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Emily Zantow

ezantow@washingtontimes.com

Emily Zantow was a U.S. Department of Justice reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Emily Zantow

In this Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, file photo a father walks his son into Meridien Public Charter School, in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C.-area schools grapple with reopening plans

School districts in Greater Washington are taking different approaches to reopening amid calls for returning children to classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.

January 25, 2021
Workers disassemble metal fences that wrapped around the National Archives Museum on Thursday in the District. The fences were part of security efforts for Inauguration Day. (Emily Zantow/The Washington Times)

‘Life is opening up again’ in D.C. after inauguration

Downtown Washington was reopening Thursday, after weeks of heightened security for the inauguration and pandemic-related restrictions had slowed or halted business, travel and recreation in the heart of the city.

January 21, 2021
People gathered around two tour buses parked near the U.S. Capitol at the northwest intersection of New Jersey Avenue and D Street shortly after President Biden was sworn in on Wednesday. (Emily Zantow/ The Washington Times)

Spectators strain to get glimpse of Inauguration Day

Leonhard Penno had traveled from Florida to the District to witness the inauguration of President Biden, but what he was able to see from his position beyond the security perimeter around the U.S. Capitol was "like a war movie, basically."

January 20, 2021
Armed National Guard troops walk past the U.S. Capitol two days before the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden Inauguration Day boom vanishes due to lockdown

Call it Inauguration Day in the Upside Down. The quadrennial event that brought an estimated $1 billion in revenue to D.C.-area businesses in 2017 now looks to add insult to injury to the pandemic-battered regional economy.

January 19, 2021
In this file photo, a sign is displayed near the entrance to the R. House food hall, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Baltimore. The hall, which houses a variety of restaurants, has modified its seating areas as well as implementing an order and pay by phone system to ensure contactless transactions between restaurant operators and customers. On Jan. 14, 2021, a circuit court judge in Baltimore upheld the city's indoor and outdoor dining bans. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Baltimore judge upholds city’s dining bans

A judge in the city of Baltimore has upheld the city's dining bans, dealing another blow to dozens of restaurants seeking to challenge the coronavirus-related restriction.

January 15, 2021
First floor windows were boarded up on the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The precautions are due to planned rallies over the next few days. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Maryland, Virginia increase security at state capitols

Virginia and Maryland are increasing security measures at their state houses following FBI warnings of possible armed protests at state capitols this weekend in the wake of last week's deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 14, 2021
Members of the National Guard stand inside anti-scaling fencing that surrounds the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Washington. Last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol starkly highlighted a longstanding local security paradox: The District of Columbia government lacks authority over much of the area within its borders. (AP Photo/Alan Fram)

Armed soldiers patrol D.C. amid heightened security

Armed soldiers patrolled Wednesday around the U.S. Capitol, where a 7-foot-high metal fence encircles the grounds -- just some of the heightened security measures implemented for next week's inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

January 13, 2021