyler, Tex., has
defied Catholic Church hierarchy
by taking a hard-line stance
against coronavirus vaccines be-
cause of the controversial cell
lines.
“I WILL NOT take an abortion
tainted vaccine, I wish other
bishops had joined me months
ago,” Strickland tweeted in April
2021. But he linked from the
tweet to an article from the
website Catholic Culture, which
promoted Novavax’s shot in a
separate December 2020 post as
“apparently developed and pro-
duced without any involvement
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, shown at a Feb. 17 event in Atlanta, says money for housing on religious
properties could help the city reach a goal of creating or preserving 20,000 units of affordable housing.
2006 in the Mid-Atlantic region,
where it has helped faith-based
organizations create or preserve
more than 1,500 affordable
homes and one community-based
health clinic.
“It’s this notion of there’s a
compelling human need that a
house of worship exists in, and it’s
sitting on a resource. It becomes a
stewardship issue. Is this some-
thing that God is calling us to do
. . . that allows us to be good and
faithful stewards to have more
impact?” David Bowers, vice pres-
“You have the resource [land]. There is potential
to get this done in a way that helps provide for
the needs of people who are living in the
community in which houses of worship exist.”
David Bowers, vice president at Enterprise Community Partners
“These aren’t people that are
strangers to us,” Fenton told the
crowd after explaining that the
United States is still actively iden-
tifying and evacuating Afghans
who had put their lives at risk by
helping in the war effort.
But many of the residents at the
town hall meeting saw the DHS
plan as a threat to their quality of
life.
Most were angry that their
neighborhood, a quiet planned
community that features boutique
shops and a golf resort, had not
been consulted before a contract
was signed between the federal
government and the convention
center owners.
Some residents had practical
concerns, such as how local traffic
would be affected by what DHS
officials said would be five to six
busloads of Afghans arriving from
nearby Dulles Airport once or
twice a week until the operation’s
scheduled end in September.
EZ RE
RELIGION
of fetal tissues.”
Novavax chief executive Stan-
ley Erck has expressed hope his
vaccine could win over vaccine
skeptics in general. “In the U.S.,
the primary market, I think, in
2022 is going to be to supply a
vaccine, our normal two-dose
regimen, to a lot of people who
have been hesitant to get other
vaccines,” Erck told CNN in No-
vember.
Some prominent anti-vaccine
activists, such as Robert F. Ken-
nedy Jr., have been cautious but
notably less hostile toward
Novavax because it uses protein-
based technology, a more tradi-
tional approach than the mRNA-
based vaccines created by Moder-
na and Pfizer. The animal cells
employed in its development,
Novavax notes, come from
moths.
The company claims the shot
was up to 90 percent effective in
preventing the original strain of
the coronavirus and announced
in December that it also gener-
ates an immune response against
the omicron variant.
Abby Johnson, a prominent
antiabortion activist who has re-
peatedly condemned many coro-
navirus vaccines because of their
connection to fetal cell lines,
celebrated Novavax’s approach.
“It is my understanding that
[Novavax] has been used success-
fully in several countries with a
high efficacy rate,” she told RNS
in a statement. “It is also my
ident at Enterprise Community
Partners, told Religion News
Service.
“Does this mean every house of
worship should do it? No. What
we are saying is that you have the
need. You have the resource.
There is potential to get this done
in a way that helps provide for the
needs of people who are living in
the community in which houses
of worship exist,” added Bowers,
who is also an ordained minister.
Similar approaches are hap-
pening in other parts of the na-
Others marched to micro-
phones set up inside the ballroom
with dark theories about who
would be housed at the facility, a
short walk from two schools —
asking whether the arriving Af-
ghans would be able to leave the
conference center site (they won’t)
and whether there would be extra
security set up to prevent any po-
tential crimes (federal guards will
be at the conference center, and
additional county sheriff deputy
patrol cars will be at the two
schools).
“You’re putting us at risk!” one
man shouted into a microphone.
“You’re putting our children at
risk!”
A few residents referenced a
Defense Department inspector
general’s report released this
month that found that an initial
lack of information-sharing be-
tween U.S. agencies exposed po-
tential security risks when some
Afghans who were not eligible to
understanding that there are not
any ethical concerns regarding
Novavax, which is hopeful for
pro-lifers who have avoided the
vaccine due to those objections.”
Scientists and faith leaders
have dismissed criticism of
HEK293 and other cell lines,
explaining that the cells used
today are clones many steps re-
moved from the original tissue
and are not present in the mRNA-
based vaccines themselves.
Both the Vatican and the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops
have issued statements declaring
it morally permissible for Catho-
lics to get Moderna, Pfizer-
BioNTech and Johnson & John-
son shots despite use of the cell
lines. Texas pastor Robert Jef-
fress, onetime adviser to Presi-
dent Donald Trump, has similar-
ly derided the cell line argument,
pointing out that they are used to
develop a host of common medi-
cines.
“Christians who are troubled
by the use of a fetal cell line for
the testing of the vaccines would
also have to abstain from the use
of Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, Ibupro-
fen and other products that used
the same cell line, if they are
sincere in their objection,” Jef-
fress told the Associated Press in
September.
Yet religious arguments have
continued to crop up among
those who oppose vaccine man-
dates. A major protest last month
in D.C. began with a musical
MOSES ROBINSON/GETTY IMAGES
tion.
In California, the Rev. John
Cager, pastor of Ward African
Methodist Episcopal Church in
South Los Angeles, helped create
the Faith Community Coalition, a
network of pastors that seeks to
find better opportunities for faith
leaders who may feel the need to
sell when they’re in a position of
declining revenue.
Ultimately, the coalition aims
for churches to work with devel-
opers who are willing to enter
into full partnerships with par-
ishes, evenly splitting the revenue
and paving the way for the houses
of worship to eventually own the
properties.
“The operating ethos of the
coalition is that we want to do
housing and do development as a
ministry,” Cager told RNS in
March. “We believe in the gospel
of Jesus Christ.”
— Religion News Service
enter the United States went unac-
counted for.
A DHS spokesman on Friday
said no evacuees were allowed to
enter the country until they were
cleared through a multilayered
vetting process that begins abroad
and is continual.
“The federal government is le-
veraging every tool available to
ensure that no individuals who
pose a threat to public safety or
national security are permitted to
enter the United States,” the
spokesman said.
Fenton, Loudoun County Board
Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D) and
other local and federal officials at
the meeting worked to assure the
crowd that they would work to
make sure the site causes minimal
disruptions.
“Our intent is to not impact
your community at all,” Fenton
said, eliciting guffaws.
John Walsh, general manager of
the National Convention Center,
THE WASHINGTON POST
number that characterized vac-
cine mandates as “a war on
religion.” What’s more, vaccine
controversy has spurred fusions
of Christian nationalism and an-
ti-vaccine rhetoric.
Novavax’s distance from the
cell lines might not be enough for
some, however. Asked about the
Novavax shot, Sarah Quale, presi-
dent of the antiabortion Person-
hood Alliance Education, pointed
to a scientific study of Novavax’s
vaccine that referred to the use of
HEK293 cells.
“The Personhood Alliance’s of-
ficial position on vaccine ethics
asserts that the use of aborted
fetal cell lines at any point in
vaccine creation is morally unac-
ceptable,” Quale said via email.
“All currently available SARS-
CoV-2 vaccines in the U.S. used
aborted fetal cell lines at some
point in the design, production,
and/or testing processes.”
Pressed about the study, a
Novavax spokesperson said the
company “did not use HEK-293
cells in the testing of NVX-
CoV2373.”
“The reference in the Science
paper to HEK293 cells was based
on well-established scientific
knowledge, did not include our
vaccine protein, and is complete-
ly independent of Novavax covid-
19 vaccine development,” the
spokesperson said in a follow-up
email.
Quale remained skeptical, not-
ing that Novavax has “not made
U.S. evangelicals should care
about Ukraine, author says
BY B OB S MIETANA
The news that Russia invaded
Ukraine was of deep concern for
Bradley Nassif, a theologian and
expert on Orthodox-evangelical
dialogue who spent years as a
tenured professor of religion at an
evangelical university.
The status of the Orthodox
Church in Ukraine has long been a
source of tension. While Ukraine
is home to millions of Orthodox
Christians, they are divided in
loyalties, with ties to rival leaders
in Eastern Orthodoxy, including
the Russian Orthodox Church
with its Moscow patriarch and an
independent Ukrainian Orthodox
Church recognized by the Ecu-
menical Patriarch of Constantino-
ple, the leader of Orthodoxy
worldwide.
Nassif, author of “The Evangeli-
cal Theology of the Orthodox
Church,” spoke with Religion
News Service about the crisis in
Ukraine, how Orthodox Chris-
tians in the United States are re-
sponding and why events in
Ukraine should concern Ameri-
cans.
The conversation was conduct-
ed by email and has been edited
for clarity.
How is this news from
Ukraine affecting Orthodox
Christians in the United States?
The Council of Bishops of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of
the United States believe the Rus-
sians want complete domination
of the land and its resources.
Under the guise of the “Soviet
Union,” Russia wants not only the
rich natural resources of Ukraine
but also a buffer zone between
itself and the Western world.
These are also largely the senti-
ments of the Ukrainian American
people.
Is there concern for the
Church in Ukraine?
Yes. The Council of Bishops of
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
of the United States has directed
all its clergy to pray specifically for
the situation. Ukrainian families
in the United States are profound-
said his organization is proud to
be involved in the Afghan resettle-
ment effort. Given the blow to
corporate business caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, the center
also needs the contract, Walsh
said.
“Corporate, for us, has really
gone away,” he said. “Our revenues
have dropped significantly.”
Dean Winslow, a Stanford Uni-
versity medical professor who has
helped the Biden administration
with its pandemic response, in-
cluding vaccinating Afghan evac-
uees, became emotional over the
negative comments.
A retired Air Force colonel who
served six tours in Afghanistan
and Iraq, Winslow delivered an
impassioned speech about the
U.S. commitment to take care of
Afghans who in many cases
helped save American lives.
“This mission is so important,”
he told the crowd, through tears.
“These people are good people,
. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
information available as to which
cells were used in testing.”
Meanwhile, Johnson noted
that while any use of the cell lines
would change her opinion of the
shot, she’s “not seeing any evi-
dence that they were, and
Novavax is denying they were
used.”
Stacy Trasancos, who recently
left her post at the St. Philip
Institute of Catechesis and Evan-
gelization and co-leads the anti-
abortion group Children of God
for Life, both of which are tied to
Bishop Strickland, called
Novavax’s initial response “con-
fusing” but did not immediately
respond to the company’s clarifi-
cation.
Whether Novavax’s efforts will
be enough to win over Strickland
or those who agree with him is an
open question. The marriage of
anti-vaccine sentiment and op-
position to vaccine mandates has
emerged as a political force all its
own, and many who oppose vac-
cines root their views in a variety
of conspiracy theories, not just
faith. Even if it does convert some
of the unvaccinated, it’s unclear
whether the shift would be signif-
icant.
But as the United States reach-
es more than 940,000 deaths
attributed to covid-19, according
to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, any increase in
vaccinations may make a differ-
ence.
— Religion News Service
ly worried about their relatives as
well as Ukraine itself.
Communication, however, has
been difficult or blocked. Ukraini-
an immigrants are shoring up
their support for family members
there through financial donations
and organized demonstrations.
I’m hearing some calling for Presi-
dent Biden to go beyond sanctions
and use military force to defend
democracy in Ukraine.
What should Americans know
about how this conflict could af-
fect religious people in Ukraine?
The religious consequences of
the Russian occupation of
Ukraine are enormous. There has
been a long dispute, recently re-
vived since 2018, between the Rus-
sian Orthodox Church and the
Ecumenical Patriarchate in Tur-
key over the autocephaly of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The question centers on who
has the ecclesiastical authority to
grant autocephaly to the Ukraini-
an Church. If Russia should estab-
lish itself in Ukraine, the Russian
Orthodox Church will have much
more power to control the fate of
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
As a result, the political conflicts
we are now watching on television
could soon become a major reli-
gious conflict as well.
There are some Americans, in
particular some evangelicals,
who are taking a “who cares”
response or, in some ways, are
supportive of Russia. What
would you say to them?
Evangelicals who take a “who
cares” attitude to what is going on
now in Ukraine will be in for a big
surprise once the dust settles. One
needs only to look at what the
Russians did to evangelicals after
they annexed the Crimean Penin-
sula from Ukraine in 2014.
Evangelicals may well face sim-
ilar governmental penalties for
church gatherings, preaching and
evangelistic campaigns. The
growing concern is over evangeli-
cals who allegedly “sheep steal”
members of the Orthodox Church
into their own Protestant ranks.
— Religion News Service
and it means so much to all of us
who served that we do the right
thing as Americans.”
That drew a standing ovation
from members of the crowd who
had not spoken.
Abdul Ebadi, 63, was one of
them. He fled Afghanistan in 1992,
during the chaos that ensued after
the Soviet Union ended its occupa-
tion there, and now lives in Lansd-
owne.
Ebadi said he was saddened by
most of his neighbors’ comments.
Thinking about a brother and
other relatives still in Kabul, he
scribbled out his own speech to
deliver to the group and headed to
a microphone.
“They need help right now,” he
said in his speech. “I know it’s hard
for the community, but we should
do something to help them, and
their children.”
As Ebadi finished and went
home, more people were lined up
to speak against the plan.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST
LO C AL DIG EST THE DISTRICT
MARYLAND Park, trail in Northwest Washington will no longer honor Hazen
Suspect is arrested in
drug deal slaying
A man has been arrested and
City official advocated
charged with first-degree murder razing Reno City,
in a shooting during a drug deal
last weekend, Prince George’s
a Black neighborhood
County police said.
Preston Hollis Jr., 35, of
Landover, is accused in the death BY J USTIN W M. M OYER
of Jonathan Jamison Jr., 21, of
Laurel, last Saturday, police said. The National Park Service has
Jamison was found with a removed from Northwest Wash-
gunshot wound in a car that ington landmarks the name of a
crashed into a house on Forest onetime D.C. official who advo-
Terrace in the Landover area, cated destroying Black residents’
police said. Police said Hollis and homes to support new develop-
Jamison knew each other. ment.
— Jasmine Hilton Melvin Hazen, who died in
1941, mapped woodlands outside
VIRGINIA downtown D.C. as the city grew
beyond its original street plan
Officer is charged after and became D.C.’s surveyor in
toddler dies by his gun 1908 before being appointed to
its Board of Commissioners.
A Newport News police officer Though a Post obituary hailed
is facing a misdemeanor charge him as a “City Father,” the Park
after police say his toddler fatally Service said Hazen, as a surveyor,
shot himself with his father’s promoted the destruction of
service weapon. Reno City, a Black neighborhood
Stefhone Christian McCombs that stood in what is now Fort
Sr., 25, was charged Feb. 8 with Reno Park.
allowing access to firearms by a “It is an ill-devised, ill-shaped
minor, the Daily Press reported. subdivision that you cannot do
The incident occurred in late anything with unless you just
October at McCombs’s home. The wipe it off,” Hazen said of the
boy who died was 2 years old. neighborhood in a 1926 Senate
McCombs told detectives he hearing.
came home from work and
placed his unholstered gun next
to him on a couch, according to
the criminal complaint filed in MARYLAND
court.
McCombs said he “forgot the
firearm was still left unsecured”
when his children got home
Panel votes to lift statewide school mask mandate, giving districts control
hours later, the complaint said.
— Associated Press BY N ICOLE A SBURY
A Maryland legislative com-
Child shooting spurs mittee approved a new policy by
felony neglect charge the State Board of Education that
would pave the way for local
A woman has been charged school districts to make masks
with child neglect after her 10- optional.
year-old child was found alone in Members of the Administra-
a Virginia Beach hotel Tuesday tive, Executive and Legislative
with a self-inflicted gunshot Review — which includes both
wound, police said. senators and representatives
As the child handled a gun in a from the statehouse — voted 17-1
room, it discharged, hitting the Friday to lift the statewide school
child’s leg, Virginia Beach police mask mandate and shift control
said. Nydia Wynn, the child’s to schools on masking require-
mother, knowingly left the child ments.
alone while she went out and left The decision came as the Cen-
the gun accessible, police said. ters for Disease Control and Pre-
Wynn was charged with felony vention simultaneously an-
child neglect and allowing a nounced new health guidelines
juvenile to have access to a that would ease masking for
loaded firearm, authorities said. most Americans. The new guid-
— Associated Press ance recommends that schools
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Results from Feb. 25 Masks are going away, but virus numbers are still high. What has changed?
DISTRICT
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Night/DC-3 (Thu.): 7-2-0 under a framework that ranks the
DC-3 (Fri.): 5-5-5 D.C. metro area as having low
DC-4 (Thu.): 0-4-3-7 rates of community transmission.
DC-4 (Fri.): 8-4-1-3 Prince George’s County Execu-
DC-5 (Thu.): 3-1-8-8-0 tive Angela D. Alsobrooks on
DC-5 (Fri.): 2-9-8-3-9 Friday announced the county’s
indoor mask mandate would end
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THE REGION
On an almost-spring day, it was also almost freezing
BY M ARTIN W EIL Washington’s official high tem-
perature of 59 degrees fell only
In terms of our weather and one degree short of the more
our seasons, Friday seemed a day springlike 60s. A 60-degree read-
of almosts and not-quites. ing is the average for March 25.
On the eve of the fourth and In addition, our morning low
final weekend of February, we temperature almost dropped to
have almost reached month’s freezing. Almost. But at 33 de-
end; significantly, in the meteoro- grees, it stayed a degree above.
logical community, the end of Friday the sun set at 5:57 p.m.,
February marks the end of win- only three minutes short of 6 p.m.
ter. As to the aesthetics of the
From the perspective of prox- sunset, we each may qualify to
imity to a thermal landmark, pass our own judgment.
On Wednesday, the National
Park Service said in a statement
that it would remove Hazen’s
name from a Northwest Wash-
ington park and trail after “care-
ful consideration,” calling him “a
leading force in the systematic
dismantling of Reno City.”
“Melvin Hazen was instru-
mental in the displacement of
Black residents,” the statement
said.
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Nor-
ton (D), who wrote the Park
Service last year requesting the
name change, said in a statement
that Hazen “chose to wield his
power by promoting segregation,
prioritizing all-white communi-
ties and marginalizing African-
American residents.” Under his
leadership, she said, Reno City
was labeled a “blight” and Black
families were pushed out of
homes they owned.
“The removal of his name
from Rock Creek Park is long
overdue,” she said.
The park also got a new name:
Reservation 630, its number in
the Park Service system. The
Park Service said in its statement
that, though it had administra-
tive authority to remove Hazen’s
name, only Congress has the
authority to rename the park.
Chuck Ludlam, a local resi-
use universal masking only in
communities with high levels of
diseases. In areas with low levels
of the virus, which include most
of the D.C. metro area under the
new guidance, masks can be
removed indoors, including in
schools. The CDC previously rec-
ommended schools have univer-
sal masking regardless of trans-
mission levels.
The Maryland State Board of
Education lifted its mask re-
quirement at a meeting this
week, following a recommenda-
tion from State Schools Superin-
tendent Mohammed Choudhury,
but it needed approval from the
state legislative committee be-
fore it went into effect. Gov. Larry
Hogan (R) pushed the committee
to “act swiftly” and approve the
state board’s action in a state-
ment Tuesday.
fairly high,” Goldman said. “So
we’re at a time now when we still
have a lot more transmission of
covid than we’d like. . . . We’ve
been through a massive surge
that none of us ever predicted
would ever happen.”
As of Friday, infection rates for
Maryland, D.C. and Virginia were
10, 13 and 23 cases for every
100,000 residents, respectively.
Though a few points lower, the
recent rates are almost identical
to those recorded in the first week
of December as omicron began to
spread.
Prince George’s County has 5.6
average daily cases per 100,000
residents, the lowest of any juris-
diction in Maryland and a data
point that Alsobrooks said helped
her decide to remove the mask
mandate earlier than she initially
planned.
“I have waited a very long time
to say that it is safe for us to do
this,” she said in a news confer-
ence Friday. “We are continuing
to make every decision based on
the safety of our residents.”
However, she said the pandem-
ic is not over and noted how
quickly the omicron variant
spread as people thought they
were seeing “light at the end of
the tunnel.”
Masks in schools have become
a flash point in recent weeks as
school officials struggled in the
face of political and legislative
pressure. The D.C. public school
system is an outlier in still requir-
ing masks for children at school,
even outdoors in places like the
On Friday, as the sun went
down, a streak of pale orange
glowed on the western horizon.
Above it, blue sky faded and a
faint pink tinge brushed the gray
undersides of a few wisps of
cloud.
The quiet attractions of the
sight may have seemed almost
equal to the demands of a season-
al milestone of a day. But some
demanding members of the hard-
to-please community might have
said almost, almost, but not quite.
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Melvin Hazen mapped woodlands outside downtown D.C. The
National Park Service announced this week that it would remove
his name from a Northwest Washington park and trail.
dent who advocated for a name
change after researching en-
slaved people who worked the
land north of Connecticut Av-
enue, said he hoped the Park
Service would solicit new names
for future congressional action.
He has suggested the name
Catawba — the name of a grape
possibly first cultivated by en-
slaved people on a nearby vine-
Previously, the state board al-
lowed schools to remove mask
mandates if they met one of three
public health thresholds: The
county had to reach at least an 80
percent vaccination rate, 80 per-
cent of school staff and students
had to be vaccinated, or the
county had to have 14 days with
moderate or low transmission of
coronavirus infections.
Choudhury told lawmakers
that the conditions have im-
proved in schools, since more
students have access to coronavi-
rus vaccine and testing. Mary-
land has a lower seven-day aver-
age case rate than the United
States overall, according to data
compiled by The Washington
Post. Daily reported cases have
gone down 9 percent in the past
week. Deaths and hospitaliza-
tions were also decreasing, ac-
Students, distanced and masked, listen to the national anthem and
recite the pledge before class on Sept. 14, 2020, in Rockville, Md.
playground.
On the heels of the Maryland
legislative committee decision
Friday to give local school dis-
tricts the authority to decide
whether masks should be option-
al, State Superintendent of
Schools Mohammed Choudhury
said Howard, Frederick, and
Anne Arundel counties’ schools
have chosen to go that route.
Others are likely to follow suit.
Prince George’s County Public
Schools chief Monica Goldson
said masks are still required in-
doors in schools, but students can
remove them outdoors when par-
ticipating in recess and spring
sports.
In Virginia, a fierce battle over
school masking has raged for the
past month. Hours after Young-
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yard.
For now, though, Ludlam said
it is “appropriate that Hazen no
longer be honored.”
“It’s a good example of cancel
culture in the sense that it was a
process,” he said. “I would rather
have a contemplative process
with real research and real facts
than a rush to judgment.”
Hazen’s name was stripped
cording to the data set.
Three Maryland school sys-
tems have lifted their masking
requirements under the previous
state board regulations — Anne
Arundel, Howard and Frederick
counties, Choudhury said Friday.
Following the decision by the
state legislative committee, more
are likely to follow suit.
Maryland State Board of Edu-
cation President Clarence C.
Crawford told legislative com-
mittee members that the state
board would “continue to expect
these boards to exercise their
authority in a responsible man-
ner.”
Ahead of the vote, some speak-
ers pushed the committee to
remove the mandate entirely for
schools and keep the decision out
of local school districts’ hands.
Other speakers asked the com-
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kin (R) took office in mid-Janu-
ary, he issued an executive order
declaring parents statewide can
decide whether their children
wear masks at school. More than
half of Virginia’s 131 school dis-
tricts announced they would
keep mask rules anyway and sev-
eral school boards and parents
filed lawsuits seeking to oppose
or uphold Youngkin’s order.
But last week Youngkin, who
promised on the campaign trail
to end mask requirements in
schools, signed a bill that makes
masks optional in Virginia public
schools by March 1. In response,
even districts that resisted
Youngkin’s mask-optional order
said they will obey the new law.
That includes Fairfax County
Public Schools, the largest in the
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from the park and trail as the
D.C. region continues to grapple
with landmarks that honor Con-
federates and segregationists — a
process sometimes complicated
by different agencies with over-
lapping authority and jurisdic-
tion.
Just last month, for example,
Maryland legislators introduced
a bill to remove a racist senator’s
name from Chevy Chase Circle
on the D.C.-Maryland border.
D.C. residents voted in 2020 to
remove a plaque honoring the
senator — Francis G. Newlands,
who advocated the repeal of the
15th Amendment, which gave
Black men the right to vote,
before his death in 1917 — and
Norton co-sponsored related leg-
islation that same year.
Some advocates for name
changes say there is more work
to be done.
Neil Flanagan, who detailed
the history of the Reno City
neighborhood in a 2017 article
for the Washington City Paper,
said in an email that other
officials involved in its clearance
should be scrutinized in “a sys-
tematic, historian-led analysis of
the city’s namesakes.”
“If that’s enough to strip Ha-
zen’s name, then is it enough for
the others?” he said.
mittee to keep the current regu-
lations in place to protect stu-
dents under the age of 5 who
don’t have access to the vaccine
and students who may be espe-
cially vulnerable to the coronavi-
rus.
Before approving the state
board’s action, Sen. Sarah K.
Elfreth (D-Anne Arundel) said
she was concerned about the
impact it would have on the
youngest students and older edu-
cators who are more vulnerable
to covid-19.
“In voting yes, I am strongly
encouraging our local jurisdic-
tions to continue to be guided by
the best public health data, and
with the thought that we are still
one school community,” Elfreth
said. “We need to make sure we
are looking out for each other
through that lens.”
state with 180,000 students,
which joined a lawsuit alleging
the mask-optional order in-
fringed on school boards’ consti-
tutional right to oversee their
school systems.
“Please talk with your child
before March 1 so they will be
aware of your family’s preference
for mask-wearing at school,” Fair-
fax Superintendent Scott
Brabrand said Friday in a mes-
sage to parents. “Teachers and
school staff will not treat stu-
dents differently based on their
choice.”
A Virginia poll this week found
that 56 percent of voters believe
school masking decisions should
be based on health data and
experts, while 41 percent think it
should be left up to parents.
Stephen Farnsworth, a politi-
cal scientist at the University of
Mary Washington, said governors
in liberal-leaning states, such as
New Jersey, Connecticut, Oregon
and California, have recently
nixed state school masking re-
quirements.
“The intense desire to move
beyond these very unpleasant re-
cent years is creating a lot of
pressure to return to normalcy in
advance of where some scientific
opinion would suggest policy
should be,” he said.
“Scientists are not generally
elected officials, and elected offi-
cials get to make the decisions,”
he said.
Nicole Asbury contributed to this
report.
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Jan. 6 defendant calls walking around with Pelosi’s lectern a ‘very stupid idea’
CAPITOL FROM B1
Wars Start” and “The Next Civil
War.”
“What we’re experiencing now
is exactly some of the things that
were experienced prior to those
events taking place,” Walton said
to Johnson. “And you contributed
to that.”
Johnson was apologetic, and
his attorneys noted that he began
cooperating fully with federal
agents as soon as he was arrested
Jan. 8, although he had destroyed
his photos and social media ac-
counts by then. He told the judge
he knew that if he had committed
similar acts in other countries, “I’d
be on a firing wall, not before you.”
He acknowledged the riot “was
violent.”
“There were things there that
happened that should never have
happened,” Johnson said. “I’m
ashamed to have been a part of it.”
Johnson, 37, of Bradenton, Fla.,
is a stay-at-home father of five
boys ages 6 to 14, according to
Youngkin order prompts overhaul of equity, diversity policies in Va. schools
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Youngkin said in a statement
Friday that, although much work
remains to be done, he is “encour-
aged” by Balow’s preliminary ac-
tions.
“Our Virginia students should
not be taught to discriminate on
the basis of sex, skin color, or
religion and VDOE policies
should certainly not recommend
such concepts,” he said.
Education became a primary
focus for Youngkin in the late
weeks of his campaign, reflecting
a burgeoning national debate
over how and what schools
should teach about race, racism
and American history. The right
has found a politically potent
rallying cry in the drive to ban
critical race theory, a college-level
academic theory that analyzes
how systemic racism shapes
American society — but which
conservatives wield as a catchall
encompassing a wide variety of
school programs meant to boost
diversity, equity and inclusion.
Balow’s actions Friday come as
SALLY KELLERMAN, 84
Actress played ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan in ‘M.A.S.H.’ movie, earning Oscar nod
BY H ARRISON S MITH
Sally Kellerman, an elegant, sul-
try-voiced actress and singer who
earned an Oscar nomination for
playing the strait-laced Army
nurse Margaret “Hot Lips” Houli-
han in Robert Altman’s movie
“M.A.S.H.,” died Feb. 24 at an as-
sisted-living home in the Wood-
land Hills section of Los Angeles.
She was 84.
She had dementia, said her man-
ager and publicist Alan Eichler.
Toggling between dramatic
roles and quirky, free-spirited co-
medic parts, Ms. Kellerman ap-
peared in more than 150 movies
and television shows, in addition to
pursuing a career as a cabaret sing-
er and recording artist.
She appeared in one of the first
“Star Trek” episodes, as a ship psy-
chiatrist who develops psychic
abilities, and starred as an English
teacher courted by comedian Rod-
ney Dangerfield — “Why don’t you
call me sometime, when you have
no class?” — in the 1986 movie
“Back to School.”
But she remained best known
for her role in “M.A.S.H.” (1970), a
critically acclaimed black comedy
about a camp of Army doctors and
nurses during the Korean War. “Ev-
erybody calls me Hot Lips,” she told
Life magazine after the film’s re-
lease, sounding surprised and a
little amused by her identification
with the protocol-obsessed Maj.
Houlihan. “Nobody even knows
my name.”
Ms. Kellerman appeared in
some of the movie’s most memora-
ble scenes, earning her nickname
after mischievous doctors sneak a
microphone into the tent where
she’s sleeping with surgeon Frank
Burns (Robert Duvall), broadcast-
ing their lovemaking over the PA
system. “Oh, Frank, my lips are
hot,” she says. “Kiss my hot lips!”
When the doctors (played by
Donald Sutherland and Elliott
Gould, among others) later col-
lapse the walls of the shower unit
as a prank, Ms. Kellerman is ex-
posed to the entire camp mid-
wash. “This isn’t a hospital,” she
shouts after running to her com-
manding officer, angry and humili-
ated. “It’s an insane asylum!”
The film grossed more than
court records,
and is married
to a medical
doctor. He flew
to D.C. on Jan. 5
of last year and
participated
that night in a
Johnson rally where he
was captured
by a Washington Post videogra-
pher yelling expletive-laden com-
ments that Walton interpreted to
mean that Johnson did not believe
Joe Biden was legitimately elect-
ed.
Walton said Johnson could
have turned around and gone
home after that rally, in which he
posted a photo of himself on Face-
book with the caption, “Riot!!!”
But he did not.
Instead, after President Donald
Trump’s morning “Stop the Steal”
rally on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, John-
son learned of the mob assaulting
the Capitol and sprinted to join in,
prosecutors said. He wound up
spending 35 minutes inside the
no surprise: She is directly follow-
ing Youngkin’s requests as laid
out in his Executive Order One. In
that document, he specifically
asked her to end or curtail several
of the programs she rescinded,
including the EdEquityVA pro-
gram and the Virginia Math Path-
ways Initiative. The latter pro-
gram proposed rejiggering
eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade
math courses and increasing stu-
dents’ exposure to data analytics,
but it drew heavy criticism from
some who alleged it would elimi-
nate advanced high school math
classes.
The EdEquityVA program was
adopted by the Northam admin-
istration as a means to close
well-documented racial and so-
cioeconomic achievement gaps
between students, as well as to
increase teachers’ knowledge
about students’ different cul-
tures. It included annual confer-
ences, monthly webinars, a
monthly newsletter, an African
American Superintendent’s Advi-
sory Council and an “equity audit
tool” supposed to make it easier
Sally Kellerman, right, with Liv Ullmann in 1977. Ms. Kellerman, an actress and singer, was best
known for her 1970 “M.A.S.H.” role but had credits in more than 150 movies and TV shows.
$80 million, becoming one of the
year’s biggest box office hits, and
inspired a long-running TV show,
with Ms. Kellerman’s character
played by Loretta Swit. Ms. Keller-
man received one of the film’s five
Oscar nominations, for best sup-
porting actress, but lost to Helen
Hayes for “Airport.”
Ms. Kellerman was widely
praised for her performance, espe-
cially in the shower sequence.
“With her expressive, vulnerable
face, she is disturbing to laugh at,”
wrote New York Times reviewer
Roger Greenspun. “It is as if she
had returned from some noble-
nonsense war movie of the 1940s to
suggest an area of human response
that the masterly sophistications of
‘M.A.S.H.’ are unaware of.”
Some critics saw the prank
scenes as misogynistic, although
Ms. Kellerman argued that they
gave her character a chance to de-
velop over the course of the film
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Capitol, and it was his actions in
addition to parading with Pelosi’s
lectern that gave Walton and the
prosecutors greater concern.
As a group of rioters ap-
proached the House chamber,
with elected representatives hud-
dled inside, Johnson yelled for the
mob to use a bust of George Wash-
ington as a battering ram to break
down the doors to the chamber.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica
Arco played multiple videos that
captured Johnson screaming en-
couragement to fellow rioters.
Johnson also made his own video
of rioters disarming a police offi-
cer, and stood near a D.C. police
officer who was being crushed be-
tween doors during the attack.
Johnson also entered three
highly sensitive areas of the Capi-
tol, prosecutors said, and was pho-
tographed jiggling the handle of
Pelosi’s office suite, seemingly try-
ing to enter. Johnson said people
have asked him what he would
have done if the door had opened
and he found the speaker of the
for school districts to adopt their
own equity initiatives.
In her letter to the governor,
Balow wrote that “numerous re-
sources within EdEquityVA em-
ploy the concept that current
discrimination is needed to ad-
dress past discrimination” — a
reference, she wrote, to proposals
Education became a primary focus for Youngkin
in the late weeks of his campaign, reflecting a
burgeoning national debate over how and what
schools should teach about race, racism and
American history.
that teachers handle interactions
with students differently based
on their skin color and back-
ground.
She also criticized the EdEqui-
tyVA initiative for publishing sug-
gested reading lists that included
works by prominent Black au-
thors Ibram X. Kendi and Gloria
Obituaries
and revealed a vulnerability that
was missing early on. The shower
sequence was also transformative
for her as an actress, after years of
anxiety over her appearance and
frustration with the roles she had
been offered.
“M.A.S.H. was a whole cathar-
sis,” she told Newsweek. “It freed
me of a lot of complexes. All I had
played was these suffering women.
The whole feeling of being big and
ugly and loud as can be was a big
breakthrough for me.”
Ms. Kellerman partnered with
Altman several more times, play-
ing a fairy godmother character in
“Brewster McCloud” (1970) and a
libidinous real estate agent in
“Welcome to L.A.” (1976), which
Altman produced and Alan Ru-
dolph directed. She also had a cam-
eo in the filmmaker’s Hollywood
satire “The Player” (1992) and
starred in his fashion-world com-
edy “Ready to Wear” (1994), as a
House inside. He said he would
have asked her to take a photo
with him.
Walton did not find that claim
credible.
“If that door had been opened,”
the judge said, “God knows what
would have happened.”
Johnson then took Pelosi’s lec-
tern.
“Removing the lectern from the
place it was taken from was a very
stupid idea,” he said. “Foolish, and
something I shouldn’t have done,
and I did make a mockery of a very
intense and not-great day.”
Walking into the Senate Rotun-
da with the lectern, he was photo-
graphed by veteran news photog-
rapher Win McNamee while wav-
ing at the camera. His defense
lawyer, Dan Eckhart, said Johnson
“looks like a fool, wearing a hat,
parading around.”
The photo almost instantly
went viral, leading people to iden-
tify Johnson to authorities. But in
the meantime, prosecutors said,
Johnson boasted that he “broke
Ladson-Billings, whom Balow as-
serted “are critical race theorists
who have moved [critical race
theory] into education.”
Overall, she wrote, EdEquity-
VA “shifts school culture from
excellence and opportunity to eq-
uitable outcomes for all stu-
dents.”
Balow lambasted the Northam
administration’s “Culturally Re-
sponsive Website” for similar rea-
