D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is asking Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to deny all Public Gathering Permits on federal land across the city in the days surrounding President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration. “I am requesting the Secretary of the Department of the Interior cancel any and all public gathering permits in the District of Columbia and deny any applications for public gatherings during the period Jan. 11 through Jan. 24,” Bowser said during a news conference Monday. Bowser, who made her request to Bernhardt on Sunday in a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, said she wanted all Public Gathering Permits in D.C. for the requested National Special Security Event denied.