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Good morning. Wet with a excessive of simply 79 at present. Rain is probably going in a single day, with a low close to 72.
Weekend sports activities: The Nationals will go to the Los Angeles Angels all weekend. The Washington Mystics are on the Dallas Wings on Saturday. D.C. United will host Nashville SC at Audi Subject Saturday. Loudoun United FC will host the Charlotte Independence on Saturday. The Washington Freedom will play the San Francisco Unicorns on Saturday.
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I can’t cease listening to:
The Slickee Boys, “After I Go to the Seaside.” This was one of many first singles I ever purchased, and simply listening to its lo-fi, acid-washed tackle surf music is a nostalgia journey I’ll cherish all weekend. The Slickee Boys will reunite to play Rosensteel Corridor in Silver Spring Saturday with Switchblade and Rock-a-Sonics. It’s a profit for the After Darkish Fund, a nonprofit cofounded by NBC4 Washington reporter Mark Segraves that helps space musicians who’re experiencing powerful occasions.
Take Washingtonian At this time with you! I’ve made a playlist on Spotify and on Apple Music of my every day music suggestions this yr.
Right here’s some administration information you might need blocked out:
Warfare of phrase: President Trump despatched letters to CNN and the New York Occasions that claimed the information shops had defamed him after they reported on a preliminary intelligence evaluation that appeared to contradict his declare that Iran’s nuclear program had been “obliterated” by strikes he ordered final weekend. “No apology can be forthcoming,” Occasions lawyer David McCraw responded. (NYT) Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth yelled at reporters throughout a press convention Thursday, saying, “Since you cheer towards Trump so exhausting — in your DNA and in your blood, cheer towards Trump — since you need him not to achieve success so unhealthy, you must cheer towards the efficacy of those strikes.” (Politico) Hegseth joined three different Trump officers to transient senators in regards to the strikes’ efficacy. Democrats mentioned it didn’t sound like Iran’s program was obliterated; “Some Republicans spoke as if that they had attended a special briefing.” (Washington Put up) Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, presently reportedly on the outs with Trump, didn’t attend the briefing. Senator Tom Cotton has proposed slashing her division. (NBC Information) “I feel now we’re on this actually horrible doom loop the place we’re having a dialog — this battle between obliterated and never obliterated — and in reality, we’re obliterating the nuance in the way in which that this dialog goes,” mentioned Beth Sanner, who used to ship Trump’s every day briefings, in a considerate interview in regards to the nature of preliminary intelligence. (Politico)
Inject and serve: A CDC panel that Well being Secretary RFK Jr. emptied of consultants and restocked with vaccine skeptics “voted on Thursday to stroll again longstanding suggestions for flu vaccines containing an ingredient that the anti-vaccine motion has falsely linked to autism.” (NYT) The ingredient is thimerosal, a preservative that’s hardly ever used however whose elimination “would in all probability make the pictures dearer and more durable to obtain in elements of the nation.” (Washington Put up) Extra well being information: “States can block the nation’s largest abortion supplier, Deliberate Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid cash for well being providers resembling contraception and most cancers screenings, the Supreme Courtroom dominated on Thursday.” (AP)
Faculty daze: The Justice Division has demanded that College of Virginia President James E. Ryan resign, saying he hasn’t dismantled range, fairness, and inclusion applications to its satisfaction. (NYT) DOJ additionally introduced it could examine the College of California system over its plans to extend range. (Sacramento Bee) Johns Hopkins’ storied analysis custom—e.g., “a surgeon at Johns Hopkins created the rubber glove”—is in danger from federal funds cuts. (NYT) Home Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan demanded paperwork from Harvard in an investigation into tuition costs. (Harvard Crimson)