sons. The website offered books,
videos, webinars and podcasts
that educators could peruse to
learn how to “see cultural differ-
ences as assets” and “validate the
inequities impacting students’
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magazine editor and rival to Tracey
Ullman and Linda Hunt.
Their collaborations were some
of the highlights in a career that
was filled with detours, including a
hiatus from acting to tour as a
cabaret singer (“I wanted to be like
Billie Holiday, but without the
drugs — well, maybe just a little
grass”) and stints recording ad
spots for brands including Hidden
Valley Ranch.
In a 2013 memoir, “Read My
Lips,” she conceded that she had
made mistakes in rejecting hit
movies such as “The Poseidon Ad-
venture” in favor of projects that
turned out to be duds, including
the 1973 musical “Lost Horizon,” a
box-office bomb with songs by Burt
Bacharach and Hal David.
“There isn’t an actor in town
who hasn’t turned down some fab-
ulous thing. There was just too
much of that in my case,” she wrote.
“My choices weren’t made from a
THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
the Internet” and was “finally fa-
mous.” He sent messages that said,
“I peacefully entered and peace-
fully left … I truly believe it was my
responsibility as a citi[zen]. … I
was not an agitator. … I was out-
side the doors [where the session
was held] but never entered. … I
was there to record history, I was
there to know.”
Johnson had erased most of this
material by the time he was visited
by the FBI and arrested. Prosecu-
tors said they considered that an
aggravating factor in recommend-
ing a sentence of 90 days in jail and
a $5,000 fine. But they said his
subsequent cooperation with in-
vestigators was a mitigating fac-
tor. Johnson pleaded guilty to en-
tering and remaining in a restrict-
ed building, and faced up to six
months in jail.
Eckhart said Johnson had been
approached with many offers for
book or television deals, and had
rejected them all. News of the of-
fers led prosecutors to request,
and Johnson to agree to, a provi-
lives.”
But Balow wrote that the web-
site pushes “divisive concepts,”
forces teachers to treat their stu-
dents differently based on race
and improperly establishes “equi-
ty of outcomes,” rather than “eq-
uity of opportunity,” as the preem-
inent pedagogical goal.
Shortly after Youngkin issued
Executive Order One, several par-
ent and teacher associations in
Virginia — including the Virginia
Education Association and the
Virginia Parent Teacher Associa-
tion — signed a statement de-
nouncing the order and calling on
Youngkin to rescind it.
“Recognizing difficult mo-
ments in our nation’s past is not,
in itself, divisive,” they wrote.
“Restricting age-appropriate and
factually accurate discussion led
by well-trained teachers is divi-
sive.”
On Friday, the state education
association called Balow’s moves
to rescind educational materials
pure political maneuvering.
“VEA is quite frankly outraged
and appalled by the steps taken
place of any real confidence but
rather mostly from fear.”
One of her “most painful mis-
takes,” she said, was spurning an
offer from Altman to appear in one
of his upcoming movies. When she
told him in a phone call that she
would take the role “only if it’s a
good part,” he hung up.
“Bob was as stubborn and arro-
gant as I was at the time, but the sad
thing is that I cheated myself out of
working with someone I loved so
much, someone who made acting
both fun and easy and who trusted
his actors.”
The film was “Nashville,” Alt-
man’s 1975 masterpiece set in the
country and gospel music world.
“In that part I would have been able
to sing,” Ms. Kellerman wrote. “Bad
choice.”
Sally Claire Kellerman was born
in Long Beach, Calif., on June 2,
1937, and grew up in Los Angeles,
graduating from Hollywood High.
Her mother was a piano teacher,
and her father was an oil company
executive.
At age 18, she landed a contract
with Verve Records and seemed on
the verge of fulfilling her dream of
becoming a jazz singer. But she was
“neurotic and scared,” she later told
the Los Angeles Times, and turned
from singing to acting, taking
classes with instructor Jeff Corey
and making her screen debut with
a small role in “Reform School Girl”
(1957).
Supporting herself with jobs as a
waitress, secretary, swimming
coach and elevator operator, she
began to appear on television, in-
cluding in episodes of “The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis,” “Hawaii
Five-O,” “Mannix,” “Cheyenne” and
“The Outer Limits.” “It took me
eight years to get into TV — and six
years to get out,” she told Life.
“Frigid women, alcoholics they
gave me. I got beat up, raped and
never played comedy.”
Ms. Kellerman landed roles in
the suspense and crime movies
“The Third Day” (1965) and “The
Boston Strangler” (1968), and was
slated to appear in a 1966 stage
production of the musical “Break-
fast at Tiffany’s,” which closed dur-
ing previews and never officially
opened on Broadway.
Then came “M.A.S.H.” and its
sion in his plea agreement in
which any profits he derived from
his involvement in Jan. 6, 2021 —
whether media interviews or T-
shirts with his likeness on them —
is assigned to the United States.
Walton acknowledged the diffi-
culty of raising five boys. But he
then asked, “How can you call
yourself a good role model for
those five boys, when you come up
and do something like this?” John-
son said he gathered the boys
shortly before his arrest and told
them, “I’m going to jail because I
broke the law, I did something
wrong.” He said he has been
shunned by longtime friends, and
told Walton “your judgment is half
the equation. The other half is the
people that leave from this, and
how they speak about it.”
Walton ordered that Johnson
receive credit for time served,
which court records show to be
about 11 days. Johnson is the sev-
enth of 108 defendants sentenced
so far to get a $5,000 fine, which is
the highest given by any judge.
by Governor Youngkin to take
work rooted in educational excel-
lence and throw it out by the
wayside for blatantly political
motivations,” VEA President
James J. Fedderman said.
Fedderman said Balow’s ac-
tions undermine the work of al-
ready short-staffed and
stretched-thin teachers by imply-
ing that they are working to in-
doctrinate students.
Other education advocacy
groups, though, were celebrating
— including Fight For Schools, a
parent activist organization in
Loudoun County founded by for-
mer Trump administration offi-
cial Ian Prior. Fight For Schools
has been prominent in the con-
servative battle against critical
race theory and is leading a cam-
paign to recall members of the
Loudoun school board.
Prior said in a text Friday that
Balow’s actions mark “an excel-
lent step in . . . returning Vir-
ginia’s education system to one
that increases opportunities for
all students, without eliminating
meritocracy and competition.”
notorious shower sequence. Ms.
Kellerman later said she felt “abso-
lutely horrified and humiliated”
while preparing to shoot the scene;
during early takes, she dropped to
the ground and covered herself so
quickly that it was unclear what
was happening. The cast and crew,
led by Altman, devised ways to
slow her descent.
“When I looked up, there was
[actor] Gary Burghoff stark naked
standing in front of me,” Ms. Keller-
man said in Mitchell Zuckoff’s
book “Robert Altman: The Oral
Biography.” “The next take, he had
Tamara Horrocks,” who played one
of the nurses, “without her shirt on.
… So I attribute my Academy
Award nomination to the people
who made my mouth hang open
when I hit the deck.”
Ms. Kellerman appeared oppo-
site Alan Arkin in the Neil Simon
adaptation “Last of the Red Hot
Lovers” (1972) and in the road-trip
comedy “Rafferty and the Gold
Dust Twins” (1975). She also
starred with James Caan in “Slith-
er” (1973) and played the disap-
proving mother of Diane Lane in “A
Little Romance” (1979), as well as
the divorced, unsatisfied mother of
Jodie Foster in “Foxes” (1980).
Her marriage to writer-director
Richard Edelstein ended in di-
vorce. In 1980, she married Jona-
than D. Krane, who produced the
comedy “Look Who’s Talking.” He
died in 2016, the same year as her
daughter Hannah Krane. Survi-
vors include two children, Jack and
Claire.
In recent years Ms. Kellerman
appeared on shows including “Dif-
ficult People” and “Maron,” and
received a Daytime Emmy nomina-
tion for a guest role on “The Young
and the Restless.” She also per-
formed cabaret, including in an act
she called “Hot Lips,” and released
an album, “Sally,” in 2009.
“You must have enough other
things going for you so the world
doesn’t come to an end if you’re not
working,” she once told United
Press International. “You build a
life with your husband and kids. I
wasn’t born a model of mental
health. But I have to get it together
when I’m not working. I never stay
down too long because I’m busy
figuring how to get out of the hole.”
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DEATH NOTICE
BLAUSTEIN
RENEE BLAUSTEIN
On Thursday, February 24,
2022, RENEE BLAUSTEIN of
Rockville, MD. Beloved wife of
the late Saul J. Blaustein. De-
voted mother of Michael (Bar-
bara) and Jonah (Leslie Plant)
Blaustein. Loving grandmother of Joshua
and Ezra (Adina) Blaustein and great-grand-
mother of Ora and Avi Blaustein. Graveside
funeral services will be held on Sunday,
February 27, 2022, 11 a.m. at Mt. Lebanon
Cemetery, Adelphi, MD. Shiva will be ob-
served at the home of Michael Blaustein.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Landow House, JSSA Hospice, or the chari-
ty of your choice. Arrangements entrusted
to TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME,
202-541-1001.
COOK
SUSAN ANNE OLSEN COOK (Age 62)
Susan Anne Cook, 62, passed away on Febru-
ary 7, 2022, at Gilchrist Hospice in Columbia,
MD after battling cancer. Known as Susi to
family and friends, she was born January 7,
1960, in Heidelberg, Germany to George and
Brunhilde (Stuckert) Olsen. The second of four
children, she remained very close with her
siblings throughout her life.
A 1978 graduate of DuVal High School in
Seabrook, MD, and 1994 graduate of University
of Maryland, she married James Edward Cook
of Greenbelt, MD on October 10, 1987, in
Seabrook, MD, ultimately settling in Glenelg,
MD. Susan enjoyed flowers and herb garden-
ing, walks in the park and the woods; trips to
the beach; and time spent with her family and
close friends.
Susan was preceded in death by her father,
George Olsen, and mother-in-law, Phyllis Jean
Cook. She is survived by her husband James
and daughters Alexandra and Jennifer of
Glenelg, MD; mother Brunhilde “Bonnie” Olsen
of Seabrook, MD; father-in-law John Cook of
Columbia, MD; sister Danita Nicholls and hus-
band George of Holland, NY; sister Karen Olsen
of Seabrook, MD; and brother Robert Olsen
also of Seabrook, MD; sister-in-law Laura Ann
Moleski and husband, Walt, of Laurel, MD;
and nieces Amanda (Nicholls) Estes, husband
Paul and their daughters Melody and Zoey of
Rochester, NY; Kaileen Nicholls of Rochester,
NY; Gabrielle Moleski of Laurel, MD; and
nephew Ryan Moleski also of Laurel, MD; and
extended family in Germany, New Hampshire,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
A Funeral Mass will be held at the Shrine of
St. Anthony in Ellicott City, MD at 2 p.m. on
February 28. In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that you make a charitable contribu-
tion in her memory to the Sydney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hop-
kins Hospital; Gilchrist Hospice Center of
Howard County, MD; or the Shrine of St Antho-
ny in Ellicott City, MD.
DEATH NOTICE
PATTERSON
DR. ADRIAN LIVINGSTON
PATTERSON JR.
A longtime Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon who
bravely and valiantly fought the insidious
Alzheimer’s Disease, lost his battle on Feb-
ruary 1, 2022, at Wilson Health Care Center
WIDMER
RUTH EMILY WIDMER “Bootsie”
(Age 88)
Ruth Widmer died February 11, 2022. She
was a lifelong resident of Bethesda-Chevy
Chase, Maryland.
Ruth was born in Washington DC, the only
child of Fred and Ruth Widmer, first genera-
tion immigrants from Arbon Switzerland; …
located on Lake Constance - der Bodensee
- where many of her relatives still reside.
Bootsie’s childhood was spent in the Somer-
set area of Bethesda, and she attended ele-
mentary school there. About 1945 the family
moved to Colston Drive in Chevy Chase.
An alumnus of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School (1951), she studied at and graduated
from Stephens College, a private women’s
college in Columbia, Missouri, and later at-
tended the University of Maryland, where
she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in
psychology in 1956.
Ruth trail-blazed quite a life of glamour,
excitement, travel, professional and family
success, and leaves an impressive lega-
cy for others to follow. She smashed right
through the glass ceiling early on in her bril-
liant career with Julius Garfinckel’s Depart-
ment Store, which began in the late 1950s.
Ruth rapidly established herself as a fashion
maven, and was promoted to senior fashion
buyer, with a 5th floor office in the presti-
gious Garfinckel’s flagship store at 1401 F
Street, NW, Washington DC. She traveled the
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EDWARDS
TIMOTHY LEON EDWARDS
Born September 4, 1964, the son of the late,
Charlie Edwards, Jr. and Geraldine Crowder
Edwards, and brother of the late Howard T.
Edwards, was called home to be with the
Lord Tuesday afternoon, February 22, 2022.
Timothy Edwards is survived by his sisters,
Jan Edwards, Barbara Wright (Reginald);
brothers, Donald Edwards, Sr. (Martay),
Kevin Edwards, Kotoy Edwards, Sr. (Carla
Edwards), and Tajhon Edwards. Affection-
ately called Tim, mourning his loss are
nieces and nephews, Astoria Edwards, Don-
ald Edwards, Jr., (Kiera) and Peyton
Edwards, Kevin Cotton, Kevin Walker, Ten-
ishia Brown, Kelayah Walker, Kharell Walker,
Kameron Walker, Takoya Edwards and Melo
Sullivan, Kotoy Edwards, Jr., and a host
of relatives and friends. Funeral services,
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 11 a.m.,
Donald V. Borgwardt Funeral Home, 4400
Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitation is 9:30 to 11 a.m.
O'CONNOR
LAWRENCE JOHN O’CONNOR
Of Alexandria, VA died suddenly on February
16, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Ashley
Power O’Connor, and their children, Sloane,
Bart and Allison, as well as his son from a
previous marriage, Timothy O’Connor and his
wife Andrea of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Born on February 24, 1961 in Long Beach,
CA, Lawrence was raised for most of his
youth in Alexandria, VA and graduated from
Hayfield High School in 1979. Following his
father and an older brother, he attended the
U.S. Naval Academy where he played baseball
and graduated with the Class of 1983. He
became a naval aviator and earned his wings
in Pensacola, FL in 1985. Lawrence flew in the
EA-6B Prowler in tactical electronics warfare
squadrons and was a veteran of military oper-
ations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf
while deployed on the USS RANGER (CV-61).
Following his time in the Navy in squadron
VAQ-131 and in the Pentagon on the Navy
Staff, Lawrence earned a Masters Degree in
Computer Science from the George Washing-
ton University and had a successful career as
a management consultant and IT executive
at Booz Allen & Hamilton, ITSolutions, and
Netcentrics.
Easy going, and with a ready smile and great
sense of humor, Lawrence was an outstanding
father and family man, always engaged in his
children’s lives, education and activities. He
was a proud ice hockey dad and St. Stephen’s
and St. Agnes School Father’s Club member.
He was an ardent fan of the Washington
Nationals and the Washington Capitals and
was an avid runner who completed more than
a dozen marathons, including the New York
City Marathon and locally the Marine Corps
Marathon.
Lawrence enjoyed spending time on the river
in Mathews, VA, traveling with his family, and
cooking with his kids. He was a voracious
reader of American history, a lover of games
and puzzles, and a friend to all dogs, especially
Labrador Retrievers. He was an active member
of Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria
where he enjoyed rounds of golf with family
and friends, and a former board member of the
Historic Alexandria Foundation.
Lawrence is also survived by his four brothers
and four sisters and their families. He was
predeceased by his parents, Captain Thomas
J. O’Connor USN (Ret) and his wife Alice, of
Alexandria, VA.
The family will hold a private remembrance of
Lawrence’s life at a later date. Interment will
be at Arlington National Cemetery at a future
date.
ROSTEK
POETER NORBERT ROSTEK (Age 92)
Of Silver Spring, MD, passed on February
22, 2022. He is survived by his daughters,
Olivia Piontek, Anita Brown, Regina Za-
kotnik, Lauren Rostek and Anna Rostek,
his sisters, Christine Nowakowski, Irene
Kelmartin and Peggy Schoenberger, nine
grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Family and friends are welcome to gather
at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic
Church, 118 East 2nd Street, Frederick, MD
21701, from 10:30 a.m. until the start of
the Memorial Mass at 11 a.m. on Thursday
March 3, 2022. Online condolences can be
made at
www.KeeneyBasford.com
at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg,
Maryland.
Adrian was born on May 17, 1949, at Freed-
man’s Hospital in Washington, DC. After 23
years of military service, he retired as a Col-
onel from the Army Dental Corps and sub-
sequently entered private practice in Burke
and Reston, Virginia until 2018.
He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years,
Ophelia Patterson; his daughter Kynesha
Patterson of Sommerville, MA; a sister-in-
law, Frances Brown of Richmond, Virginia; a
sister, Janice Hay and a host of cousins and
other relatives.
Due to Covid, a private memorial service for
family and friends is scheduled on March
1, 2022, at Largo Community Church. Inter-
ment will be scheduled at Arlington National
Cemetery with full military honors at a later
date. To stream the service live, access the
church website at www.largocc.org or the
funeral home website at jbjenkinsfuneral-
home.com
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to the Alzheimer’s Association or a charity
of choice.
www.jbjfh.com
world, contracting for garments production,
and negotiating supply chain arrangements
for this legendary institution - for the trend-
iest apparel, and extraordinary customer
service; ...embracing the pinnacle of Wash-
ington’s social life.
Later she became a Regional Manager for
Allied Stores; …overseeing the operations
of the Garfinckel’s stores in Washington DC,
Spring Valley Maryland, Tysons Corner, and
Seven Corners Virginia.
Ruth was exceptionally generous in caring
for others, and frequently helped out when
others would not. She loved children, and
especially enjoyed their holiday visits at Hal-
loween Trick or Treating, at Christmas, and
Easter. Her cats and dogs were treated as
royalty.
Bootsie never missed working the daily
New York Times crossword puzzle, and
maintained her lovely home and gardens
on Colston Drive; …with special attention
her crocuses, tulips, daffodils, hydrangeas,
impatiens, flowering camellias, and crepe
myrtles.
Ruth had no children, but is survived by
many friends, neighbors, and her extend-
ed adopted family, who will remember her
with great fondness. Members of the Stuart
family, originally from Bethesda, considered
Bootsie a steadfast sibling. They are Ann
Colliver of Frederick MD, Lynn Towle of Wil-
liamsport MD, Leander Stuart of Emmaus
PA, Christopher Stuart - living in Italy, Jeffrey
Stuart of Gaithersburg MD, and James Stu-
art of Austin TX; …as well as her devoted
Goddaughter, Melanie Walser Reeves, of
Georgetown DC.
Arrangements are being made through
Gawler’s Funeral Home. A memorial event
will be planned for this spring, …all at the
pre-planned direction of Bootsie herself, as
you would expect.
She lived through a great time in history, and
made the most of it, with the greatest com-
passion. Who could ask for anything more?
The family suggests that memorial contribu-
tions be sent to Children’s National Hospital.
DEATH NOTICE
WILSON
MITCHELL S.D. WILSON, SR.
September 4, 1960 - February 19, 2022
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday,
March 3, 2022, Viewing 10 a.m., Funeral 11
a.m. at Capitol Mortuary, 1425 Maryland Ave.
NE, Washington, DC 20002.
DEATH NOTICE
CLEARY
DASHA KATE CLEARY (Age 20)
Born on October 7, 2001, of Dunkirk, Maryland
passed away in the early morning of January
27, 2022. Dasha is survived by a very loving
family who all adored her. She was a loving
daughter, sister, aunt, niece, and cousin with a
rare ability to make you smile and laugh, even
on the lowest of days.
Dasha went to Northern High School. She was
an amazing student, spending time with kids
with disabilities when she could, interacting
with her teachers daily, and had a unique ability
to create and build relationships with people
of all backgrounds. She was employed full-
time and working to become a self-sufficient
independent adult – a feat often met with
obstacles. No matter the challenges, she let
her positivity and love shine through. Dasha
was a very outgoing, beautiful soul whose life
was shortened far too soon. It was a privilege
to have known her, loved her, and have been a
member of her family.
In lieu of flowers and cards, the family is
asking that donations be made to Project ECHO
online at https://projectecho.net/donate/ or at
Project ECHO P.O. Box 2764, Prince Frederick,
MD 20678. The family celebrated her life in a
private ceremony near the water where Dasha
loved being.
ENSLEY
SUSAN B. ENSLEY (Age 65)
Of Fayetteville, PA, and formerly of
Brookville, MD passed away unexpectedly
on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Born in
Washington, DC on January 8, 1957, she
was the daughter of the late Robert Lloyd
and Phyllis Edmonston Bloomberg.
Survived by her husband of 39 years, Robert
“Bob” Ensley, Sr.; children, Diana Kregloh
(husband Eric) of NC and Robert “Rob”
Ensley, Jr. of MD; granddaughter, Kaylee
Kregloh; and two siblings, William “Bill”
Bloomberg of CA and Jennifer “Jenni”
Pritchard of CO.
Friends will be received for viewing on
Sunday, February 27, 2022, from 3 to 5
p.m. at the Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home
and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring
Rd., Chambersburg, PA 17202. Graveside
services will be held on Monday, February
28, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Parklawn Memorial
Park, 12800 Veirs Mill Rd., Rockville, MD
20853. In lieu of flowers contributions to
March of Dimes or St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. Online condolences may
be offered on her Book of Memories page
at
www.geiselfuneralhome.com
GALLAGHER
EVA TICE GALLAGHER “Jean” (Age 77)
On February 19, 2022 Jean passed away at
home in Springfield, VA surrounded by her
loving family. She had been battling cancer
for a year.
HEGBURG
BONNIE FAYE ROBERTSON HEGBURG
Bonnie Faye Robertson Hegburg passed
away unexpectedly on Sunday, December 5,
2021, in Washington, DC. Ms. Hegburg was
born December 15, 1943, in Cartersville, GA,
the daughter of Dewey Earl and Bonnie Ma-
rie (Ensley) Robertson. She was preceded in
death by her devoted husband of 52 years,
Alan Shaw Hegburg, and her sister, Patricia
Ann (Robertson) Campbell. She is survived
by her daughter, Krista M. Hegburg; her son,
G. Justin Hegburg; her brother, Earl Jackson
(Gloria) Robertson; and her sister-in-law, Kar-
en Robison (Karl Bucholz); as well as many
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DEATH NOTICE
HAYES
BRYAN C. HAYES (Age 58)
Of Lincoln, NE died unexpectedly on February
22, 2022. He was born September 18, 1963,
in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in Kansas,
lived in Kansas City, Washington, DC, Norfolk,
Virginia, and raised his family in Lincoln,
Nebraska.
He is survived by his wife of almost 24 years
Melissa (Hamilton); his daughters Rosalee and
Maggie; his son Joe; his mother S. Gene (Bryan)
and father John; his sister Michele (Lee Silver);
nieces and nephews Grace (José), Johnny,
Nathan, Tim (Emily); brother John (Donna);
nieces and nephews Amanda and Jack; brother
Joe (Amy), and many other friends and extend-
ed family members.
Bryan was a loving father and husband, a hard
worker, an avid golfer, and skilled gardener. He
had an infectious laugh and a quick wit. Bryan
was a friend of Bill W. He was loved by many.
For condolences and more about Bryan’s life,
go to roperandsons.com. Funeral services are
February 28 at 4 p.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church of Lincoln. Masks are required.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memo-
rials may be made in Bryan’s name to
https://www.bryanhealth.com/bryan-founda-
tion/make-a-gift-online/ and specify the Bryan
Independence Center (part of the Bryan Foun-
dation). Or consider the University of Kansas
Endowment, in support of the student loan
program. Send donations to KU Endowment,
P.O. Box 928, Lawrence, KS 66044 or give online
at www.kuendowment.org/givenow.
TROWER
GERTRUDE H. TROWER
(Age 88)
Peacefully passed away on Sunday, February
13, 2022. Survived by children, Craig Trower
(LaTonya) Angela Trower; grandchildren,
Natasha (Jerry) Jones, Ashley Branch, Ryan
(Brittany) Branch, Mark (Terri) Branch, Zakkiyya
Pettiford, Thomas (Antwanette) Pettiford, Jr.,
Antonio Howard, Rilynn Trower and Riya
Trower: 13 great-grandchildren; special lifelong
friends, Verna Kolen and Linda Pearce-Thomas;
a host of loving relatives and friends. Service
will be on Monday February 28, First Baptist
Church of Glenarden 3600 Brightseat Rd., Lan-
dover, MD. Visitation 10 a.m. Service 11 a.m.
Interment Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery.
WILSON
CASSANDRA D. WISON “Sandy”
Cassandra D. Wison “Sandy,” peacefully
departed this life on Wednesday, February
9, 2022. She is survived by many cousins
and friend, Priscilla A. Lewis. She leaves to
cherish her memory, devoted friends Carole M.
Barksdale and Winnifred D. Barnes “Winnie”.
Sandy also had a host of friends from her
social affiliations with tennis, golf, basketball
and Scrabble nights.
Sandy is a veteran of the Navy. She later made
a career as a Federal Retirement Benefits
Specialist at the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment in Washington, DC. She retired after
twenty-five years.
Sandy will be remembered for her warm caring
spirit, humor and ready smile. Internment and
memorial service at a later date.
Jean was born on January 19, 1945 in East
Liverpool, OH to Willa Lee and Frank J. Tice.
She moved to Virginia after graduating from
Beaver Local High School. She lived in her
Springfield home since 1977. She worked
at Riggs Bank in Washington, DC from 1963
until 1968. She later worked 24 years for the
Fairfax County School System in food ser-
vice, retiring in 2002.
She was predeceased in death by her par-
ents, Willa Lee (Talkington) and Frank Jack-
son Tice of Calcutta, OH. Jean is survived by
the love of her life, her husband Skip, her
daughter Christine Gallagher of Bristow, VA,
her son Patrick Gallagher of Long Beach,
CA, her grandchildren Edyn and Lucas Gal-
lagher of Costa Mesa, CA, her brother Frank
“Lindy” Tice of Wellsville, OH and her niece
Debbie Barker and family of Hermitage, PA.
Services will be held March 1, 2022 in Fair-
fax, VA.
See the funeral home website for obituary
and further service information.
www.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com
loving cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Always adventurous, she and her husband
lived in Chicago, IL, and Bologna, Italy, and
raised their family in Bonn, West Germany;
Paris, France; Oklahoma; and their home
base of Washington, DC.
A social worker and psychotherapist, Ms.
Hegburg spent twenty-five years in the so-
cial services sector, focusing in particular on
domestic violence. She began her career as
a caseworker in California, Florida, Illinois,
and Maryland, and later served as director
of programs and executive director of sev-
eral non-profit agencies, including Sarah’s
Inn in Oak Park, IL. She was the founding
director of Women and Children in Crisis in
Bartlesville, OK, which provided emergency
shelter and other services to victims of do-
mestic abuse. Ms. Hegburg also spent five
years in private practice as a psychothera-
pist. She retired as Chief of Programs and
Services from Family and Child Services in
Washington, DC. Ms. Hegburg was a gradu-
ate of Florida State University and the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma, where she earned her
MSW.
A memorial service will be held in June
2022. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Miriam’s Kitchen.
DEATH NOTICE
ANDERSEN
RICHARD ANDERSEN (Age 87)
Richard Andersen, a resident of
Washington Grove, MD for more
than 50 years, passed away on
Sunday, February 20, 2022 at
Frederick Health Hospital. Born
in Providence, RI in 1934, Rich-
ard was the third child of Mr. and Mrs. A.E.
Andersen of Cranston, RI. Richard lost his
beloved wife Barbara when she died in
2016. They had a 47 year love story. He was
pre-deceased by his older sister Catherine
and his older brother Andrew, Jr.
After graduation from Brown University in
1957, Richard served in the U.S. Navy for five
years as a commissioned officer, spending
two years at sea aboard a destroyer escort,
and three years in Communications Intelli-
BOLER
ANNE PATRICIA COAKLEY BOLER
"Pat"
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother,
passed away on February 19, 2022, at the
age 82.
Pat grew up on a family farm in Skibbereen,
County Cork, Ireland and came to the United
States at the age of 20 in 1959. She met
the love of her life, Jim Boler, during a
Catholic Young Adults trip to Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware in 1963. They were happily
married for 52 years and raised four children
together within the Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic Parish Community, in Potomac,
Maryland. Later, they would become doting
grandparents to 15 grandchildren.
Pat was a devout Catholic and she was
loved, respected, and admired by her family
and friends. Her laughter was infectious and
her kindness, compassion, and loving Irish
accent warmed the hearts of so many. Pat
was a wonderful cook, welcoming hostess,
and managed her large family with grace.
She was an active member of Our Lady of
Mercy Parish for over fifty years, active in
their Sodality of Our Lady Group and was
a member of the Christ Child Society. She
also served alongside her husband as a
Eucharistic Minister. She lived a life of faith,
family, and friendship and received much
comfort and joy from giving to others.
Some of her happiest memories came during
GUILSHER
CATHERINE GUILSHER (Age 88)
Catherine “Kissa” Guilsher, 88, Interpreter for
the US Department of State and wife of a
distinguished, retired CIA officer, died on 14
February 2022 following heart surgery.
Mrs. Guilsher, a resident of Arlington VA for
over 50 years, and her twin sister were born
in Belgrade Yugoslavia in 1933 to émigré
parents who fled Russia during the Russian
Revolution and settled in Belgrade in the
mid-1920s. She grew up in an enclave of
Russian nobility in Belgrade. In her early
childhood, she learned several languages
and took up ballet, which became a passion
for many years, culminating in her accep-
tance to the Belgrade National Theatre Corps
de Ballet at the age of 16. She had few
memories of a bucolic childhood as they
were quickly taken over by the hardship and
hunger associated with WWII and the initial
German and subsequent Soviet occupation
of Yugoslavia. Her parents lost their jobs
and were stripped of Yugoslav citizenship
when Yugoslav President Tito broke with
the communist bloc in 1948. Everyone
of Russian heritage who did not travel to
the Soviet Union with the retreating Soviet
army was declared ‘an enemy of the state.’
This prompted the family to sell all of their
possessions, invest their money in jewelry
and leave the country. The family obtained
exit visas, her mother sewed the jewels into
the belly of Kissa’s teddy bear, which she
clung to as they crossed the border, and the
family fled to a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy.
LOWE
JAMES R. LOWE, JR.
James Rowland Lowe, Jr. died peacefully in
Washington, DC on February 18, 2022. Mr.
Lowe was born in Grand Rapids, MI the son of
the late Elizabeth Ives Lowe of Washington,
DC and the late James Rowland Lowe of San
Francisco, CA.
Mr. Lowe attended St. Albans School and
graduated from St. Mark’s School in South-
borough, MA in 1955 and from Yale College
in 1959 and Yale Law School in 1964. He
was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor
of Humane Letters from Virginia Theological
Seminary in 2005.
Mr. Lowe began his career with Reilly and
Wells, a labor relations firm in Washington.
Subsequently, he worked for the private
enterprise programs of the Agency for Inter-
national Development (AID) and the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the
successor to AID in the private enterprise
area. After government he opened the Wash-
ington Office of Arctic Gas, a US – Canadian
consortium which proposed to build a natural
gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay and the
Mackenzie delta in Canada to markets in
southern Canada and the lower 48 states. In
the end, the pipeline was never built and the
gas is still being re-injected 30 years later. He
also worked for Union Pacific and
B5
DEATH NOTICE
gence with the Naval Security Group. It was
during this time Richard was married and
he and his then wife of 11 years produced
three beautiful daughters, all of whom sur-
vive him. The marriage however, ended in
divorce.
Richard subsequently met and married the
former Barbara Brooks Preston of Wash-
ington Grove, MD. Barbara was the single
mother of two your sons, and Barbara and
Richard spent 47 years together until her
passing in 2016. She was the love of his life.
Building upon experience and knowledge
gained while with the Naval Security Group,
Richard entered the Information Technolo-
gy field in the private sector after his Navy
Service. Subsequent technical and manage-
ment positions at IBM, Honeywell and Gen-
eral Electric arose over the next 20 years.
Richard then entered Federal Government
Services and served with the Air Force and
the U.S. Customs Service in Information
Technology Management post until his re-
tirement in 2009.
Richard is survived by his three daughters
and their spouses; two stepsons and their
spouses, 11 grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Friends may call at DeVol Funeral Home,
10 east Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 from 9:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. with funeral services to begin
at 10:30 a.m. Interment Parklawn Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Please sign family guestbook at
www.DeVolfuneralhome.com
Boler/Falvey beach vacations with the family
of Mary and John Falvey (her sister and
brother-in-law). She loved the annual gather-
ing with all of her children and grandchildren
together enjoying the beach, nightly happy
hours and delicious family feasts.
She was recently interviewed by one of her
grandchildren for a school history project
on the topic of immigration. When asked
why she decided to come to the United
States, she answered, “America is the great-
est country in the world. It is the land
of opportunity where anyone can achieve
anything they want as long as they work
hard, do the right thing, and have faith in
God.”
By staying true to the beliefs that led her
family to America, Pat and Jim were truly
blessed and served as exemplary role
models of faith, perseverance, fortitude, hard
work and compassion to their children, rel-
atives, friends, and neighbors. She was a
loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt
and friend who was loved dearly and will be
greatly missed.
She was predeceased by her adored hus-
band James, by her parents, John Joseph
Coakley, Annie (Donellen) Coakley, and her
brothers Cornelius, John (Sean), and Daniel
Coakley.
Pat is survived by her four children, Jim
(Lynn) of Niskayuna, NY, Anne Marie Kirlin
(Tim) of Chevy Chase, MD, Brendan (Jennifer)
of Charlottesville, VA, and Kevin (Claire) of
Chatham, NJ, and 15 grandchildren, Patrick,
Kevin, and Timmy Kirlin, Sophia, Erin, Allison,
Thomas, Brian, Collin, Maggie, Bridget, Grace,
Caroline, Bowen, and Molly Boler. She is
also survived by her sister, Mary Falvey of
Bethesda, MD.
There will be a visitation from 5pm to 7pm
on Monday, February 28 at Our Lady of
Mercy Catholic Church, 9200 Kentsdale
Drive, Potomac, MD. The Funeral Mass will
be on Tuesday March 1 at 11 a.m. at Our
Lady of Mercy. The burial will follow at the
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia
Ave, Silver Spring, MD. In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions can be made in her
name to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of
Washington (https://www.catholiccharities-
dc.org).
They subsequently emigrated to the United
States where she had to choose between
her passion of a career in ballet or learning
English and continuing her studies. She
chose the latter and attended and graduated
from George Washington University with a
BA in French Literature.
Kissa was fluent in Russian, Serbo-Croatian,
French and English and had conversational
Italian and German. She married John I
Guilsher, a son of Russian emigres in 1957
and traveled with him overseas during his
lengthy career with the Central Intelligence
Agency. She used her Russian language skills
to Interpret for the State Department during
the Cold War years (1971-76), traveling with
delegations around the US during various
cultural and scientific exchanges, including
the Apollo - Soyuz crew following their suc-
cessful space mission in 1975. She also
assisted her husband John, who proceeded
her in death, with operational acts in
Moscow as he evaded KGB surveillance while
meeting with famed Soviet spy Adolf Tolka-
chev, a tale of espionage that was document-
ed in a book entitled “The Billion Dollar Spy.”
She also accompanied her husband on tours
of duty in various Western European capitals.
After her husband retired, she volunteered
as a docent at Hillwood Estate, where she
guided visitors using her linguistic skills and
knowledge of Russian history and antiques.
Mrs. Guilsher was a member of the Russian
Nobility Association and of St. Nicholas
Cathedral in Washington. She was an avid
traveler and voyaged extensively in retire-
ment across the globe. She was particularly
fond of being in the mountains and “felt
better the higher she went.”
Kissa is survived by her three children, a son
Michael (wife Susan) residing in Birmingham,
AL, a daughter Anya (husband Eric) residing
in Le Plan de la Tour, France, another daugh-
ter Sasha (partner Ed) residing in New Marl-
borough MA and two grandchildren Samuel
and Catherine of Birmingham, AL.
Services will be held on 4 March 2022,
10:30 a.m., Russian Orthodox Cathedral 3500
Massachusetts Ave. Washington, DC. Father
Valery Shemchuk presiding.
Funeral arrangements: Arlington National
Cemetery, at a later date.
owned a travel agency.
Mr. Lowe was a lifelong member of St.
John’s Episcopal Church - Lafayette Square
where he served on the vestry. He served
on the boards of the Potomac School, St.
Mark’s School, the College of Preachers and
the Washington Theological Consortium. He
was also a member of the Chapter of the
Washington National Cathedral. Mr. Lowe
was a Knight of the Most Venerable Order
of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. He
was president of the Board of the House
of Mercy and was member of the Founding
Governance Board of the Bishop John T.
Walker School for Boys, an Episcopal school
for boys in Anacostia.
Mr. Lowe was long active in Republican
politics in Washington. He was a member
of the District of Columbia Republican Com-
mittee and served a term as a member
of the Republican National Committee. He
was an alternate delegate to the Republican
convention in 1996 and was a delegate to the
conventions in 2000 and 2004.
Mr. Lowe was a member of the Metropolitan
Club, the Chevy Chase Club and formerly of
the Bohemian Club in San Francisco.
Mr. Lowe was married to the late Elizabeth
Murphy Lowe and is survived by four chil-
dren, James III (Kelly) of Estero, FL and Garrett
(Stephanie), Elizabeth and Amanda of Wash-
ington, four grandchildren, (Kemper, Nora,
Emelia and James IV) and step-grandson,
(George).
Funeral services will be held at St. John’s
Church - Lafayette Square on Tuesday, March
1, 2022 at 3 p.m. The service will be accessi-
ble by livestream at www.stjohns-dc.org, and
in the event that events in Washington, DC
make it necessary to reschedule, up-to-date
information can be viewed on the day of the
service at the same link.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent
in the name of James R. Lowe, Jr. to the
Bishop Walker School, 1801 Mississippi Ave.
SE, Washington, DC or
www.bishopwalkerschool.org/onlinegiving.
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Cloudy early, with calmer winds Today Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday O FF I CI A L REC O RD
Mostly sunny Partly sunny, Sunny Partly sunny Partly sunny Partly sunny
Partly cloudy early and trending breezy Temperatures AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

