Cuneyt Dil
@cuneytdil
Local D.C. @Axios reporter. Writer of Town Talker, a column about money and power in Washington. Send me tips [email protected] / Signal: cdil.01
New: Mamdani is scrambling to woo the Democratic and NYC business establishment. So far, they are playing hard to get. My look at how the Dem establishment is keeping Mamdani at arms length. axios.com/2025/07/21/zoh…
RFK might be getting all the ink, but lobbying filings suggest DC United/the Washington Spirit are majorly stepping up the push to renovate Audi Field. They've hired Tom Daschle's firm/ArentFox Schiff (home of ex-CM David Grosso, among others) and paid them up to $15k monthly...
Per a note to staff today shared with me, the Washington Post is restructuring some of its newsroom, creating a new "Futures" team "focused on the forces shaping life in the 21st century." A pretty notable and smart way of rethinking some beats/topics imo...
88-year-old D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton tells me this AM: “I’m certainly going to run for reelection.” (Her office has repeatedly walked this back already: axios.com/2025/06/25/nor…)
Trump says no name change, no stadium deal. DC reporter Cuneyt Dil joined @MarinaMarraco to discuss Trump's push for the Commanders to restore their original name. 📺: @fox5dc | @cuneytdil | @axios
NEW: Mayor Bowser sidestepped questions about level concern over Trump threat to kill RFK stadium deal if team didn’t go back to old name, saying only DC Council needs to act. When I asked if she would withdraw support for DC stadium if Redskins name returned, Mayor said “No.”
10 days ago: The Commanders have a new message for the D.C. Council: Get the RFK Stadium redevelopment approved or risk the Pandora's box of President Trump getting involved, Axios has learned. axios.com/local/washingt…
This thing is moving. There are six Republicans on board, and counting, and all Democrats are expected to sign on, which would be enough to force a floor vote on release of Epstein files.
We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files.
Expelled D.C. Council member Trayon White wins back seat amid bribery scandal axios.com/local/washingt…
80% of the human race is eating this
rice and lentils are absurdly cheap, very filling, and satisfy like 80% of our necessary diet, why isn't everyone eating this?
Scoop: Powell requests IG review on $2.5 billion renovation amid Trump pressure by @Neil_Irwin axios.com/2025/07/14/tru…
UPDATE: @CMLewisGeorgeW4 is circulating an amendment that would pull the proposed repeal of Initiative 82 out of the budget that’s being voted on today. “Cutting the wages of tipped restaurant workers yet again poses a significant financial hardship,” her office says.
NEWS: Tomorrow D.C. Council will vote on repealing Initiative 82, which phases out the tipped minimum wage. Under proposal, base wage for tipped workers would be $8 (down from $10 now), but min. wage they’d earn would be $20. That’s more than $17.50 non-tipped workers make.
D.C. Council unveils new budget: RFK Stadium funding and I-82 repeal axios.com/local/washingt…
Interesting: @kenyanmcduffie has introduced a bill that would allow fully self-driving cars to operate in D.C. @Waymo has been operating in D.C. for a few months, but with human drivers behind the wheel. McDuffie's bill would clear the way for fully autonomous driving.
The Council's budget is out, and while there's a ton to dig through yet, how's this for a start: DC is getting control of Ward 4's Rock Creek Tennis Center from the feds, and will pay $9M to upgrade it. A deal has been in the works here for a while: wamu.org/story/25/06/12…
Herroner vs. Mendo gets worse axios.com/local/washingt…
Oh, snap: In his budget report, @ChmnMendelson directly criticizes @MayorBowser, writing that recently "collaboration has been strained, with communication gaps and incomplete information slowing progress and weakening the transparency needed for effective governance."
A U.S. immigration judge said it is 'illegal to conduct roving periods which identify people based upon race alone, aggressively question them, and then detain them without a warrant, without their consent, and without reasonable suspicion that they are without status':
Trump deputies take over powerful D.C. planning commission axios.com/local/washingt…
"Given the president's recent comments, the team discussed the need to move quickly,” said a source familiar with the conversations. axios.com/local/washingt…
Joining @WTOP live in a moment to talk about my Axios D.C. column this week axios.com/local/washingt…