Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun

Here comes “The Sun.”

The Washington Sun, that is — the new name for the news website NOTUS after a trademark lawsuit several months ago stymied the outlet’s plan to rebrand as The Star.

The name, said the editor in chief, Tim Grieve, is intended to reflect the outlet’s expansion into local news and sports coverage in the wake of The Washington Post’s staff cuts at the beginning of the year. It will take effect Wednesday.

“We really wanted Washington in the name of our publication to more clearly convey that we cover Washington, both sort of political Washington and local Washington,” Mr. Grieve said.

NOTUS, which stands for News of the United States, was started in 2023 by the media entrepreneur Robert Allbritton, a co-founder of Politico. A nonprofit newsroom, it initially focused on coverage of government and policy. But as The Post pulled back from metro news, Mr. Allbritton saw room to fill that void.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/media/notus-washington-sun-rebrand.html