clearer later. Winds will be calmer

than compared with late Friday,
mainly out of the northwest.
Temperatures will slowly climb,
topping out in the low to mid-40s.

44° 32 ° 53° 32 ° 43° 28 ° 53° 36 ° 56° 39 ° 51° 31 °

FEELS*: 41° FEELS: 49° FEELS: 40° FEELS: 48° FEELS: 54° FEELS: 45°
CHNCE PRECIP: 0% P: 10% P: 0% P: 15% P: 10% P: 20%
WIND: WNW 7–14 mph W: WSW 10–20 mph W: N 7–14 mph W: S 8–16 mph W: SW 6–12 mph W: NW 8–16 mph
HUMIDITY: Moderate H: Low H: Low H: Low H: Low H: Low
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Statistics through 5 p.m. Friday

REGIO N NATION Weather map features for noon today.

Reagan Dulles BWI
High 59° 2:42 p.m. 57° 2:27 p.m. 57° 3:11 p.m.
Low 33° 3:22 a.m. 32° 12:35 a.m. 32° 1:00 a.m.
Harrisburg Philadelphia
39/29 Normal 51°/34° 49°/29° 49°/29°
39/23 Record high 84° 1930 79° 2000 83° 1930
Hagerstown Record low –1° 1914 6° 2015 8° 1914
Baltimore
39/28
42/27 Dover Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +2.9° yr. to date: –0.3°
41/27
Davis Cape May Precipitation PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST
Washington Annapolis
33/25 44/32 39/32
41/29 OCEAN: 42°

Charlottesville Ocean City

49/32 41/34
OCEAN: 41°
Lexington
50/29
Richmond
46/36 Virginia Beach
43/38 Reagan Dulles BWI
Norfolk OCEAN: 46°
42/34 Past 24 hours 0.49" 0.52" 0.54"
Total this month 2.34" 2.27" 2.31"
Kitty Hawk
41/36
Normal 2.33" 2.33" 2.57"
OCEAN: 46° Total this year 6.02" 6.17" 6.58"
Normal 5.19" 5.27" 5.65"
Pollen: Low Air Quality: Good Snow, past 24 hours 0.0" 0.0" 0.0"
Grass Low Dominant cause: Particulates Snow, season total 12.3" 12.8" 14.0"
Trees Low
Weeds Low UV: Moderate Moon Phases Solar system
Mold Low 4 out of 11+
Rise Set
Sun 6:45 a.m. 5:57 p.m.
Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny. High 34 to 39. Winds west Moon 4:04 a.m. 1:16 p.m.
T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Mar 2 Mar 10 Mar 18 Mar 25
10–20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy. Low 27 to 31. Winds Yesterday's National World
New First Full Last
Venus 4:15 a.m. 2:28 p.m.
west 7–14 mph. Sunday, partly sunny. High 38 to 42. Winds High: Plant City, FL 90° High: Onslow, Australia 113° Mars 4:41 a.m. 2:15 p.m.
Quarter Quarter
<–10 –0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ Low: Celina, MN –42° Low: Ikki–Ambar, Russia –56° Jupiter 7:03 a.m. 6:20 p.m.
west 10–20 mph. Monday, sunny; cold in central parts. for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica Saturn 5:58 a.m. 4:16 p.m.
High 30 to 41.
NATIONAL Today Tomorrow Des Moines 38/20/s 42/22/s Oklahoma City 39/20/c 55/27/s WORLD Today Tomorrow Hong Kong 68/59/s 69/63/s Rio de Janeiro 85/75/pc 85/74/s
Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny. High 38 to 42. Detroit 33/24/pc 36/13/sf Omaha 42/18/s 51/23/s Islamabad 62/45/c 68/46/s Riyadh 88/60/s 79/54/pc
Winds northwest 8–16 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy; however, Albany, NY 28/15/s 37/9/sf El Paso 69/35/pc 63/41/pc Orlando 86/63/pc 85/60/s Addis Ababa 78/55/c 78/55/pc Istanbul 52/42/pc 52/43/pc Rome 52/40/r 54/38/c
cloudy in the south. Low 30 to 34. Winds west–southwest Albuquerque 50/23/s 55/29/s Fairbanks, AK 27/12/c 19/10/sn Philadelphia 39/29/s 52/26/pc Amsterdam 48/32/pc 47/32/s Jerusalem 51/41/sh 58/43/s San Salvador 89/66/s 89/66/s
4–8 mph. Sunday, a little rain in the south; windy in the Anchorage 35/30/c 34/29/c Fargo, ND 29/11/pc 21/11/c Phoenix 69/45/s 74/50/pc Athens 60/50/pc 62/45/r Johannesburg 78/59/t 78/61/s Santiago 83/52/s 83/53/s
afternoon elsewhere. Atlanta 62/50/c 54/39/r Hartford, CT 33/16/s 42/11/sf Pittsburgh 36/24/pc 43/18/pc Auckland 79/60/s 79/63/pc Kabul 50/26/s 53/34/s Sarajevo 37/30/r 38/29/r
Austin 42/35/r 57/28/pc Honolulu 83/68/s 83/68/s Portland, ME 29/17/s 38/10/sf Baghdad 72/49/pc 73/49/s Kingston, Jam. 82/72/sh 86/71/pc Seoul 49/25/sh 48/30/s
Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, partly sunny. Wind Baltimore 42/27/s 55/26/pc Houston 47/41/r 58/36/r Portland, OR 48/41/r 55/48/r Bangkok 91/72/c 93/75/c Kolkata 87/68/pc 88/69/sh Shanghai 62/39/s 59/46/s
northwest 6–12 knots. Waves 2 feet or less. Visibility clear to the Billings, MT 33/23/s 42/28/pc Indianapolis 35/23/pc 43/22/s Providence, RI 33/21/s 43/15/pc Beijing 53/18/pc 56/27/pc Lagos 92/81/pc 92/81/pc Singapore 84/77/sh 86/77/t
horizon. • Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, partly sunny. Birmingham 55/44/c 52/35/r Jackson, MS 51/40/c 53/31/r Raleigh, NC 52/42/c 50/34/r Berlin 44/31/pc 44/26/s Lima 74/66/c 75/66/c Stockholm 35/26/s 40/27/pc
Wind northwest 7–14 knots. Waves 1–2 feet on the Lower Potomac; Bismarck, ND 36/9/s 35/14/pc Jacksonville, FL 75/56/pc 81/54/pc Reno, NV 47/29/pc 56/28/pc Bogota 67/50/r 65/51/r Lisbon 63/50/pc 64/49/s Sydney 71/70/sh 75/70/sh
Boise 40/19/s 43/24/c Kansas City, MO 39/21/s 54/28/s Richmond 46/36/pc 52/32/pc Brussels 47/32/pc 50/33/s London 51/37/pc 49/42/s Taipei City 69/57/pc 67/57/c
2–4 feet on the Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages: The stage at Little
Boston 32/23/s 41/16/pc Las Vegas 58/36/s 62/43/pc Sacramento 63/40/s 68/40/s Buenos Aires 81/72/t 78/66/t Madrid 54/41/pc 60/36/pc Tehran 64/49/pc 63/45/s
Falls will be around 4.20 feet today, rising to 4.50 Sunday. Flood Buffalo 30/24/pc 33/11/sf Little Rock 37/31/c 53/30/pc St. Louis 39/26/pc 52/28/s Cairo 67/52/s 69/52/s Manila 90/78/pc 90/78/pc Tokyo 55/42/s 60/41/s
stage at Little Falls is 10 feet. Burlington, VT 27/18/pc 33/6/sf Los Angeles 74/48/s 76/50/pc St. Thomas, VI 83/73/s 83/74/pc Caracas 74/65/t 78/65/t Mexico City 75/50/pc 75/45/s Toronto 29/23/c 31/6/sf
Charleston, SC 65/51/c 66/47/c Louisville 44/28/pc 53/29/s Salt Lake City 35/17/s 42/22/pc Copenhagen 42/33/s 40/32/s Montreal 23/21/s 30/1/sf Vienna 45/31/sh 46/27/pc
Charleston, WV 42/27/pc 51/26/s Memphis 42/34/c 47/31/c San Diego 70/44/s 70/46/pc Dakar 75/63/s 74/63/s Moscow 38/28/pc 34/26/c Warsaw 43/29/pc 39/23/s
Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)
Charlotte 56/43/c 52/34/r Miami 82/70/pc 83/66/pc San Francisco 60/46/pc 64/47/s Dublin 50/43/c 50/46/pc Mumbai 89/75/pc 90/75/pc
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,
Washington 3:42 a.m. 10:28 a.m. 4:01 p.m. 11:37 p.m. Cheyenne, WY 33/17/s 49/29/s Milwaukee 34/26/s 36/21/pc San Juan, PR 83/72/sh 84/72/pc Edinburgh 49/36/c 49/43/pc Nairobi 82/59/pc 84/59/pc sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,
Chicago 34/25/s 39/21/s Minneapolis 33/16/s 30/15/pc Seattle 47/39/r 50/44/r Frankfurt 45/30/pc 47/28/s New Delhi 75/58/pc 78/58/pc sn-snow, i-ice
Annapolis 12:20 a.m. 6:50 a.m. 1:58 p.m. 8:18 p.m.
Cincinnati 41/25/c 49/24/s Nashville 45/35/c 48/30/c Spokane, WA 35/25/c 38/33/sn Geneva 48/28/s 47/28/s Oslo 42/34/c 42/36/c Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized
Ocean City 3:22 a.m. 9:57 a.m. 3:43 p.m. 9:50 p.m. Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air
Cleveland 32/25/s 37/16/sf New Orleans 64/56/pc 60/46/sh Syracuse 30/22/pc 36/7/sf Ham., Bermuda 71/64/s 70/66/c Ottawa 24/20/pc 26/–2/sf quality data); National Weather Service
Norfolk 5:26 a.m. 11:58 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 11:56 p.m. Dallas 39/29/r 56/31/s New York City 35/29/s 44/21/s Tampa 87/67/s 81/64/s Helsinki 32/15/s 35/28/pc Paris 49/32/s 51/33/s * AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®
combines over a dozen factors for an accurate
Point Lookout 2:30 a.m. 9:36 a.m. 4:50 p.m. 9:35 p.m. Denver 38/19/s 55/29/s Norfolk 42/34/pc 50/35/r Wichita 39/18/s 57/27/s Ho Chi Minh City 96/76/sh 95/75/pc Prague 40/28/sh 40/23/pc measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

In D.C., some residents say Pepco’s upgrade fees are dimming their hopes of going solar
SOLAR PANELS FROM B1 ing that the upgrades are neces- ects. customers when system upgrades increased scrutiny from utilities Reicher added that when he
sary for safety reasons. Frustrated by the fees, some are required. We support the cur- across the country. and his wife became the first
Pepco imposed upgrade costs on “In some cases, the solar instal- D.C. residents, such as Hillbrand, rent move toward cost sharing.” In California, Gov. Gavin News- people in the D.C. area to install
45 of the projects, with an average lation could place too much elec- are pushing back. On Jan. 3, For JD Elkurd, the chief execu- om (D) has faced pressure to gut legally grid-connected, net-me-
fee of $9,560 per project. The tricity … onto Pepco’s system, Hillbrand filed a formal com- tive of Solar Solution, the largest the program from utilities includ- tered solar panels more than two
utility company also required 36 which could cause damage to the plaint with the D.C. Public Service solar installer in the District, the ing Pacific Gas and Electric. The decades ago, Pepco was “very,
of the projects to downsize, system or other Pepco customer Commission to compel Pepco to proposed rulemaking is a good state Public Utilities Commission very supportive.”
meaning they would provide less appliances and devices,” Caswell lower the upgrade cost it was start — but it’s not enough. He in December proposed major Today, however, even fees from
solar energy to homeowners and said in an email. “In these cases, charging. The Office of the Peo- estimated that about half of cus- changes to the program that crit- Pepco on the lower end of the
the electric grid. work is necessary to upgrade the ple’s Counsel, which advocates on tomers who are informed of up- ics said would halt the growth of spectrum can stifle solar adop-
“Charging individuals these lu- local distribution system to safely behalf of D.C. customers in dis- grade fees decide not to move solar statewide. tion.
dicrous upgrade fees, which ap- connect the solar system to the putes with the commission, is forward with their installations. After pushback from solar ad- Kendra Kinnaird, 40, an attor-
pears to be pervasive in the Dis- grid.” representing him in the proceed- “This is really hurting our busi- vocates and celebrities, including ney who lives in a rowhouse in
trict of Columbia, disincentivizes In an interview, David Schatz, ings. ness substantially,” Elkurd said. former governor Arnold Crestwood, said that Pepco told
solar adoption,” said Sean Gal- Pepco’s director of strategy, said Cary Hinton, a spokesman for “As a solar company, we have to Schwarzenegger (R), the commis- her and her husband that it
lagher, vice president of state and that the utility company is “ac- the Public Service Commission, spend about $1,000 to $1,200 on a sion postponed a vote on the would impose a fee of about
regulatory affairs at the Solar tively participating in conversa- declined to comment on Hill- project before it even gets to the proposal. A new date has not been $5,300 — an amount that she
Energy Industries Association, a tions with stakeholders” about brand’s complaint. But he noted Pepco application part. And if the set. called “significant and cost-pro-
national trade group. “That di- policies to speed up the deploy- that the commission on Jan. 28 project is canceled, we're never “At the bottom of a lot of what’s hibitive.”
minishes the District’s efforts to ment of solar energy across the issued a notice of proposed rule- getting that back.” happening with net metering, I The couple have paused their
reduce greenhouse gas emis- District. making to consider whether to Under a policy known as net think utilities are concerned that plans to go solar for the time
sions, hurts grid reliability and Schatz added that Pepco’s five- require that utility companies metering, solar system owners their generation is going to be being.
adds air pollution.” year climate action plan proposes pay 50 percent of the costs, up to can send the excess electricity replaced by self-generation. And “Solar energy and other types
Jamie Caswell, a spokeswoman 62 programs aimed at reducing $5,000 per project. that they generate back to the as the price of solar panels drops, of sustainable energy are impor-
for Exelon, the parent company of planet-warming emissions and Caswell said Pepco is “engaged grid and receive credits on their the rate of installation will go up,” tant for the environment. We
Pepco, said the fees for solar boosting clean energy in D.C., in open, public discussion with energy bills, chipping away at said Dan Reicher, who led the want to support that,” Kinnaird
customers are permitted under including two programs that DCPSC Staff and solar developers utility companies’ profits. As so- Energy Department’s energy effi- said. “So it’s been very frustrating,
regulations set forth by the D.C. would streamline the approval to help advance interconnection lar energy becomes more wide- ciency and renewable energy of- and I hope that there’s a positive
Public Service Commission, add- process for residential solar proj- processes and reduce costs for spread, this policy is drawing fice under President Bill Clinton. resolution.”

Judge says Thomas Je≠erson High’s admissions policy discriminates against Asian Americans
ADMISSIONS FROM B1 that, in part, judges students on Court, is ongoing. nials Friday: “The new process is He pointed to text messages and Asian American students have
four “experience factors”: their in- In March 2021, members of the blind to race, gender and national emails between school board been “disproportionately deprived
“Today’s decision is a victory for come status, their English-speak- Coalition for TJ — some of whom origin and gives the most talented members and some of the highest- of a level playing field” in compet-
all students, all families and the ing ability, whether the applicant were also plaintiffs in the Novem- students from every middle school ranking school officials in the Fair- ing for a spot at TJ.
United States of America,” she has a disability and whether the ber lawsuit — sued in federal court a seat at TJ,” he said. “We believe fax district. These communica- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin
said. “It is victory for equality un- applicant comes from a historical- over the admissions changes. They that a trial would have shown that tions, he wrote, prove that the (R), who said during his campaign
der the law, merit education and ly underrepresented high school. are being represented pro bono by the new process meets all legal school system’s goal was always to last year that he would work to
the American Dream.” In 2021, the first year the admis- the Pacific Legal Foundation, a requirements.” decrease the percentage of Asian undo the new admission system,
The case, filed in March of last sions changes took effect, officials conservative legal group that op- But in his 31-page ruling Friday, American students enrolled at TJ tweeted Friday evening, “Today’s
year by the Coalition for TJ, was at TJ enrolled far more Black, His- poses affirmative action. Hilton sided with the Coalition for — to increase the number of Black decision reaffirms that TJ’s admis-
supposed to go to trial Jan. 24. But panic and low-income students The coalition claimed that the TJ on almost every count. and Hispanic students. “The dis- sions should be based on merit.”
Hilton chose to issue a ruling and than any class in recent memory. TJ admissions changes were spe- He wrote that, throughout the cussion of TJ admissions was in- A rival school advocacy group —
avoid a trial because, he said, no But Asian American representa- cifically designed to drive down revision process, Fairfax school fected with talk of racial balancing the TJ Alumni Action Group,
facts were in dispute. tion dropped from roughly 70 per- the number of Asian American board members and the superin- from its inception,” Hilton wrote. which supports the admissions
The Fairfax school board voted cent to around 50 percent of the students. As proof, the lawsuit cit- tendent made clear that their goal He also criticized the revisions changes — criticized Hilton’s rul-
to revise admissions at Thomas class. The changes were controver- ed presentations, documents and was “to have TJ reflect the demo- process more broadly, writing that ing Friday. In a statement, it said
Jefferson in 2020, a move meant to sial from the start; they inspired comments given or made by the graphics of the surrounding area, the changes were rushed and that that “this decision will make TJ
boost diversity at the school, which two swift lawsuits. In November superintendent and school board described primarily in racial the decision-making process less accessible once again for un-
has long enrolled single-digit per- 2020, a group of parents sued to in the months leading up to the terms.” Hilton wrote that this aim lacked transparency. School offi- derrepresented students, includ-
centages of Black and Hispanic stop the revisions, arguing that admissions changes. amounts to “racial balancing for cials, he charged, did not properly ing Asian American students who
students. The new admissions sys- they violated a Virginia law. That Fairfax officials denied every al- its own sake,” and as such is “pa- engage the public. are low-income or English Lan-
tem is a “holistic review” process suit, filed in Fairfax County Circuit legation. Foster repeated those de- tently unconstitutional.” He concluded by noting that guage Learners.”

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“My only time to myself is when I go to sleep, the facts of
and even then, there’s a pile of animals on top of me.”
Laurie Zaleski, author of the memoir “Funny Farm”
Fox News
colleagues
BY J EREMY B ARR

Fox News reporter Jennifer

Griffin has been pulling double
duty lately.
Much like her peers at other
news outfits, the national security
correspondent has reported live
from the Pentagon, telling view-
ers what U.S. officials were think-
ing and doing as Russia launched
its long-feared assault on Ukraine
this week.
But, Griffin has also used her
reporting appearances on Fox
News programs to push back on
some of the assertions made by
her colleagues, particularly those
who host opinion programs. In
doing so, Griffin has performed
an exercise in real-time, intra-
network fact-checking that is un-
usual on a television news chan-
nel, and particularly at Fox News,
which has long valued internal
harmony.
The most noticeable back-and-
forth occurred when Griffin ap-
peared on “The Faulkner Focus”
Thursday morning to explain U.S.
strategy: first warning Russia
against invading its smaller
neighbor, then imposing “shock
and awe” sanctions after it
launched a widespread attack on
Ukraine this week.
“Now comes the part where
they will squeeze Russia,” Griffin
told the host, Harris Faulkner.
“You saw that the Russian stock
market fell by half today.”
“Yeah, have you seen ours?”
Faulkner immediately retorted.
(U.S. markets were diving at the
time, though they mostly recov-
ered later in the day.) “We’ve had
general after general tell us that
the sanctions were not going to
work. . . . When you say, ‘We saw
this coming. They saw this com-
NORA KRUG/THE WASHINGTON POST ing,’ I’m just wondering why that
was still the only strategy de-
ployed.”
BOOK WORLD “Well, Harris, let me, let me, let
me, I need to follow up on that,”

The narrative ark

Griffin interjected. When
Faulkner suggested that the Unit-
ed States could have used other
tactics to deter Russian President
Vladimir Putin’s aggression, pos-
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Author cares for 24 pigs, 20 goats, 210 cats, 1 skunk and 345 other rescues — but who’s saving whom?

BY N ORA K RUG four sheep, 160 ducks, two emu, seven turkeys,
Paul Ryan’s
mays landing, n.j. — For nearly a month, a
blind lamb named Bradley has been sleeping in
two llama, several geese and one skunk. They’re
here to take refuge, to escape abuse, recover
from injury or sickness or simply to experience
familial link
Laurie Zaleski’s living room. Also sharing her
humble two-bedroom abode: 11 dogs, 4 chick-
ens (in diapers), 23 cats, several kittens, a baby
being wanted. Even the skunk — whose scent
glands had been removed — was once some-
one’s pet.
to court
duck and a very loud cockatoo. Yes, says Zaleski,
author of the just-released memoir “Funny
Farm,” she is overdue for a home expansion. But
This is the Funny Farm, double-entendre
intended: “Because it’s full of animals, and fit
for lunatics,” Zaleski jokes of the sanctuary that
nominee
she would never consider the alternative: fewer she built here, some 20 miles from Atlantic City,
animals under her roof. more than two decades ago. BY R OXANNE R OBERTS
“I have a hard time saying no,” Zaleski Zaleski’s love of animals was born of personal
explains without needing to, as we walk around misfortune. “It was a happy accident,” she With the historic nomination
her 25-acre Mays Landing, N.J., farm one recent writes in “Funny Farm” (St. Martin’s), a chroni- of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the
sunny afternoon. There were animals popping cle of the hardscrabble childhood that sparked Supreme Court comes a Wash-
out everywhere — and no wonder. Currently on her devotion to all creatures great and small. ington version of Six Degrees of
the premises are, give or take, 11 dogs, 15 horses, Don’t be fooled by the whimsical cover: This is a Separation: Jackson is related, by
131 chickens, 210 cats, two cows, 22 peacocks, tale that’s heartbreaking and uplifting in equal marriage, to former House
four alpacas, 24 pigs, five donkeys, 20 goats, LAURIE ZALESKI SEE BOOK WORLD ON C2 speaker Paul Ryan.
Weird, huh? There are the
obvious differences: Jackson is
Laurie Zaleski, author of the memoir “Funny Farm,” is a nanny of sorts to her goat Nemo and a nominated by a Democratic pres-
menagerie of other animals, including Hope, a blind kitten, and her seeing-eye duck, Jello. ident; Ryan’s entire career has
been in Republican politics. She’s
a woman; he’s not. She’s Black;
he’s White. And yes, we wish we
could have been at a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner to hear the two dis-
cuss … well, anything. But it’s fair
to say they like and respect each
THEATER REVIEW other.
“Our politics may differ, but

For all the noise, it’s harder to hear than a silent night
BY T HOMAS F LOYD
For better or worse, the bois-
terous touring production of “Je-
sus Christ Superstar” — now
spreading the gospel of Andrew
Lloyd Webber at the Kennedy
Center — doesn’t exactly treat
Tim Rice’s lyrics like scripture.
By returning the 1971 musical
to its rock opera roots and giving
its characters guitars, hand mics
and a skid-row edge, director
Timothy Sheader seems more
interested in a visceral retelling
of Jesus’s final days than an
intelligible one. In that regard,
this Olivier Award-winning reviv-
al, which launched in London in
2016 before transferring state-
side as a 50th anniversary tour,
succeeds by augmenting Web-
ber’s celebrated score with seat-
shaking bass lines, sharp guitar
riffs and kinetic choreography.
When Jesus’s followers col-
lapse to the stage at the end of the
rollicking “Simon Zealotes,” it’s
no surprise to see every ensemble
member’s chest heaving in ex-
haustion. This is a noisy show in
which exhilaration trumps com-
prehension, unfolding over 90
minutes without an intermission.
But the breakneck pace and bom-
bastic arrangements come at the
expense of narrative breathing
room and lyrical clarity, veering
the show’s emotional trajectory
off course.
It doesn’t help that Aaron La-
Vigne plays Jesus as a brazen
rock diva. Whether the talented
performer is going his own way
MATTHEW MURPHY
or simply honoring Sheader’s
The company of the touring “Jesus Christ Superstar” and an inventive set created by Tom Scutt. SEE THEATER REVIEW ON C3
my praise for Ketanji’s intellect,
for her character, for her integri-
ty, it is unequivocal,” said Ryan at
Jackson’s 2012 hearing for her
nomination as a U.S. District
Court judge. (Last year, she was
confirmed to the prestigious D.C.
federal court of appeals.) “She’s
an amazing person, and I favor-
ably recommend her consider-
ation.”
On Twitter Friday, Ryan
echoed that first comment, and
also stated, “Janna [Ryan’s wife]
and I are incredibly happy for
Ketanji and her entire family.”
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The farm where she plants her feet
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measure. (Think “Educated”
meets “Dr. Dolittle.”)
The story begins in the early
’70s in Turnersville, about 30
miles from the Funny Farm.
There Zaleski lived in a well-ap-
pointed suburban home with her
parents and two siblings; they
had a nanny and a beach house
and cocktail parties. But Zaleski’s
father had violent outbursts. One
day, after being threatened at
knifepoint, Laurie’s mother final-
ly had enough. She drove off with
the kids and settled into a new
house, a ramshackle one-bed-
room in the woods that, when
they arrived, had no electricity or
running water and was strewn
with garbage. “Its few windows
were broken or cracked, and one
of the wooden sills hung down, as
if someone had stepped on it to
crawl inside. If there once had
been steps out front, they were
long gone — it was a straight
drop, five feet from the doorsill to
the ground,” Zaleski writes. Soon
after the family moved in, vandals
tried to run them out, trashing
the place and stealing valuables
the family could barely afford in
the first place.
Five-year-old Zaleski was terri-
fied. But her mother, “unwaver-
ing in her cheerfulness,” found a
way to protect her family: a dog.
Zaleski’s mom got their first ani-
mal, a German shepherd named
Wolf, in 1973 through one of her
three jobs, cleaning cages at the
local animal control. Wolf was
meant to scare off the trouble-
makers, and for a while it worked
— until Zaleski’s father figured
out his family’s whereabouts and
terrorized them.
Zaleski’s mom, Annie McNulty,
had a weakness for difficult men
and needy animals. The former
nearly got her killed; the latter
saved her life. Shortly after Wolf’s
arrival came other animals, each
with its own sad story — a baby
horse with a broken leg, a run-
away pig, a discarded dog. “Every
time I turned around, the menag-
erie seemed to grow. Two by two,
four by four, as if Noah had
parked his ark in the woods near
Turnersville, dropped the tailgate
and said, ‘Welcome home,’ ”
writes Zaleski in the same matter-
of-fact style in which she speaks.
Zaleski has her own biblical
ship here, though sometimes she
has to send some animals else-
where — reptiles, amphibians
and wildlife — where they can be
cared for by specialists. “My bath-
tub and sometimes kitchen sink
Waiting for her to forget your birthday
Adapted from an
online discussion.
Dear Carolyn: I
think my
girlfriend of
Carolyn several years is on
Hax the verge of
forgetting about
my birthday
Saturday. Either she is James
Bond with the smokescreen she
is putting up to surprise me or
she’s making outside plans
without me that day.
Our relationship is otherwise
solid, so there is no angsty
punishment going on. For
better or worse, she is pretty
self-focused, so forgetting my
birthday would not be out of
character and covid isolation
has strained her social
relationships, so she’s been
wanting to “get out” more, such
as she can, so her making plans
is also not unusual. These are
parts of her personality I’ve
accepted. She also is a horrible
liar, so the James Bond scenario
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ABOVE: Zaleski’s mom, Anne McNulty, on the couch with her pig.
become a trauma center for ani-
mals that get hit by cars or wild-
life before they get transferred to
a local wildlife rescue,” she says.
Zaleski may be generous and pa-
tient, but even she has her limits.
“It gets me so angry,” she says of
people who abandon pets when
they move. “I think to myself, I’m
glad I’m not your child. Are you
going to leave them behind, too?”
seems unlikely.
So, I’m wondering, at this
point, is it better to let things
play out on the off chance there
is a surprise in the works? The
worst case here is that she enjoys
the weekend, then feels bad
when she realizes her oversight.
That feels passive aggressive, but
playing out other scenarios in my
mind, it seems like the best case.
Worst cases are me ruining a
surprise, her not enjoying her
chance to get out because she
feels bad, or both of us not
enjoying a hastily pulled
together plan that rests on
something she feels bad about.
— Birthday Person
Birthday Person: Omg.
For the love of all that is holy,
uncouple birthday recognition
from happiness. Nobody wins
with that coupling, not even 7-
year-olds.
Birthday acknowledgment is
useful only as a window into the
workings of a relationship. If
they’re fine, then missing a
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The animals on the Funny Farm
seem never to want to leave Zales-
ki behind. As we walk, a trail of
critters follows, including a tall
and surprisingly fast-moving emu
named Connor. Zaleski, dressed in
full-on cowgirl gear, flashes her
long eyelashes as she greets, kisses
and feeds her furry and feathered
friends. For her beloved German
shepherd Tucker, who has a mal-
birthday is fine — and if they’re
not, then it’s not. Embrace that
and feel the weight just float
away.
Then figure out what you want
to do for your birthday and
suggest it to your girlfriend.
Waiting to see if she forgets only
sets you both up to fail.
If you’re worried about foiling
some plan, then don’t be,
because 90 percent of them get
foiled anyway. But if it makes you
feel better, make your suggestion
by text so she has time to cover
for anything that needs covering
for.
Readers’ thoughts:
l Friend, you gotta pipe up.
You can say, in a pleasant way,
“Hey babe, did you know that
Saturday is the 4th, ya know, my
birthday? I was hoping to XYZ
with you that day.” I would be
horrified if my girlfriend sat
silently by while I was the
knucklehead that absent-
mindedly went about my
business on her birthday.
l Seriously, use your grown-up
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formed esophagus, that means
propping him up in a special dog
highchair so he can lick a bowl of
liquefied puppy food.
Zaleski bought the farm in
2000 intending to give it to her
mother. Two weeks before the
sale closed, though, her mom died
of cancer, at 52. “I used to joke and
say I was going to live in Philly
and have cappuccinos with my
friends, but I ended up at the
Funny Farm,” she writes in her
book. “Mom always said every-
thing happens for a reason.”
“Funny Farm” — the place and
the memoir — serve as a kind of
tribute to McNulty. “My mother
was a shining example of some-
one who would literally stop at
nothing to save an animal and in
a way, helping them took our
minds off our horrible situation
living in poverty,” Zaleski says.
McNulty, who grew up in Phila-
delphia, followed her instincts
and learned animal care from
friends and neighbors and library
books. One book helped her fig-
ure out how to butcher goats, a
practice she put to use — to her
family’s horror, and despite her
own heartbreak — when the ani-
mals were accidentally poisoned
by wild berries and the family
needed to eat. “It was a biology
lesson like no other,” Zaleski
writes. She’s been a vegetarian
ever since.
Zaleski is not a farmer, a wran-
gler, a vet or a formally trained
writer. She works 30-plus hours a
week at Art-Z Graphics, a photog-
raphy and graphics company she
owns that specializes in govern-
ment contracts. She has hun-
dreds of volunteers to help run
the Funny Farm, a 501(c)(3) chari-
ty that relies on donations; two
days a week it’s open to the public,
free of charge. “My only time to
myself is when I go to sleep, and
even then, there’s a pile of ani-
mals on top of me,” she says.
Needless to say, she doesn’t have
the time or energy for human
children.
An armchair therapist might
have some theories about why
Zaleski and her mom became
such ardent animal saviors. But
Zaleski is too no-nonsense — and
too busy — to delve deeply into
her psyche. “We never really
spoke about what saving animals
meant to us. We just saw the real
effects of our efforts,” she says.
“Saving animals was just our way
of life.” And despite the human
mistreatment that, paradoxically,
gave Zaleski her calling, she
doesn’t hold grudges: “The ma-
jority of people are good.”
voice and own your day. Speak
up or at least collaborate on fun
plans — which can be
reciprocated for your girlfriend’s
next birthday. No one needs the
pressure of having to read your
mind. If your girlfriend is
focused or distracted for good
reasons, then what point are you
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Ketanji Brown Jackson, with husband Patrick Jackson and
daughter Leila, at her nomination hearing last year.
Related by marriage
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Let’s break it down:
Ketanji Brown Jackson has
an impressive résumé, of which
volumes will be written. The
entry relevant to this discussion
is her admission to Harvard,
where she majored in govern-
ment, graduating magna cum
laude in 1992. She went on to
Harvard Law School, where she
was editor of the law review
before getting her degree in 1996.
She was an undergrad when she
met her future husband . . .
Patrick Jackson, whom the
judge has described as her “best
friend and biggest fan.” The
Harvard pre-med student was
her first serious boyfriend, de-
spite their different back-
grounds. “Patrick is a quintes-
sential ‘Boston Brahmin’ — his
family can be traced back to
England before the Mayflower,”
the judge shared in a 2017
speech at the University of Geor-
gia. “He and his twin brother
are, in fact, sixth-generation
Harvard.” By contrast, she said,
she’s pretty sure she had ances-
tors who were enslaved. “We
were an unlikely pair in many
respects.”
The couple dated for six years
before marrying in 1996 — after
she graduated from Harvard Law
and he graduated from Columbia
Medical School — and have two
daughters, Talia and Leila. The
doctor went on to an illustrious
career of his own: He’s a gastro-
intestinal surgeon at George-
town University Hospital. His
twin brother is . . .
William Jackson, a partner at
Goodwin law firm in Washing-
ton, where’s he’s a big shot in the
making to see if she forgets your
birthday? Seems kinda crappy to
do that to a partner.
l That’s because it IS passive-
aggressive, Birthday Person.
Seriously. Remembering or
failing to remember your
birthday is not indicative of love
for you or lack thereof.
KEVIN LAMARQUE/GETTY IMAGES
ligation team with a specialty in
biotech and health care. Before
joining Goodwin last year, Jack-
son spent two decades at Boies
Schiller. Jackson is married to . . .
Dana Little Jackson, also an
attorney but not currently in
practice; the couple has three
children. The Oklahoma native
grew up with the law; both her
parents were attorneys, and her
older sister . . .
Janna Ryan is also a lawyer.
After graduating from Wellesley
and George Washington Univer-
sity law school, she worked as a
tax attorney and lobbyist in the
nation’s capital before meeting
her future husband in 1999, at
her 30th birthday party. His
name was . . .
Paul Ryan, a young congress-
man from Wisconsin. He had
been elected the previous year;
the two married in 2000. Janna
gave up her career to raise their
three children; Paul went on to
be the GOP’s 2012 vice-pre-
sidential nominee and then
speaker of the House.
In other words: Ketanji Brown
Jackson’s brother-in-law (Wil-
liam) is married to Paul Ryan’s
sister-in-law (Dana).
The stats from those three
couples: Four lawyers, one doc-
tor, one politician, eight chil-
dren.
How often do they all get
together? There’s no official
word. But the two Jackson fami-
lies live in the Washington area,
so they probably get a chance to
see each other more often than
the Ryans, who live in Wisconsin.
Like any extended family, they’re
likely to get together for certain
big events . . . such as a nomina-
tion hearing.
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journalist for
her Clinton-
Lewinsky
columns
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documentary
about Alex
Honnold’s
conquest of
El Capitan
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Reuben
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serious!?”
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Chopin’s
Ballade No. 1
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worry
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quality
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sounds
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address
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the stars 1 __ Fireball: openings victory stock MATTHEW MURPHY AND EVAN ZIMMERMAN
29 6-Down hot candy 26 U.K. honor 38 Schwab 46 Post-WWI art Aaron LaVigne, left, as Jesus, and Tommy Sherlock as Pilate in the rock opera “Jesus Christ
info 2 Boxer, for 27 Sushi bar rival movement Superstar,” which runs through March 13 at the Kennedy Center.
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composer 3 Call it a night 29 False start? jackets 50 Former
34 Law school 4 Fishing line? 30 __ Maria 40 Stoops hoopster __
newbie 5 Sound choice 31 So to speak 41 Protected, Ming
35 Postgame 6 Tex. airport 32 Mark with in a way 51 Org. funded by
celebrations that’s bigger bands 42 “Taken” FICA
THEATER REVIEW FROM C1 ble for the costumes, which in- 20 miles up the road at Olney
37 Elusive than Manhattan 33 Ukulele trilogy 52 Box office
clude the purposefully bland Theatre Center, where the world-
result 7 1/24 of un forebear surname buy: Abbr. take on the character, this Messi- beiges of Jesus’s followers, the premiere musical “A.D. 16” is
44 Enervate giorno ah is so stone-faced and aloof that skinhead aesthetic of Tommy packed with R&B earworms, a
45 Well-thought-of 8 One of China’s one wonders how he recruited Sherlock’s Pilate and the ap- subversively funny book and, no-
46 John of Northern FRIDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION followers at all. But LaVigne’s plause-worthy golden gown tably, audible lyrics. But this iter-
Scotch fame Dynasties depiction does net more sympa- donned by Paul Louis Lessard’s ation of “Jesus Christ Superstar”
48 Showrunner 9 Take away thy for Omar Lopez-Cepero’s Herod. does deliver the unabashed thrill
Shonda 10 Unity tragic betrayer, Judas, whose re- of blasting early Webber show-
sentful crooning stands out on stoppers — such as the toe-tap-
49 Colorful 11 “Frozen” the opener “Heaven on Their ping “What’s the Buzz” and the
quartz snowman Minds.” This Messiah is so grandiose “Superstar” — into the
variety who sings Although Jenna Rubaii plays audience’s eardrums. Even if
53 Victim of “In Summer” Mary Magdalene with punk flair, stone-faced and aloof newcomers won’t be converted
Hermes 12 Some her soothing renditions of the into believers, “Jesus Christ Su-
54 Trepidatious spammers lullaby “Everything’s Alright” that one wonders how perstar” groupies should enjoy
query starter 15 Certify and the duet “Could We Start being along for the ride.
55 [Shrug] 18 Sporty rides Again Please?” — sung with Tom- he recruited followers.
56 Mellow, 21 Calif. home my McDowell’s boyish disciple Jesus Christ Superstar, music by
in some of works by Peter — make for welcome re- Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by
cases Matisse and spites. And Alvin Crawford Lessard struts with glam-rock Tim Rice. Directed by Timothy
Warhol brings bravado to the treacher- aplomb in “Herod’s Song,” which Sheader. Choreography, Drew
57 What one ous high priest Caiaphas, whose shows a more whimsical side of McOnie; music supervision, David
often wears 22 Skyline booming vocals are complement- Drew McOnie’s high-octane chor- Holcenberg; scenic design and
out? feature ed by Tyce Green’s screeching eography. In a clever flourish costumes, Tom Scutt; lighting, Lee
58 City near 23 Prefix with accomplice Annas. aided by Lee Curran’s striking Curran; sound, Keith Caggiano and
Düsseldorf diction When it comes to the craft lighting, McOnie frequently Nick Lidster. With Eric A. Lewis,
work, the production is impecca- frames the ensemble in biblical Sarah Parker, Brian Golub, Garfield
ble. Tom Scutt’s inventive two- tableaus that would be at home in Hammonds and Darrell T. Joe. About
tiered set features wooden scaf- the Sistine Chapel. 112 hours. $45-$185. Through
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Trying to ‘level-set’ at Fox News

MEDIA FROM C1 Late last week, the hosts of
Fox’s popular show “The Five”
sibly involving NATO, Griffin re- were not yet convinced by U.S.
plied that sending troops to the intelligence reports that Putin
area would have merely given had decided to invade. Panelist
Putin “a pretext” to invade. Greg Gutfeld went so far as to
Faulkner finally moved on claim that President Biden and
from the exchange and ended the his administration had “manu-
segment by thanking her for her factured” the Ukraine crisis for
“excellent reporting.” partisan purposes.
Griffin’s fans inside and out- Griffin pushed back hard.
side the network aren’t surprised “First of all, I need to level-set
by her commitment to factual with the conversation I’ve just
reporting. She joined the network been listening to,” she said. “What
as a Jerusalem-based correspon- we are witnessing right now is not
dent in 1999 and has remained a something that just changed in
linchpin of Fox’s news division the last 24 hours. . . . This is
even as the network’s opinion something we’ve been watching
hosts have gained greater influ- [for at least two weeks].”
ence in recent years. Likewise, when Gutfeld and
“If she reports something on Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery as-
air, it’s because she’s done hard serted during the show that
work off-camera to determine the Biden’s team was hyping the
the Biden administration’s culpa-
bility. “Sean, how we got to this
point is a long story and it pre-
dates the Biden administration,”
she said. “It goes back and in-
cludes mistakes made by every
U.S. president since the Soviet
Union fell apart.”
And on Thursday morning,
Griffin pushed back when “Fox &
Friends” co-host Steve Doocy said
that economic sanctions “have
not worked.” She argued that it’s
too soon to make that conclusion.
(Biden announced additional
sanctions on Thursday after-
noon.)
Griffin’s role at the network has
come into sharper focus since
some recent departures of promi-
nent Fox News journalists, in-
cluding Chris Wallace’s abrupt
exit in December to take a job at JUSTIN FISHEL/FOX NEWS CHANNEL/GETTY IMAGES

facts of the matter and present threat of war to distract from the rival network CNN, and the 2019 Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin, pictured with Gen. David Petraeus in 2010 in Afghanistan. “Jennifer is a
what’s true,” said Stephen Hayes, political trouble at home, Griffin resignation of Shepard Smith, straight arrow with real experience,” former Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren says.
who recently resigned from his was ready with facts in hand. who was also known to fact-check
role as a Fox News contributor “Right now, every American his colleagues, sometimes ruf- A news division employee who with real experience,” said former “incredibly proud of Jennifer
and now works for NBC News. “I should be watching this and fling feathers in the process. spoke on the condition of ano- Fox News anchor Greta Van Sus- Griffin and her stellar reporting,
suspect she has little patience knowing that this is deadly seri- Griffin is popular with other nymity because they not author- teren, a longtime colleague. “She as well as all of our journalists
with Biden-focused conspiracies ous,” she said. “This is not some employees in Fox’s news division, ized to comment publicly com- reports facts and does not tell the and talent covering this story
or commentary that pretends wag-the-dog situation.” who came to her defense in 2020, mended her recent work this viewer what to think. What more across our platforms.”
these challenges started in Janu- On Monday, Griffin appeared when then-President Trump week and said that Griffin has the could you possibly want in a Despite her clash with Faulkner,
ary 2021.” on the 9 p.m. program hosted by called for her to be fired after she respect and support of her news- journalist?” Griffin was back on her show on
That much is evident from the Sean Hannity and pushed back confirmed aspects of a damaging room colleagues. A Fox News spokesperson said Friday morning with her latest re-
clips. on his earlier comments about report about him in the Atlantic. “Jennifer is a straight arrow on Friday that the network is porting from the Pentagon.

