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Ed Gillespie is the Republican front-runner in the race for Virginia's governor. His opponents are attacking his record. (Associated Press)

Stewart, Wagner attempt to derail Gillespie campaign

- The Washington Times

Aiming to slow Ed Gillespie’s momentum in the final days of the GOP gubernatorial primary in Virginia, Corey Stewart is warning that a vote for the former adviser to President George W. Bush would be a devastating blow against the grass-roots movement that gave rise to President Trump.

The Great American Milk Drive, a program that provides milk to food banks, kicked off at the Georgetown Safeway grocery store on Thursday. Speakers included, left to right, Catherine Savage, alternate Maryland dairy princess 2016; Laurie Savage, a Montgomery County dairy farmer; Matt Boyd, a Safeway regional manager; Brian Mitchell, a former Redskins running back; Kimberly Purcell, industry relations manager for the Milk Processor Education Program; and Molly McGlinchy, food resource director at the Capital Area Food Bank. (Photographs by Jason Tidd/The Washington Times)

Former Redskins running back: Drinking milk ‘made me healthy and strong’

- The Washington Times

Former Washington Redskins running back Brian Mitchell attributes his healthy bones to drinking milk — lots of it. “As a young kid, two gallons of milk a week would be gone by myself,” Mr. Mitchell said Thursday during an appearance at the Georgetown Safeway grocery store. “I know it made me healthy and strong.”

D.C. residents are asking for D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine to investigate charges against the mayor. (Associated Press)

Paging D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine

- The Washington Times

People acting on behalf of Muriel Bowser during her successful run for mayor in 2014 broke the law. Within months, in 2015, people working on behalf of Brandon Todd, her successor to fill her Ward 4 seat on the D.C. Council, did the same.

Capitol Hill neighbors: No Hispanic PAC house

- The Washington Times

Want a “party house” in your neighborhood? Some Capitol Hill residents already have answered with a resounding “No,” and are considering a lawsuit if the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) grants an exemption to a Hispanic political action committee that wants to set up shop in their beloved neighborhood.

At-large D.C. Council member David Grosso said "public financing of campaigns would give greater voice to all voters and reduce the disproportionate influence of big city donors in D.C. politics" under a bill he has crafted. (The Washington Times)

Beware the Age of Donald Trump

- The Washington Times

We are in the midst of the age of distraction, when Americans of all stripes have seemingly fallen into one of three camps: 1) Resist by any means necessary; 2) Spend more money; 3) Blame Donald Trump. Some politicians, even those not registered as a Republican or Democrat, fall into all three.

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