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Good morning. Sunny right this moment and, consider it or not, muggy! Highs close to 91, with some refreshing, light winds to search out us within the afternoon. The Nationals will play the Detroit Tigers at dwelling tonight. Tomorrow is the Nats’ annual Independence Day matinee sport—they’ll play the Boston Pink Sox, however I’m not going to let my standing as a New England transplant infect this article (GO SOX). The Washington Mystics will face the Minnesota Lynx in Minneapolis tonight.
Programming be aware: Washingtonian At the moment might be off tomorrow, July 4, consuming a scorching canine in Asbury Park. If you happen to miss me, you possibly can discover me on Bluesky, I’m @kmcorliss.19 on Sign, and there’s a hyperlink to my e-mail tackle under. In any other case, see you Monday! Take pleasure in your vacation weekend.
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An incredible e-book on my nightstand:
“Pomegranate” by Helen Elaine Lee. After her launch from a yearslong jail sentence for opioid possession, endlessly sympathetic protagonist Ranita resolves to take care of her sobriety, regain custody of her youngsters, and begin her life anew. Lee’s prose is beautiful, however nonetheless simple sufficient to soak up shortly—a heavy seashore learn for a vacation that feels particularly heavy this 12 months.
Right here’s some administration information you might need blocked out:
Invoice me up, buttercup: Home Republicans are anticipated to cross Trump’s large, stunning invoice right this moment. (Politico) Home Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly managed to safe the mandatory votes in a single day. (NBC Information) “In a dramatic—and weird—second, Johnson convened the group of GOP holdouts on the ground and the group prayed collectively shortly earlier than the vote closed.” (The Hill) This timeline lays out when key invoice provisions would take impact, ought to it cross. (NYT) A hyperlocal take a look at how the laws may impression DC-area residents. (WJLA)
Immigration newest: A federal choose in DC struck down Trump’s ban on asylum seekers on the Mexico border. (Washington Submit) A six-year-old boy who legally entered the nation together with his household, searching for asylum from Honduras, has been caught in immigration detention since Could; he has leukemia. (USA At the moment) Kilmar Abrego Garcia was overwhelmed, disadvantaged of sleep, and in any other case tortured within the El Salvador jail he was mistakenly deported to in March, in accordance with court docket papers that his legal professionals filed final night time. (NYT) A brand new invoice in Congress would prohibit ICE brokers from protecting their faces. (LA Instances) ICEBlock, an app that enables customers to anonymously report ICE agent sightings, has surged in recognition. (TechCrunch) Photos and movies present flooding on the administration’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention middle in Florida, which opened Tuesday. (Day by day Beast)
Administration perambulation: Prime Republicans and different administration allies have been reportedly blindsided by the Pentagon’s stoppage of weapons shipments to Ukraine. (Politico) In his longest remarks since revealing his prostate most cancers analysis, Joe Biden warned that Trump is undoing his administration’s international coverage achievements. (WSJ) Trump has turned what he apparently calls the White Home’s “Monica Lewinsky room” into a present store. (Intelligencer) Virginia Military Nationwide Guard pilot Jo Ellis, who’s suing a far-right influencer over his false claims that she flew the Blackhawk chopper concerned within the January 29 air catastrophe over the Potomac, is preventing MAGA’s scapegoating of trans individuals. (Wired) Massive Firework says America’s semiquincentennial subsequent 12 months might be awfully darkish with out tariff aid. (Axios)
Hidden Eats, by Ike Allen:
Anybody can take pleasure in Roadhouse Momo, a pleasant Nepalese grill in far-flung Ashburn the place the titular momos are tasty, and big flatscreens play first-person Youtube footage of climbing within the Himalayas and the Rockies. However when you are available with an open thoughts and go straight to the “Nepali Delight” subheading of the menu, you’ll take pleasure in it extra. On the samaybaji, the normal platter of Nepal’s Newari neighborhood, almost each preparation was unfamiliar and thrilling to me: chiura (flattened crispy rice), chilly rooster choila, uncooked spicy soybeans, mustard-slicked potatoes, curry comprised of black-eyed peas and bamboo shoots, a black lentil pancake topped with fried small fish and egg, and funky bean achar (pickle) with sesame seeds.
Not too long ago on Washingtonian dot com:
• These seashore getaways are only a drive away from DC. Maybe you’ll make the journey tomorrow?
• Veggie-forward NYC restaurant Westville will open its first DMV location in Clarendon later this month.
Native information hyperlinks:
• Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old intern for Consultant Ron Estes and a rising senior at UMass Amherst, was killed in a taking pictures outdoors the Walter E. Washington Conference Middle final night time. (Washington Submit)
• A rundown of Independence Day highway closures and Metro schedule modifications. (WTOP)
• Meet the candidates operating for Trayon White’s former DC Council seat in Ward 8 (together with Trayon White). (Washington Informer)
• The long-lasting Georgia Brown’s will shut after greater than 30 years in enterprise. (Washington Enterprise Journal)
• Trump’s megabill may ship the Discovery house shuttle from the Smithsonian Air and House Museum to Houston. (Washington Submit)
• A Virginia court docket has partially walked again the state’s 2020 ban on conversion remedy for minors. (Axios)
• Longtime Washington Submit editor Virginia Hamill dies at 81. (Washington Submit)
Thursday’s occasion picks:
• An interactive parkour set up opens on the Nationwide Constructing Museum. Learn extra about it right here.
• Catch some early fireworks at Nationals Park after tonight’s ballgame.
• Shahzia Sikander’s video paintings The Final Submit, which explores British colonialism in Asia, arrives on the Smithsonian American Artwork Museum.
See extra picks from Briana Thomas, who writes our Issues to Do publication.
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