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3111 K Street N.W.
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 12:50- (R) 3:20-8:45
3:45-6:35-9:20
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: (2021 Encore) 1:30
1:05-4:05-7:05-9:25
jackass forever (R) CC: 12:30- Animation 11:05-9:30
5:40-8:05-10:30
Dog (PG-13) CC: 4:35-7:10-9:40 Documentary 3:50
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:25-
4:05-6:45-10:10
Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 1:40-4:30-
7:20-10:05
The Cursed (R) CC: 3:50-10:15 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:20-
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 4:15-7:20-10:00
13) CC: 1:15-2:55-6:15-9:30
Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:50- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
4:40-7:30-10:15
The Worst Person in the World King Richard (PG-13) CC:
(R) 12:30-3:35-6:40-9:35
Drive My Car 12:05-6:30
Licorice Pizza (R) CC: 4:10-
7:10-10:10
Studio 666 (R) CC: 2:00-7:30-
10:00
The Godfather 50 Years (R)
12:00-4:00-8:00
Dog (PG-13) OC: 1:30
Licorice Pizza (R) OC: 2:30
Studio 666 (R) OC: 4:45
Angelika
Pop-Up at Union Market
550 Penn Street NE - Unit E Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:30-4:30- 1:10-4:30-7:40-10:20
5:30-7:00-9:30
Marry Me (PG-13) 12:00-2:20- 4:40-7:50-10:30
4:45-7:15-9:40
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 8:00
Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Avenue
Sing 2 (PG) 10:00AM
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 4:00-
7:00; 1:00
The Worst Person in the World
(R) 1:15-4:15-7:15
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Atlantic Plumbing Cinema
807 V Street Northwest
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: (!)
1:10-8:00
House of Gucci (R) CC: (!)
4:40-9:20
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1:30-4:20-7:20-9:55
Studio 666 (R) OC: (!) 1:50
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Drive My Car (!) 3:00-9:00
Compartment No. 6 (R) (!) 4:20;
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2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
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Cyrano (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:15-
4:15-7:15-10:00
Belfast (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:45-
6:45
The Worst Person in the World
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Animation (!) 2:00-4:30-7:30-
9:45
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9:50
Licorice Pizza (R) CC: (!) 1:05-
4:05-7:05-9:55
Parallel Mothers (R) OC: (!) 7:20;
(!) 1:20
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701 Seventh Street Northwest
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Bu san)
(NR) 2:00-7:10
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:00-4:00-
7:00-10:00
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:00
jackass forever (R) 12:10-8:00-
10:45
Dog (PG-13) 12:15
Moonfall (PG-13) 3:15-9:15
Marry Me (PG-13) 1:20-4:10-
7:20
Scream (R) 1:40-4:40-7:40-10:40
The Cursed (R) 4:20-9:45
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(PG-13) 2:55-6:30-9:55
Bheemla Nayak 12:05-3:30-
6:50-10:20
Blacklight (PG-13) 10:10
Studio 666 (R) 4:30-7:30-10:30
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:20-1:50-
2:40-4:50-6:20-7:50-8:40-10:50
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 3:05-
6:10-9:25
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(PG-13) 12:30
Dog (PG-13) 6:40-9:35
Studio 666 (R) OC: 1:30
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 5:40
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 4:00
Dog (PG-13) OC: 3:50
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AFI Silver Theatre Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:00-
Cultural Center 3:15-4:15-7:15-9:15-10:15
8633 Colesville Road Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
There Will Be Blood (R) 7:30 12:15-3:30-6:30-9:30
Death on the Nile (PG-13) Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:30-4:00-
12:40-6:00 6:45-9:30
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 12:15-
(PG) 11:00AM 6:15
the Revolution Could Not Be
Televised) (PG-13) 5:00
The Worst Person in the World
National Theatre Live: Follies
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
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6198 Greenbelt Road
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:50-4:20-7:50-
10:30
1:40-4:40-7:30-10:30
6:50-10:10
Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:20-4:10-
7:10-10:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 1:10-4:30-6:45-9:45
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4:50-7:00-9:40
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7:40-10:20
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4001 Powder Mill Rd.
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4:00-7:00-10:10
jackass forever (R) CC: 2:00-
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6:45-9:40
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 4:50-
7:30-10:40
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13) CC: 1:10-4:10-7:10-9:50
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8:00-10:40
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10300 Little Patuxent Parkway
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4:00-7:00
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:40-4:40-7:40
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
1:50-5:15-8:40
West Side Story (PG-13) CC:
7:45
jackass forever (R) CC: 12:30-
3:40-6:20-8:50
Dog (PG-13) CC: 12:55-3:35-
6:10-8:45
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 12:35-
6:05
Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 12:40-3:25-
6:10-9:00
The Cursed (R) CC: 12:50-3:00-
5:45-8:35
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 1:20-5:00-8:30
Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) CC: 3:00-
6:00-9:00
The Worst Person in the World
(R) 1:30-5:00-8:20
Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 3:25-
9:00
Studio 666 (R) CC: 3:30-6:15-
9:00
The Godfather 50 Years (R) CC:
12:30-4:30-8:30
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(PG-13) 12:30
Studio 666 (R) OC: 12:45
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9811 Washingtonian Center
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 12:00-
3:00-6:00-9:00
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 12:00-1:45-
4:30-7:15
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
12:30-3:30-6:30-9:30
Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)
(NR) 2:00-6:00-9:45
jackass forever (R) CC: 1:00-
3:45-6:30-9:15
Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:30-4:15-
7:00-9:45
Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 12:00
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:00-
3:45-6:30
Scream (R) CC: 5:30-8:30
Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 4:15-7:00-
9:45
The Cursed (R) CC: 3:15-6:00-
9:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 12:30-2:30-6:15-9:45
Butter (PG-13) 12:00-3:00-
6:00-9:00
Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:00-
4:00-7:00-10:00
The Worst Person in the World
(R) 12:15-3:30-6:45-10:00
Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 9:15-
10:00
Studio 666 (R) CC: 1:45-4:30-
7:15-10:00
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 2:00-
2:30-8:00
Cyrano (PG-13) OC: 1:30
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 5:00
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St. Charles Town Ctr. 9
11115 Mall Circle
The Cursed (R) CC: 3:45-9:45
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 12:30-4:00-6:15-9:45
Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 12:45-
6:45
Studio 666 (R) CC: 12:45-3:30-
7:30-10:15
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Capital Center 12
800 Shoppers Way
Uncharted (PG-13) CC:
2:00-8:00
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 12:15-2:15-
5:10-6:50
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 7:35-10:10
1:20-4:20-7:20
Dog (PG-13) CC: 12:40-3:40-
6:40
Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 12:00-
3:00-6:00
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 6:30
Scream (R) CC: 12:45-3:30-7:15 Studio 666 (R) CC: 1:45-4:45-
Encanto (PG) CC: 1:15-4:10
The Cursed (R) CC: 1:30-4:30- Moonfall (PG-13) 9:35
7:45
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 12:30-4:15-7:30-8:15
Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:00- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: (!)
4:00-7:00
Studio 666 (R) CC: 1:45-4:45-
8:00
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 5:00
Bow Tie Annapolis Mall 11
1020 Westfield Annapolis Mall West Side Story (PG-13) CC: (!)
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:30- 12:45-6:45
3:20-6:10-9:00
Dog (PG-13) 2:20-4:40-7:20-9:45 Belfast (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:30-
jackass forever (R) 12:15-2:45- 7:20-9:40
5:20-7:50-10:10
Moonfall (PG-13) 3:30-9:10
Marry Me (PG-13) 1:50-7:10
Scream (R) 4:30-9:50
Cyrano (PG-13) 11:15-2:00-4:45- Licorice Pizza (R) CC: (!) 12:30-
7:30-10:15
The Cursed (R) 7:00-9:35
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
13) 12:00-3:10-6:20-9:40
Uncharted (PG-13) 2:10-4:50-
7:40-10:20
Sing 2 (PG) 1:20-4:00
Hotel Transylvania: Transfor-
mania (PG) 12:05
Private Watch Party 12:00
Blacklight (PG-13) 1:00-6:30
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:10-3:50- 3:00-4:15-6:00-7:00-9:00
6:40-9:20
Studio 666 (R) 3:00-5:30-8:00- 6:45-9:25
10:30
Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD Scream (R) 1:05-3:45-6:30-9:30
7000 Arundel Mills Circle
Uncharted (PG-13) 9:35; 1:20- 13) 2:05-5:15-8:35-9:50
4:15-7:10-10:05
Trolls World Tour (PG) 11:05AM
Sing 2 (PG) 12:55-3:55-6:45
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:40- 1:40-3:20-4:10-4:50-5:30-6:20-
4:00-7:05-10:10
Hotel Transylvania: Transfor-
mania (PG) 12:00-2:25-4:55-
7:20-9:45
West Side Story (PG-13) 1:35
Encanto (PG) 12:15-3:25
Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)
(NR) 11:15-2:50-6:25-10:00
jackass forever (R) 12:05-2:40- 9:10
5:15-7:50-10:25
Valimai (Tamil) 6:15-10:10
Dog (PG-13) 11:30-12:20-2:10- Marry Me (PG-13) 3:50-6:40-
4:50-6:10-7:30-10:15
Moonfall (PG-13) 6:40-9:50
Marry Me (PG-13) 12:30-3:40- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
6:50-9:40
Scream (R) 12:35-3:50-7:15-
10:05
Cyrano (PG-13) 12:45-3:45-
7:15-10:15
Private Watch Party 11:00-
11:20-2:15-2:35-5:30-5:50-
8:45-9:05
The Cursed (R) 11:10-2:00-
4:50-7:40
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) 12:05-3:30-6:55-10:20
The Worst Person in the World 4:10-7:20-10:35
(R) 12:50-4:20-7:25-10:30
Bheemla Nayak 11:45-3:10-
6:30-9:55
Blacklight (PG-13) 11:05-1:45-
4:30-7:10-9:55
Studio 666 (R) 11:25-2:15-
5:05-7:55
Uncharted (PG-13) 11:50-2:45- 6:50-9:40
3:15-5:40-8:35-9:05
Studio 666 (R) XD: 1:20-4:10-
7:00-9:50
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:20-4:15- Spider-Man:
7:10-10:05; 10:55-1:50-4:45-
7:40-10:35; 10:55-1:50-4:45-
7:40-10:35
Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas
Gaithersburg
629 Center Point Way
Dog (PG-13) (!) 2:30-6:00-9:15 Belle (PG) 1:40
Studio 666 (R) (!) 3:30-6:20-9:00 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu)
Hotel Transylvania: Transfor-
mania (PG) 2:45-5:40
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(PG-13) 4:00-7:40
Uncharted (PG-13) (!) 3:45-4:40- Studio 666 (R) 1:40-4:35-7:30-
7:00-8:00-8:40
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 3:15- Valimai (Tamil) 1:10
7:20-8:20
Marry Me (PG-13) 4:20-6:40
Blacklight (PG-13) 3:00-5:20
Hoyt's West Nursery
Cinema 14
1591 West Nursery Road
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:15-
4:15-7:00-9:50
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 12:50-3:50-
6:30-9:00
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC:
1:00-4:00-6:55-9:45
West Side Story (PG-13) CC:
1:10-4:30-7:50
jackass forever (R) CC: 1:35-
4:35-7:40-10:15
Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:20-4:20-
6:45-9:10
Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 12:40-
3:45-6:35
Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:05-
4:10-6:50-9:30
Scream (R) CC: 1:40-4:40-7:20-
10:00
The Cursed (R) CC: 1:50-4:50-
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: 12:35-4:00-6:40-9:40
Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 1:30-
4:05-7:10-9:55
Redeeming Love (PG-13) CC:
12:30-3:30-6:20-9:20
7:30-10:05
Landmark
Bethesda Row Cinema
7235 Woodmont Avenue
1:30-4:15-7:05-9:50
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: (!) 10:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
13) CC: (!) 1:15-4:40-8:00
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:55-
4:35-7:25
Drive My Car (!) 3:45
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
Live Action (!) 4:50-9:45
Cyrano (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:45-
3:40-7:00-9:40
3:30-6:40-9:35
Parallel Mothers (R) (!) 4:00-9:50
Animation (!) 2:10-7:30
Old Greenbelt Theatre
129 Centerway
Cyrano (PG-13) 5:00-8:00
Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6
3899 Branch Avenue
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:00-1:30-
Sing 2 (PG) 11:00-1:35-4:15-
Dog (PG-13) 11:30-2:00-4:30-
7:00-9:40
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
Regal Bowie
15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:20-1:00-
7:10-8:00-8:40-9:20-10:15
Sing 2 (PG) 12:30-3:10
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:10-
4:20-7:20-10:20
West Side Story (PG-13) 12:30
jackass forever (R) 2:30-5:10-
7:40-10:10
Dog (PG-13) 12:45-3:40-6:30-
Moonfall (PG-13) 1:20-4:30-
7:30-10:25
9:30
Scream (R) 2:10-5:00-7:50-10:30
13) 12:15-3:30-6:50-10:05
Blacklight (PG-13) 6:00-8:50
Studio 666 (R) 1:00-4:00-7:00-
10:00
Regal Cinemas
Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX
900 Ellsworth Drive
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:30-1:30-
2:00-3:30-4:30-5:00-6:30-7:30-
8:00-9:30-10:30
Sing 2 (PG) 12:35-3:20-6:05-8:50
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:50-
jackass forever (R) 2:30-5:05-
7:40-10:20
Valimai (Tamil) 5:20-9:25
Dog (PG-13) 2:10-5:30-8:20
Moonfall (PG-13) 12:40-3:40-
6:40-9:50
Marry Me (PG-13) 1:20-4:05-
Scream (R) 1:45-5:10-8:05
The Cursed (R) 7:50-10:35
No Way Home
(PG-13) 12:30-1:15-3:50-4:50-
7:15-8:15-10:40
Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) 1:00-4:00-
7:00-10:00
Butter (PG-13) 12:50-3:35-
6:15-9:10
1:25-5:25-9:00
Bheemla Nayak 2:25-6:00-9:45
Blacklight (PG-13) 2:20-5:40-
8:30
10:25
Belle (PG) 4:40
Regal Germantown
20000 Century Boulevard
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:00-1:10-
3:10-4:10-5:00-6:00-7:00-8:00-
9:10-10:00-11:00
Sing 2 (PG) 12:40-3:20
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:00-
4:00-7:10-10:10
West Side Story (PG-13) 1:20
jackass forever (R) 11:50-2:20-
5:20-7:50-10:20
Studio 666 (R) 2:00-4:50-7:30-
10:30
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts:
Animation 3:00-8:45
jackass forever (R) 12:20-4:05-
6:45-9:35
Cinemark
Fairfax Corner and XD
Uncharted (PG-13) 2:30-6:15-
9:15
Valimai (Tamil) 3:00-6:50-10:40 Sing 2 (PG) 1:00 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Dog (PG-13) 2:15-4:20-7:30- 11900 Palace Way
Regal Kingstowne & RPX
Dog (PG-13) 12:50-3:30-6:30- Live Action 12:00-5:45 10:35 Uncharted (PG-13) 11:05-
Regal Westview & IMAX 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center
9:30 5243 Buckeystown Pike Cyrano (PG-13) OC: 12:45 Studio 666 (R) 1:15-4:55-7:45- 5:00-8:05
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:20-4:30-
Moonfall (PG-13) 6:40-9:50 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:20-3:20- Studio 666 (R) CC: 12:00-2:45- 10:50 Sing 2 (PG) 1:05-3:55 7:40-10:35
Marry Me (PG-13) 12:05-1:30- 6:30-9:40 5:45-8:45; 6:45 Uncharted (PG-13) 5:15-8:40 Death on the Nile (PG-13) Sing 2 (PG) 2:00
4:30-7:30 AMC Potomac Mills 18 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 11:30-5:55-9:00
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:00- Death on the Nile (PG-13)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 3:10-6:40-9:50 2700 Potomac Mills Circle 13) 1:30-5:05-7:15-9:40 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) 12:40-3:40-6:50-9:50
13) 12:20-3:50-7:20-10:45 Angelika Film Center Mosaic (NR) 1:25-5:05-8:40
jackass forever (R) 12:30-3:00- Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 11:15- West Side Story (PG-13) 12:50
Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu) 5:30-8:00-10:35 12:15-2:15-3:15-6:15-8:15-9:15 2911 District Ave jackass forever (R) 11:00-1:35-
2:50-6:20-10:05 6:45-9:20 jackass forever (R) 1:05-4:00-
Dog (PG-13) 1:00-4:00-7:10- Sing 2 (PG) CC: 12:30-3:30-6:30 The Worst Person in the World 6:30-9:35
Bheemla Nayak 2:35-5:50-9:40 10:00 (R) 11:00-1:40-4:35-7:25-10:10 Valimai (Tamil) 7:15
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Dog (PG-13) 1:35-4:10-7:10-
Blacklight (PG-13) 12:10-10:55 Marry Me (PG-13) 1:10-4:10- 12:20-3:30-6:40-9:50 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Dog (PG-13) 12:00-1:20-5:25-
Studio 666 (R) 11:55-1:40-4:40- 8:10 10:00
7:20-10:10 West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 13) 12:15-3:30-7:05-9:45
7:40-10:30 Marry Me (PG-13) 1:45-7:25 Moonfall (PG-13) 1:00
The Cursed (R) 1:50-4:50-7:50- 2:30 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 10:50-
Cyrano (PG-13) 12:30-6:30-9:35 Marry Me (PG-13) 4:05-7:50-
Regal Hyattsville Royale 10:45 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) 1:45-4:30-7:30-10:15 10:40
Coda (PG-13) OC: 4:00-6:50-
6505 America Blvd. Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- (NR) 11:20-6:10 Licorice Pizza (R) 11:30-2:30- The Cursed (R) 5:00-8:20
9:40
Uncharted (PG-13) 1:10-1:40- 13) 12:10-3:30-7:00-10:20 jackass forever (R) CC: 11:50- 5:30-8:30 Spider-Man: No Way Home
2:10-2:50-3:40-4:30-5:10-5:50- Uncharted: The IMAX 2D 2:30-5:05-7:35-10:15 Compartment No. 6 (R) The Cursed (R) 3:45-6:35-10:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-13) 12:45-4:15-8:10
6:30-7:30-8:10-8:50-9:30-10:20- Experience (PG-13) 1:20-4:20- Dog (PG-13) CC: 11:00-1:50- 5:25-8:00 Butter (PG-13) 1:30-4:25-7:20-
11:00 7:30-10:40 4:30-6:10-9:00 Uncharted (PG-13) 11:45-2:15- (PG-13) 11:15-6:20-9:45
Studio 666 (R) 1:00 10:10
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:35- Bheemla Nayak 12:15-3:40- Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 9:30 4:45-7:15-9:40 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu)
4:40-7:50-10:50 6:50-10:15 Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 7:10 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Uncharted (PG-13) XD: 12:25-
3:30-6:30-9:25 4:20-8:00
jackass forever (R) 1:00-4:20- Studio 666 (R) 1:30-4:30-7:40- Scream (R) CC: 10:00 Animation 2:00-7:20-9:30
Death on the Nile (PG-13) OC: Licorice Pizza (R) 2:10
8:30-10:00 10:30 Encanto (PG) CC: 11:45AM 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Studio 666 (R) 1:40-4:35-7:30-
Dog (PG-13) 12:55-5:30-8:20- The Cursed (R) CC: 1:10-4:00- Live Action 11:15-4:25 2:50
Xscape Theatres 10:25
11:00 Brandywine 14 6:50-9:40 Cyrano (PG-13) 10:55-12:00- Dog (PG-13) OC: 2:40
Uncharted (PG-13) 2:55-6:00-
Moonfall (PG-13) 2:40-6:00 7710 Matapeake Business Drive Spider-Man: No Way Home 1:30-2:45-4:15-7:00-10:15 Marry Me (PG-13) OC: 4:35
9:10
Marry Me (PG-13) 1:50-4:50- (PG-13) CC: 11:10-12:40-2:40- Cyrano (PG-13) OC: 3:30
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:10- Bow Tie Bheemla Nayak 3:25-6:40-9:55
7:40-10:20 2:50-5:30-8:10 4:10-7:40-9:10 Reston Town Center 11 & BTX Spider-Man: No Way Home
(PG-13) OC: 2:55 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:55-3:55-
Scream (R) 1:20-4:10-7:20-10:10 Sing 2 (PG) CC: 11:05-1:45-4:25 Uncharted: The IMAX 2D 11940 Market Street 5:25-7:00-8:40-10:05
The Cursed (R) 2:30-5:40-7:10- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: (!) Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:15- Bheemla Nayak 2:10-5:30-8:50
I'll Find You 12:35-3:15-6:00-
11:05 11:45-2:45-6:55-9:45 4:15-7:15-10:15 8:45 Studio 666 (R) XD: 11:45-2:30- Regal Manassas & IMAX
5:15-8:00 11380 Bulloch Drive
Spider-Man: No Way Home jackass forever (R) CC: 11:15- Butter (PG-13) 11:20-1:20-4:15- West Side Story (PG-13)
(PG-13) 1:00-1:30-3:30-5:00- Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 2:00 Uncharted (PG-13) 11:30-12:30-
1:35-4:15-7:25-10:15 7:10-10:10 12:10-7:20
7:00-8:40-10:30 Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 6:00 1:00-2:30-3:30-4:00-5:30-6:30-
Dog (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:00-1:30- Uncharted (PG-13) 1:15-4:05- Medal of Honor Theater -
Blacklight (PG-13) 9:15 4:20-6:50-9:20 The Worst Person in the World 7:00-10:00 NMMC 7:00-8:30-9:30-10:00
Studio 666 (R) 2:20-5:20-8:05- Moonfall (PG-13) CC: 6:55-10:05 (R) 12:20-3:20-6:20-9:20 Dog (PG-13) 1:55-4:25-7:20-9:40 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway Death on the Nile (PG-13)
10:45 Bheemla Nayak 2:50-10:00 11:40-2:50-6:10-9:10
Scream (R) CC: 11:20-2:00-4:40- Marry Me (PG-13) 3:50-10:35 We, the Marines (NR) 9:30-
Regal Laurel Towne Centre 7:20-10:00 Studio 666 (R) CC: 11:00-4:30- Cyrano (PG-13) 11:20-2:10-5:00- 10:30-11:30-1:00-2:00-3:00-4:00 West Side Story (PG-13) 1:10
14716 Baltimore Avenue Private Watch Party CC: (!) 7:20-10:10 7:45-10:30 jackass forever (R) 12:50-3:20-
The Godfather 50 Years (R) CC: Regal Ballston Quarter 5:50-8:20
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:00-1:00- 1:00-8:00 Spider-Man: No Way Home 671 North Glebe Road
2:00-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:00-7:00- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 12:00-4:00-8:00 (PG-13) 11:45-3:40-6:50 Dog (PG-13) 11:50-2:00-2:40-
Uncharted (PG-13) OC: 5:15 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:50-1:50- 5:00-5:40-8:50-9:40
7:50-9:00-10:00-10:40 13) CC: 11:50-3:00-6:20-9:40 The Worst Person in the World 2:55-3:45-4:55-6:00-7:00-8:00- Moonfall (PG-13) 4:40-7:50
Studio 666 (R) OC: 1:40
Sing 2 (PG) 12:30-3:20 The Cursed (R) CC: (!) 11:35- (R) 1:00-4:00-6:40-9:30 9:05-10:05
Marry Me (PG-13) 12:20-3:10-
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:05- 2:15-4:55-7:35-10:25 AMC Shirlington 7 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Sing 2 (PG) 1:30-4:30
3:10-6:40-9:40 Blacklight (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:25- 2772 South Randolph St. Animation 6:45 6:20
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:40- Scream (R) 1:20-4:50-8:40
jackass forever (R) 1:30-4:30- 1:55-4:35-7:15-9:55 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 2:15- 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 3:55-7:10-10:25
7:20-10:05 Studio 666 (R) CC: (!) 11:40- Documentary 12:20-9:15 Spider-Man: No Way Home
3:50-5:00-7:50-9:20-10:40 jackass forever (R) 1:10-3:50- (PG-13) 12:40-4:20-7:40
Valimai (Tamil) 12:40-4:40-8:40 2:20-4:50-7:30-10:10
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts: 6:40-9:15
Dog (PG-13) 1:10-3:50-6:30-9:10 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Live Action 3:50 Uncharted: The IMAX 2D
Valimai (Tamil) 5:55-9:50 Experience (PG-13) 12:00-3:00-
Marry Me (PG-13) 12:50-4:10- 11:10-1:10-1:50-3:50-4:30-6:30- Dog (PG-13) CC: 1:20-5:30- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:30-
Dog (PG-13) 1:15-4:00-6:50-9:40 6:00-9:00
7:30 7:10-9:10-9:50 3:30-6:55-9:50
8:00-10:30 Marry Me (PG-13) 12:45-3:35- Blacklight (PG-13) 9:20
Scream (R) 1:40-4:50-7:40-10:30 iPic Pike & Rose Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 1:05-6:40 Studio 666 (R) 11:30-2:05-4:50- 6:35-9:25
The Cursed (R) 6:20-9:30 11830 Grand Park Avenue Cyrano (PG-13) CC: 1:50-4:40- 7:30-10:10 Gangubai Kathiawadi (Telugu)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Uncharted (PG-13) (!) 12:45- 7:30-10:20 Uncharted (PG-13) 12:00-2:45- The Cursed (R) 2:05 12:10-4:10-8:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home
13) 12:10-3:30-6:50-10:20 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 6:30-9:40 Studio 666 (R) 1:40-4:30-7:30
Blacklight (PG-13) 10:25
4:00-7:15-10:30
13) CC: 2:00-3:50-7:20-10:10
(PG-13) 1:35-5:00-8:20
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 11:45- CMX Village 14 Bheemla Nayak 1:20-5:05-8:40 Regal Springfield Town Center
Studio 666 (R) 1:20-4:20-7:10- 3:15-6:45-10:15 The Worst Person in the World 1600 Village Market Boulevard 6859 Springfield Mall
Blacklight (PG-13) 7:40-10:30
10:10 Dog (PG-13) (!) 12:15-3:15- (R) 1:10-4:10-7:10-10:40
Uncharted (PG-13) 3:00-6:00- Studio 666 (R) 1:40-4:35-7:30- Uncharted (PG-13) 12:20-1:20-
Regal Rockville Center 7:00-10:00 AMC Tysons Corner 16 9:00 10:15 2:20-3:20-4:20-5:20-6:20-7:20-
199 East Montgomery Avenue Marry Me (PG-13) 12:15-4:00- 7850e Tysons Corner Center Sing 2 (PG) 1:30-4:40 8:20-9:20-10:20
Regal Dulles Town Center
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Bu san) 6:15-9:30 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:40- Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:15-
21100 Dulles Town Circle
Death on the Nile (PG-13)
(NR) 1:40-7:00 Cyrano (PG-13) (!) 1:00-4:15- 4:25-7:35 12:10-3:40-6:50-10:30
4:10-5:05-7:05-8:05-11:00
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:30-1:30- 7:30-10:45 West Side Story (PG-13) Uncharted (PG-13) 12:30-1:30- jackass forever (R) 1:50-4:50-
Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:45-4:40 2:30-3:30-4:30-5:30-6:30-7:30- 7:50-10:40
3:20-4:40-5:40-6:30-7:40-8:30- Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 12:55-4:50
9:40-10:30 13) 12:00-3:45-6:00-9:45 jackass forever (R) 2:35-5:10- 8:30-9:30-10:30 Valimai (Tamil) 12:30-4:30-8:30
1:25-4:30-7:30-10:35
Sing 2 (PG) 12:10 Blacklight (PG-13) 1:00-3:00- 7:50 Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:10- Dog (PG-13) 1:10-3:50-6:40-
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: 3:15-6:15-9:15
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:20- 7:45-11:00 12:20-10:05 Dog (PG-13) 12:45-1:45-3:45- 9:30
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Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: 13) 1:20-4:45-6:45-10:00
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 1:05-4:00-7:00-10:00 6:30-9:30 3:00-5:00-6:00-7:00-8:00-9:00; 10:25
13) 12:20-3:40-7:20-10:50 4:00 Bheemla Nayak 12:40-4:00-
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Blacklight (PG-13) 9:50 7:20-9:50 Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC; 4110 West Ox Road
Too Cool To Kill 12:00-2:40 Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 3:45- 13) CC: 3:30-7:15-10:45 DVS: 10:00-1:00-7:10-9:45 Uncharted (PG-13) 1:30-3:30- 7:00-10:00
Studio 666 (R) 1:50-4:30-7:30- 6:30-10:35 4:30-7:30 Sing 2 (PG) 12:30-3:00-5:40
Butter (PG-13) 12:40-3:50- Marry Me (PG-13) CC; DVS:
10:20 The Cursed (R) CC: 2:30-5:10- 6:50-9:50 9:45AM Death on the Nile (PG-13) 1:10- Death on the Nile (PG-13)
4:20-7:20-9:00 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:45
Regal UA Snowden Square 7:50-10:30 Uncharted: The IMAX 2D Cyrano (PG-13) CC; DVS: 9:40-
Experience (PG-13) CC: 12:15- 12:05-2:35-7:40-10:05 West Side Story (PG-13) 1:40 jackass forever (R) 1:50-4:10-
9161 Commerce Center Drive Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG-
Uncharted (PG-13) 12:20-1:20- 13) CC: 1:30-3:50-7:10-9:20 3:15-6:10-9:20 Belfast (PG-13) CC; DVS: 12:00- jackass forever (R) 1:00-3:40- 6:40-9:30
Blacklight (PG-13) CC: 1:15- 6:20 Dog (PG-13) 1:20-2:30-3:40-
2:20-3:30-4:20-5:40-6:30-7:30- Studio 666 (R) CC: 2:20-5:00- 2:00-6:00
8:30-9:40-10:40 7:40-10:20 7:10 The Worst Person in the World Valimai (Tamil) 12:40-4:40-8:40 4:50-6:00-7:20-8:30-9:40
Studio 666 (R) CC: 11:55-4:45- (R) CC; DVS: 10:15-4:55-10:00 Dog (PG-13) 2:00-4:50-7:40 Marry Me (PG-13) 3:20-6:20-
Sing 2 (PG) 12:10-3:10-6:10 AMC Hoffman Center 22 9:00
7:35-10:30 Drive My Car CC; DVS: 1:15-7:20 Marry Me (PG-13) 12:50
Death on the Nile (PG-13) 12:40- 206 Swamp Fox Rd. Scream (R) 8:40
4:00-7:10-10:25 The Godfather 50 Years (R) CC: Licorice Pizza (R) CC; DVS: 8:00 Spider-Man: No Way Home
Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 12:45- The Cursed (R) 2:00-4:45-7:30-
jackass forever (R) 12:20-7:40- 3:00-4:00-6:00-7:00-9:00-10:00 12:00-4:00-8:00 The Power of the Dog (R) CC; (PG-13) 2:30-6:00-9:20
Spider-Man: No Way Home Studio 666 (R) 1:20-4:10-7:10- 10:10
10:10 Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:30-4:15 DVS: 9:55-1:30-7:30 Spider-Man: No Way Home
Valimai (Tamil) 5:30-9:20 (PG-13) 12:00 Death on the Nile (PG-13) OC; 9:55
Dog (PG-13) 12:05-1:40-3:00-
Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Studio 666 (R) OC: 1:55 DVS: 4:10 Defending Champion (Hamel El (PG-13) 1:10-4:30-7:50
1:00-4:15-7:30-10:45 Lakab) 4:00-5:10-7:00-9:50 Blacklight (PG-13) 12:45-3:30-
4:30-6:00-7:20-10:05 Dune (PG-13) CC: 12:30-9:30 AMC Worldgate 9 Marry Me (PG-13) OC; DVS: 6:30-9:20
Moonfall (PG-13) 2:30 13025 Worldgate Drive 4:00
West Side Story (PG-13) CC: Regal Fox & IMAX Studio 666 (R) 1:30-4:20-7:10-
Marry Me (PG-13) 1:30-5:00 6:45 Uncharted (PG-13) CC: 1:30- Cyrano (PG-13) OC; DVS: 5:05 22875 Brambleton Plaza 9:50
Scream (R) 8:00-10:45 The Power of the Dog (R) OC;
King Richard (PG-13) CC: 12:00 4:15-7:00-7:30 Uncharted (PG-13) 1:00-4:15- Uncharted (PG-13) 1:40-2:20-
The Cursed (R) 9:00 jackass forever (R) CC: 2:20- Sing 2 (PG) CC: 1:00-3:40 DVS: 4:45 7:15-10:15 3:10-4:40-5:20-6:10-7:40-8:20-
Spider-Man: No Way Home (PG- 5:00-7:40-10:15 Death on the Nile (PG-13) CC: Licorice Pizza (R) OC; DVS: 4:45 Sing 2 (PG) 12:30-3:40 9:10
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Studio 666 (R) 11:50-2:00-4:50- 4:15-7:15-10:15 Marry Me (PG-13) CC: 2:00- To Fly! (1976) (NR) 11:10-
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C5

CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

N-S VULNERABLE
NORTH (D)
♠ J2
♥ AK2
♦ 863
♣ A Q 10 4 3
WEST EAST
♠ Q 10 9 8 3 ♠ K76
♥5 ♥ 74
♦ KJ52 ♦ 10 9 7 4 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ 752 ♣ KJ98
SOUTH
♠ A54
♥ Q J 10 9 8 6 3
♦ AQ
♣6

The bidding:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 ♣ Pass 1 ♥ Pass
2 ♥ Pass 4 NT Pass
5 ♥ Pass 6 ♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♠ 10 CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE LESTER
MIKE DU JOUR

“S imple Saturday”
columns focus on
basic technique and logical
thinking.
A good declarer imitates
a postage stamp — not by
getting more expensive but
by sticking to one thing until
he gets where he’s going.
He forms a plan and sticks
with it.
At today’s slam, South
RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
refused the first spade (an
error), won the next and
ruffed his last spade in
dummy. South then won-
dered which minor-suit
finesse to try for a 12th trick.
He needn’t have worried:
Both kings were offside.
Down one.
South had no plan. If he’d
known about the technique
of suit establishment, he
would have tried to set up
LIO MARK TATULLI MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
dummy’s clubs. South takes
the ace of clubs at Trick Two,
ruffs a club high, leads a
trump to dummy and ruffs a
club high.
When East-West follow,
South leads a trump to
dummy and ruffs a club.
He concedes a spade, wins
East’s diamond shift with
the ace, ruffs his last spade
in dummy and discards the
queen of diamonds on the
good club. If the clubs broke HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
badly, South could finesse in
diamonds.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠J2♥AK2
♦ 8 6 3 ♣ A Q 10 4 3
Both sides vulnerable. The
dealer, at your right, opens
one diamond. What do you
say?
ANSWER: If you overcall
at the two level with a bro-
BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
ken suit and a bunch of
losers, you may be doubled
for a telephone-number
penalty. Still, passing may
miss game, and a two-club
overcall of a one-diamond
opening has obstructive and
lead-directing value. I would
pass, but I certainly wouldn’t
criticize two clubs.
— Frank Stewart
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MUTTS PATRICK McDONNELL ZITS JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN

HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | FEBRUARY 26
You are a dreamer
with excellent
intuition. You are
multitalented, and
when you’re passionate about
something, you give it all you
have. You’re a good judge of
character. This year is about
learning and teaching. Many
of you will explore or renew
spiritual or religious beliefs.

DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY Moon Alert: There are no
restrictions to shopping or
important decisions today.
The Moon is in Capricorn.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
Keep in mind that now, and
for the next few weeks, it’s an
excellent time to work behind
the scenes or work alone
because your personal year
is coming to an end, even
though your new year has not
begun.
TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL Enjoy this time of increased
popularity. Many of you are
also more involved with groups
and organizations, perhaps in
a leadership role. Now and in
the next few weeks is the best
time of the year to set goals for
your future. Ideas?
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Because this is the one time
of the year when the Sun is at
the top of your chart casting
you in a flattering spotlight, it’s
important to take advantage
of this blessing. People admire
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK you even if you don’t do
anything special.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
This is an ideal time to sign up
for a course, to study or to do
something to learn more about
the world around you. Travel
also will give you a chance to
enhance your world, but this is
not always possible, especially
with restrictions.
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
Right now, the planet Mars,
STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER STAN LEE & ALEX SAVIUK which represents energy, is in
DUSTIN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN the part of your chart that’s
about work and health. Zowie!
This means these areas will
be highly energized. You find it
easy to work hard, and you’re
keen to improve your health.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
Remember that you need
more sleep right now because
the Sun is opposite your sign.
(This happens only once a
year and lasts for four weeks.)
Meanwhile, both Venus and
Mars want you to play and
party!
PRICKLY CITY SCOTT STANTIS LOOSE PARTS DAVE BLAZEK
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
Welcome this opportunity to
be productive, because it isn’t
always this easy to crank up
your engines and work hard.
You’re setting your personal
standards high now because
not only do you want to get a
lot done, you want to do it as
efficiently as possible.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
It’s true that you are intense,
determined, willful and sexy.
But many people forget how
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT playful you are! Scorpio is
often the trickster! Right now,
you welcome opportunities to
play and have fun.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Even though you are the
traveler of the zodiac, it’s
easy to stay in isolation now,
because home and family are
your primary focus. Many of
you are more involved than
usual with a parent.
CAPRICORN
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
LINCOLN PEIRCE BILL HOLBROOK Your mind is intellectually
BIG NATE ON THE FASTRACK curious. Plus, many of you
are on the go because you
have a busy schedule of
appointments, errands and
short trips, as well as meeting
the demands of increased
reading, writing and studying.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
You’re keen to communicate
and talk to others now with
Mercury in your sign. Quite
possibly, discussions about
your possessions, your salary
and earnings, and your
moneymaking ideas are areas
BEETLE BAILEY MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS where you want to share your
ideas. You are a futurist.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
The Sun will be in your sign
until March 20. It’s good to
know this, because it’s an
excellent time for you to go
after what you want when you
are more energetic, optimistic
and confident. Furthermore,
doors will open for you.
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ond season as D.C. United’s coach
Saturday evening, but in many ways,
it’s his first.
The roster is more contoured to his
agenda, more so through departures
than initial arrivals. Returnees
showed up at training camp in better
shape after obeying an offseason regi-
men in which every calorie burned
and sprint completed was recorded.
A new training center in Leesburg
is now fully operational, ending the
shuttles between Audi Field and a
spartan practice facility in RFK Sta-
dium’s shadow. Without pandemic
delays and adjustments, Losada oper-
ated a normal preseason camp.
And then there is Losada himself.
In recent interviews, he said he has
drawn from the experiences of a
maiden year, not just with a new team
but in a new league, a city and a
country he barely knew.
“I feel a lot better,” said the 39-year-
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to begin, the five Sidwell Friends
starters broke away from the big
huddle and formed a smaller one.
They put their arms around one
another and bowed their heads
close together. The five — Kiki
Rice, Jadyn Donovan, Khia Miller,
Leah Harmon and Kendall Dud-
ley — do this before every game, a
brief meeting to feel connected
before tip-off.
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message was short and to the
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finale, a road game against confer- from an overshadowed local team into a national powerhouse.
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vocal student section ready to cel- fun?
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tion a lot better. The country, the
culture, the weather circumstances,
the travel. So I am in a better spot as a
coach.
“I really hope the first year of ex-
perience,” he added, “will help me
make even better decisions and to
help the team achieve our goals.”
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mulligan for his first season, which
featured stretches of sumptuous soc-
cer but, amid an autumn swoon, end-
ed one point short of a playoff berth.
Though disappointed, the organiza-
tion recognized Losada’s learning
curve and the time necessary to re-
shape team culture and tactics.
And while expectations outside the
clubhouse are tempered this year —
prognosticators pick the club to fin-
ish no better than the middle of the
pack in the 14-team Eastern Confer-
ence — there is a sense Losada’s influ-
ence is taking hold ahead of
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MLS preview: The league kicks off its 27th season
with a new team, new faces and bold hopes. D3
SPURS 157,
The Wizards (27-32), down
130-122 with a little more than a
WIZARDS 153 (2OT) minute left in regulation, closed
with an 8-0 run sparked by a
Deni Avdija steal in the back-
BY K AREEM C OPELAND court. Spurs all-star Dejounte
Murray and the Wizards’ Kyle
Washington Wizards Coach Kuzma each missed potential
Wes Unseld Jr. was asked this game-winners in the final sec-
week what his team needed to onds of regulation.
address most over the season’s “Overall, the second half, I
final stretch to make a playoff thought our defensive intensity
run. Unseld didn’t hesitate — was better; obviously wasn’t
defense, he said. great,” Unseld said. “They scored
So, naturally, in his team’s first 157 points. Some areas we talked
game since the all-star break, the about before. . . . You’re not going
Wizards allowed a season-high to win too many games like that.
157 points (albeit in two over- They didn’t hurt us from three.
times) to the visiting San Anto- . . . Points in the paint, offensive
nio Spurs and fell by four at rebounds and obviously second-
Capital One Arena. half turnovers really put you in a
Neither team was particularly deficit.”
adept at getting stops in combin- The first extra period had elite
ing for a staggering 310 points, SEE WIZARDS ON D5
with the Wizards shooting
54.6 percent from the field and Wizards at Cavaliers
the Spurs hitting on 54.3 percent. Today, 8 p.m., NBCSW
M2 D
A sign of
progress
by MLB,
players
Sides near agreement
on draft order, but other
issues remain unresolved
BY C HELSEA J ANES
jupiter, fla. — Progress has
been a relative term during this
winter’s collective bargaining ne-
gotiations between Major
League Baseball and its players
union. Since the owners imposed
a lockout Dec. 1, just getting the
two sides in the same room
seemed significant. Despite an
MLB-imposed Monday deadline
for a deal, daily meetings this
week have been halting.
By that measure, what hap-
pened Friday, with three days to
go before MLB has said it will
start canceling regular season
games, represented something
unprecedented: a reason for op-
timism.
For the first time since the
sides began discussing a new
CBA in November, they nearly
came to an agreement about the
details of an entire issue — in this
case, draft order.
Now, draft order is just one of
a handful of issues in which the
sides disagree. Many of the oth-
ers, such as the competitive bal-
ance tax, have been more fraught
and convoluted. The players
wanted a draft lottery of eight
teams, then seven, as a means of
reducing the certainty that a
losing team will be rewarded
with the top pick. The owners
agreed to a lottery, but even as
late as Friday morning, they had
proposed four teams instead.
Exactly where they ended up
by Friday night remains unclear,
but people familiar with the
SEE LOCKOUT ON D6
Three sites
in Virginia
considered
for stadium
Commanders eye spots
in Loudoun, Pr. William
for proposed ‘mini-city’
BY N ICKI J HABVALA
AND L AURA V OZZELLA
The Washington Commanders
are considering three sites in Vir-
ginia for an envisioned “mini-
city,” with a new state-of-the-art
stadium serving as the center-
piece to a vast entertainment
complex, according to planning
documents prepared for the proj-
ect.
The team, which has been in
discussions with Virginia officials
for months about possibly build-
ing a stadium in the common-
wealth, is considering three op-
tions there — one in Loudoun
County and two in Prince William
County. The most accessible site
from D.C. is in Sterling, near a
quarry off the northeast corner of
Dulles International Airport. The
other two, in Prince William
County, are along I-95 in Wood-
bridge and near the Potomac
Shores Golf Club in Dumfries.
All three Virginia sites are at
least 27 miles from the Capitol,
but only the Sterling site is acces-
sible to the Metro, assuming the
Dulles extension on the Silver
Line opens. Some Virginia law-
makers have discussed potential-
ly expanding Metro to serve one or
more of the proposed sites.
While Maryland and D.C. offi-
cials are also still engaged in dis-
cussions with team officials about
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D I G E ST
TENNIS
Russian Rublev writes
an antiwar message
Tennis player Andrey Rublev
wrote “No war please” on a TV
camera moments after he
advanced to the final at the Dubai
Championships on Friday, a
sentiment echoed a few hours
later by Washington Capitals star
and fellow Russian Alex
Ovechkin.
The seventh-ranked Rublev
had just beaten Poland’s Hubert
Hurkacz, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), in
their semifinal when he wrote his
message on the camera, a
common practice after matches.
Rublev will face Czech qualifier
Jiri Vesely for the first time in the
Dubai final Saturday. Vesely, who
knocked out Novak Djokovic in
the quarterfinals, followed with
another top-20 win when he
outlasted Denis Shapovalov, 6-7
(7-5), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3), in more
than three hours. . . .
Cameron Norrie extended his
hot streak by upsetting Stefanos
Tsitsipas, 6-4, 6-4, to qualify for
the Mexican Open final where he
will play either Rafael Nadal or
Daniil Medvedev.
After losing all four of his
matches in January, Norrie is 10-1
in February and arrived in
Acapulco after winning the third
ATP Tour title of his career at
Delray Beach. . . .
Second-seeded Albert Ramos-
Viñolas of Spain advanced to the
semifinals of the Chile Open after
he beat Argentina’s Facundo
Bagnis, 7-5, 6-2, to reach the final
four of the clay-court tournament
in Santiago.
SOCCER
Christian Eriksen is set to
make his Brentford debut eight
months after the Denmark
international’s cardiac arrest at
the European Championship.
Manager Thomas Frank said
the 30-year-old playmaker is
ready to play Saturday when the
west London club hosts
Newcastle in an English Premier
League match. . . .
Forwards Martin Terrier and
Gaetan Laborde scored as
Rennes won at Montpellier, 4-2,
to move up to fourth place in the
French league. The fourth spot
guarantees entry into next
season’s Europa League; Rennes
is one point ahead of Strasbourg.
MISC.
The NCAA relaxed the amount
of THC an athlete can have to
trigger a positive test and
recommended less-stringent
penalties for athletes who test
positive for marijuana.
The threshold levels for THC,
which is the psychoactive
ingredient in marijuana, will go
from 35 nanograms per milliliter
to 150 nanograms per milliliter,
which the NCAA said is in line
with the World Anti-Doping
Agency’s levels.
— From news services
UEFA moves Champions League final from Russia
C INDY B OREN
BY
The Union of European Foot-
ball Associations announced Fri-
day that it would move the Cham-
pions League final out of Russia in
response to the nation’s attack on
Ukraine.
European soccer’s governing
body said it would relocate the
May 28 final, the biggest club soc-
cer match in the world, from Gaz-
prom Arena in St. Petersburg to
suburban Paris.
The game will be played at Sta-
de de France in St. Denis.
“UEFA wishes to express its
thanks and appreciation to French
Republic President Emmanuel
Macron for his personal support
and commitment to have Euro-
pean club football’s most presti-
gious game moved to France at a
time of unparalleled crisis,” UEFA
said in a Friday statement. “To-
gether with the French govern-
ment, UEFA will fully support
multi-stakeholder efforts to en-
sure the provision of rescue for
football players and their families
in Ukraine who face dire human
suffering, destruction and dis-
placement.”
UEFA’s executive committee
also decided that Russian and
Losada: United still has holes in roster
UNITED FROM D1
Ukrainian clubs and national
teams competing in UEFA compe-
titions will be required to play
their home matches at neutral
venues until further notice, the
statement said.
The move of the final is the most
significant development so far as
governing bodies of international
sports consider their responses to
the escalating situation in Eastern
Europe. Later on Friday, Formula
One released a statement about its
race scheduled to be held in Sochi
in September, saying, “It is impos-
sible to hold the Russian Grand
Prix in the current circumstances.”
Complicating matters for UEFA
was the fact that the organization
and several major European soc-
cer clubs have significant Russian
ties.
The UEFA executive committee
includes Alexander Dyukov, the
chief executive of Gazprom, a Rus-
sian state-owned energy corpora-
tion, who also is the former presi-
dent of club Zenit St. Petersburg
and the current president of the
Russian Football Union.
The RFU issued a statement
quoting Dyukov on Friday de-
nouncing UEFA’s decision: “We
believe that the decision to move
the venue for the Champions
League final was dictated by polit-
ical reasons,” the statement read
in Russian. “The RFU always ad-
heres to the principle of ‘sport is
out of politics.’ ”
German club Schalke 04, which
is sponsored by Gazprom, an-
nounced Thursday that it would
remove the company’s logo from
its jerseys. According to multiple
reports Friday, Manchester Unit-
ed said it was ending its partner-
ship with Russian airline Aeroflot,
a major sponsor.
Upcoming World Cup qualifiers
also could be disrupted, though
FIFA, soccer’s international gov-
erning body, has yet to announce a
decision. Russia is set to host Po-
land in Moscow on March 24, and
Ukraine is set to play in Scotland
that day. Sweden plays the Czech
Republic on the same date, and
the winner of that match is lined
up to face the Russia-Poland win-
ner in another qualifier March 29.
On Thursday, the soccer associa-
tions of Poland, Sweden and the
Czech Republic issued a joint
statement saying they would not
travel to Russia to play there and
called on FIFA and UEFA to “pre-
sent alternative solutions.”
Beyond soccer, the Internation-
al Olympic Committee said in a
statement Friday that it urges all
international sports federations
to relocate or cancel events that
are planned to be held in Russia or
Belarus and added that no Rus-
sian or Belarusian flag should be
displayed or those countries’ na-
tional anthems played at any in-
ternational sporting event.
The IOC executive board “ex-
presses its deep concerns about
the safety of the members of the
Olympic Community in Ukraine
and stands in full solidarity,” the
statement read.
The International Ski Federa-
tion announced Friday that all re-
maining World Cup events sched-
uled to take place in Russia be-
tween now and the end of the
season will be canceled or moved
to another location.
Formula One said in its state-
ment Friday that it is “watching
the developments in Ukraine with
sadness and shock and hope for a
swift and peaceful resolution to
the present situation.”
On Thursday, before the auto
racing circuit said it would not
hold the Russian Grand Prix as
things stand now, Sebastian Vet-
tel, a four-time Formula One
champion, said he planned to skip
the race.

