Bud Light and Fireball shots are having an unlikely renaissance in Trump's Washington

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The Trump administration's staffers are settling into their new homes in the nation's capital, and Washington, D.C., bars are taking note. The change from Democratic staffers to Republican ones has brought with it a change in the choice of after-work booze:

In the three weeks since the Trump administration moved into town, business at Bullfeathers, a Capitol Hill watering hole popular among Republican staffers, has climbed 55 percent. Old Ebbitt Grill, across from the White House, has reported an uptick in sales of Fireball whisky shots. [The Washington Post]

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.