DC Daybook — Tuesday, August 18, 2026

        Aug. 18, 2026, 11:33 a.m.

    DC Daybook — Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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Weather
PARTLY SUNNY. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. North wind 5 to 8 mph.
88°F / 71°F
High / Low 5 to 8 mph N
Wind 11%
Rain chance 6:24 AM
Sunrise 7:58 PM
Sunset
National Weather Service forecast. No active DC weather alerts.
Tonight
Low 71°F
Partly Cloudy
2 to 6 mph Wednesday
High 90°F
Sunny
2 to 6 mph Thursday
High 87°F
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
1 to 6 mph

Movement Calendar
From the Movement Infrastructure Project's Movement Calendar. Click here to see what's happening in our movement or to submit your event!
4:00 PM Free DC Local Business Canvass in South Dupont + West End
West End Library, 2301 L Street Northwest
6:00 PM New Magazine Essays Happy Hour
Madam';s Organ · 2461 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 US
6:00 PM Free DC Ward 2 August Meeting
MLK Library Room 401-A, 901 G Street Northwest
7:00 PM Author Talk: Kurt Andersen — The Breakup
5015 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20008

Congressional Press Pool
From the Electronic Bulletin Board System.
No press pool events scheduled for today. The live EBBS page currently lists its next House pro forma session for Thursday, August 20.

Congressional Committee Schedule
Congress.gov daily committee schedule.
No committee hearings scheduled. The House Committee Repository reports no meetings, and the Senate reports no committee hearings for today.

Supreme Court
Live Tuesday check: Supreme Court home page and 2025 Term slip opinions.
The Court is in summer recess. No oral arguments or courtroom sessions are scheduled today; the Courtroom is closed August 3–31, while the building is open to the public from 9 AM to 3 PM. No new slip opinion appears on the live opinions page; the latest listed opinions are dated June 30. The latest order activity is the August 17 Order List, which denied four applications and included routine case and attorney-discipline actions. No newly announced oral-argument sessions were posted for this week.

Trump Daily Schedule
Today's published schedule from Roll Call Factba.se.
8:00 AM The President participates in Executive Time
The White House — Closed Press
9:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool
11:00 AM The President participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office — Closed Press
12:00 PM The President participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office — Closed Press
2:30 PM The President participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office — Closed Press
4:00 PM The President participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office — Closed Press
5:00 PM The President participates in a Policy Meeting
Oval Office — Closed Press

DC Council
From Council Hearings and Meetings.
No hearings scheduled.

Mayor's Office
Mayor Bowser public calendar: check the Mayor's Office newsroom.
No calendar posted for Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The newsroom's latest posted calendar covers Monday, August 17.

AlertDC
Official DC emergency alerts from AlertDC. Crime alerts excluded.
8/18/2026 5:28 AM [AlertDC] Final Update: Road Closure / Police Activity (Benning Road, SE)
[AlertDC] MPD reports the police activity has cleared and the 5000 block of Benning Road, SE, between H Street and Southern Avenue has reopened to traffic.
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