TELEVISION AND RADIO Saturday’s 6 p.m. opener at home

NBA against expansion Charlotte FC.
8 p.m. Washington at Cleveland » NBC Sports Washington, WTEM (980 AM) “He put his stamp on us last
8:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Milwaukee » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) year, but it was still developing,”
NHL wing back Julian Gressel said. “It
12:30 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia » NBC Sports Washington, WJFK (106.7 FM) wasn’t so introductory this year.
3 p.m. New York Rangers at Pittsburgh » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) It’s a little more advanced and
7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville » TNT detailed. We could do the work
early in preseason because all the
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL guys who were back knew how we
Noon Elon at Northeastern » CBS Sports Network wanted to play and who we are.”
Noon Purdue at Michigan State » ESPN
Losada wants to play high-tem-
Noon Oklahoma State at Oklahoma » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13)
Noon Miami (Ohio) at Toledo » ESPNU
po, pressuring soccer that forces
Noon Florida at Georgia » ESPN2 turnovers in an opponent’s defen-
12:30 p.m. Duquesne at Rhode Island » USA Network sive end and allows United to strike
1 p.m. Butler at Marquette » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45) quickly. When effective last year,
1 p.m. Vanderbilt at Mississippi State » SEC Network United stung teams with a rush of
2 p.m. Kentucky at Arkansas » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13) goals, such as in a 7-1 victory over
2 p.m. Texas at West Virginia » ESPN2 Toronto FC. When ineffective,
2 p.m. North Carolina at North Carolina State » ESPN United was exposed, such as in a
2 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas State » ESPNU
6-0 defeat at New York City FC.
2:30 p.m. Fordham at Davidson » USA Network
3 p.m. Virginia Tech at Miami » MASN, WTEM (980 AM)
It’s a demanding system, one
3 p.m. Clemson at Boston College » ACC Network that requires prime conditioning
3:30 p.m. Seton Hall at Xavier » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45) and threatens to exhaust or injure
3:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Mississippi » SEC Network players who can’t keep up. Unfit at
4 p.m. Southern Illinois at Drake » CBS Sports Network the start of the 2021 season and
4 p.m. UCLA at Oregon State » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13) pushed hard by Losada late in the
4 p.m. Florida State at Virginia » ESPN2, WSBN (630 AM) campaign, United was constantly
4 p.m. Auburn at Tennessee » ESPN nursing soft-tissue injuries. JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST
4 p.m. CIAA tournament, final: Fayetteville State vs. Virginia Union » ESPNU
“They come back in better D.C. United acquired Michael Estrada from Mexican club Toluca to bolster its inconsistent attack.
4:30 p.m. VCU at Massachusetts » USA Network
5 p.m. Georgia Tech at Notre Dame » ACC Network
shape than last year,” Losada said
6 p.m. St. Bonaventure at Saint Joseph’s » CBS Sports Network Thursday. “Even our list of injured Sounders. happy to have them right away most important thing. It’s about
6 p.m. Wisconsin at Rutgers » Big Ten Network players is a lot smaller!” Taxiarchis Fountas, a Greek at- because we need them,” defender building a roster and finding the
6 p.m. Washington State at Washington » Pac-12 Network For much of the offseason, the tacker for Rapid Vienna, will be- Brendan Hines-Ike said. “That’s right pieces for your style of play,
6 p.m. Duke at Syracuse » ESPN roster was a lot smaller. The team come United’s highest-paid player clear. We need more players on the and we’re working on that.”
6 p.m. Texas Tech at TCU » ESPN2 cut ties with many veterans who but isn’t scheduled to join the team. For an MLS season, we need He conceded, though, that
6 p.m. South Carolina at Alabama » SEC Network either didn’t fit into Losada’s plans team until summer. United is more depth.” United needs a third designated
6 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Northern Iowa » ESPNU or couldn’t reach contract terms: seeking to strike a deal that would Losada is counting on Peruvian player “if we want to be competi-
7 p.m. Louisville at Wake Forest » ACC Network
Yamil Asad, Joseph Mora, Yordy allow him to arrive much sooner. World Cup attacker Edison Flores tive.”
8 p.m. Arizona at Colorado » ESPN2
8 p.m. Nevada at Wyoming » CBS Sports Network
Reyna, Felipe Martins and Júnior To foster competition for play- to rebound from two disappoint- The long-range goal, Losada
8 p.m. Kansas at Baylor » ESPN Moreno. ing time, Losada wants two play- ing seasons — “We all hope this said, is to be more than just com-
8 p.m. Pepperdine at BYU » ESPNU With the role of U.S. national ers in each position, but “that is will be his year,” Losada said — and petitive.
8:30 p.m. Creighton at Providence » Fox Sports 1 team winger Paul Arriola unclear, something we still don’t have,” he for midfielders Moses Nyeman, 18, “Are you making the playoffs
8:30 p.m. Stanford at California » Pac-12 Network United traded him to FC Dallas for said. and Sofiane Djeffal, a second- just to get kicked in the first
8:30 p.m. Missouri at LSU » SEC Network the largest financial package in Ola Kamara, MLS’s co-leading round draft pick from Oregon round? Or are you making the
10 p.m. Arizona State at Utah » ESPNU MLS history. scorer, remains on the team — for State, to step into prominent roles. playoffs to be competitive in
10 p.m. Southern California at Oregon » ESPN2 Losada did not want to lose now. United has entertained trade Fountas and Flores are desig- them?” he said. “We are going in
10 p.m. Boise State at UNLV » CBS Sports Network
rising star Kevin Paredes, an elec- offers for the Norwegian striker, nated players — their salaries ex- the right direction. We made good
10 p.m. Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s » ESPN
10:30 p.m. Colorado State at Utah State » Fox Sports 1
trifying player who fit perfectly who is in the final year of his ceed standard league guidelines — steps forward and started a good
11:59 p.m. Long Beach State at UC Irvine » ESPNU into his system. But when German contract. Kamara missed much of and United is aiming to add a third foundation last year to continue
club Wolfsburg offered more than training camp because of health DP, if not this spring then this building this year.”
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL $7 million for the 18-year-old wing and safety protocols. summer. Asked whether, after a year on
3 p.m. Oregon at Utah » Pac-12 Network back, United accepted. United is in the market for two That requires additional spend- the job, he believes he is building a
5 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma » MASN2 Only a few roster slots have attackers, a defensive midfielder ing, something United has not team in his image, one that will
GOLF been filled, most notably by Mi- and a backup goalkeeper, Losada done at the pace of many other perform as he envisions, Losada
1 p.m. PGA Tour: Honda Classic, third round » Golf Channel
chael Estrada, an Ecuadoran na- said. MLS’s first trade and transfer clubs. said: “We will see. We are still
3 p.m. PGA Tour Champions: Cologuard Classic, second round » Golf Channel tional team forward, and Brad deadline is May 4, and the second “There will always be teams waiting for pieces. The moment
3 p.m. PGA Tour: Honda Classic, third round » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11) Smith, Paredes’s replacement who runs from July 7 to Aug. 4. that spend more than us,” Losada the pieces arrive, you can ask me
arrived via a trade with the Seattle “Whenever guys get in, we’ll be said. “Money is not always the that question again.”
SOCCER
7:30 a.m. English Premier League: Tottenham at Leeds United » USA Network
10 a.m. English Premier League: Watford at Manchester United » USA Network

Injured Reyna hopes to play in final Cup qualifiers

11 a.m. French Ligue 1: Nice at Strasbourg » beIN Sports
3 p.m. French Ligue 1: St-Étienne at Paris Saint-Germain » beIN Sports
6 p.m. MLS: Charlotte at D.C. United » NBC Sports Washington Plus
7:30 p.m. MLS: New England at Portland » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45)