Balls again: Edward “Massive Balls” Coristine “has returned to authorities shortly after resigning.” (Wired) One other reminder that DOGE nonetheless exists: The previous Elon Musk challenge has put in workers on the ATF “with the objective of revising or eliminating dozens of guidelines and gun restrictions by July 4.” (Washington Put up) “I personally was fairly shocked, truly, at how environment friendly the federal government was,” a former DOGE man says. (NPR)
Administration perambulation: The US Supreme Courtroom will difficulty its closing rulings of this time period at present. (SCOTUSblog) A Justice of the Peace choose in Tennessee determined to maintain Kilmar Abrego García in custody “over issues that U.S. immigration officers would swiftly detain him and attempt to deport him once more,” however Justice Division officers mentioned he’ll get a trial first. (AP) Former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro obtained disbarred in New York over his function in Trump’s makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, which he misplaced to Joe Biden. (NBC Information) Trump’s help amongst white voters didn’t change in 2024, however he gained help from Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters, a Pew evaluation discovered. (Washington Put up) The AC broke at Division of Labor HQ yesterday. (NBC4 Washington) The Home needs to chop GAO’s funds practically in half. (Authorities Govt) Massive State Division layoffs might occur at present. (NBC4 Washington)
One snazzy open home this weekend:
Stanley Asrael, now 101 years outdated, purchased this five-bedroom, five-bath Tudor-style home in Silver Spring together with his spouse, Evelyn, in 1962, and through the years labored with designer Sidney Millman Moore Margolis to reimagine it. They stuffed the house with up to date artwork and furnishings, fabricated by the likes of the Renwick curator Michael Monroe and the woodworker George Nakashima. Lately, Stanley donated a lot of his assortment to museums, however a number of the commissioned items convey with the sale, together with the stair railings fabricated by an area sculptor, Barton Rubenstein. It’s listed at $2.4 million. See extra of our open home picks for the weekend.
Just lately on Washingtonian dot com:
• A fireplace has closed the Mexican restaurant Chicatana.
• But ANOTHER anti-Trump statue appeared on the Mall. We spoke with somebody who claims to be concerned.
• Eight takeaways from Usha Vance‘s interview with Meghan McCain.
• Can pizza store exercise close to the Pentagon truly sign conflict plans?
• Beyoncé, “Carmina Burana,” the Smithsonian Folklife Competition—your information to cultural actions subsequent month.
• Frances Tiafoe will be part of three US Open champions on the Mubadala Citi DC Open subsequent month.
• Alex Ovechkin held a goat for the quilt of our new print difficulty. Right here’s how the shoot occurred.
Native information hyperlinks:
• A information to how each member of the DC Council feels in regards to the stadium deal. (Washington Put up)
• Martin Austermuhle breaks down the funds doings contained in the John A. Wilson Constructing. (The 51st)
• A Montgomery County instructor sued the varsity board, saying a principal wouldn’t permit her to show a Palestinian flag sticker in her classroom. (BethesdaToday)
• Demolition on what’s left of Baltimore’s Key Bridge will start quickly. (WTOP)
• Elroy Harrison was convicted of the 1986 homicide of Jacqueline Lard. (WUSA9)
• An Egyptian man was deported after he kicked a canine at Dulles. (BBC Information)
• MoCo officers eliminated 23 canines from an unlicensed daycare. (WTOP)
• Some folks wish to swim within the Yards Park Canal Basin. Others don’t need them to. Dismay outcomes. (NBC4 Washington)
• Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill have been as soon as roommates in DC. (Elle)
• Northrop Grumman donated $10 million to the Air and Area Museum. (WTOP)
• Who’s attaching potatoes to signposts in Georgetown, and might we hang around? (PoPville)
Weekend occasion picks:
Friday: The Savannah Bananas carry their viral touring exhibition video games to Nats Park at present and Saturday.
Saturday: Signature Theatre and Wolf Entice come collectively for the fifth annual Broadway within the Park on the Filene Middle.
Sunday: Indian playback singer Shaan performs on the Theater at MGM Nationwide Harbor.
See heaps extra weekend picks from Briana Thomas, who writes our Issues to Do publication.
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Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was beforehand with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington Metropolis Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
