Jim Lokay

Judge Reyes wastes no time in her 70-page opinion: Trump said East Potomac Golf Links would close Nov. 15 for renovation; Interior officials testified they knew of no such plan. The injunction has no set expiration and blocks further tree removal as the case plays out.

BREAKING: Federal judge Ana Reyes extends court order blocking Trump’s renovation plans to historic East Potomac Golf Links public course in DC.

VPAP's early voting numbers in Virginia are stunning: At this point, 1,072,375 people have voted so far. At the same point in 2022: *only* 599,804 had voted. SOURCE: www.vpap.org/elections/ea...

On the Sunday Stream on Fox Local & fox5dc.com at 8pm: 8:15: @four4thefire.bsky.social on why politics are so nasty 8:30: The race for #VA10 9:15: Chaz Nuttycombe on the Virginia midterm outlook 9:45: Kaivan Shroff on what it means to be Indian-American

Spending a little time reading up on the inventor of radar, Sir Robert Watson-Watt, for no reason whatsoever.

This is low, but unsurprising coming from the NBA team owner who uses biometric scans to ban fans he just doesn’t like.

Weird. It’s like he didn’t even want to watch the actual game!

As I told @jimlokay.com, East Potomac Park belongs to the people. DC area residents walk here, bike here, golf here, and come here to get outside and enjoy the city. They shouldn't lose a park they love so that Trump and his buddies can have another personal playground.

COMMENTARY: Amy Acton's childhood trauma is the subject of a $4 million ad buy from her rival Vivek Ramaswamy in the race for Ohio governor. Perhaps voters didn’t become cynical about politics so much as politicians keep proving their cynicism right. #TheFinal5

Months ago, when Trump started the cries of “vandalism!” he told the media that Interior and Doug Burgum would provide the evidence. I tried repeatedly. Interior ignored all of those requests. No reason to believe this will change anything if there IS “vandalism” in the future.

Your Sunday Night Stream from @FOX5DC: 8pm Grant Paulsen on Commanders/49ers 8:15p Mike Richman writes the book on Washington football 9:15p Cyber attacks hit close to home, including the grocery store! 9:45p @repvindman.bsky.social on Trump's energy deal and Ukraine Live on FOX5DC.com/foxlocal

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

COMMENTARY: We can argue about guns, about mental health, about violence in video games, but after the shooting in Bend, in a state with some of the strictest gun laws on the books, how do you deal with the murder of kids as young as 5? My commentary from #TheFinal5.

I once was told I would be "transitioning out" of Little League because I wasn't good at it. www.fox5dc.com/news/katie-z...

Zacharia fired as WH Press Secretary, reports NYT. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

BREAKING: "Multiple victims," including children after a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, reports KTVZ. The AP says 2 hospitalized, and the gunman is dead. The school, with about 500 students K-5, is about 100 miles SE of Portland. LOCAL COVERAGE: ktvz.com/news/2026/10...

A new $20M+ lawsuit against CBS News says Bari Weiss' network "traded the truth for clicks and profit" when it allegedly falsely portrayed a 15-year-old Md. teen as a Reflecting Pool vandal. @TheDesk.net breaks the story thedesk.net/2026/10/teen...

No matter how much he’s wrong here and has an incorrect grasp of how laws work, Andy Harris would like to speak to your manager.

🚨 BREAKING: US District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, has ordered the White House to restore CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO reporters’ media access indefinitely while their lawsuit moves forward, finding they’re likely to prove the revocations violated their constitutional rights.

The DOJ is now accusing the White House press pool of potentially violating antitrust rules when it protested Trump’s illegal exclusion of CNN/MS NOW/Politico. Good luck with that. #1A www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...

I just got a response from the National Guard, which says troops “are directed not to monitor or secure polling locations” and is “addressing this specific instance.”

This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous

BREAKING NEWS: University of Maryland Police confirming missing student Dilan Shaan Ashar has been safely located and has been reunited with his family. @FOX5DC

👀 Trump moves to distance himself from political advisers’ foreign consulting www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says he's looking at running for POTUS in 2028. Just know this: if that happens, we at #TheFinal5 will be ready to go, beginning with his greatest hits.

BREAKING: The Trump White House has blocked Politico from accessing Air Force One on Monday to carry out its pool responsibilities.

An old friend of mine died today. Cancer. He was just a year younger. We met 20 yrs ago in Syracuse, were competitors in Pittsburgh, and became colleagues in Boston. We had fallen out of touch, but reconnected recently. I just wish I did sooner. Tell your friends you love them. I'll miss you, Shaun.

Would love to know what prompted this email to my entire building. Or maybe I don’t.

DoorDash says it is pulling its support for a Republican bill in Congress that would have limited D.C.’s ability to write its own tax laws, walking back a position that angered the city’s elected officials and prompted widespread calls for residents to boycott the service.

national average price of gasoline down 10c/gal so far compared to a week ago at $4.39/gal, but wholesale prices are moving in the opposite direction, so the relief may be limited. still a roller coaster ride.

Update: I left and Luna peed in protest all over my bed back home. Nature is healing.

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

NEW YORK (AP) - News organizations ask federal court to bar White House enforcement of access ban in all forms until case is resolved.

THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity

I came to DC 11 years ago so I could drive home to my parents easily whenever they need me. This is one of those times. Thankful to my colleagues for helping out, my boss for being accommodating, and to you for understanding. See you next week, if Luna ever lets me leave.

In 2019, @briankarem.bsky.social was booted from the Trump White House - but a judge later restored his press pass. So I asked him about the President's latest push to boot media outlets whose coverage he dislikes. Here's our chat on #TheFinal5. www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-fs...

COMMENTARY: A Trump-appointed judge will hear the case of CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the White House revoked their access over the President's tired refrain of “fake news." Maybe POTUS needs a reminder of the First Amendment? We try to help him out on #TheFinal5.

Just got this from the White House Press Office. “White House Access Is a Privilege — Not a Right”

The anchor is Mar-a-lago regular and my former WCVB colleague Bianca de la Garza, who’s spent much of her post-local news right-wing pivot glazing Trump and his allies at any given turn.

China's Xi to visit the US from September 23-25 reut.rs/4rkYytg

JD5 goes down. Injury timeout right before the half. Watching the latest developments from Fox Sports on FOX 5 DC. I'll have more at the half on TV, then Chad Ricardo with fan reax from MGM National Harbor on Fox Local. fox5dc.com/live

Just like his ballroom project, he's now attaching a 'national security' purpose to force construction of his 'triumphal arch.' Because what better way to pay respect to the fallen at nearby Arlington National Cemetery than...drones and snipers?

Rideshare driver accused of rape in Maryland is in the country illegally, DHS says fox5dc.com/news/ridesha...

Because this worked out so well for Trump vs. @jimacosta.bsky.social back in 2018 (a federal judge restored CNN's press access because, you know, First Amendment.)

Billy Joel releases “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 37 years ago today. 🔥 Musically, he said, “it’s terrible. .. Is it an apologia for Baby Boomers? No. It’s just a song that says the world’s a mess. It’s always been a mess. It’s always going to be a mess.”

Montgomery County police chief Marc Yamada resigns fox5dc.com/news/montgom...

Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.

Reality check: As Speaker Mike Johnson adjourns the House with 7 weeks until the midterms and unfinished business on the table, he claims this Congress is the second most productive ever? Our #TheFinal5 fact check shows previous Congresses were more prolific.