AUTO RACING BY S TEVEN G OFF Another significant injury matches scheduled after Reyna’s will take some more days but
12:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: Production Alliance 300, qualifying » Fox Sports 1 would have canceled his plans of expected return to active duty: definitely not as long as anyone
2:30 p.m. NASCAR Cup Series: Wise Power 400, qualifying » Fox Sports 1 When he felt the pain in his helping Dortmund chase front- March 13 against Arminia expected.”
5 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: Production Alliance 300 » Fox Sports 1 right hamstring again, the same runner Bayern Munich and join- Bielefeld and March 20 at Köln. Reyna, whose father, Claudio,
7:30 p.m. NHRA: Arizona Nationals, qualifying » Fox Sports 1
muscle that required five months ing the U.S. squad for the final Berhalter is expected to name captained the U.S. squad 20 years
TENNIS of rehabilitation after he injured three World Cup qualifiers in late the roster between those dates, ago, is in his third season with
10 a.m. ATP: Dubai Tennis Championships, final; WTA: Qatar Total Open, final » it the first time, Gio Reyna March. and U.S. camp will begin in Dortmund’s first team. He en-
Tennis Channel thought the worst. So did his On Monday, though, Dort- earnest March 21 — three days joyed a breakout campaign in
2 p.m. ATP: Chile Open, semifinals » Tennis Channel Bundesliga club, Borussia Dort- mund announced Reyna should before a showdown with archri- 2020-21 with 46 appearances,
8 p.m. ATP: Mexican Open, final; WTA: Abierto Zapopan, semifinals » Tennis Channel mund, and the U.S. national soc- be able to resume training in two val Mexico in Mexico City. The 30 starts and seven goals across
TRACK AND FIELD cer team, which, aside from the weeks — a huge relief for all Americans will then host Panama all competitions.
opening match, had gone involved parties. on March 27 in Orlando and visit He said the long absence this
5 p.m. U.S. indoor championships » CNBC
through World Cup qualifying “I don’t really have too many Costa Rica on March 30. season weighed on him.
GYMNASTICS without him. worries” about being ready for They need at least three points “It was hard when I got into
1 p.m. Winter Cup » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11) “It was pretty scary,” Reyna U.S. camp in three weeks, Reyna to secure one of Concacaf ’s three the two- or three-month range
said during an video interview said. “I am pretty positive I will automatic berths in the World where it wasn’t really getting
HORSE RACING
with about a dozen reporters be able to go to that. I really want Cup late this year in Qatar. better and we were getting des-
Noon Saudi Cup » Fox Sports 2 Friday. “The five months were to go. I haven’t been with them Reyna’s return to the U.S. perate and I was getting desper-
RUGBY really complicated and really for a long time, and it’s three squad would help compensate ate,” Reyna said. “Obviously, all
4 p.m. Major League Rugby: Toronto at Old Glory DC » NBC Sports Washington hard. I am happiest when I am really important games now. I’ll for the loss of Juventus midfield- the players’ favorite thing is to
9 p.m. Major League Rugby: San Diego at Houston » Fox Sports 2 playing. So the thought I was really give everything and make er Weston McKennie, who will be play on Saturday or Sunday. It
maybe going to be out for an- sure I’m there.” sidelined at least eight weeks was hard to watch them without
WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL other extended period of time While Reyna continues rehab- after he broke his foot Tuesday in me helping them for several
7 p.m. Athletes Unlimited: Team Brown vs. Team Harrison » Fox Sports 2 with the same injury was tough bing, the U.S. medical staff will an UEFA Champions League months.”
10 p.m. Athletes Unlimited: Team Cloud vs. Team Hawkins » MASN2
to take in.” have regular communication game. Having dodged a scare last
MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY The 19-year-old attacker, one with its Dortmund counterparts Dortmund officials are opti- weekend, he said he is looking
8 p.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota » Big Ten Network of the brightest stars in a brigade and he will talk with the coaching mistic about Reyna’s recovery. forward to returning in the next
of young U.S. talent, was left in staff. From the U.S. standpoint, “To see him after such a long few weeks, for both club and
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE tears after he had to leave in the Reyna’s ability not just to return time having maybe another deep country.
Noon Syracuse at Virginia » ACC Network first half of Sunday’s home match to Dortmund’s training but play and bad injury, [everyone] was “I am doing really well,” Reyna
WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS against Mönchengladbach. It in a match would bolster Coach feeling terrible,” executive said. “I am seeing a few people
1:30 p.m. Maryland at Penn State » Big Ten Network
was his third appearance since Gregg Berhalter’s confidence in Carsten Cramer said. “I am really that should — and will — be able
3:30 p.m. Michigan at Nebraska » Big Ten Network his recovery and first start for including him on the roster. happy to see him smiling and to help and get me back to
Dortmund since Aug. 27. Dortmund has two Bundesliga that he is more positive that it 100 percent very, very soon.”
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022 . THE WASHINGTON POST
MLS season brings new faces,
big changes and bold moves
A new home for Nashville . . .
MLS’s pace of expansion is matched
by the christening of stadiums designed
for soccer. The latest is in Nashville,
where the third-year club has left the
NFL venue for new digs at the fair-
grounds three miles south of downtown.
With a capacity of 30,000, it will
become the largest MLS-designed sta-
dium. At that size, Nashville will gain
prime status for hosting special events,
such as an All-Star Game and interna-
tional matches.
Because the new facility will not open
until May 1, Nashville SC will play its
first eight matches on the road.
. . . but not for New York City FC
While MLS beams with pride about
new stadiums, the situation in New York
remains an embarrassment. MLS Cup
champion New York City FC can’t escape
Yankee Stadium, an arrangement that
was supposed to be temporary when the
team was launched in 2015.
Proposals for a new venue have come
and gone, and because of scheduling
conflicts this year, NYCFC will play
10 home games in the Bronx; six at
another baseball stadium, Citi Field in
Queens; and one at Red Bull Arena in
Harrison, N.J., home to the archival New
York Red Bulls.
The other 2021 trophy winner, the
New England Revolution, which cap-
tured the Supporters’ Shield with the
best regular season record, also has
failed to find a new home closer to
Boston after 26 years at the NFL venue
in Foxborough, Mass.
The word of the day is ‘precontract’
Toronto FC’s acquisition of Italian
winger Lorenzo Insigne introduced a
soccer-centric term probably unfamiliar
to casual fans: precontract.
When a player’s deal is within six
months of expiring, he is free to negotiate
with a new team. Even if a deal is struck,
however, he can’t leave until the current
pact is finished.
So Insigne will continue playing for
Napoli in Serie A, where he has starred
since 2012, until the MLS secondary
transfer window opens in early July.
“If we establish good ideas as a team,
then of course when a great player like
Lorenzo arrives, it’s really easy for him to
step right in and take a leading role,”
Coach Bob Bradley said.
New England goalkeeper Matt Turner,
a U.S. national team member, also signed
a precontract, with Arsenal in the Pre-
mier League, which he will join this
summer. D.C. used the same mechanism
to add Greek attacker Taxiarchis Fountas,
though the club is hopeful Rapid Vienna
will allow him to leave early (for a fee).
A bolder age in Dallas
Dallas has built its reputation on
developing young players, then sending
many of them to Europe. Its success on
the field, though, has been spotty (one
MLS Cup appearance in 26 seasons).
This winter, Dallas took a bolder
approach by acquiring — instead of just
nurturing — talent. It traded for U.S.
national team winger Paul Arriola from
D.C. for up to $2.3 million in allocation
money — a league record — and signed
Argentine winger Alan Velasco from
Independiente for a club-high $7 mil-
lion.
Familiar faces as new coaches
Five individuals involved in the U.S.
game for years will get their first shot as
an MLS head coach. Ezra Hendrickson,
an assistant with three clubs over
12 years, takes over Chicago and becomes
the league’s third active Black head
coach.
Pat Noonan, an MLS and U.S. national
team assistant over eight years, received
the Cincinnati job, and Nico Estévez left
U.S. Coach Gregg Berhalter’s side to
oversee Dallas.
Longtime midfielder Paulo Nagamura
shifted from lower-flight coaching to
handle Houston, and Steve Cherundolo,
a former U.S. national team defender and
2021 Hall of Fame inductee, takes the
helm at Los Angeles FC.
Arena at 70
While several coaches cut their teeth,
New England’s Bruce Arena, 70, enters
his 45th season in the profession — a
career that began with the University of
Virginia in 1978.
In MLS circles, he is tied with the late
Sigi Schmid for most regular season
victories (240) and holds the record for
championships (five), coach of year
awards (four) and Supporters’ Shields
(four).
Last year, the Revolution set a league
record for points (73) and seemed poised
for its first MLS Cup crown before it
stumbled in the Eastern Conference
semifinals. The return of designated
players Carles Gil, Gustavo Bou and
Adam Buksa bodes well.
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soccer
BY S TEVEN G OFF
Major League Soccer will begin its 27th season this weekend with the introduction of a new club, Americans abroad
Turner is among several prominent
Charlotte FC, the 10th expansion team in eight seasons. Its debut is Saturday against an MLS original, Americans heading overseas, but unlike
D.C. United, at Audi Field. ¶ League membership has swelled to 28, two short of Major League Baseball his situation, which did not involve a
transfer fee, others were sold for notable
and the NBA and four shy of the NFL and NHL. St. Louis will join in 2022, and Las Vegas is the figures. It’s a sign MLS has fully entered
front-runner for the next slot. ¶ Expansion teams typically bubble with good vibes and unrealistic the global ecosystem of player movement.
Dallas collected $20 million from Ger-
hopes, but Charlotte Coach Miguel Ángel Ramírez kept it real two weeks ago. ¶ With his roster still man club Augsburg for striker Ricardo
taking shape, Ramirez said, “Right now, we’re screwed.” ¶ That has not dampened enthusiasm in the Pepi, 19, and Orlando got more than
$9 million from English side West Brom-
Queen City, where more than 65,000 tickets have been sold for the March 5 home opener against the wich Albion for striker Daryl Dike, 21.
Los Angeles Galaxy at Bank of America Stadium. ¶ The MLS attendance record for a stand-alone D.C. received $7.35 million from Ger-
many’s Wolfsburg for winger Kevin Pare-
regular season game was in 2019 with a crowd of 72,548 for Atlanta United — which on Sunday is des, 18. Colorado defender Auston Trusty,
expecting some 70,000 for its opener against Sporting Kansas City at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. ¶ Here’s 23, and Atlanta defender George Bello,
20, were sold for $2 million apiece to
what else to know as a new MLS season kicks off. ¶ Arsenal and Germany’s Arminia
Bielefeld, respectively.
NYCFC midfielder James Sands, 21,
was loaned to Glasgow Rangers until
June 2023, at which time the Scottish club
is likely to acquire him full time for a
transfer fee.
Returning stateside: U.S. national
team veteran DeAndre Yedlin, who, after
seven years in Europe, the last with
Galatasaray, signed with Miami.
Toronto reinvents itself
Perhaps no team had a bigger winter
than Toronto, which, after five years of
prosperity and three championship ap-
pearances, went over the cliff last season
and finished second to last in the overall
standings.
Attempting to rebound from its stun-
ning fall, the organization hired Bradley,
one of U.S. soccer’s most accomplished
coaches, and signed Insigne to the
largest contract in MLS history ($15 mil-
lion per season).
It also bought out high-priced striker
Jozy Altidore, who landed in New Eng-
land, and added Mexican national team
defender Carlos Salcedo.
A new look for MLS
MLS teams have gotten away from sign-
ing stars late in their twilight. Instead, they
have tapped into Latin America’s younger
ASSOCIATED PRESS market and acquired players with both
MLS Commissioner Don Garber, left, and Charlotte FC owner David Tepper can watch the club’s debut at Audi Field. established portfolios and — they hope — a
lot left in the tank.
Atlanta turned to Argentina, acquiring
20-year-old attacker Thiago Almada from
Velez Sarsfield for an MLS-record $16 mil-
lion.
Chicago went for Xherdan Shaqiri, a
30-year-old Swiss midfielder who has
played for Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and
Liverpool, among others. The Fire paid
French club Lyon a club-record $7.5 mil-
lion for the three-time World Cup player.
The Los Angeles Galaxy added Douglas
Costa, a 31-year-old Brazilian whose ca-
reer has passed through Bayern Munich
and Juventus.
Saying goodbye
Three players who captured the hearts
of MLS fan bases moved on.
Chris Wondolowski, the famed San
Jose striker, retired after 17 seasons with
an MLS-record 171 goals, an MVP trophy
and two scoring titles.
Diego Valeri, Portland’s most beloved
player since the Timbers joined the
league in 2011, returned to his boyhood
club in Argentina, Lanus, after nine
seasons, an MLS championship and an
MVP award.
And Federico Higuaín retired after
10 years in MLS, the first eight with
Columbus. He then played most of one
season with D.C., followed by a year-plus
in Miami, where he joined his famous
STEPH CHAMBERS/GETTY IMAGES brother, Gonzalo.
New York City FC reached new heights by winning its first MLS Cup but is still stuck without a home of its own.
A 14-year-old enters the fray
While the league bid farewell to nota-
ble older players, it welcomed its young-
est: Real Salt Lake forward Axel Kei, who
was 14 years 15 days when, in January, he
signed a homegrown contract, breaking
the record held since 2004 by Freddy
Adu.
Kei was born in Ivory Coast but raised
in Brazil, where his father played pro
soccer. He moved to San Diego in 2017
before joining RSL’s academy.
Unlike Adu, who at that time had
nowhere to develop except with D.C.’s
senior squad, Kei will be brought along
slowly with Real Monarchs, RSL’s third-
division squad.
What the World Cup means for MLS
It’s a World Cup year, which usually
means MLS must make midseason ad-
justments to avoid losing players for a
long stretch and being overshadowed by
FIFA’s summer spectacle.
This year, though, the tournament will
take place in November and December,
cooler months in host Qatar. Now Euro-
pean leagues are the ones facing midsea-
son interruptions.
Still, MLS had the World Cup in mind
when it designed the schedule. The regu-
lar season will start earlier than ever and
end with the MLS Cup on Nov. 5 — five
FRANCESCO PECORARO/GETTY IMAGES weeks earlier than last year and 16 days
Retooling Toronto signed Italian star Lorenzo Insigne to the largest contract in MLS history ($15 million per season). before the World Cup begins.
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VIRGINIA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jolting West Springfield,
Langley girls win 4x800
BY J IM M C G RATH
virginia beach — For the past
five years, West Springfield, a
traditional distance running
power in Northern Virginia, has
shown exceptional aptitude in
one race — the 4x800-meter relay.
The boys claimed the event at the
2020 and 2021 Class 6 indoor
track meets, while the girls won
titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021. So it
was no surprise to see both Spar-
tans teams seeded first for the
event as this year’s state meet got
underway Friday at Virginia
Beach Sports Center.
And while the boys captured a
third straight state champion-
ship, the highlight of Day 1 may
have come from the girls’ race.
Langley, which had not won the
event since 1993, upset the Spar-
tans while running to a state-best
time of 9 minutes 17.86 seconds.
“We knew that if we had a great
race there was a chance to win.
We didn’t expect to run 9:17,” said
Elena Pesavento, whose opening
leg put the team in a command-
ing position from the starting
gun.
The Saxons were certainly un-
derdogs against the Spartans.
Their best collective effort in 2021
had resulted in a time of 10:20.79,
a fourth-place finish at the Re-
gion 6D meet. The team of Pesav-
ento, Lila Pesavento, Corinne Jag-
gard and Lila Waters posted a
state-leading time of 9:31 at this
season’s Liberty District meet,
only to see West Springfield lower
it by nine seconds at their Region
6C meet.
“When they ran 9:22, our
coach [Andrew Diller] sent [the
result] to us,” said Jaggard, a
freshman. “We were like 15 sec-
onds behind and didn’t know if
we could ever catch up to them.”
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Undaunted, the Saxons took
command of the race early and
held off the Spartans to win.
The feat was more impressive
considering Waters, who special-
izes in the 1,000 and 1,600, is the
only true distance runner among
the four. Jaggard and both Pesav-
entos are long sprinters and will
compete in the 4x400 relay Satur-
day, with Jaggard adding the 500
to her event lineup.
The West Springfield boys’
foursome of Henry Anderson,
Sean Cochran, Kyle LaJoye and
John O’Donnell had to overcome
an early lead by South Lakes as
well as a late surge from York-
town’s Owen McArdle to pull off
its win. The Spartans finished in
7:53.32 to top Yorktown (Lucas
Keith, Jack Blocher, Jack Levine,
McArdle) by 2.67 seconds.
In other events at Friday’s
Class 5 and Class 6 meet, North-
ern Virginia athletes struggled.
Only two athletes from the area
won one of the 12 individual
events contested.
Miles Lanham of Annandale
outdistanced South Lakes’ Tyler
Benett to win the Class 6 boys’
triple jump at 46 feet 8.5 inches.
Viviana Rodriguez of Osbourn
Park won the Class 6 girls’ pole
vault with a clearance of 11-6.
South Lakes (17) and West
Springfield (15) are first and sec-
ond in the boys’ Class 6 stand-
ings. Thomas Dale (28) and Glen
Allen (34), both from the Rich-
mond area, lead the Class 6 and 5
girls’ team standings, respective-
ly. Robinson is second in the
Class 6 girls’ standings with 14
points.
The meet resumes Saturday
morning with several more field
events before the finals of most
running events are set to take
place in the afternoon.
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Sidwell sits at No. 1 — and not just locally
SIDWELL FROM D1
No. 1 by The Washington Post
since the start of the campaign,
the Quakers have put together an
especially rigorous nonconfer-
ence schedule and then used it to
propel themselves to rare heights.
Since December, they have been
ranked as the top team in the
country by ESPN and recruiting
website MaxPreps, unofficial hon-
orifics but a bragging right none-
theless.
The Maret game would be fol-
lowed by a chance to memorialize
this dominance with trophies in
the conference, state and maybe
even national postseason tourna-
ments. But even without the hard-
ware, this Sidwell team will be
remembered in the D.C. area for
years to come.
“People ask me: ‘How did this
happen? How did you put this
together at a school like Sidwell?’ ”
Rice said. “That’s something we
hear a lot.”
When they play on the road,
their ranking follows them. An
energy fills the gym, beginning
during layup lines and growing
stronger by game time. It is fueled
by the uncertainty of the outcome
in those early moments — and the
chance, however remote, that this
will be the night when the No. 1
team goes down.
That feeling was present at
Maret as the starters broke their
huddle and got in position on the
court. The Sidwell five stretched
their legs or wiped their hands on
the bottom of their sneakers. They
looked confident in their ability to
control the situation, to extermi-
nate the buzz.
This is not the night the No. 1
team goes down.
Welcome to Sidwell
Rice is a do-it-all, two-sport,
UCLA-bound guard. She is the
only senior in Sidwell’s starting
five, and she has been at the school
All
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Khia Miller (11), Jadyn Donovan (00) and Kendall Dudley (22)
helped Sidwell Friends complete an undefeated regular season.
the longest, having arrived in
fourth grade. She is the niece of
Susan Rice, the former national
security adviser, and she has been
a notable name on the local bas-
ketball scene since before her
freshman season.
It was then, in late middle
school, as she approached a stand-
out high school career in soccer
and basketball, when she almost
stopped Sidwell’s ascent before it
could begin.
Sidwell Friends is known for
many things, but athletics isn’t
high on the list. Identified by some
in the area simply as “the Obama
school” because it was attended by
both daughters of the former pres-
ident (Chelsea Clinton is also a
graduate), Sidwell is widely recog-
nized for its history, its prestige
and its academics. When it comes
to sports, the Northwest Washing-
ton school is often a secondary
option behind larger private
schools, such as those in the Wash-
ington Catholic Athletic Confer-
ence.
For a girls’ basketball team that
had not won an Independent
School League title in well over a
decade, Rice provided hope from
the time she was making plays in
middle school gym class. But, ulti-
mately, she had to survey her op-
tions.
“I wanted to make sure I was at
a place where I could compete at
the highest level, so I did look
around before that freshman sea-
son,” Rice said. “But I love Sidwell.
Besides athletics, there was no
reason to leave. I figured things
could work out.”
The Quakers improved in Rice’s
freshman season, but longtime
coach Anne Renninger retired at
the end of the campaign. As part of
the hiring process, a handful of
potential replacements met with
Rice and a few teammates to dis-
cuss their plans. The candidate
Rice liked best was Tamika Dud-
ley, who had just won a Virginia
state championship and All-Met
Coach of the Year honors at Wood-
bridge High in Prince William
County.
Dudley got the job, and in her
first year she brought with her two
talented freshmen: Donovan and
Miller.
Donovan, an athletic guard fo-
cused on academics, picked
Sidwell over Pennsylvania’s pres-
NVSHL FINAL
Saxons top
Falcons in
rematch of
2019 final
LANGLEY 2,
BRIAR WOODS 1
BY H AYLEY S ALVATORE
Both Langley and Briar Woods
had been in this position before.
The teams played at Ashburn Ice
School Hockey League champi-
onship on Friday night, a repeat
of the final that took place in
2019.
The score was different, but the
result was the same: Langley
again prevailed, this time, 2-1.
Noah Scheinerman blasted the
puck into the top right corner of
the net off a feed from Kam
Khazai with 6:21 left in the third
period to break a tie and return
the crown to the Saxons, who had
won the 2019 matchup by a score
of 4-2.
In this one, Langley scored
both of its goals on the power
play, something that has been a
strong suit for it all season.
“The team that possesses the
puck more tends to win more,”
Coach Patrick Keough said. “So
our power play is about possess —
don’t shoot until it’s the right
shot.”
The Saxons took Keough’s ad-
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tigious Westtown School.
Miller, a feisty, defensive-mind-
ed forward, was the type of person
to envision exactly what she want-
ed out of a high school career: go
to her local public school, Wood-
bridge, and win a state champion-
ship or two playing for Coach
Dudley. So when the coach
changed plans, so did Miller.
“She wants the best for you, no
matter what level that is,” Miller
said. “If that’s going to college or
just having a good high school
experience, she works for that.
She teaches us life lessons and
how to be a woman in the world.”
That winter, the young Quakers
looked ahead of schedule as they
finished first in the ISL regular
season standings. Although they
fell short in the conference and
state tournaments, the program
seemed poised to break through
the following year.
The Quakers made two more
key additions that offseason, one
from near and one from far. Har-
mon, a smooth-handling, sharp-
shooting guard, came from New
Jersey after meeting Kendall Dud-
ley and some other local players
through AAU basketball.
The second addition was Kend-
all Dudley herself, who had trans-
ferred to Sidwell’s middle school
when her mom took the coaching
job and was finally able to join the
varsity team. She knew the squad
as well as anyone, having spent
her eighth-grade year practicing
with the Quakers. It was a frus-
trating gig, to put in all that work
and then spend game day as the
video operator, but it gave her a
chance to observe the team and
understand how special the group
would become.
“I could see the bonds forming,”
she said. “I could tell the following
years would be fun.”
Better together
In the game at Maret, four sets
of eyes focus on Donovan, who
stands poised in the center circle,
waiting to jump.
These five players have taken
the floor together for all but a few
games this year, having avoided
major health issues.
But a starting lineup is a deli-
cate thing. This one took years to
assemble, and it will disappear in
a matter of weeks when the season
ends. A perfect five is always un-
Noah Scheinerman, left, scored the go-ahead goal off a power-play
feed from Kam Khazai with 6:21 remaining in the third period.
vice en route to their first goal
midway through the second peri-
od. Even though they trailed, they
took their time to set up the
equalizer. That came when Khaz-
ai skated down the left side into
the Falcons’ zone, creating a one-
on-one with the goalie that he
capitalized on.
Langley played a clean game all
around, mostly staying out of the
penalty box and playing stingy
defense, too.
Freshman goaltender Harrison
Smith had 20 saves on 21 shots,
only letting in a goal with 1:52 left
in the first period when Keldon
Maoury shot from the slot and
Falcons captain Derek Zhou
tipped it in.
“I was really nervous when I
got that first shot,” Smith said.
der threat — from injuries and
personalities and all manner of
unstable factors. Most of all, it is
always up against time.
Dudley thought she would have
two years with this group, but last
season was canceled because of
the pandemic. So a team that
would eventually take over the
country started to develop mostly
behind closed doors. At long prac-
tices and a limited number of
scrimmages, the players came
into their own.
Rice worked on her leadership
skills, knowing when normalcy
returned she would be a senior.
Donovan and Miller defined their
roles, helping the team achieve
balance. Harmon and Dudley ad-
justed to high school basketball,
growing comfortable before the
spotlight arrived.
By the start of this season, the
Quakers knew who they were and
what they could do. The accolades
surrounding them were many:
Rice, Donovan and Dudley were
ranked as top-10 prospects in their
classes, and Harmon and Miller
also drew high-level interest.
“It’s surreal to be where we’re at
as a team,” Donovan said. “We’ve
put the time in, so I think it’s
deserved, but to get to this point
so fast is pretty surprising.”
Despite the personal achieve-
ments, they had found a way to
function as a unit. The key was to
avoid overthinking.
“People often ask us how we
[share the ball] with so many good
people on the team,” Harmon said.
“I don’t really understand that. It’s
even better having a whole five
that can score. It’s not a stress —
it’s relieving. If I don’t make a
shot, somebody else will.”
As the Quakers mowed through
their schedule, that balance
showed up in the box score. Rice
led the way in the team’s breakout
game, an early-season victory
over DeSoto (Tex.), then ranked as
the top team in the country. In a
late-January rematch, Donovan
was the leading scorer. The season
high belongs to Harmon, who had
51 points in a conference win over
St. Andrew’s.
“Ultimately we all want to win,”
Dudley said. “And if that means
giving the extra pass or feeding
the person with the hot hand,
we’re all ready to do that.”
Back in Maret’s gym, the chem-
istry is on display right away. Don-
ovan glides to the hoop and lays in
the ball with her right hand for the
opening basket. Miller makes a
steal as the Frogs try to bring the
ball up the floor. Dudley gets an-
other layup. Another steal, an-
other layup — this time from Rice.
By the end of the first quarter,
Sidwell leads 21-6. At halftime, it
is 40-8.
This is not the night. The Quak-
ers go on to win, 72-46, capping a
23-0 regular season.
The Sidwell five head to the
locker room for a postgame chat
and reemerge to a gym that has a
different kind of energy. Friends
and family have stuck around and
are milling about, waiting to cel-
ebrate another victory with the
best girls’ basketball team in the
country.
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“. . . But after that I calmed down,
and the rest of the game was all
right.”
The Saxons have come to rely
on their freshman, who was oth-
erwise stout. “When your team
knows their goalie has their back,
they play better,” Keough said.
Seeded fifth in the tournament,
Langley (6-3-1) took down No. 4
seed Stone Bridge, 7-3, in the first
round Monday and then ninth-
seeded Broad Run, 3-2, to ad-
vance to the final. Broad Run had
knocked off top-seeded Riverside
— the two-time defending cham-
pions — in the previous round.
In a tournament full of upsets,
Briar Woods (5-4-1) upset No. 2
Yorktown in the quarterfinals
and beat No. 6 Oakton to make it
to the championship.
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The Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma, who scored a game-high 36 points against the Spurs, wasn’t happy with a turnover during the second half.
In a 310-point game, Wizards fall short
WIZARDS FROM D1
shot-making from both sides —
Lonnie Walker and Murray for
the Spurs and Corey Kispert,
Kuzma and Raul Neto for the
Wizards. A Neto layup in traffic
tied the game at 145 with
18.3 seconds remaining, where it
stayed into the second overtime.
The Wizards finally started
missing by that point, and San
Antonio’s eight-point run sealed
the deal. By the time Neto
(22 points, nine assists) hit a late
three-pointer, the Wizards were
reduced to fouling.
Kuzma continued his strong
run of play with a game-high 36
points, seven assists and eight
rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-
Pope hit three three-pointers in
the first quarter and finished
with 24 points.
“It’s just a whole lot of no
defense on both ends,” Kuzma
said. “But we did a great job,
honestly, of just competing. . . .
Boxing out, gambling, just those
little things. That’s all. But I
think overall you can’t be mad.
Played three overtimes. Was it
three overtimes? Two? It felt like
three.”
Murray continued his fantas-
tic season with another triple
double — 31 points, 13 rebounds
and 14 assists. Keldon Johnson
led the Spurs (24-36) with
32 points, and Jakob Poeltl fin-
ished with 28 points, 11 rebounds
and eight assists.
Here’s what to know from the
Wizards’ loss:
NFL NOTES
Former Chargers star James
dies at 59 after a long illness
F ROM NEWS SERVICES
Former Auburn and San Diego
Chargers running back Lionel
James, who made a name for him-
self for being unstoppable despite
his small stature, died Friday after
a lengthy illness, the university
said. He was 59.
Auburn announced the death
of James, a 5-foot-6 player nick-
named “Little Train,” but provided
no additional details.
James played five seasons with
the Chargers, who have since
moved to Los Angeles, after being
drafted in the fifth round in 1984.
He set an NFL record with
2,535 all-purpose yards in 1985
after leading the Chargers in rush-
ing, receiving and kickoff and
punt return yardage.
He led the AFC in receptions
that season with 86 while setting
the NFL record for receiving yards
by a running back with 1,027.
James, who was inducted into
the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
in 2006, led Auburn in all-purpose
yards in 1981 and 1982.
l PANTHERS: Carolina agreed
to a three-year contract with unre-
stricted free agent tight end Ian
Thomas.
The deal is worth $16.95 mil-
lion and includes $8 million in
guaranteed money, according to a
person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to the Associat-
ed Press on the condition of ano-
nymity because contract terms
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Porzingis remains out
The Wizards remained with-
out Kristaps Porzingis, who has
yet to make his debut since he
was acquired at the trade dead-
line.
He continues to deal with a
bone bruise in his right knee.
Unseld said he came back from
the break playing one-on-one
and has to progress to full-con-
tact five-on-five.
“He’s here. He’s in the fold, just
itching to get him out there,”
Unseld said. “But we’re not going
to rush that. Right now he’s still
day-to-day. He’s progressing
nicely. Doing a little bit more
each day, which is a positive sign,
but we don’t want to get overea-
ger and jump the gun, so to
speak. When he’s ready and gets
the clearance from medical staff,
we’ll ramp up accordingly and
get him in the fold.”
Gafford starts
Center Daniel Gafford was
back in the starting lineup, yet
another tweak to his role. He was
the starter most of the season
until Thomas Bryant returned
from injury, and then Unseld
shortened the center rotation to
Bryant and Montrezl Harrell.
Harrell was moved at the trade
deadline, but then Gafford
missed time with covid-19.
He had played 13 minutes in
the last game before the all-star
break.
Bryant tweaked an ankle in
practice this week and played
just 15 minutes.
were not publicly announced.
Thomas, who is considered a
strong blocking tight end, had
18 receptions for 188 yards last
season. His most productive year
as a receiver came as a rookie in
2018 when he caught 36 passes for
333 yards and two touchdowns.
The Panthers still have 19 unre-
stricted free agents.
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l CHIEFS: Kansas City’s
coaching staff is getting the old
band back together.
Or, at least one former member.
A day after Eric Bieniemy’s re-
ported return, the Chiefs an-
nounced the hire of Matt Nagy as
senior assistant/quarterbacks
coach.
The 43-year-old Nagy original-
ly joined Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s
staff in 2013 as quarterbacks
coach before he was promoted in
2016 to offensive coordinator, a
position he held for two seasons.
The Chicago Bears hired Nagy
in 2018 as their head coach, but he
was fired after the team went 6-11
this past season. In four seasons as
the Bears’ head coach, Nagy post-
ed a 34-31 record, including a 12-4
mark and the NFC North title in
his first season in Chicago.
Back in Kansas City now, Nagy
replaces former quarterbacks
coach Mike Kafka, who recently
left the Chiefs’ coaching staff to
become the New York Giants’ of-
fensive coordinator.
— Kansas City Star
Spurs 157, Wizards 153 (2OT)
San Antonio ............. 30 45 26 29 15 12 — 157
Washington ............. 33 38 29 30 15 8 — 153
SAN ANTONIO MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Johnson 46:22 10-20 7-7 1-7 2 2 32
McDermott 27:29 5-11 2-2 1-1 2 0 12
Poeltl 41:10 12-15 4-8 6-11 8 3 28
Murray 42:59 12-20 6-6 2-13 14 3 31
Vassell 42:27 4-11 3-3 1-8 4 5 12
Walker IV 35:17 9-17 3-6 1-4 1 4 23
Collins 16:05 2-5 0-0 3-3 1 2
Jones
Bates-Diop
15:30
13:29
1-3 4-5 0-0 3 1
2-3 2-2 1-2 0 2
Satoransky 9:10 0-0 3-4 0-1 0 0
TOTALS 290 57-105 34-43 16-50 35 22 157
Percentages: FG .543, FT .791. 3-Point Goals: 9-29, .310
(Johnson 5-9, Walker IV 2-5, Murray 1-3, Vassell 1-7,
Collins 0-2, McDermott 0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team
Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 3 (Poeltl 2, Collins).
Turnovers: 17 (Murray 6, Walker IV 3, Bates-Diop 2,
Collins 2, Jones 2, Johnson, Poeltl). Steals: 6 (Collins 2,
Vassell 2, Bates-Diop, Jones). Technical Fouls: None.
WASHINGTON MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Caldwell-Pope 42:30 7-14 6-6 1-1 4 3 24
Kuzma
Gafford
46:02 13-27 7-8 0-8 7 3 36
28:33 8-9 1-2 1-6 3 4 17
Kispert 31:33 4-7 2-2 1-2 2 4 12
Neto
Avdija
36:04 9-15 0-0 2-4 9 4 22
37:03 6-10 0-0 1-9 1 3 14
Smith 21:14 5-9 0-1 2-3 5 1 10
Hachimura 19:30 3-5 1-2 0-1 2 3
Bryant 15:15 3-9 0-0 1-3 2 1
Gill
Winston
8:10
4:02
1-3 2-3 2-2 0 0
0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3
TOTALS 290 59-108 19-24 11-39 36 29 153
Percentages: FG .546, FT .792. 3-Point Goals: 16-38, .421
(Neto 4-7, Caldwell-Pope 4-10, Kuzma 3-5, Avdija 2-3,
Kispert 2-5, Hachimura 1-2, Gill 0-1, Smith 0-2, Bryant
0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked
Shots: 5 (Avdija, Bryant, Gafford, Kispert, Kuzma).
Turnovers: 15 (Smith 4, Avdija 3, Kispert 2, Bryant,
Caldwell-Pope, Gafford, Hachimura, Kuzma, Neto).
Steals: 10 (Avdija 2, Caldwell-Pope 2, Kuzma 2,
Hachimura, Kispert, Neto, Smith). Technical Fouls:
Caldwell-Pope, 3:40 second. A: 15,302 (20,356).
“Took him longer to get back
in the ramp-up than we antici-
pated,” Unseld said about Gaf-
ford. “But he’s looked good. . . .
Use both those guys. They’re
different players, but it gives you
a different dynamic. We saw
earlier in the season Gaff ’s ability
to protect the rim. He’s a rim
threat, rim roller. Puts a lot of
pressure on the defense. That
opens up a lot of things.”
Commanders eye three sites in Virginia
STADIUM FROM D1
a new stadium, Virginia’s efforts
to lure the Commanders to the
commonwealth have intensified
in recent weeks, coinciding with
the franchise’s rebrand. Legisla-
tion to create a football stadium
authority that would oversee the
financing and construction of the
project has been making its way
through Virginia’s General As-
sembly. The Republican-con-
trolled House of Delegates and the
Democratic-led Senate passed
similar bills this month by wide
margins, but all differences will
have to be ironed out before the
measures can be considered by
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who has
expressed support for the project.
If Youngkin signs off, the sta-
dium authority could sell bonds to
help fund a stadium worth rough-
ly $1 billion. State Senate Majority
Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fair-
fax), who described the project as
a “mini-city,” said the team would
have to invest around $2 billion to
complete the surrounding devel-
opment.
According to the planning doc-
uments, the Commanders’ vision
for a new complex in Virginia
would include much more than a
state-of-the-art stadium. For all
three locations — in Sterling,
Woodbridge and Dumfries — the
team has outlined plans for a re-
sort and conference center with
an accompanying amphitheater,
plus a cinema, a nightclub and a
family-friendly venue, perhaps
similar to the Lego Discovery Cen-
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Gafford said of getting limited
playing time, “It was tough.”
“There was a lot of frustra-
tion,” he said. “But at the end of
day, I wanted to be a good
teammate. So I didn’t want to
8
6 wear my feelings on my sleeve.
4
0
There was times where I did, but
at the end of day, I can’t bring
that negativity around the team.
So I apologized to the team for
that.”
Utes reunited
Kuzma and Poeltl were fresh-
men on the 2014-15 Utah team
coached by Larry Krystkowiak.
Poeltl was a starter and Kuzma
averaged just 8.1 minutes per
game on a team that advanced to
the Sweet 16.
Poeltl was the team’s leading
scorer the next season when the
Utes lost in the second round of
the tournament. The Toronto
Raptors selected Poeltl No. 9 in
the draft that year, and Kuzma
led the Utes in scoring as a
junior.
ter slated for Fairfax County, along
with additional retail and office
space as well as housing.
“We want to build more busi-
nesses,” Commanders President
Jason Wright told The Washing-
ton Post last summer. “This could
be a business at the scale of our
local football business if we do it
right. So the design and thinking
around the stadium takes that
into primary consideration, and
that fits with what leaders in the
D.C., Maryland and Virginia area
want. They don’t want something
that just sits idle between games.
They want something that is driv-
ing economic activity on a consis-
tent basis, and we agree with that
vision.”
Details of the three potential
Virginia sites were first reported
by WUSA9. The planning docu-
ments were obtained by The Post;
a person close to the team with
direct knowledge of the plans con-
firmed their authenticity.
All three sites in Virginia in-
clude a stadium that has a
700,000-square foot footprint —
for comparison, State Farm Sta-
dium in Glendale, Ariz., has a sim-
ilarly sized footprint — with a
nearby hotel. They also feature a
new training facility for the team,
with three outdoor fields, a
92,000-square foot indoor field,
team offices and parking.
The plans for Dumfries include
a marina attached to a resort, plus
a second phase of development
for residential clusters with a
nearby Metro station (there is cur-
rently no stop in Prince William
NBA ROUNDUP
Philadelphia dominates
in Harden’s first game
76ERS 133,
TIMBERWOLVES 102
A SSOCIATED P RESS
James Harden had 27 points,
12 assists and eight rebounds in
his 76ers debut, Joel Embiid add-
ed 34 points and 10 rebounds, and
Philadelphia routed the Minne-
sota Timberwolves, 133-102, on
Friday night.
Philadelphia finally got to see
how its star twosome worked to-
gether after Harden missed his
first two games with a hamstring
injury following a trade from the
Brooklyn Nets. The results were
promising, particularly where
Embiid and Harden thrive — at
the free throw line.
Embiid was 11 for 13 from the
line, Harden was 8 for 9, and the
76ers went 30 for 36 overall.
Karl-Anthony Towns led Min-
nesota with 25 points.
l PELICANS 117, SUNS 102:
CJ McCollum continued his
scorching start with New Orleans,
scoring 32 points to help beat
NBA-leading Phoenix on the road.
McCollum is averaging about
30 points over six games since he
joined the Pelicans in a trade.
The Suns had won eight
straight and 19 of 20.
l HEAT 115, KNICKS 100: Ty-
ler Herro scored 25 points, Jimmy
Butler had 23, and visiting Miami
overcame RJ Barrett’s career-high
46 points to beat New York.
The Knicks dropped their
fourth straight. They hoped they
were close to getting Derrick Rose
back from ankle surgery, only to
announce instead he had another
procedure on the ankle Friday.
This one was to address a skin
infection. Coach Tom Thibodeau
said Rose wasn’t in pain but was
feeling discomfort. The 33-year-
old point guard recently began
practicing fully after he had sur-
gery on the ankle in December.
No timetable was given for
Rose’s return.
Meanwhile, Butler was fined
$25,000 by the NBA for failing to
comply with media availability ob-
ligations during All-Star Weekend
and not complying with the result-
ing league investigation.
James Harden came up two rebounds short of a triple-double in his
76ers debut Friday night after he was acquired from the Nets.
County).
The Commanders do not have
an existing lease at FedEx Field in
Landover — team owner Daniel
Snyder also owns the stadium and
surrounding land — but they are
contractually obligated to play
there until 2027. After that, they
could head elsewhere or opt to
stay.
To try to entice the team into
staying, Maryland officials are
planning to propose a publicly
financed entertainment complex
to buttress FedEx Field. In D.C.,
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has en-
couraged the team to return to the
District, possibly where RFK Sta-
dium resides. The multipurpose
stadium some two miles east of
the Capitol is owned by the federal
government.
“We’ve always been focused on
getting control of the land at RFK,
which we think the situation there
is abysmal,” Bowser said at a me-
dia event this month. “We have a
stadium that’s falling down, sur-
rounded by asphalt, when this city
is in need of housing and other
amenities, so we’re very focused
on that. Second, we have always
been very clear that we want the
Washington [Commanders] to
play in Washington, and we will
continue to pursue the best way to
get there.”
The Commanders’ focus on a
new stadium coincides with calls
from Congress to eliminate tax
subsidies for newly constructed
pro sports stadiums.
This week, Reps. Earl Blume-
nauer (D-Ore.), Jackie Speier (D-
D5
l JAZZ 114, MAVERICKS 109:
Donovan Mitchell hit a career-
high seven three-pointers and
scored 33 points to help Utah de-
feat Dallas in Salt Lake City.
Luka Doncic had 23 points,
11 assists and seven rebounds for
the Mavericks.
l THUNDER 129, PACERS
125 (OT): In Indianapolis, Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander scored
36 points, including the tiebreak-
ing three-point play with 20.4 sec-
onds left in overtime, to lead Okla-
homa City past Indiana.
Tre Mann, who finished with
22 points, grabbed the key re-
bound and made the nifty outlet
pass to Gilgeous-Alexander on the
decisive fast break.
Buddy Hield led the Pacers with
29 points.
l HORNETS: 125 RAPTORS
93: Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre
Jr. each scored 23 points as host
Charlotte emerged from the all-
star break looking re-energized in
a rout of Toronto.
Scottie Barnes had a career-
high 28 points for the Raptors.
l MAGIC 119, ROCKETS 111:
Chuma Okeke scored a career-
high 26 points to lead Orlando
past visiting Houston in a game
between the bottom teams in the
Eastern and Western conferences.
The Magic snapped a four-
game losing streak. The Rockets
lost their eighth straight.
Cavaliers’ Rondo sidelined
Guard Rajon Rondo will miss at
least two weeks with a sprained
toe, the latest injury to hit the
Cleveland Cavaliers’ backcourt.
Rondo, 36, sprained his right
big toe in the fourth quarter of
Cleveland’s loss at the Detroit Pis-
tons on Thursday night. He didn’t
finish the game, and the team said
an MRI exam taken Friday re-
vealed the sprain.
Rondo, acquired this season af-
ter Ricky Rubio tore a knee liga-
ment, made his first start for
Cleveland. He was forced to have a
larger role because all-star guard
Darius Garland needs more rest
with a bone bruise in his back.
Also, newly acquired guard Car-
is LeVert is sidelined with a right
foot sprain suffered this week
when he stepped on a teammate’s
foot during practice.
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Calif.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) rein-
troduced a bill to scrap the signifi-
cant tax breaks teams receive for
their stadiums. Speier told The
Post that the goal of the legislation
is to, in part, send a message to the
NFL and Snyder that Congress
will not condone sexual harass-
ment in their workplace. Speier is
a member of the House Commit-
tee on Oversight and Reform,
which has been investigating the
NFL’s response to widespread al-
legations of sexual harassment
and misconduct in the Command-
ers’ workplace.
“There is no justification for
these multibillion-dollar fran-
chises to be eligible for tax-exempt
municipal bonds,” Speier said.
“This is tax dollars that could be
used for any number of really
important public-interest pro-
grams. Over the course of 20 years,
it [represents a loss of ] $4 billion
— and probably much more.”
The NFL recently appointed
former U.S. attorney Mary Jo
White to investigate new allega-
tions of sexual harassment
against Snyder. In a roundtable
this month, former Commanders
marketing manager and cheer-
leader Tiffani Johnston told mem-
bers of Congress that Snyder put
his hand on her thigh during a
work dinner and pressed her
toward his limo, allegations Sny-
der called “outright lies.”
The NFL said White’s findings
will be made public and Commis-
sioner Roger Goodell will deter-
mine whether they warrant fur-
ther disciplinary action.
D6
Reese overcomes injury to galvanize Terrapins Baseball
MARYLAND 67,
INDIANA 64
BY A NDREW G OLDEN
Right before the media time-
out in the third quarter, Mary-
land forward Angel Reese collid-
ed with an Indiana defender and
sat on the court by the Terrapins’
sideline, the team’s training staff
tending to a cut above her nose.
Coach Brenda Frese had only a
six-player rotation for the game,
so when Reese went to the locker
room with Maryland up nine,
Xfinity Center grew quiet with
concern.
The lead was four when she
came back (wearing a different
number), and the home crowd
came to life with her return. And
while her offensive output was
muted the rest of the way, she
delivered crucial rebounds and
a steal to help No. 13 Maryland
to a 67-64 win over No. 10
Indiana.
The win in the regular season
finale left Maryland at 21-7 and
13-4 in the Big Ten. The Terps are
no worse than the No. 4 seed in
next week’s conference tourna-
ment and could finish as high as
No. 2. Either way, they earned a
double-bye.
“This team is battle-tested,”
said Frese, whose regular rota-
tion was short junior guard Ash-
ley Owusu, who missed the game
with an illness. “They didn’t even
flinch when the game was close
there. They’ve been through all
these kind of matchups, and
right now they’re one of the best
teams in the country.”
Indiana (20-6, 11-5) trimmed
the Maryland lead to one after a
three-pointer by Hoosiers guard
Nicole Cardano-Hillary with
34.4 seconds remaining, but a
floater by guard Katie Benzan
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Bueckers returns from knee ailment as Huskies rout Red Storm
CONNECTICUT 93,
ST. JOHN’S 38
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AND STAFF REPORTS
Paige Bueckers scored eight
points in 12 minutes Friday night,
returning from a left knee injury
that kept her out for more than
two months and helping the No. 7
Connecticut women to a 93-38
rout of St. John’s in Hartford,
Conn.
The reigning national player of
the year had not played since
Dec. 5, when she suffered a tibial
plateau fracture and torn menis-
cus in her left knee during the
Ovechkin condemns war, is noncommittal on Putin as Russia invades Ukraine
Capitals’ captain has
long-standing ties
to his country’s president
BY S AMANTHA P ELL
philadelphia — Alex Ovech-
kin, the Russian star of the
Washington Capitals, delivered
an antiwar message Friday amid
his home country’s invasion of
Ukraine.
The 36-year-old, who has pre-
viously voiced support for Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin,
said he hopes the war will be over
soon and there will be “peace in
NHL ROUNDUP
Carolina wins fourth straight,
snaps Columbus’s own streak
HURRICANES 4,
BLUE JACKETS 0
A SSOCIATED P RESS
After Jordan Staal got Carolina
on the board with a determined
second-period sequence, the Hur-
ricanes broke it open with two
quick third-period goals to beat
the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-0,
on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.
The Metropolitan Division-
leading Hurricanes finished with
a season-high 50 shots, leaving
netminder Frederik Andersen
with a relatively quiet night in
earning his third shutout this sea-
son on 19 saves.
Angel Reese, who was briefly sidelined with an injury Friday, finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds.
extended the lead to three. Indi-
ana had a last-second three-
point attempt by Cardano-Hil-
lary, but Reese’s defense affected
the shot, and it landed short.
Reese finished with 20 points
and 16 rebounds, guard Dia-
mond Miller scored 16 and Shy-
anne Sellers added 12 as Mary-
land shot 43.8 percent from the
field while holding Indiana to
41 percent.
Early on, Maryland’s suffocat-
ing defense turned into instant
offense as the Terrapins held
Indiana to just 25 percent (4-for-
16) shooting in the first quarter.
The Terrapins closed the quarter
on a 13-6 run.
Reese didn’t produce the per-
formance she had hoped for in
final seconds of the Huskies’ win
over Notre Dame.
Bueckers didn’t start this one
but checked in with 3:41 left in the
first quarter to a standing ovation
with the Huskies already leading
19-4.
The fans were on their feet
again after Bueckers made a cou-
ple of juke moves and drained her
first shot to beat the first-quarter
buzzer. The Huskies led 30-8 after
10 minutes.
“It’s been challenging, hard,
just having to watch the team, not
being able to play and help them
in practice and in game — all the
rehab,” she told television net-
work SNY before the game. “It’s
been a mental challenge for sure,
a physical challenge as well. But
the whole world.”
“Please, no more war,” Ovech-
kin said during a four-minute
session with reporters after
Washington’s practice Friday. “It
doesn’t matter who is in the war
— Russia, Ukraine, different
countries. I think we live in a
world, like, we have to live in
peace and a great world.”
When asked whether he still
supports Putin amid the inva-
sion, Ovechkin said, “He is my
president,” adding that he was an
athlete and not a politician.
“Well, he is my president,”
Ovechkin said. “But . . . I am not
in politics. I am an athlete, and
you know, how I said, I hope
everything is going to be done
soon. It’s hard situation right
Teuvo Teravainen scored late in
the second for a 2-0 lead, then
Nino Niederreiter and Vincent
Trocheck scored 36 seconds apart
in the opening minutes of the
third to blow the game open.
Both teams entered on winning
streaks, with Columbus at a sea-
son-high four wins and Carolina
with three straight. And the Blue
Jackets had surged to win seven of
eight, a stretch that included five
road wins — the last coming a day
earlier at Atlantic Division-lead-
ing Florida.
But the Hurricanes controlled
the puck from the start and sur-
rendered few scoring chances,
whether at even-strength or with
their NHL-best penalty kill. They
just needed time to finally beat J-F
EZ M2
her previous contest against
Michigan — she played 14 min-
utes because of foul trouble and
scored just six points before
fouling out. But on Friday, Mary-
land’s leading scorer got back
into her rhythm.
“Coming from the last game, I
didn’t have the best game,” Reese
said. “I think I kind of didn’t do
the best for my team, and I just
want to do the best for my team
today and control what I can
control.”
Reese scored 13 points in the
first half and continued to thrive
in the second before exiting
briefly with the injury.
“Credit to her, she played
great tonight,” Indiana forward
Mackenzie Holmes said. “She
I’m just so excited, and I don’t
think words can explain how ex-
cited I am to be out there.”
Freshman Azzi Fudd led the
Huskies (21-5, 15-1 Big East) with
19 points. Aaliyah Edwards added
16, and Christyn Williams, Olivia
Nelson-Ododa and Caroline Du-
charme each scored 13.
Camree Clegg and Kadaja Bai-
ley each had nine points for
St. John’s (11-17, 7-11), which had
won four of its previous five games.
l GEORGETOWN 54, XAVI-
ER 40: Milan Bolden-Morris
scored 21 points — all on three-
pointers — as the Hoyas snapped
an eight-game losing streak with
a victory in Cincinnati.
Georgetown improved to 8-18,
3-15 in Big East play; Xavier
now for both sides and every-
thing, like how I said, everything
I hope is going to be end. I’m not
in control of this situation.”
Ovechkin’s wife, children and
parents were in Moscow. Ovech-
kin said it was tough to know
whether they would remain
there, calling it a “hard question”
because of how rapidly the situa-
tion has unfolded. “We will see
what is going to happen,” he said.
“My family [is] over there. Of
course I pay attention [to] what’s
[happening] out there,” Ovech-
kin said. “I don’t want to see
nobody get hurt, nobody get
killed. How I said, I hope it’s
going to be over and we’re going
to be living in a good world.”
Other Russian athletes have
Carolina controlled the puck from the start and surrendered few
scoring chances, at even-strength or with its NHL-best penalty kill.
Berube after firing a steady stream
of shots on net.
Berube had won the past three
games with the Blue Jackets,
which had been his first starts in
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just outplayed us tonight, out-
played me tonight. She’s just an
extremely skilled, athletic play-
er.”
The game was a taut defensive
battle in the fourth quarter, but
Reese’s return stabilized the
Terps. Maryland sits as a No. 3
seed in the Big Ten tournament
and could move to No. 2 if Ohio
State loses its finale to Michigan
State.
Here’s what else to know about
Maryland’s victory:
Illness sidelines Owusu
Owusu was absent from Fri-
day’s game with an illness, one
game after she returned to action
following an ankle injury.
Owusu scored two points in
dropped to 9-18, 4-14.
The Hoyas held the Musketeers
to 25.5 percent shooting, includ-
ing a 1-for-13 clip (7.7 percent)
throughout the third quarter.
l NORTHEASTERN 65,
JAMES MADISON 52: The
Dukes had their worst shooting
game of the season and fell in
Boston for their fourth loss in the
past five games.
James Madison made just
25.8 percent of its field goal at-
tempts and dropped to 12-14, 8-7
in the Colonial Athletic Associa-
tion. The Huskies improved to
13-12, 7-8.
Iowa wins at Nebraska
Tony Perkins scored 15 of his
career-high 20 points in the sec-
recently spoken out amid the
invasion. Andrey Rublev, a
24-year-old tennis player, wrote,
“No war please,” on a television
camera after a win Friday in
Dubai, and soccer player Fedor
Smolov voiced his opposition in
an Instagram post.
“It is scary moments,” Ovech-
kin said. “But we can’t do any-
thing. We just hope it going to be
end soon and everything is going
to be all right.”
Reporters asked to speak with
Ovechkin, one of a handful of
Russian players on the Capitals,
on Thursday. He instead spoke
Friday, delivering his comments
with a serious tone after taking
some time to collect his
thoughts.
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the NHL since he last earned a win
in April 2018. He finished with
46 saves.
l AVALANCHE 6, JETS 3: In
Denver, Gabriel Landeskog scored
THE WASHINGTON POST . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 , 2022
21 minutes off the bench in the
team’s 71-59 loss at No. 6 Michi-
gan on Sunday as she worked her
way back to full speed. Frese said
after Sunday’s game that Owusu
was still playing through some
pain but hoped that she would be
able to get her timing and
rhythm back for the Big Ten
tournament.
The all-Big Ten guard missed
Maryland’s previous four games
before Sunday’s contest against
Michigan after she suffered an
ankle injury against Michigan
State, but the team was still
undefeated without her.
Defense sets the tone early
Maryland entered Friday with
the league’s best turnover differ-
ential. The Hoosiers were tied
with the Terrapins for the fewest
turnovers per game in the Big
Ten (12.9).
Maryland’s defense set the
tone early, forcing five turnovers
in the opening five minutes of
the game as it jumped out to an
early lead. Indiana finished with
14 turnovers for the game, in-
cluding a crucial late-game mis-
take that gave the Terrapins the
ball back with a four-point lead
with 1:38 left.
“We wanted to set the tone
early, punch first,” Frese said. “I
definitely thought the mentality
that we were able to display early
was a big factor for us.”
Strong from deep
The Terrapins buried seven of
15 three-pointers. Benzan, who
entered third in the Big Ten with
a 43.6 percent three-point per-
centage, made two of three. Sell-
ers also hit two of three.
Graduate forward Chloe Bibby
and Miller each added one in the
first half as Maryland went 6 for
8 from behind the arc to build its
lead as Maryland sought to
spread the floor.
ond half, Keegan Murray had
15 points and 11 rebounds, and the
No. 25 Iowa men beat Nebraska,
88-78.
The Hawkeyes (20-8, 10-7 Big
Ten) won for the sixth time in
seven games and posted their first
victory in Lincoln since 2015. The
Cornhuskers (7-21, 1-16) lost their
fourth straight, all by double dig-
its.
l RICHMOND 68, SAINT
LOUIS 66: Tyler Burton had
23 points to lead the way and
Jacob Gilyard had 15 points for
the Spiders (19-10, 10-6 Atlantic
10), who earned their fourth con-
secutive home victory.
Francis Okoro scored a career-
high 23 points for the Billikens
(19-10, 10-6).
Washington’s next game is Sat-
urday in Philadelphia against the
Flyers.
Ovechkin is one of the NHL’s
biggest stars and has long proud-
ly represented his country in
international events. He also has
long-standing ties to Putin,
which have drawn attention
through the years.
In 2017, for example, Ovechkin
announced that he was organiz-
ing a movement to support Pu-
tin. His Instagram profile photo
is a picture of him with the
Russian president.
“Today, I want to announce a
social movement in the name of
PutinTeam,” Ovechkin wrote on
Instagram in 2017. “Be a part of
this team — to me it’s a privilege,
three times, Nathan MacKinnon
added two more, and Colorado
stormed back from an early 3-0
deficit to beat Winnipeg.
Andre Burakovsky put the Ava-
lanche ahead for good 56 seconds
into the final period. Landeskog,
who recorded his second hat trick
this season against the Jets, was
mobbed by teammates along the
boards after his third goal gave
Colorado a comfortable 6-3 ad-
vantage with 6:49 to go.
Kyle Connor, Evgeny Svechnik-
ov and Adam Lowry scored for the
Jets, who fell to 0-2-1 on their
four-game trip. They were cruis-
ing along after Lowry’s short-
handed goal made it 3-0 with 3:34
remaining in the first period.
l BLUES 5, SABRES 3: Jordan
Kyrou had two goals and an assist,
Colton Parayko scored the game-
winner, and St. Louis beat visiting
Buffalo.
Jake Walman and Brayden
Schenn also scored and Ville Hus-
so had 35 saves for the Blues to
improve to 10-1-1 since the start of
talks are
starting to
progress
LOCKOUT FROM D1
negotiations said that both sides,
during the course of the day,
offered changes to the restric-
tions proposed on how often
teams could be in the lottery.
Both sides are hopeful they can
finish dealing with that issue
early Saturday, then build off the
first ounce of momentum they
have generated in months to get
a deal done by Monday.
But even that relative progress
came with a reminder of how
much has already been lost to
this dispute. A spokesman said
Friday that MLB has canceled
three more days of spring train-
ing games, meaning nearly
10 days of the spring training
schedule already have been lost.
Games will begin March 8, at the
earliest, if the sides reach a deal
by Monday.
In what could be interpreted
as a sign of increased urgency —
though no one would say so
directly — MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred met with MLBPA
head Tony Clark one-on-one Fri-
day afternoon. Manfred had not
been in the room for any bar-
gaining sessions since these talks
began. Though he was present at
Roger Dean Stadium at times
this week, his role had been
limited to consultation with the
owners. Clark and Manfred do
not meet often, but a person
familiar with their meeting said
they discussed ways to move the
negotiation process forward.
One way to move the process
forward would be to negotiate
more often and for longer. And
that did take place Friday. The
sides met three times in addition
to Manfred’s meeting with Clark.
They met well past sunset,
which they hadn’t this week.
And though draft order was the
focus of the day’s efforts, multi-
ple people involved in the nego-
tiations said they discussed a
wide range of issues, as they
have all week — meaning that,
however far apart they may be
on all the other issues, their
discussions are not starting
from square one.
With one issue nearly decided
after months of negotiations,
even starting from square 17 on
major issues might not be
enough to get a deal done in
three days. But for the first time
after five straight days of negoti-
ations — and months of inter-
mittent talks — something re-
sembling progress emerged Fri-
day evening. Sometimes all it
takes to start a rally is a base
runner.
C APITALS’ NEX T THREE
at Philadelphia Flyers
Today 12:30 NBCSW
vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
Monday 7:30 NBCSW
vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Thursday 7 ESPN Plus, Hulu
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM)
it’s like the feeling of when you
put on the jersey of the Russian
team, knowing that the whole
country is rooting for you.”
Ovechkin ended the post with
the hashtag #putinteam.
2022.
Kyle Okposo, Dylan Cozens and
Tage Thompson scored for the Sa-
bres, who have lost five straight
while getting outscored 24-10.
l BLACKHAWKS 8, DEVILS
5: Kirby Dach snapped a tie in the
third period and Patrick Kane had
three goals and an assist, helping
host Chicago beat New Jersey.
Matheson is out indefinitely
Pittsburgh Penguins defense-
man Mike Matheson is out indefi-
nitely with an upper-body injury
suffered in a loss to the New Jersey
Devils on Thursday.
Coach Mike Sullivan said
Matheson is “week to week.” It is
unclear when Matheson — who
skated 19:04 against New Jersey —
was hurt.
l COYOTES: Arizona signed
defenseman Dysin Mayo to a
three-year contract. Terms of the
deal were not released.
The 25-year-old Mayo has three
goals and three assists in 42 games
with Arizona this season.
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GOLF ROUNDUP S C ORE B O ARD

