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May 23, 2013 | 05:24 AM
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Eric P. Newcomer

Eric P. Newcomer covers Washington, D.C., government for the Washington Examiner. He joined the staff in January 2013. He has interned for the Macon Telegraph, the Sun Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, and the New York Times. He graduated from Harvard in May 2012.
  • D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax, spend Internet sales tax

    Alan Blinder and Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    The D.C. Council, setting aside its members' annual frustrations about a public budget fashioned in private, voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a $10 billion plan that would increase Circulator bus fares, end the city's tax on certain bonds and earmark a potential spigot of Internet sales...

  • Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: 17 hr ago

    As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how $63 million Congress already committed to the project has been spent. Rep. Rob...

  • Military Bowl leaves D.C. for Annapolis

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    Five years after coming to the District, bringing with it tens of millions of dollars for the local economy, the District's only NCAA football bowl game is headed to Annapolis.

  • Eisenhower family opposes Frank Gehry's design

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    When it comes to planning a national memorial, the descendants of past presidents often have a role to play both in guiding the vision for the memorial and in helping to raise private funds for the monument. In the case of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, family members have turned against...

  • Councilman Tommy Wells returns focus to D.C. fire department

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    A day before Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells officially announced he was running for mayor, he undertook what has become a reoccurring role: holding D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's feet to the fire. As Ellerbe has faced repeated trouble and a few calls for his resignation, Wells returned to...