Berger is P RO B A S KET B A L L HOCKEY S OC C ER

served well NBA Heat 115, Knicks 100 NHL Sharks 4, Islanders 3 (SO)
Late Thursday
MLS schedule

by home
EASTERN CONFERENCE MIAMI ................................ 30 35 25 25 — 115 SATURDAY’S MATCHES
ATLANTIC GP W L OT Pts GF GA
NEW YORK ......................... 32 23 30 15 — 100 N.Y. ISLANDERS ................ 1 2 0 0 — 3 Charlotte at D.C. United, 6
ATLANTIC W L Pct GB Florida .......................... 52 35 12 5 75 215 157
SAN JOSE .......................... 2 1 0 1 — 4 Minnesota at Philadelphia, 1
Philadelphia .................................36 23 .610 — MIAMI: Butler 9-20 5-9 23, Tucker 3-3 0-0 8, Adebayo Tampa Bay ................... 50 33 11 6 72 174 142
Vancouver at Columbus, 3:30
Boston..........................................35 26 .574 2 5-10 6-8 16, D.Robinson 0-5 0-0 0, Lowry 4-11 9-9 19, Toronto ........................ 51 33 14 4 70 182 142
Boston.......................... 51 30 17 4 64 148 141
SAN JOSE WON SHOOTOUT, 1-0 Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 3:30

cooking
Toronto ........................................32 26 .552 31/2 Martin 3-4 2-2 8, Strus 1-2 0-0 3, Yurtseven 3-4 1-1 7, FIRST PERIOD Toronto at Dallas, 5:30
Brooklyn .......................................31 29 .517 51/2 Herro 9-18 3-6 25, Vincent 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 39-83 26-35 Detroit.......................... 52 23 23 6 52 149 181
Cincinnati at Austin, 6
New York......................................25 35 .417 111/2 115. Ottawa ......................... 50 19 26 5 43 134 159 Scoring: 1, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 19 (Mayfield, Bel- Chicago at Inter Miami, 6
Buffalo ......................... 53 16 29 8 40 141 191 lows), 14:56. 2, San Jose, Barabanov 8 (Burns, Hertl),
NEW YORK: Barrett 13-22 14-22 46, Randle 2-15 7-8 11, N.Y. Red Bulls at San Jose, 6
Montreal ...................... 52 12 33 7 31 121 197 15:55 (pp). 3, San Jose, Weatherby 4 (Viel), 17:32.
SOUTHEAST W L Pct GB M.Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, Burks 4-6 2-2 12, Fournier 5-16 0-0 New England at Portland, 7:30
Miami ...........................................39 21 .650 — 13, Toppin 1-3 1-2 3, Reddish 2-4 2-2 8, Sims 0-0 0-0 0, SECOND PERIOD
Charlotte ......................................30 31 .492 91/2 METROPOLITAN GP W L OT Pts GF GA SUNDAY’S MATCHES
Grimes 0-0 0-0 0, McBride 0-1 0-0 0, Quickley 3-7 0-0 7.
Atlanta .........................................28 31 .475 101/2 Carolina ........................ 51 36 11 4 76 180 121 Scoring: 4, N.Y. Islanders, Parise 7 (Barzal, Aho), 12:48. Montreal at Orlando City, 1
A SSOCIATED P RESS Washington .................................27 32 .458 111/2
Totals 30-75 26-36 100.
N.Y. Rangers ................ 51 33 13 5 71 155 128 5, San Jose, Couture 18 (Hertl, Merkley), 16:31 (pp). 6, Kansas City at Atlanta, 3
Orlando.........................................14 47 .230 251/2 Three-point Goals: Miami 11-32 (Herro 4-9, Tucker 2-2, Pittsburgh.................... 53 31 14 8 70 174 146 N.Y. Islanders, Pelech 3 (Barzal, Parise), 16:50. New York at LA Galaxy, 5
Vincent 2-5, Lowry 2-7, Strus 1-2, Adebayo 0-1, Martin Washington ................. 53 28 16 9 65 172 149 Salt Lake at Houston, 7
Daniel Berger no longer needs 0-1, D.Robinson 0-5), New York 14-40 (Barrett 6-11, Columbus ..................... 52 27 24 1 55 173 190 SHOOTOUT Nashville at Seattle, 8
CENTRAL W L Pct GB Fournier 3-10, Reddish 2-3, Burks 2-4, Quickley 1-5, N.Y. Islanders............... 47 19 20 8 46 119 132 San Jose 1 (Couture G, Hertl NG), N.Y. Islanders 0
to answer questions about how his Chicago.........................................39 21 .650 — McBride 0-1, Toppin 0-2, Randle 0-4). Fouled Out: None. New Jersey .................. 52 18 29 5 41 157 191 (Beauvillier NG, Barzal NG, Nelson NG). SATURDAY, MARCH 5
Milwaukee ...................................36 24 .600 3
back is feeling. The scorecard is Cleveland......................................35 24 .593 31/2
Rebounds: Miami 44 (Adebayo 16), New York 45
(Barrett, M.Robinson 9). Assists: Miami 22 (Adebayo,
Philadelphia ................. 51 15 26 10 40 129 180
SHOTS ON GOAL
D.C. United at Cincinnati, 6
Dallas at New England, 1:30
telling the story. Indiana .........................................20
Detroit..........................................14
41
45
.328
.237
191/2
241/2
Lowry, Vincent 4), New York 19 (Randle 8). Total Fouls: CENTRAL GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. ISLANDERS .............. 12 17 13 5 — 47 N.Y. Red Bulls at Toronto, 2
Miami 28, New York 30. A: 19,812 (19,812) Houston at Kansas City, 3:30
Berger — playing what WESTERN CONFERENCE
Colorado ....................... 52 38 10 4 80 210 148 SAN JOSE ........................ 14 9 4 1 — 28
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 0 of 3; San Jose Philadelphia at Montreal, 4
St. Louis ....................... 51 31 14 6 68 184 141
amounts to a home tournament Minnesota.................... 49 31 15 3 65 187 150 2 of 2. Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 16-11-7 (28 Columbus at San Jose, 5:30
SOUTHWEST W L Pct GB Orlando City at Chicago, 6
for him, with his Jupiter residence Memphis ......................................41 20 .672 — Jazz 114, Mavericks 109 Nashville ...................... 52
Dallas ........................... 51
30
28
18
20
4 64 161 148
3 59 147 149
shots-25 saves). San Jose, Reimer 14-11-5 (47-44). A:
11,283 (17,562). T: 2:40. Atlanta at Colorado, 6
a 15-minute drive away from the Dallas ...........................................35 25 .583 51/2 DALLAS .............................. 34 33 19 23 — 109 Winnipeg...................... 52 22 21 9 53 150 159
Nashville at Minnesota, 6
Seattle at Salt Lake, 6
San Antonio .................................24 36 .400 161/2 Chicago......................... 53 19 26 8 46 134 181
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., course New Orleans ................................24 36 .400 161/2
UTAH .................................. 31 29 29 25 — 114
x-Arizona ..................... 51 13 34 4 30 116 189
New York at Vancouver, 6
LA Galaxy at Charlotte, 7:30
— had a three-shot lead through Houston........................................15 44 .254 25 DALLAS: Bullock 3-8 0-0 9, Finney-Smith 3-5 0-0 7, Predators 2, Stars 1 (SO)
Powell 9-12 3-3 22, Brunson 4-11 0-0 8, Doncic 8-24 4-4 SUNDAY, MARCH 6
two rounds of the Honda Classic NORTHWEST W L Pct GB 23, Bertans 6-9 0-0 17, Kleber 1-7 0-0 3, Dinwiddie 8-12
PACIFIC GP
Calgary ......................... 50
W
30
L OT Pts GF GA
14 6 66 170 121 Late Thursday Inter Miami at Austin, 4
after a second consecutive round Utah..............................................37
Denver..........................................34
22
25
.627
.576
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3
1-1 20, Green 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-88 8-8 109. x-Vegas ........................ 51 29 18 4 62 169 150 DALLAS .............................. 0 1 0 0 — 1 Portland at Los Angeles FC, 10
UTAH: Bogdanovic 7-15 2-2 18, O’Neale 3-5 2-2 9, Gobert x-Los Angeles .............. 51 27 17 7 61 150 143 NASHVILLE ........................ 1 0 0 1 — 2
of 5-under-par 65 on Friday. Minnesota....................................32 29 .525 6 6-6 2-4 14, Conley 5-12 2-2 15, Mitchell 11-19 4-5 33, Edmonton..................... 51 28 20 3 59 171 166
Portland .......................................25 35 .417 121/2 NASHVILLE WON SHOOTOUT 1-0
“You get your mom’s cooking. Oklahoma City..............................19 41 .317 18 2
1/
Paschall 0-0 0-0 0, House Jr. 1-2 3-4 6, Whiteside 0-0 2-2 x-Anaheim ................... 53
Vancouver .................... 53
25
25
19
22
9 59 160 161
6 56 147 149 FIRST PERIOD C O LL EGE B A SK E TB AL L
2, Clarkson 5-13 1-1 13, Forrest 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 40-74
You get to sleep in your own bed,” 18-22 114. San Jose....................... 51 23 22 6 52 138 161 Scoring: 1, Nashville, Tomasino 7 (Fabbro), 11:56.
Seattle ......................... 54 16 33 5 37 139 193
Berger said. “It’s pretty comfort- PACIFIC W
Phoenix ........................................49
L
11
Pct
.817
GB
—
Three-point Goals: Dallas 17-39 (Bertans 5-8, Dinwiddie SECOND PERIOD NCAA men
3-4, Bullock 3-7, Doncic 3-9, Powell 1-1, Finney-Smith
able.” Golden State ................................43 17 .717 6
1-3, Kleber 1-6, Brunson 0-1), Utah 16-38 (Mitchell 7-12,
x-Late game
Scoring: 2, Dallas, Robertson 22 (Suter, Pavelski), 1:21. EAST
x-L.A. Clippers..............................30 31 .492 191/2
First-round leader Kurt Kitaya- x-L.A. Lakers ................................27 31 .466 21
Conley 3-7, Clarkson 2-6, Bogdanovic 2-8, House Jr. 1-2, THURSDAY’S RESULTS
SHOOTOUT
Iona 72, Canisius 65
Marist 74, Manhattan 56
O’Neale 1-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Dallas 30 at N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 1
ma eagled the par-5 18th as dark- Sacramento..................................22 39 .361 271/2
(Doncic, Powell 7), Utah 44 (Gobert 17). Assists: Dallas New Jersey 6, at Pittsburgh 1 Nashville 1 (Duchene NG, Forsberg NG, Josi NG, Gran- Penn State 67, Northwestern 60
Princeton 74, Harvard 67
ness was closing in, finishing a x-Late game 22 (Doncic 11), Utah 22 (Conley, Mitchell 5). Total Fouls:
Dallas 21, Utah 14. A: 18,306 (18,306)
Columbus 6, at Florida 3 lund G), Dallas 0 (Robertson NG, Pavelski NG, Seguin NG,
Peterson NG). Rider 70, Niagara 68
round of 69 and ending the day THURSDAY’S RESULTS at Toronto 3, Minnesota 1
at Nashville 2, Dallas 1 (SO) SHOTS ON GOAL
SOUTH
tied for second at 7 under with at Detroit 106, Cleveland 103
Boston 129, at Brooklyn 106
Boston 3, at Seattle 2 (OT) DALLAS .............................. 8 9 8 3 — 28
Georgia Southern 81, Louisiana Monroe 75 (OT)
Georgia State 65, Louisiana Lafayette 58
Chris Kirk (68). Mark Hubbard Phoenix 124, at Oklahoma City 104 Pelicans 117, Suns 102 at Vancouver 7, Calgary 1 NASHVILLE ........................ 9 5 4 2 — 20 Richmond 68, Saint Louis 66
at San Jose 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 (SO) Power-play opportunities: Dallas 0 of 4; Nashville 0 of 5.
(64) was another shot back at 6 un- at Chicago 112, Atlanta 108 NEW ORLEANS .................. 31 22 42 22 — 117 Goalies: Dallas, Oettinger 16-6-1 (20 shots-19 saves).
Texas State 66, Troy 61
at Minnesota 119, Memphis 114 FRIDAY’S RESULTS MIDWEST
der, as was Adam Svensson — who Denver 128, at Sacramento 110
PHOENIX ............................ 22 28 31 21 — 102
at Carolina 4, Columbus 0
Nashville, Saros 25-15-3 (28-27). A: 17,869 (17,113). T:
2:36. Akron 91, Ohio 83
hit all 18 greens on his way to a 65 Golden State 132, at Portland 95 NEW ORLEANS: Hayes 3-5 2-2 9, Ingram 9-17 10-11 28, at St. Louis 5, Buffalo 3 Iowa 88, Nebraska 78
Valanciunas 7-16 4-6 18, Jones 0-9 2-2 2, McCollum SOUTHWEST
and finished with a par at FRIDAY’S RESULTS 11-18 8-11 32, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Marshall 2-6 1-2 5, Murphy
at Chicago 8, New Jersey 5
at Colorado 6, Winnipeg 3 Coastal Carolina 68, UALR 55
6:41 p.m., 22 minutes after sun- San Antonio 157, at Washington 153 (2OT) III 0-1 0-0 0, Hernangomez 1-2 1-2 3, Alvarado 0-2 0-0 0,
Graham 2-6 5-5 11, Snell 3-5 0-0 9. Totals 38-87 33-41 Vegas at Arizona, Late GOLF
at Orlando 119, Houston 111
down. at Charlotte 125, Toronto 93 117. Los Angeles at Anaheim, Late

Berger’s 10-under 130 tied the Oklahoma City 129, at Indiana 125 (OT) PHOENIX: Bridges 3-7 1-2 8, Crowder 4-6 2-4 12, Ayton SATURDAY’S GAMES PGA Tour No. 25 Iowa 88, Nebraska 78
Miami 115, at New York 100 9-12 1-2 20, Booker 10-24 8-8 30, Johnson 4-11 4-4 15,
third-lowest score through Philadelphia 133, at Minnesota 102 Craig 0-6 2-4 2, Wainright 1-1 0-0 3, McGee 1-2 0-0 2,
Washington at Philadelphia, 12:30
Edmonton at Florida, 12:30
HONDA CLASSIC Iowa (20-8)
P.McCaffery 4-9 0-0 10, Ke.Murray 6-13 3-7 15, Rebraca
36 holes since the Honda moved to New Orleans 117, at Phoenix 102 Biyombo 0-0 0-0 0, Payton 1-4 0-0 2, Shamet 3-9 0-0 8.
Totals 36-82 18-24 102. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3
At PGA National-Champion Course
In Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 2-7 2-2 6, Bohannon 2-7 7-8 12, Perkins 8-10 2-2 20,
PGA National in 2007; Aaron Wise at Utah 114, Dallas 109
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, Late Three-point Goals: New Orleans 8-29 (Snell 3-5, Graham
Montreal at Ottawa, 7 Purse: $8 Million C.McCaffery 3-3 2-3 11, Kr.Murray 5-10 1-2 12, Ulis 1-2
Tampa Bay vs. Nashville at Nissan Stadium, 7:30 Yardage: 7,125; Par: 70 0-0 2, Toussaint 0-0 0-0 0, Sandfort 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
was 12 under through two rounds SATURDAY’S GAMES
2-6, McCollum 2-6, Hayes 1-1, Alvarado 0-1, Ingram 0-2, Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 31-62 17-24 88.
Jones 0-2, Marshall 0-3, Valanciunas 0-3), Phoenix 12-40 PARTIAL SECOND ROUND
last year, Rory McIlroy was 11 un- Boston at Detroit, 12 (Johnson 3-10, Crowder 2-4, Shamet 2-7, Booker 2-8, Boston at San Jose, 10
Suspended because of darkness
Nebraska (7-21)
Mayen 3-9 0-0 8, Walker 5-6 0-0 10, B.McGowens 3-8 6-8
Colorado at Vegas, 10
der at the midway point in 2014, Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 Ayton 1-1, Wainright 1-1, Bridges 1-4, Payton 0-2, Craig
0-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: New Orleans 53 Minnesota at Calgary, 10
Daniel Berger ..................................... 65 65 — 130 -10 13, T.McGowens 4-7 0-0 9, Verge 7-14 4-4 18, Wilcher
Memphis at Chicago, 8 Chris Kirk ............................................ 65 68 — 133 -7 5-7 2-2 14, Webster 2-4 0-0 6, Andre 0-1 0-1 0. Totals
and Brendon de Jonge was 10 un- San Antonio at Miami, 8
(Valanciunas 17), Phoenix 37 (Craig 11). Assists: New N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 Kurt Kitayama .................................... 64 69 — 133 -7 29-56 12-15 78.
Orleans 21 (Ingram 7), Phoenix 23 (Bridges 6). Total
der that same year. Washington at Cleveland, 8 Fouls: New Orleans 18, Phoenix 27. A: 17,071 (18,422) SUNDAY’S GAMES Mark Hubbard .................................... 70 64
Adam Svensson ................................. 69 65
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134
134
-6
-6
Halftime: Iowa 36-35. Three-point goals: Iowa 9-22
(C.McCaffery 3-3, Perkins 2-2, P.McCaffery 2-5, Kr.Mur-
None of them went on to win. Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8:30
Sacramento at Denver, 9
Edmonton at Carolina, 1 Chase Seiffert .................................... 69 66 — 135 -5 ray 1-4, Bohannon 1-5, Ke.Murray 0-3), Nebraska 8-18
Buffalo at Dallas, 2 Sepp Straka ........................................ 71 64 — 135 -5
But this tournament seems to St. Louis at Chicago, 3 Lee Hodges ......................................... 71 66 — 137 -3
(Webster 2-3, Mayen 2-4, Wilcher 2-4, T.McGowens 1-2,
B.McGowens 1-3, Verge 0-2). Fouled out: Verge. Re-
SUNDAY’S GAMES
suit Berger; he has had a pair of Philadelphia at New York, 1 TENNI S Winnipeg at Arizona, 4 Roger Sloan ........................................ 69 68
Shane Lowry ....................................... 70 67
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—
137
137
-3
-3
bounds: Iowa 34 (Ke.Murray 11), Nebraska 28 (Walker
Pittsburgh at Columbus, 6 8). Assists: Iowa 12 (Bohannon 4), Nebraska 14 (Verge
top-five finishes here in six previ- Utah at Phoenix, 3:30
Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 John Huh ............................................ 72 65 — 137 -3 7). Total fouls: Iowa 13, Nebraska 20. A: 15,960 (15,147).
ous starts. Boston at Indiana, 5
Detroit at Charlotte, 7
ATP N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8:30
Nick Watney ....................................... 71 67
Alex Noren .......................................... 69 69
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—
138
138
-2
-2
“Every tournament I play in I L.A. Clippers at Houston, 7 DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Seattle at San Jose, 10 Taylor Pendrith .................................. 69 69 — 138 -2 Indiana 74, Maryland 64
Gary Woodland ................................... 69 69 — 138 -2
want to win,” Berger said. “But it Dallas at Golden State, 7:30 At Dubai Tennis Stadium
In Dubai Dylan Frittelli ..................................... 68 70 — 138 -2 Late Thursday
Denver at Portland, 9
would be especially nice to win New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10 Purse: $2,794,840 Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 0 William McGirt ................................... 68 70
Beau Hossler ...................................... 69 69
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138
138
-2
-2
Maryland (13-15)
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor D.Scott 3-11 4-4 10, Wahab 1-2 1-2 3, Ayala 1-7 0-0 3,
here having so many friends and MONDAY’S GAMES COLUMBUS .............................. 0 0 0 — 0 Russell Knox ....................................... 69 69 — 138 -2 Hart 4-5 3-5 14, Russell 9-21 0-0 23, Reese 4-4 0-0 8,
SINGLES — SEMIFINALS CAROLINA ............................... 0 2 2 — 4 Martin Contini .................................... 68 70 — 138 -2
family here with me this week.” Indiana at Orlando, 7
Andrey Rublev (2), Russia, def. Hubert Hurkacz (5), Sam Stevens ...................................... 70 68 — 138 -2
Green 1-2 0-0 3, Martinez 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-53 8-11 64.
SECOND PERIOD Indiana (17-10)
Berger had a five-birdie, zero- Minnesota at Cleveland, 7
Chicago at Miami, 7:30
Poland, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, Lee Westwood ................................... 69 70 — 139 -1 Jackson-Davis 4-6 2-4 10, Kopp 3-5 2-2 8, Thompson 9-12
def. Denis Shapovalov (6), Canada, 6-7 (9-7), 7-6 (7-2), Scoring: 1, Carolina, Staal 5 (Pesce, Niederreiter), 9:22. Danny Willett ..................................... 67 72 — 139 -1
bogey opening round Thursday Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 7-6 (7-3). 2, Carolina, Teravainen 14 (Aho), 18:09 (pp). Matthias Schwab ............................... 67 72 — 139 -1
1-2 19, Johnson 7-7 7-8 24, Stewart 2-8 0-0 5, Bates 1-5
1-2 3, Leal 1-1 0-0 3, Geronimo 1-2 0-0 2, Durr 0-1 0-0 0.
and was nearly as flawless Friday, Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8
DOUBLES — SEMIFINALS THIRD PERIOD
David Lipsky ....................................... 68 71
Peter Uihlein ...................................... 67 72
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139
139
-1
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Totals 28-47 13-18 74.
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 Halftime: Indiana 30-27. Three-point goals: Maryland
with six birdies and a bogey. The San Antonio at Memphis, 8 Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (1), Croatia, def. Filip Scoring: 3, Carolina, Niederreiter 16 (Skjei, Fast), 1:14. 4, Sam Ryder .......................................... 71 68 — 139 -1 10-25 (Russell 5-9, Hart 3-4, Green 1-1, Ayala 1-6,
Polasek, Slovakia, and John Peers (3), Australia, 6-4, Mito Pereira ....................................... 68 71 — 139 -1
only stroke he gave back was on TUESDAY’S GAMES 7-5; Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Tim Puetz (4),
Carolina, Trocheck 15 (Necas), 1:50.
Aaron Rai ............................................ 67 72 — 139 -1
D.Scott 0-5), Indiana 5-13 (Johnson 3-3, Leal 1-1,
Stewart 1-6, Kopp 0-1, Bates 0-2). Rebounds: Maryland
the par-3 15th, his sixth hole of the Detroit at Washington, 7 Germany, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and SHOTS ON GOAL Rory Sabbatini .................................... 65 74 — 139 -1 21 (D.Scott, Wahab 6), Indiana 25 (Thompson 9).
Austin Krajicek, United States, 5-7, 6-3, 10-7. COLUMBUS .............................. 3 6 10 — 19 Jhonattan Vegas ................................ 69 71 — 140 E
day, when his tee ball landed in a Atlanta at Boston, 7:30
CAROLINA ............................. 16 22 12 — 50 Garrick Higgo ...................................... 68 72 — 140 E
Assists: Maryland 7 (Ayala 2), Indiana 15 (Johnson 6).
Total fouls: Maryland 16, Indiana 12. A: 17,222 (17,222).
Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30
bunker and he wound up missing L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8 Power-play opportunities: Columbus 0 of 4; Carolina 1 of Louis Oosthuizen ............................... 75 65
Bronson Burgoon ............................... 68 72
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a 15-foot par putt. Golden State at Minnesota, 8 MEXICAN OPEN Carolina, Andersen 28-7-2 (19-19). A: 17,112 (18,680). T: C.T. Pan .............................................. 70 70 — 140 E
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10 J.T. Poston ......................................... 70 70 — 140 E
It’s Berger’s first 36-hole lead in At Princess Mundo Imperial; In Acapulco, Mexico
Purse: $1,678,065
2:29.
Brian Stuard ....................................... 70 70 — 140 E NCAA women
a PGA Tour event since the Travel- Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Brooks Koepka ................................... 68 72
Mackenzie Hughes ............................. 70 70
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ers Championship in 2016. He is a SINGLES — SEMIFINALS Blues 5, Sabres 3 Christiaan Bezuidenhout ................... 69 71 — 140 E
Connecticut 93, St. John’s 38
Hornets 125, Raptors 93 Delaware 65, Elon 61
four-time winner on tour, most Cameron Norrie (6), Britain, def. Stefanos Tsitsipas (3),
Greece, 6-4, 6-4.
BUFFALO ................................. 1 1 1 — 3 Vaughn Taylor .................................... 73 68
Martin Trainer .................................... 69 72
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Drexel 63, William & Mary 43
TORONTO ........................... 19 28 14 32 — 93 ST. LOUIS ................................. 2 1 2 — 5 Marquette 57, Providence 51
recently at Pebble Beach in 2021. CHARLOTTE ....................... 28 42 27 28 — 125 DOUBLES — SEMIFINALS
Keith Mitchell .................................... 71 70 — 141 +1
Maryland 67, Indiana 64
FIRST PERIOD Stephan Jaeger .................................. 68 73 — 141 +1
But the back issues that flared TORONTO: Barnes 13-18 2-2 28, Siakam 3-13 2-2 8, Birch Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Marcelo Arevalo- Callum Tarren ..................................... 68 73 — 141 +1
Northeastern 65, James Madison 52
Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Cozens 12 (Asplund, Okposo), 1:25. Towson 73, Hofstra 50
up in recent weeks kept him from 0-3 1-2 1, Trent Jr. 5-12 0-0 12, VanVleet 3-12 0-0 8, Gonzalez (4), El Salvador, def. John Isner, United States,
and Hans Hach Verdugo, Mexico, 7-5, 7-5. 2, St. Louis, Kyrou 19 (Perron, Faulk), 7:06 (pp). 3, St.
Joshua Creel ....................................... 72 69
Lucas Glover ....................................... 69 72
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Achiuwa 3-8 3-7 9, Banton 0-1 0-0 0, Young 2-4 1-3 5,
playing Pebble this year and de- Boucher 4-5 0-0 8, Champagnie 0-1 0-0 0, Mykhailiuk 1-3
Louis, Kyrou 20 (Faulk, Barbashev), 14:23. Brendon Todd ..................................... 74 67 — 141 +1 Georgetown 54, Xavier 40
Robert Streb ....................................... 72 69 — 141 +1
fending that title. He played the 0-0 3, Watanabe 1-1 3-4 6, Flynn 2-3 1-3 5. Totals 37-84
13-23 93.
SECOND PERIOD
Cameron Young .................................. 68 73 — 141 +1
Loyola Chicago 66, Valparaiso 52
Seton Hall 94, DePaul 90
Phoenix Open two weeks ago, test- CHARLOTTE: Bridges 5-11 1-1 11, Washington 5-11 0-0
CHILE OPEN
Scoring: 4, Buffalo, Okposo 13 (Dahlin, Cozens), 3:27. 5,
St. Louis, Walman 2 (Barbashev, Saad), 19:25.
Dylan Wu ............................................ 68 73 — 141 +1 Villanova 72, Butler 36
Alex Smalley ...................................... 71 70 — 141 +1
ing his back and declaring after- 13, Plumlee 4-4 0-2 8, Ball 5-16 1-1 13, Rozier 10-16 0-0 At Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica
In Santiago, Chile THIRD PERIOD Matthew NeSmith ............................. 72 70 — 142 +2
WEST
23, Martin 3-5 0-0 8, Thor 3-5 0-0 6, Harrell 9-12 2-3 20, New Mexico 80, San Jose State 58
ward that he would be good to play Oubre Jr. 8-14 2-2 23. Totals 52-94 6-9 125. Purse: $475,960
Scoring: 6, Buffalo, Thompson 21 (Krebs, Tuch), 12:34
Denny McCarthy ................................. 71 71
Ian Poulter .......................................... 71 71
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at PGA National — a place where Three-point Goals: Toronto 6-23 (Trent Jr. 2-4, VanVleet (pp). 7, St. Louis, Parayko 6 (Kyrou, Barbashev), 13:57. 8, Trey Mullinax ..................................... 72 70 — 142 +2
SINGLES — QUARTERFINALS St. Louis, Schenn 16 (O’Reilly), 19:27 (en). K.H. Lee .............................................. 70 72 — 142 +2
he played a ton of junior golf — 2-7, Watanabe 1-1, Mykhailiuk 1-3, Banton 0-1, Barnes
0-1, Boucher 0-1, Champagnie 0-1, Flynn 0-1, Siakam Sebastian Baez (7), Argentina, def. Thiago Monteiro, Ryan Palmer ....................................... 68 74 — 142 +2 No. 13 Maryland 67,
SHOTS ON GOAL
and get a home week at the Honda. 0-1, Achiuwa 0-2), Charlotte 15-40 (Oubre Jr. 5-10, Brazil, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4; Albert Ramos-Vinolas (2), Spain,
BUFFALO ............................... 14 11 13 — 38
Nick Taylor ......................................... 77 65
Rickie Fowler ...................................... 72 70
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No. 10 Indiana 64
Rozier 3-7, Washington 3-9, Martin 2-3, Ball 2-7, Thor def. Facundo Bagnis (8), Argentina, 7-5, 6-2; Pedro
So far, so good. 0-1, Bridges 0-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Toronto Martinez (4), Spain, def. Yannick Hanfmann, Germany, ST. LOUIS ................................. 6 11 6 — 23 Kevin Streelman ................................ 71 71 — 142 +2 Indiana ................................ 10 22 19 13 — 64
Maryland ............................ 19 18 18 12 — 67
“It took actually longer than I 36 (Achiuwa, Barnes, Young 5), Charlotte 52 (Bridges, 6-2, 6-2; Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, def. Miomir Kecmanovic Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 1 of 5; St. Louis 1 of 3.
Goalies: Buffalo, Tokarski 5-8-4 (22 shots-18 saves). St.
Curtis Thompson ................................ 70 72
Brett Drewitt ..................................... 74 68
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Harrell, Plumlee 10). Assists: Toronto 18 (Flynn 5), (6), Serbia, 6-1, 6-4. MARYLAND MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
thought it was to feel better,” Berger Charlotte 34 (Rozier 9). Total Fouls: Toronto 12, Char- Louis, Husso 13-3-2 (38-35). A: 18,096 (18,096). T: 2:23. Davis Riley ......................................... 70 72 — 142 +2
Bibby 36 2-9 0-0 1-3 1 2 5
Bill Haas ............................................. 70 72 — 142 +2
said. “Six, seven years ago I felt like lotte 20. A: 17,577 (19,077)
Billy Horschel ..................................... 68 74 — 142 +2 Reese 31 9-21 2-4 8-16 2 2 20
Benzan 40 4-6 0-0 0-6 6 1 10
I could have broken my ankle and WTA Blackhawks 8, Devils 5 Brian Gay ............................................ 76 66
Patrick Rodgers .................................. 68 74
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10 days later I would have been QATAR OPEN NEW JERSEY ........................... 2 1 2 — 5 J.J. Spaun ........................................... 71 71 — 142 +2 Sellers
Collins
35 5-10
23 2-6
0-0 0-2 3 4 12
0-0 0-2 2 3 4
CHICAGO .................................. 1 3 4 — 8 Austin Cook ........................................ 72 70 — 142 +2
fine. But I’m getting older now, and Magic 119, Rockets 111 At Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex
In Doha, Qatar Justin Lower ...................................... 73 69 — 142 +2 Chardon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
FIRST PERIOD
even at 28 I don’t feel the way I used HOUSTON ........................... 33 18 32 28 — 111 Purse: $2,632,448 Rick Lamb ........................................... 72 70 — 142 +2 Team
TOTALS
0 0-0
200 28-64
0-0 5-6 0 0 0
4-6 14-39 16 14 67
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Scoring: 1, Chicago, Hagel 15, 7:34. 2, New Jersey, Padraig Harrington ............................ 73 70 — 143 +3
to feel, shockingly, but that’s thou- ORLANDO ........................... 27 31 28 33 — 119
Hughes 15 (Graves), 9:41. 3, New Jersey, Sharangovich Lucas Herbert ..................................... 72 71 — 143 +3
SINGLES — SEMIFINALS Percentages: FG 43.750, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 7-15,
sands and thousands of golf swings HOUSTON: Gordon 6-11 0-0 15, Tate 6-11 0-0 13, Wood
Anett Kontaveit (4), Estonia, def. Jelena Ostapenko
12 (Siegenthaler, Hughes), 18:55. Brian Harman ..................................... 72 71
Aaron Wise ......................................... 72 71
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8-15 3-13 21, Green 9-16 1-2 23, Porter Jr. 2-10 0-0 6,
later, so it’s just part of the job.” Martin Jr. 2-3 0-0 4, Sengun 2-5 2-2 6, Christopher 0-4 (15), Latvia, 6-1, 6-4; Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, def. Maria SECOND PERIOD Dawie van der Walt ............................ 74 69 — 143 +3 Collins 0-1) Blocked Shots: 5 (Miller 3, Bibby 1, Reese 1)
Turnovers: 13 (Reese 3, Benzan 3, Miller 3, Bibby 2,
Sakkari (6), Greece, 6-4, 6-3. Chase Koepka ..................................... 71 72 — 143 +3
Chase Seiffert (66) was in a 0-0 0, Mathews 5-9 1-1 13, Schroder 4-10 2-2 10. Totals
44-94 9-20 111.
Scoring: 4, Chicago, Kane 14 (S.Jones, DeBrincat), 1:34
(pp). 5, Chicago, Kane 15 (S.Jones, DeBrincat), 11:24 Brice Garnett ...................................... 71 72 — 143 +3 Sellers 1, Team 1) Steals: 8 (Sellers 3, Benzan 2, Bibby 1,
group tied for sixth at 5 under. DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP (pp). 6, Chicago, Hagel 16 (Kane, DeBrincat), 14:09 (pp). Ryan Armour ...................................... 72 71 — 143 +3 Reese 1, Miller 1) Technical Fouls: None
ORLANDO: Carter Jr. 9-11 5-7 24, F.Wagner 4-11 4-6 13, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff, United States, def. Charl Schwartzel ................................ 74 69 — 143 +3
7, New Jersey, Bratt 17 (Severson, Siegenthaler), 17:43. INDIANA MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS
Seiffert was third at the Honda last Bamba 3-7 0-0 6, Anthony 5-10 2-2 14, Suggs 1-5 1-2 3, Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, and Elise Mertens (3), Anirban Lahiri .................................... 73 70 — 143 +3 Gulbe 40 3-9 4-4 1-8 1 1 11
Okeke 9-13 3-3 26, Schofield 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 5-12 0-0 10, Belgium, 3-6, 7-5, 10-5. THIRD PERIOD
year, missed making this year’s Hampton 3-7 4-6 11, Harris 3-7 3-3 12. Totals 42-83
Nate Lashley ...................................... 70 73
Joaquin Niemann ............................... 70 73
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Holmes 31 5-6 1-3 3-6 0 2 11
Scoring: 8, New Jersey, Siegenthaler 1 (Hamilton), 8:36. Berger 39 7-17 2-4 1-10 6 2 16
field by coming up short in a wild 22-29 119.
9, Chicago, Dach 8 (C.Jones, Murphy), 14:04. 10, Chicago, Tommy Fleetwood ............................. 69 74 — 143 +3 Cardano-Hillary 20 1-10 0-0 1-1 2 1 3
Three-point Goals: Houston 14-47 (Green 4-9, Gordon Sung Kang .......................................... 69 74 — 143 +3
16-for-1 playoff Tuesday, then got 3-8, Mathews 2-6, Porter Jr. 2-6, Wood 2-6, Tate 1-2, ABIERTO AKRON ZAPOPAN Carpenter 2 (S.Jones, Entwistle), 14:45. 11, New Jersey,
Bratt 18 (Hughes, Severson), 15:45. 12, Chicago, Kane 16, Brandon Wu ....................................... 77 66 — 143 +3
Patberg
Browne
32 5-10 0-0 1-2 4 2 13
8 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 0
in anyway as the first alternate Martin Jr. 0-1, Sengun 0-1, Christopher 0-3, Schroder At Panamerican Tennis Center; In Guadalajara, Mexico
Purse: $262,727
18:37 (en). 13, Chicago, Hagel 17 (C.Jones), 19:32 (en). Henrik Stenson .................................. 73 71
Sungjae Im ......................................... 74 70
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Moore-McNeil 30 4-8 0-0 0-2 2 2 10
0-5), Orlando 13-36 (Okeke 5-7, Harris 3-6, Anthony 2-4,
when Tyler Duncan withdrew. Carter Jr. 1-2, Hampton 1-2, F.Wagner 1-6, Suggs 0-2, Surface: Hardcourt outdoor SHOTS ON GOAL Seung-Yul Noh ................................... 68 76 — 144 +4
Waggoner
Team
0
0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
0-0 0-0 4-5 0 0
0
0
Seiffert didn’t play last week, Bamba 0-3, Ross 0-4). Fouled Out: Houston 1 (Tate),
Orlando 2 (Bamba, Suggs). Rebounds: Houston 41
SINGLES — QUARTERFINALS NEW JERSEY ......................... 15
CHICAGO .................................. 8
9
16
12 — 36
13 — 37
Paul Barjon ......................................... 71 73
Luke Donald ........................................ 72 72
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also as the first alternate — on the (Wood 11), Orlando 54 (Carter Jr. 12). Assists: Houston Wang Qiang, China, def. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova,
Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3; Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Maria Power-play opportunities: New Jersey 0 of 2; Chicago 3 Adam Schenk ..................................... 71 73 — 144 +4 Percentages: FG 40.984, FT .636. 3-Point Goals: 7-18,
22 (Schroder, Tate 6), Orlando 20 (Anthony 6). Total Kyle Stanley ....................................... 71 74 — 145 +5
Korn Ferry Tour. Fouls: Houston 24, Orlando 22. A: 16,631 (18,846) Camila Osorio Serrano (4), Colombia, 6-4, 6-1; Sloane of 4. Goalies: New Jersey, Gillies 3-9-1 (35 shots-29
saves). Chicago, Lankinen 3-5-4 (36-31). A: 19,343 Chris Stroud ....................................... 71 74 — 145 +5
.389 (Patberg 3-4, Moore-McNeil 2-5, Gulbe 1-3, Carda-
no-Hillary 1-6) Blocked Shots: 6 (Holmes 3, Browne 2,
Stephens (6), United States, def. Daria Saville, Aus-
“It was really a relief, a weight tralia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. (19,717). T: 2:36. Richy Werenski .................................. 71 74
Doug Ghim .......................................... 68 77
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Berger 1) Turnovers: 14 (Gulbe 4, Berger 3, Cardano-Hil-
off my shoulders that I didn’t get DOUBLES — SEMIFINALS Hank Lebioda ...................................... 71 74 — 145 +5
lary 3, Moore-McNeil 2, Holmes 1, Patberg 1) Steals: 5
(Gulbe 1, Berger 1, Patberg 1, Browne 1, Moore-McNeil
Brendan Steele ................................... 72 73 — 145 +5
through the playoff but was able to Zhu Lin and Xinyu Wang, China, def. Tara Moore, Britain, Avalanche 6, Jets 3 1) Technical Fouls: None A: 7,532
Thunder 129, Pacers 125 (OT) and Emina Bektas, United States, 6-4, 6-0.
Seth Reeves ....................................... 72 73 — 145 +5
participate in the event,” Seiffert WINNIPEG ............................... 3 0 0 — 3 Brandon Hagy ..................................... 72 73 — 145 +5
OKLAHOMA CITY .......... 29 40 23 31 6 — 129 COLORADO .............................. 0 3 3 — 6 Vince Whaley ..................................... 75 70 — 145 +5
said. INDIANA ........................ 36 25 32 30 2 — 125 Martin Kaymer ................................... 78 67 — 145 +5 No. 7 Connecticut 93,
FIRST PERIOD
Among notables, Brooks Koep- OKLAHOMA CITY: Bazley 6-16 1-2 14, Wiggins 4-6 0-0 8,
HI GH SC HO O L S Andrew Novak .................................... 72 73
Ben Kohles ......................................... 70 75
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Scoring: 1, Winnipeg, Connor 30 (Dubois, Dillon), 2:13. 2,
ka (72) is even par through two Roby 3-6 4-4 10, Gilgeous-Alexander 13-24 9-12 36, Winnipeg, Svechnikov 4 (Dubois, Morrissey), 7:48. 3, Kiradech Aphibarnrat ......................... 73 73 — 146 +6 ST. JOHN'S ........................... 8 11 9 10 — 38
Mann 8-17 3-4 22, Pokusevski 6-9 0-0 13, Sarr 2-4 0-0 4, BOYS' BASKETBALL Doc Redman ....................................... 75 71 — 146 +6
rounds. Joaquin Niemann, last Krejci 0-1 0-0 0, Maledon 5-10 1-2 14, Waters III 3-8 0-0 MARYLAND
Winnipeg, Lowry 5 (Toninato, Beaulieu), 16:26 (sh).
Jared Wolfe ........................................ 78 68 — 146 +6
CONNECTICUT .................... 30 21 27 15 — 93
St. John's (11-17)
week’s winner at Genesis, went 8. Totals 50-101 18-24 129. Gwynn Park 54, Potomac (Md.) 45 SECOND PERIOD Austin Smotherman .......................... 70 76
Michael Thompson ............................. 71 75
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Walter Johnson 63, Richard Montgomery 60
into the water on his finishing hole INDIANA: Brissett 5-17 0-1 10, Hield 12-21 0-0 29,
Jackson 5-7 7-10 17, Brogdon 6-14 0-0 15, Haliburton Whitman 52, Wootton 50
Scoring: 4, Colorado, Landeskog 26 (Toews, Rantanen),
3:10. 5, Colorado, MacKinnon 13 (Rantanen, Burakov- Zach Johnson ..................................... 74 72 — 146 +6 Clegg 2-4 4-5 9, Correa 3-8 0-0 7, Nolan 0-0 0-0 0,
Patterson 1-5 0-0 2, Drake 1-7 0-0 2, Gines 0-0 0-0 0,
and missed the cut by one shot at 6-10 1-2 14, Stephenson 6-14 0-2 14, Bitadze 0-0 0-0 0, PRIVATE
Flint Hill 77, Maret 72
sky), 12:20. 6, Colorado, Landeskog 27 (Nichushkin, Charles Howell III ............................... 70 76
Max McGreevy ................................... 70 76
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+6 Burton 0-2 0-0 0, Zabrecky 1-5 0-0 3, Totals 14-53 5-8 38
Smith 6-10 2-2 16, Taylor 2-3 3-5 7, Washington Jr. 1-4 Kadri), 17:17. Connecticut (21-5)
3 over. 0-0 3. Totals 49-100 13-22 125. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Kelly Kraft .......................................... 74 73 — 147 +7
Edwards 8-10 0-0 16, Nelson-Ododa 5-6 2-2 13, Fudd 7-9
MARYLAND THIRD PERIOD Grayson Murray ................................. 74 73 — 147 +7
l PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: Three-point Goals: Oklahoma City 11-31 (Maledon 3-5, Wootton 66, Richard Montgomery 56 Kevin Tway ......................................... 73 74 — 147 +7 0-0 19, Muhl 1-2 0-0 3, Williams 5-7 1-2 13, Juhasz 2-3
Scoring: 7, Colorado, Burakovsky 15 (Toews, Makar), 0-0 4, Bueckers 4-5 0-0 8, Ducharme 6-13 0-0 13,
Miguel Angel Jimenez felt the Mann 3-6, Waters III 2-7, Pokusevski 1-3, Bazley 1-4,
Gilgeous-Alexander 1-5, Krejci 0-1), Indiana 14-37 (Hield
VIRGINIA
James Madison 46, Langley 32 0:56. 8, Colorado, MacKinnon 14 (Rantanen, Makar),
Wesley Bryan ..................................... 68 79
Matt Jones ......................................... 73 74
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+7 Westbrook 0-0 0-0 0, DeBerry 0-2 0-0 0, Gabriel 2-6 0-0 4,
breeze at his back and grabbed a 5-9, Brogdon 3-8, Smith 2-4, Stephenson 2-4, Washing- Woodgrove 65, Harrisonburg 46 12:13. 9, Colorado, Landeskog 28 (Nichushkin, Kadri),
13:11.
Kramer Hickok .................................... 69 78 — 147 +7 Totals 40-63 3-4 93
Three-point goals: St. John’s 5-24 (Cosgrove 0-3, Bailey
ton Jr. 1-2, Haliburton 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Taylor 0-1, Greyson Sigg ...................................... 75 72 — 147 +7
6-iron, believing it would be the Brissett 0-5). Fouled Out: Oklahoma City None, Indiana 1
PRIVATE
Georgetown Visitation 59, Stone Ridge 32 SHOTS ON GOAL Taylor Moore ...................................... 71 76 — 147 +7 2-4, Clegg 1-3, Correa 1-3, Patterson 0-3, Drake 0-4,
Zabrecky 1-4), Connecticut 10-21 (Nelson-Ododa 1-1,
perfect club at Tucson National’s (Stephenson). Rebounds: Oklahoma City 53 (Roby 11),
WINNIPEG ............................. 12 7 9 — 28
Hudson Swafford ............................... 78 69 — 147 +7
Fudd 5-7, Muhl 1-2, Williams 2-3, Juhasz 0-1, Ducharme
Indiana 51 (Brissett 15). Assists: Oklahoma City 23 Jim Herman ........................................ 70 77 — 147 +7
196-yard seventh hole. (Gilgeous-Alexander, Mann 5), Indiana 31 (Haliburton COLORADO ............................ 11 17 14 — 42 Harry Higgs ........................................ 71 76 — 147 +7 1-5, DeBerry 0-2). Assists: St. John’s 6 (Bailey 2, Drake
Power-play opportunities: Winnipeg 0 of 2; Colorado 0 of 2), Connecticut 27 (Westbrook 10). Fouled out: None.
He was dead on. 11). Total Fouls: Oklahoma City 19, Indiana 19. A: 15,182
(20,000)
GI RL S’ B A SKE T B ALL 4. Goalies: Winnipeg, Hellebuyck 17-19-8 (41 shots-35
Jim Knous ........................................... 72 75
Jimmy Walker .................................... 76 72
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Jimenez’s ace propelled him to saves). Colorado, Francouz 9-2-0 (28-25). A: 18,037 Jason Dufner ...................................... 77 71 — 148 +8 (Edwards 7, Westbrook 7). Total fouls: St. John’s 5,
Connecticut 10. Technical Fouls_None. A: 9,154.
(18,007). T: 2:24. Kyle Westmoreland ........................... 74 74 — 148 +8
a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions TOP 20 Nicolai Hojgaard ................................. 76 72 — 148 +8
to match Jeff Sluman for the first- 76ers 133, Timbwerolves 102 NO. 6 GEORGETOWN VISITATION 59, Satoshi Kodaira .................................. 78 70 — 148 +8
STONE RIDGE 32 Tyler McCumber ................................. 77 71 — 148 +8
round lead at the Cologuard Clas- PHILADELPHIA .................. 34 31 27 41 — 133 Bruins 3, Kraken 2 (OT) Alan Morin .......................................... 74 74 — 148 +8 No. 18 North Carolina 68,
GV (21-3) Tall 22, Lewis 13, West 8, Wu 7, Alvarado 3,
sic. MINNESOTA ...................... 25 24 25 28 — 102
Spizuoco 2, Nweke 2, Corbett 2 Totals 14 16-24 59. Late Thursday Fabian Gomez ..................................... 77 72
Nick Hardy .......................................... 76 73
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Virginia 57
“The ball never left the flag,” PHILADELPHIA: Harris 2-9 0-0 6, Thybulle 4-7 2-2 11, SR (6-14) Hollensteiner 18, White 5, Stoltz 4, Helfrich 3, BOSTON ............................. 1 1 0 1 — 3 Hayden Buckley .................................. 77 72 — 149 +9 Late Thursday
Embiid 10-18 11-13 34, Harden 7-12 8-9 27, Maxey 12-16 Brill 2 Totals 11 7-11 32. SEATTLE ............................ 1 1 0 0 — 2 Patrick Reed ....................................... 70 79 — 149 +9
Jimenez said. “Piece of luck it was 2-2 28, Millsap 0-2 3-4 3, Niang 1-4 0-0 3, Reed 0-0 0-0 0, Halftime: Georgetown Visitation, (29-13). Michael Gligic ..................................... 70 80 — 150 +10 NORTH CAROLINA ............. 30 17 11 10 — 68
FIRST PERIOD VIRGINIA ............................ 11 19 14 13 — 57
a hole-in-one there and I put my- Korkmaz 1-2 2-4 5, Milton 0-3 2-2 2, Cauley-Stein 0-0 0-0
0, Green 2-5 0-0 6, Joe 3-4 0-0 8. Totals 42-82 30-36 133.
Three-point goals: SR 1 (Helfrich 1); GV 5 (Wu 2, Tall 1,
West 2).
Erik Compton ...................................... 69 82
David Skinns ...................................... 77 74
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+11 North Carolina (22-5)
Scoring: 1, Seattle, Giordano 6 (Sheahan, Oleksiak), 3:29
self 4 under par.” MINNESOTA: Edwards 5-13 4-6 15, Vanderbilt 1-5 0-2 2, NO. 8 JAMES MADISON 46, LANGLEY 32 (sh). 2, Boston, DeBrusk 10 (Smith, Haula), 17:33. Chad Ramey ....................................... 75 77 — 152 +12 Poole 4-5 0-0 8, Kelly 5-12 6-8 16, Littlefield 4-7 5-7 13,
Jimenez won the PGA Tour Towns 8-19 7-7 25, Beverley 0-3 2-2 2, Russell 7-12 5-5
M (24-2) Arnolie 10, Arnolie 8, Kohler 8, Koshuta 8, Link SECOND PERIOD
Stewart Cink ...................................... 78 74
Matthew Wolff .................................. 81 76
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Todd-Williams 4-8 3-3 11, Ustby 7-16 1-4 15, Tshitenge
1-1 0-0 2, Hodgson 1-6 0-0 3, Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Wiggins
21, Layman 1-2 0-0 2, McDaniels 5-11 0-0 10, Prince 3-7
Champions’ season-opening Mit- 0-0 8, Reid 3-6 1-1 7, McLaughlin 1-3 0-0 3, Nowell 2-5 7, Chapman 4, Griepentrog 1 Totals 19 2-4 46. Scoring: 3, Boston, Pastrnak 28 (Grzelcyk, McAvoy), Camilo Villegas .................................. 74 83 — 157 +17 0-0 0-0 0, Zelaya 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 26-55 15-22 68
L (17-4) Walke 13, Holsinger 9, Shumandine 6, Byrne 2, Virginia (5-21)
subishi Electric Championship in 0-0 5, Okogie 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 36-86 21-25 102.
Harrell 2 Totals 3 5-5 32.
6:47. 4, Seattle, Eberle 15 (Johansson, Jarnkrok), 13:19. DID NOT FINISH Parker 0-0 0-0 0, McLean 2-5 2-2 6, Miller 2-4 0-0 5, Toi
Three-point Goals: Philadelphia 19-39 (Harden 5-7, Andrew Kozan
Hawaii and kick-started his round Embiid 3-5, Joe 2-3, Maxey 2-3, Green 2-5, Harris 2-6,
Halftime: Langley, (22-22).
Three-point goals: L 7 (Holsinger 3, Shumandine 2,
OVERTIME 4-12 4-4 14, Valladay 3-11 4-4 11, Bristol 0-0 0-0 0,
Clarkson 6-11 0-0 12, Dale 2-8 0-0 5, Lawson 1-5 0-0 2,
at Tucson National with the ace. Korkmaz 1-2, Niang 1-3, Thybulle 1-3, Milton 0-2), Walke 2); M 2 (Arnolie 2).
Scoring: 5, Boston, DeBrusk 11 (McAvoy, Coyle), 0:33.
Pitts 1-1 0-0 2, Totals 21-57 10-10 57
Minnesota 9-39 (Prince 2-5, Towns 2-6, Russell 2-7, Three-point goals: North Carolina 1-14 (Kelly 0-3,
The 58-year-old Spaniard over- McLaughlin 1-2, Nowell 1-3, Edwards 1-6, Vanderbilt NO. 10 WOODGROVE 65, HARRISONBURG 46 SHOTS ON GOAL TRANS AC TIONS Littlefield 0-2, Todd-Williams 0-2, Ustby 0-3, Hodgson
BOSTON ........................... 17 14 7 1 — 39
came a bogey on the par-5 eighth 0-1, Reid 0-2, Beverley 0-3, McDaniels 0-4). Fouled Out:
None. Rebounds: Philadelphia 42 (Embiid 10), Minne-
W (26-0) Shores 28, Baine 15, Steadman 7, Steadman 5, SEATTLE ............................ 8 10 9 0 — 27
1-4), Virginia 5-20 (Miller 1-1, Toi 2-9, Valladay 1-1, Dale
Mullen 5, Nice 3, Pabon 2 Totals 19 18-24 65. 1-6, Lawson 0-3). Assists: North Carolina 12 (Littlefield
with three birdies on the back nine sota 41 (Vanderbilt 8). Assists: Philadelphia 30 (Harden H (0-0)Totals 0 0-0 46.
Power-play opportunities: Boston 0 of 5; Seattle 0 of 3. NFL 4), Virginia 13 (Toi 7). Fouled out: Virginia McLean.
12), Minnesota 23 (Edwards 5). Total Fouls: Philadelphia Goalies: Boston, Ullmark 17-8-1 (27 shots-25 saves).
to match Sluman. 23, Minnesota 27. A: 16,684 (19,356)
Halftime: Harrisonburg, (27-22).
Seattle, Grubauer 12-22-5 (39-36). A: 17,151 (17,100). T: Carolina Panthers: Re-signed TE Ian Thomas to a Rebounds: North Carolina 36 (Poole 10), Virginia 33
(McLean 8). Total fouls: North Carolina 18, Virginia 21.
Three-point goals: W 3 (Steadman 1, Nice 1, Mullen 1). three-year contract.
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Where We Live
Close-knit
haven for
families
and dogs
Neighbors socialize
regularly in this
quiet community
BY C ONNIE D UFNER
It was love at first sight for
Pankaj and Namita Bhatnagar in
2008 when they saw their home
in the Hickory Creek neighbor-
hood of Great Falls. Their first
visit came after dark, and the
house was lit invitingly at the
crest of a winding driveway. Not
too big, not too small, the four-
bedroom, four-bathroom, 3,000-
square-foot house was just right.
The couple, who had been living
in the Rotunda Condominiums in
Tysons Corner, appreciated the
proximity to Dulles International
Airport for Pankaj, a telecom
solutions professional who trav-
els internationally, and to their
daughter Sonali’s ballet studio.
But the real winner of the
move was their mixed Lab, Rocky.
Every night, he and his canine
pals play off leash in a grassy
common area at the end of the
street, past what the neighbor-
hood children call the “bamboo
forest” and the Hickory Creek
K
Homeowners Association walk-
ing trail. Luckily, the pooches are
well-behaved and stay close to
home, as the common area sits
atop the Transco pipeline, a
10,000-mile interstate natural
gas pipeline that stretches from
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
New York City to Texas.
“It’s very peaceful and quiet
here,” Pankaj Bhatnagar said.
“The neighbors are easygoing,
and there are no conflicts.”
Hickory Creek, a neighbor-
hood of 90 homes on 100 acres of
what once was farmland in Fair-
fax County, was built in the late
. SATURDAY,
1970s by developers Pinewood
and Edwin Jay Smith. The name
comes from a stream that runs
just east of the community, Cap-
tain Hickory Run. It has two main
streets, Jaysmith and Harriman,
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with a handful of short blocks
and cul-de-sacs along Harriman.
Although short on housing stock,
Hickory Creek is long on loyalty
and bragging rights.
Neighbors talk of bonds
formed over pets at impromptu
firepit gatherings and at the bus
stop at Jaysmith and Shesue,
where parents sip coffee in mugs
and await their children in the
Hickory Creek in Great Falls
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: A home in the Hickory Creek neighborhood. According to Colleen Stoltz, a real estate agent with Keller
Williams, no homes are on the market, and only five have sold in the past 12 months. Ross Day walks with his kids Emery, 4, and Brady, 1.
The neighborhood children call this area the “bamboo forest.” Jennifer Bucalo walks her dog Kricket.
afternoon.
When Kelly Bergeron and her
husband were preparing to move
from Cleveland Park in D.C. with
their baby daughter in 2015, she
scouted play sets in yards of
neighborhoods where they were
looking, in hopes of finding other
families. Hickory Creek scored
big, and the couple put in an offer
on their house. The day after they
moved in, a neighbor dropped by
to mow their yard.
Bergeron has organized Hal-
loween outings, Easter egg hunts
and other informal get-togethers
in the neighborhood. She even
held a fundraising drive to buy
two goats through Heifer Inter-
national, a nonprofit that sup-
ports farming efforts in 21 coun-
tries.
“Nobody is allowed to move
from this neighborhood,” she
deadpanned. “I’m on watch,
they’re on notice. Even if I don’t
know someone, I feel comfortable
knocking on every door.”
Colleen Stoltz, a real estate
agent with Keller Williams,
moved with her husband and
young son to Hickory Creek from
a rental in Georgetown in 2008.
“We found a place we could
stay,” she said. “We liked the fact
that it was located in the center of
PHOTOS BY CRAIG HUDSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
things.” through Hickory Creek. She ap-
MD. MONT. Besides its proximity to Dulles, preciated that kids could have the
CO.
LOUD. Potomac Tysons and the Northern Virginia run of the neighborhood because
CO.
Detail D.C. River suburbs, Hickory Creek is also it was a safe and fun place to grow
FAIRFAX near Great Falls and Riverbend up.
CO. P.G.
VA. CO. parks. Residents have access to “The nicest thing is that you
P.W. events sponsored by the Cel- feel like you’re away from it all,
CO.
ebrate Great Falls Foundation, but you’re really close to every-
Great
including a Fourth of July cel- thing,” Green said.
Falls ebration and concerts on the Living there: Hickory Creek is
VIRGINIA
FAIRFAX green of the Great Falls Village bounded roughly by Jaysmith
COUNTY WALKER Centre, an office and retail area Street to the west, Galpin Court to
RD. with a gazebo. Hickory Creek the north, Harriman Street and
GEORGETOWN PIKE
residents pay $320 annually in Wilhelm Drive to the east and
homeowners association dues, Shesue Street and Sanders Court
674
which are used for maintaining to the south.
193
Hickory the common area and walking According to Stoltz, no homes
Creek trail and, in pre-pandemic times, are on the market, and only five
JAYSMITH
ST.
for social events such as picnics, have sold in the past 12 months.
HARRIMAN
ST. movie nights and Easter egg The average sales price was just
hunts. Organizers are hopeful under $1.1 million. The highest-
LEESBURG
PIKE 681 1/2 MILE those can resume soon. priced sale was a five-bedroom,
7 Retired teacher Sandi Green is four-bathroom, 2,960-square-
Source: Maps4News/HERE
an original owner. She joked that foot house for $1.195 million. The
THE WASHINGTON POST when she and her husband lowest-priced sale was a five-bed-
bought their house for $110,000 room, four-bathroom, 3,129-
in 1978, she thought she’d be on a square-foot house for $950,000.
Although short on steady diet of canned pork and Schools: Colvin Run Elemen-
beans to afford the mortgage tary, Cooper Middle, Langley
housing stock, Hickory payment. Now that homes in the High
neighborhood sell for more than Transit: The closest Metro sta-
Creek is long on loyalty $1 million, her investment has tion is Tysons Corner on the
paid off. Silver Line. It is about 512 miles
and bragging rights. Green remembers the early from Great Falls. Fairfax Connec-
years when horseback riders tor buses run along Route 7/Lees-
from a nearby horse farm rode burg Pike.
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Ten19 Condominium in Northeast Washington

A development energized by D.C.’s ‘Starburst’

BY S COTT S OWERS

New development continues to

push out from the Northeast
Washington intersection dubbed
“the Starburst,” where Bladens-
burg Road, Benning Road and H
Street converge.
Ten19 Condominium, at 1019
17th Pl. NE, is part of this surge.
The building has 11 condos, all for
sale, including one inclusionary
zoning (or “affordable”) unit.
Prices for Ten19’s market-rate
units start at $310,000 for 421
square feet. The inclusionary zon-
ing unit is listed at $280,000 for
886 square feet. Move-ins are
expected to begin in April.
Dave Park, team leader at the
Centurion Group at TTR Sothe-
by’s International Realty, said the
minimalist building replaced a
rowhouse that was like the adja-
cent rowhouses in the Carver-
Langston area of D.C.
Carver-Langston and nearby
neighborhoods — including Trin-
idad and Kingman Park — contin-
ue to transform along with the H
Street NE corridor. Park said the
location is a key selling point for
Ten19.
“Carver-Langston is the sub-
urb of the H Street corridor,” Park
said. “You have walking access to
everything that H Street has to
offer, from luxury grocery, restau-
rants, theater, boutique shopping ABOVE: The Ten19 Condominium
and clubs, all serviced by the only living room and 1019 17th Pl. NE, Washington.
running streetcar line in the Dis- kitchen in one
trict.” of the two four- The building has 11 condos, all
Carver-Langston is made up of story condos in currently for sale. Market-rate
two neighborhoods, with Carver the 11-unit prices range from $310,000 to
to the north of Maryland Avenue Ten19 $520,000. One inclusionary zoning
NE and Langston to the south. Condominium. (“affordable”) unit is priced at
Carver was named after re- $280,000.
nowned African American scien- RIGHT: Ten19 Developer: Vikas Chug, Privi
tist George Washington Carver from the Development
and Langston after John Mercer outside. The
Features: The units have Nest

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Langston, the first Black member
of the U.S. House of Representa-
tives from Virginia.
The Ten19 building is bordered
by an alley on one side and has a
backyard as a shared amenity.
Three outdoor parking spots are
available to buy at $40,000 each,
Park said.
Inside, a pair of two-bedroom
units on the cellar level are priced
at $425,000 each, for 847 and 882
square feet. The first story has the
building’s smallest unit (421
square feet for $310,000) and two
more one-bedroom units (491
square feet for $320,000 and 523
square feet for $350,000).
building
replaced a thermostats, ceramic wall tile
rowhouse like backsplash, Mirabelle Milazzo
those nearby. toilets, Esnbia shower systems, oil-
It’s located in rubbed bronze faucets and
the Carver- fixtures, dual-paned insulating
Langston area windows.
of Northeast Bedrooms/bathrooms: 1 or 2/1
Washington or 2
and near the H
Square-footage: 421 to 981
Street corridor.
Homeowners association . SATURDAY,
PHOTOS BY BENJAMIN C TANKERSLEY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST fee: $106 to $226
View model: Agents can schedule
viewings through ShowingTime for
The third story has two two- ready access to Bladensburg the X2 and X9 serve H Street NE the MLS (multiple listing service).
bedroom units priced at Road, Benning Road, Maryland and Benning Road NE.
Sales: Dave Park can be reached
$485,000 each, for 780 and 797 Avenue and H Street NE. The D.C. Nearby: U.S. National Arbo-
FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The affordable housing unit is
one of two, with two-bedrooms
each, on the second floor; the
other is priced at $479,000 for 878
square feet. Eligibility to partici-
pate in the D.C. affordable hous-
ing program depends on house-
hold income and other factors.
square feet. And Ten19 prices top
out — on the fourth floor — at
$520,000 each for two-bedroom
units of 945 and 981 square feet.
Schools: Browne Education
Campus (middle and elemen-
tary), Eastern High
Transit: Residents will have
Streetcar runs from Union Sta-
tion to Oklahoma Avenue NE.
The closest Metro station, NoMa-
Gallaudet U, on the Red Line, is
about a mile and a half northeast.
Union Station (Red Line, Amtrak,
MARC) is two miles west. The B2
bus runs on Bladensburg Road;
retum, RFK Stadium, the multi-
purpose recreational Fields at
RFK Campus, Kingman Island,
Gallaudet University and Langs-
ton Golf Course (named for John
Mercer Langston and celebrated
as one of the first U.S. courses
open to Black golfers).
at dpark@ttrsir.com or 646-644-
2564. Steve Donahoe, director of
sales for Ten19 at the Centurion
Group at TTR Sotheby’s
International Realty, can be
reached at sdonahoe@ttrsir.com or
703-568-1128. Either can be
reached at centurion@ttrsir.com.
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COVER STORY
Cash-out refinancing sounds
enticing. Is it the right move?
How tapping into home equity can be helpful — or become ‘addictive’
BY M ICHELE L ERNER
If you’re feeling house rich, you’re not alone.
Skyrocketing home values in 2021 mean that homeowners
across the United States gained new wealth through their
properties, with an average increase in equity of nearly
$57,000 per mortgage borrower from the third quarter of
2020 to the third quarter of 2021, according to property data
analytics firm CoreLogic.
That represents an annual increase of 31.1 percent, the
largest average gain in more than 11 years and three times the
pre-pandemic gain in equity between the third quarter of 2019
and the third quarter of 2020.
“Homeowners have an enormous amount of home equity
wealth driven by double-digit home price growth,” says Frank
Nothaft, chief economist of Irvine, Calif.-based CoreLogic. “In
high-cost housing markets, the amount of equity gained has
been higher than the national average, going up to as much as
$119,000 in California, for example.”
As a result of increased home values, lenders and real estate
data analysts say that cash-out refinancing, which allows
borrowers to take out some of their home equity with a new
mortgage, increased in 2021. That growth is anticipated to
continue in 2022.
“I think it’s inevitable that we’ll see more cash-out
refinancing in 2022 because homeowners have experienced
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continual home equity growth over almost the past 10 years,”
says Rick Sharga, executive vice president of RealtyTrac, a
division of Attom, a property data and analytics firm based in
Irvine. “We’ve also seen a trend that homeowners are staying
in their homes longer, especially baby boomers who want to
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age in place. Instead of selling after three to five years like
people did a decade ago, homeowners are more likely to tap
into their equity to remodel.”
Mortgage rates are anticipated to increase in 2022, which
Sharga says means lenders may need to market cash-out
refinancing as a way to offset a lower number of purchase
loans and traditional refinances.
“I expect we’ll see some lenders target their marketing to
making home improvements and paying off credit card debt
or student loan debt with a refinance,” Sharga says. “They may
offer lower rates, lower points on the loan and lower closing
costs as incentives.”
Paul Buege, president and chief operating officer of Inlanta
Mortgage in Menomonee Falls, Wis., says about 50 percent of
refinances completed by his company were cash-out refinanc-
es during the third and fourth quarters of 2021. Most were
homeowners using the funds to make home improvements.
“We closed 33 percent more cash-out refinance loans in
2021 compared to 2020 and we expect that growth to be
sustained in 2022,” says John W. Mallett, founder of Main-
Street Mortgage and author of “Buy Your First Home Today,”
who is based in Westlake Village, Calif. “While there are lots of
homeowners who see their home value rising and want to pay
off their loan even faster before they retire, some want to take
out cash to fix up their house and make it better. Others have
debt they want to pay off to improve their finances.”
Options to cash out your home equity
The two most popular options for tapping into your home
equity are a cash-out refinance or a home equity line of credit,
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known as a HELOC.
“Tappable home equity” refers
to your home equity above 20
percent. Most lenders today will
only loan a maximum of 80
percent in your home’s equity,
although a few may allow a loan-
to-value of 85 percent for borrow-
ers with excellent credit and a
strong financial history. For ex-
ample, if your house is worth
$500,000, you can borrow up to
$400,000. If you owe $350,000,
you could increase your balance
and take out up to $50,000 if you
qualify for a cash-out refinance.
“Many homeowners today
have 30 or 40 percent or more in
home equity because of the rapid
increase in home values,” Nothaft
says.
A cash-out refinance replaces
your existing loan with a new
mortgage at a larger balance than
is owed on the house, with the
difference paid in cash, says Sean
Grzebin, head of consumer origi-
nations for Chase Home Lending,
who is based in Jacksonville, Fla.
However, a cash-out refinance
typically has a slightly higher
interest rate than a traditional
refinance. Borrowers pay closing
costs and fees and are likely to
have higher mortgage payments
because of the larger loan bal-
ance.
“A cash-out refinance replaces
an existing mortgage, whereas a
HELOC exists as a separate loan,
creating a second lien on the
property,” Grzebin says. “Some
consumers may opt for a cash-out
refinance instead of a HELOC to
avoid having multiple liens on
their home.
Moreover, customers choosing
a cash-out refinance will have
just one payment that is generally
a fixed rate vs. a variable rate. It’s
also fully amortized, meaning
there is no balloon payment ex-
pected after 10 years, which many
HELOCs have. Taken together,
these features can make a cash-
out refinance an option that cus-
tomers may find more predict-
able and easier to manage than a
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HELOC.
A HELOC often carries a high-
er interest rate than a refinance
because it is a second loan and
therefore considered riskier by
lenders. Borrowers usually pay
little to nothing in fees for a
HELOC and can use as much or
as little of the line of credit as they
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want. Payments are only required
on the amount of the HELOC
used.
“One caveat about HELOCs is
that when home values dropped
after the housing crisis, many
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lenders shut down homeowners’
lines of credit,” Sharga says.
“There’s no expectation that pric-
es will drop that way again, but
there’s always a possibility that it
could happen.”
A HELOC typically has an ad-
justable interest rate and re-
quires borrowers to only pay the
interest on the debt for 10 years.
Borrowers can experience pay-
ment shock at the end of that
time when they must pay both
principal and interest and could
be paying a higher interest rate,
Mallett says.
Avoiding housing crash 2.0
One concern about an increase
in cash-out refinancing is the
possibility of another housing
crisis similar to 2007-2008 when
millions of Americans lost their
homes in a foreclosure or short
sale.
“An underreported aspect of
the mortgage meltdown was the
role of cash-out refinancing in
the high number of foreclosures,”
RealtyTrac’s Sharga says. “Bor-
rowers used their homes as an
ATM to pay for daily expenses,
vacations and cars, so when val-
ues dropped, they were deeper
underwater on their mortgages.”
Today, most lenders only allow
homeowners to borrow up to 80
percent of their home’s value, so
they keep 20 percent in home
equity.
“You don’t see loans for 100
percent of the home value any-
more,” Sharga says. “Whether it’s
because of new regulations, les-
sons learned or a combination of
both, lenders are far more con-
servative than they were before
the housing crisis.”
Unlike before the housing cri-
sis, lenders are required to fully
document every mortgage appli-
cation to ensure the borrowers
can repay the loan, Buege says.
“Everyone must qualify for a
cash-out refinance based on their
credit score and their debt-to-in-
come ratio,” Buege says. Your
debt-to-income ratio compares
the minimum monthly payment
on all recurring debt to your
gross income. “Lenders use much
more disciplined credit stan-
dards today.”
In addition, CoreLogic’s
Nothaft points out, the housing
market is far different now than
it was leading up to the Great
Recession.
“In 2006 we had an overbuilt
housing market and builders
were continuing to add supply,”
Nothaft says. “Today, we are se-
verely underbuilt and have gener-
ationally low vacancy rates for all
types of housing. That will sus-
tain prices so we’re far less likely
to see a drop in home values.”
Still, some lenders continue to
be wary about the overuse of
home equity, particularly for debt
consolidation.
“Cash-out refinancing can be
addictive,” MainStreet Mort-
gage’s Mallett says. “It’s easy to
see that if you have $50,000 in
credit card [payments] at a high
interest rate you can improve
your cash flow by paying it off
with cash from your house. But
some people are tempted to go
out and take on more credit card
debt.”
However, regulations and
lender concerns about a repeat of
the foreclosure crisis make it far
“Many homeowners
today have 30 or 40
percent or more in
home equity because
of the rapid increase
in home values.”
Frank Nothaft, chief economist
at CoreLogic
“Cash-out refinancing
can be addictive . . .
some people are
tempted to go out and
take on more credit
card debt.”
John W. Mallett, founder
of MainStreet Mortgage
more difficult today to repeatedly
take equity from your home.
Reasons to cash out
For many homeowners, cash-
out refinancing offers an option
to pay for home improvements
that could result in a higher home
value and a better quality of life.
“One reason for the increase in
cash-out refinancing is the time
everyone has been spending in
their homes during the past cou-
ple of years,” Buege says. “People
are taking cash out of their
homes to improve their work-
from-home setup and their out-
door space.”
Cash-out refinancing is more
popular for specific projects, such
as home improvements that re-
quire a lump sum of money, than
a line of credit.
“Even if you pull out money to
put in a pool, which may not give
you a great return on investment,
it can be transformational for
your family if it means your kids
and their friends spend more
time with you,” Mallett says.
Buege says debt consolidation
to eliminate credit card debt or
student loan debt is also com-
mon.
“If you’re going to use your
equity to pay off debt, you need to
make structural changes to your
finances,” Mallett says.
Funds from a cash-out refi-
nance can also be used to buy out
a share of a property from a
co-owner, such as in the case of a
divorce, Grzebin says.
Qualifying for cash-out
refinance
Exact qualifications vary from
one lender to another. Still, many
lenders require a credit score of
680 or higher for a cash-out
refinance, Inlanta Mortgage’s
Buege says. Generally, a debt-to-
income ratio of 45 percent or
lower is also required.
“Compared to a standard refi-
nance, cash-out refinances typi-
cally require a higher credit score
and lower loan-to-value ratio to
ensure a customer’s ability to
repay the loan with higher
monthly mortgage payments,”
Grzebin, of Chase, says. A loan-to-
value ratio compares your loan
balance with your appraised
home value. Some lenders refi-
nance loans with a ratio higher
than 80 percent if the borrowers
are not tapping their home equi-
ty.
Any homeowner considering a
cash-out refinance or a HELOC
should consult a lender to discuss
the pros and cons of all their
options, Buege says.
“Home equity is a significant
source of financial security and
intergenerational wealth,” Shar-
ga says. “Just because you have it
doesn’t mean that you need to use
it. Consumers need to think twice
about taking out their equity,
especially because it can be an
important part of their retire-
ment.”
A look at shared equity
option
The pandemic’s uneven impact
on people left many homeowners
equity rich but cash poor. Some
homeowners who lost their jobs
and lost family members who
shared expenses continue to
struggle financially but cannot
qualify for a cash-out refinance
because of a lower credit score or
the inability to qualify to make
payments on a new loan.
One option for some of these
borrowers is a shared equity ar-
rangement from companies such
as Hometap, Unison and Unlock.
Unlike a cash-out refinance or a
home equity line of credit, a
home equity share agreement
allows homeowners to take out
cash from their home equity
without payments or interest ac-
cruing. In exchange, the investor
will be repaid with a portion of
the home’s equity when the
homeowners sell, buy out the
investor or the agreement ends.
“A shared home equity agree-
ment gives homeowners an op-
portunity to access their equity
even if they have a credit score as
low as 500,” says Michael Mi-
cheletti, head of communications
for Unlock. “This isn’t a loan, so
there aren’t any payments either.
Most of our customers are using
the money to wipe out their other
debts and get in a better cash flow
position.”
Investors in shared equity
agreements gain access to resi-
dential real estate without actual-
ly becoming a landlord, Michelet-
ti says.
“Most of our homeowner cus-
tomers expect to refinance within
a year or two after their financial
situation stabilizes and their
credit score improves,” he says.
“They can buy back their equity
when they refinance or sell their
home. They can also buy it back
in increments.”
At Unlock, homeowners are
evaluated monthly to make sure
they are making their mortgage
payments. To protect investors
and homeowners, all liens on the
property such as for unpaid taxes
or homeowner association dues
must be paid with some of the
equity initially taken from the
home. In some cases, especially
for borrowers with a credit score
under 550, other debts must also
be directly paid from the equity
share.
“We want to secure the house
from foreclosure for the investors
and the homeowners,” Micheletti
says.
Alternative financing arrange-
ments such as shared equity
agreements are largely unregu-
lated so far, Sharga says.
“While they offer an opportu-
nity for homeowners to tap into
their equity who might not other-
wise be able to do so, consumers
need to approach these with their
eyes wide open to make sure they
understand the consequences of
the agreement,” he says.
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House of the Week
A Georgetown property with a distinctive history
BY K ATHY O RTON
Several notable Washingto-
nians have called this Federal
house in Georgetown home over
the years, including two ambassa-
dors.
The Historic American Build-
ing Survey, which refers to it as
the Crawford-Cassin house in a
nod to the first two occupants, is
unclear about when the original
house was built. Some date it to
1793, others to 1810.
According to the HAB survey,
which was completed in the mid-
20th century, “this Federal brick
mansion presents a very ordered
facade to [the] street, which gives
little hint of the various renova-
tions and alterations the building
has suffered. Situated well back
from and above the street, the
house appears somewhat aloof
from its younger neighbors.”
Very little is known about Sar-
ah Crawford, the first-known oc-
cupant of the house. She lived in it
from 1819 to 1830.
Stephen Cassin was the sec-
ond-known occupant. Cassin was
a distinguished naval officer who
received a Gold Medal from Con-
gress for bravery in action at the
battle of Lake Champlain in 1814,
during the War of 1812. He was
also known for capturing five
pirate ships in the West Indies
and, later, for his command of the
Washington Navy Yard. Cassin
and his wife, Margaret, raised 13
children in the home. He died in
1857, the same year the house
burned down.
The house was rebuilt in 1859.
In 1893, Beverley Randolph Ma-
son turned the house into a
school for girls called the Gun-
ston Institute. Mason was a great
grandson of George Mason. He
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named the school after Gunston
Hall, the founding father’s Vir-
ginia mansion on the Potomac
River.
After Mason moved his school
to another part of D.C., the
Georgetown house became home
to the St. Agnes School for girls
from 1911 to 1918 and the Epiph-
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any School from 1919 to 1935.
Ray Atherton bought the house
in 1943 and turned it back into a
residence. That same year, Ather-
ton became the first U.S. ambas-
sador to Canada after that coun-
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try was the first of the British
dominions to establish relations
on the highest diplomatic level
with another country. He also
served in a number of posts in
Asia and Europe. During his time
abroad, Atherton rented the
house.
George and Margaret Straw-
bridge leased it in 1945. George
was a stockbroker and steeple-
The house has a library, above, with a bay window and built-in shelves. A gated driveway, below, runs
from P Street NW to the garage. Rebuilt in 1859, after a fire, the house was renovated in the 1990s.
chase rider. Margaret was the
daughter of John Dorrance, own-
er of the Campbell Soup Co. While
the Strawbridges lived there, the
house was on the Georgetown
house tour.
Benjamin Kittredge Jr. rented
the house in 1947 when he worked
in the State Department, special-
izing in Western European Af-
fairs. His father owned Cypress
Gardens, the 250-acre water gar-
den in Charleston, S.C. Kittredge
Jr. gave the gardens to the city in
1964.
Lorraine Rowan Shevlin rent-
ed the house in 1948. She was the
stepdaughter of Domenico Napo-
leone Orsini, a scion of an Italian
noble family. In 1955, Shevlin
married John Cooper, whose ca-
reer in government included
terms in the Senate and ambassa-
dorial appointments. The Wash-
ington Post obituary described
her as “a personality of intelli-
gence and warmth who graced
the Washington political and so-
cial scene with notable style and
wit.”
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The Athertons returned to the
house in 1955. After he died in
1960, his widow remained in the
home until 1991 when John K.
Figge bought it. Figge hired archi-
tect Pamela Heyne Widell and
Oprah’s favorite designer Antho-
ny P. Browne to renovate the
house. Architectural Digest fea-
tured the transformation in 1993.
Richard W. Fisher bought the
house in 1998. Fisher was deputy
U.S. trade representative, with
the rank of ambassador, from
1997 to 2001. He oversaw the
3017 O St. NW,
Washington, D.C.
Price: $13 million
Bedrooms/bathrooms: 6/8
Approximate square-footage:
7,800
Lot size: 0.27 acre
Features: The Crawford-Cassin
house was rebuilt in 1859 after a
fire destroyed the original house in
1857. The house was converted
into a school for girls in 1893. Two
more schools called it home before
it was turned back into a residence
in 1943. Architectural Digest
featured the house after it was
renovated by architect Pamela
Heyne Widell and designer Anthony
P. Browne. The property has a
gated driveway that leads to a two-
car garage.
Listing agents: Michael Rankin,
TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
implementation of the North
American Free Trade Agreement
and agreements with Vietnam,
Korea, Japan, Chile and Singa-
pore. He later served as president
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas from 2005 to 2015.
Fisher sold the house to the
current owner in 2007.
The gated front entry, mature
trees and landscaping seclude the
house, the only free-standing
dwelling on the block. A two-sto-
ry porch overlooks the side yard.
The garden was featured in the
2015 book “Gardens of George-
town” by the Georgetown Garden
Club. The house has a front en-
trance and side entrances off the
porch. The front entrance leads
into the living room. The side
entrances have Jefferson-style
triple-hung windows that open to
the family room.
The owner’s suite takes up
most of the second level. The
bedroom has a fireplace and ac-
cess to the second-floor porch. A
large dressing room with built-in
shelving and a bathroom with
dual vanities, a frameless glass
shower and a separate soaking
tub adjoin the bedroom. The
bathroom also has access to the
porch. An exercise room, sauna
and another bedroom are on this
floor, too.
The top level has four bed-
rooms with en suite bathrooms.
The lower level has a media room
and a wine cellar. The gated pri-
vate driveway, off P Street, leads
to a two-car garage.
Despite the house’s historic
status, no owner has filed for a
historic easement.
The six-bedroom, eight-bath-
room, 7,836-square foot house on
0.27 acre is listed at $13 million.

Mortgage Rates
Rates dip because of Russia-Ukraine developments
BY K ATHY O RTON
Mortgage rates’ upward trajec-
tory was halted by developments
in Ukraine.
According to the latest data,
released Thursday by Freddie
Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate aver-
age fell to 3.89 percent with an
average 0.8 point. (A point is a fee
paid to a lender equal to 1 percent
of the loan amount. It is in addi-
tion to the interest rate.) It was
3.92 percent a week ago and 2.97
percent a year ago.
Freddie Mac, the federally
chartered mortgage investor, ag-
gregates rates from about 80 lend-
ers across the country to come up
with weekly national averages.
The survey is based on home
purchase mortgages. Rates for re-
finances may be different. It uses
rates for high-quality borrowers
with strong credit scores and
large down payments. Because of
the criteria, these rates are not
available to every borrower.
The 15-year fixed-rate average
slipped to 3.14 percent with an
average 0.7 point. It was 3.15 per-
cent a week ago and 2.34 percent a
year ago. The five-year adjustable-
rate average was unchanged at
2.98 percent with an average 0.3
point. It was 2.99 percent a year
ago.
“Mortgage rates were fairly flat
last week,” said Paul Thomas, vice
president of capital markets at
Zillow. “There were no signs of
changes in labor markets, as em-
ployment figures remain strong.
Retail sales were stronger than
expected and import prices point-
ed to continued inflationary pres-
sures. But the strong economic
data from last week was offset by
continued uncertainty in
Ukraine, keeping rates from con-
tinuing to increase. Markets will
be focused on the situation in
Ukraine this week and potential
“Artsy vibe”
economic impacts, along with in-
flation data coming out Friday.”
Although Russia’s attack on
Ukraine came too late in the week
to be factored into Freddie Mac’s
survey, events leading up to it had
already caused a reaction in the
financial markets. Stocks
plunged, with the S&P 500 enter-
ing correction territory. Energy
prices soared. And the yield on the
10-year Treasury dropped below 2
percent.
Long-term bond yields are a
closely watched indicator of
where mortgage rates are headed
because they often follow the
same path. The yield on the 10-
year Treasury, which had closed at
2.05 percent on Feb. 15, has re-
mained under 2 percent the past
week. However, it closed at 1.99
percent on Wednesday.
“We live in a global economy, so
as much as interest rates are
swayed by domestic policy, cur-
rent world events have a marked
impact on interest rate direction
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as well. Russia is a prime example
of this,” said Nicole Rueth, pro-
ducing branch manager at the
Rueth Team. “People start selling
out their higher risk, higher re-
turn options, such as bitcoin and
stocks, for the safer lower return
of bonds. We’ve seen this in-
creased demand increase bond
prices and pull the 10-year Treas-
ury back below 2 percent. As Rus-
sia changes their tune to be more
diplomatic one day and more ag-
gressive the next, our bond prices
and yields react, giving [the Fed-
eral Reserve] a run for their mon-
ey on their effect on today’s rates.”
But Rueth notes that actions by
the Federal Reserve in the coming
months will affect mortgage rates’
trajectory, as well.
“As the Fed raises their Fed rate,
tapers their balance sheet and
tries to control a runaway infla-
tion affected not only by supply
chain issues and excessive de-
mand but now by Russia’s deter-
mination, we will all watch long-
Protesters hold
a Ukrainian flag
banner during a
demonstration
against the
Russian
invasion of
Ukraine in New
York’s Times
Square on
Thursday. The
developments
halted mortgage
rates’ upward
march.
term interest rates play a stressful
game of tug of war,” she said. “I
continue to advise my clients to
not lock in a rate based on fear,
but on the impact that rate has on
the payment and their budget.
And if the Fed does raise the Fed
rate enough to control inflation,
slowing down the economy caus-
ing the 2- and 10-year Treasurys to
invert and an impending eco-
nomic slowdown, well then we
will see long-term rates go down
and refinance opportunities re-
turn.”
Bankrate.com, which puts out
a weekly mortgage rate trend in-
dex, found nearly two-thirds of
the experts it surveyed expect
rates to move higher in the com-
ing week.
“The Russia-Ukraine situation
has contributed to additional vol-
atility in financial markets, but
may also contribute to additional
inflationary pressures,” said Greg
McBride, chief financial analyst
at Bankrate.com.
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Meanwhile, mortgage applica-
tions sank to their lowest level in
more than two years last week.
The market composite index — a
measure of total loan application
volume — decreased 13.1 percent
from a week earlier, according to
Mortgage Bankers Association
data. Applications were at their
lowest level since December 2019.
The refinance index fell 16 per-
cent, down 56 percent from a year
ago. The purchase index dropped
10 percent. The refinance share of
mortgage activity accounted for
50.1 percent of applications.
“Purchase applications have
fallen for three straight weeks and
remain slightly below year-ago
levels,” said Bob Broeksmit, presi-
dent and chief executive of MBA.
“Mortgage rates are almost a full
percentage point higher than in
early 2021, which has also cooled
refinances. Activity has decreased
in six of the last seven weeks.”
Weekly averages for
popular mortgage types
5-Year ARM
5%
4
3.89%
3.14%
3
2.98%
2
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