The District Report
Last Updated: April 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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r/washingtondc
- Skate-stoppers are being installed on the ledges at Freedom Plaza
- [Martin Austermuhle] It's official: Proponents of a ballot initiative that would ban the sale of foie gras in D.C. can now start collecting signatures from voters. They'll need 23,803 signatures from D.C. voters by July 6 to get what's now known as Initiative 86 on the November ballot.
- DC has the same number of traffic deaths as homicides for 2026.
- Butterworth's Is for Bosses. MAGA's Next Generation Is Hanging Out at Scarlet Oak.
- Saturday Incident at Atlas Brew Works
- Anyone in line at SCOTUS right now?
- Land of Opportunity
- I*E Changing Plates
- Lost brother 🦜🐦
- US judge halts Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project for now
Washingtonian
- A Modern American Restaurant With a “Tulum Meets Ibiza” Rooftop Bar Is Coming to Clarendon
- This DC-Area Psychiatrist Handles Extreme Human-Rights Violations
- Ballroom Blitzed, Trump May Take Break From War to Visit Supreme Court, and a Remixed Easterns Jingle Awaits Us
- 4 Great New Travel Deals for Readers
- DC Chef and Restaurant Nominees for the 2026 James Beard Awards
- Check Out the National Cherry Blossom Festival President’s Pink Outfits
- Rye Bunny Is One of DC’s Most Anticipated Spring Restaurant Openings
- Airport Chaos Could Continue Into Summer, Supreme Court Won’t Free Tiger King, and Gas Prices Exceed $4 Nationally
- Trump’s Interference With DC Arts Is a Boon to Baltimore
- 24 Things to Do in the DC Area This Week and Weekend
Arlington Now
- Amazon’s HQ2 workforce increases slightly, despite company-wide layoffs
- Music by the Metro returns to Clarendon for Spring 2026
- Brazilian-Lebanese chicken spot Tio Pelé opens on Langston Blvd
- Just Reduced Properties in Arlington: April 1, 2026
- Construction begins on 42 new townhouses near Crystal City
- Arlington apartment rents tick upward, but remain down year over year
- Falls Church leaders seek smooth transition to next city manager
- Morning Notes for April 1, 2026
- ARLnow Daily Debrief for Mar 31, 2026
- Listing of the Day: 20031 Oakland Farm Road (Vacation/Investment)
- Plans to redevelop two Rosslyn office buildings get a revamp after 12 years
- County audit seeks better oversight of developers’ community benefits promises
- Ballston juice shop still opening, despite co-founder’s arrest
- For the average price of a U.S. home, Arlington buyers get just 755 square feet
- Arlington Beer Garden and Clarendon 54 lounge close for redevelopment
Popville
- BREAKING: All Purpose Riverfront is Permanently Closed in Navy Yard
- Logan Circle Hostile Hostel Drama Finally Concludes!?!
- LAST* Snowcrete Mound Still Standing – April 1st!! (NO JOKE)
- Sup with Salvimex? Definitely Closed.
- Mayor Bowser: “deeply disappointed by the Council’s decision to allow the juvenile curfew zones to expire.”
- DC Fresh Finds for April 1st, 2026
- For Posterity – The Final DC Streetcar Sailed into the Sunset
- SUNdeVICH Final Farewell in Shaw with a Last Christmas Tree in Town
- Multiple Gunshots Fired in Columbia Heights Last Night – No Reported Injuries
- Warning Today is April 1st. Reminder: We Don’t Do April Fools Posts. Whatever Bonkers Things We Post Today is For Real.
- Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
- Signs of Spring Cont. Farmers Markets Reopening!!
- Today* in Corgis*** Around Town – An actual Corgi! Actually at Metro!!
- Uh Oh, Legal Action over Columbia Heights Building on 11th where the Juice spot and dispensary are planned
- “We’re celebrating 50 years of Go-Go and DMV culture by remaking the classic Easterns jingle with Junkyard Band.”
- “Today is the last day to ride the DC Streetcar.” And so concludes our long running series: Trouble on the Tracks, H Street, NE editions. Streetcar Ran so the Gondola could Fly. So Scooters. No, Waymo – What’s up with Waymo?!? Long Live the Bus!!
- “Is there anybody out there?”
- Sad News in Columbia Heights: Proprietor of Don Julio’s (Grocery/Pupuseria) Passed Away Last Week
- Dealing with a Sky-High Pepco Bill? Some Options for Relief
- Speaking of Parks – Checking in on Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park
The Georgetowner
- Weekend Roundup: Eggs, Blooms & Big Laughs
- Social Scene: Heart Ball Honors Progress and Hope
- Must-See This Spring: ‘The Cherry Orchard’
- Onstage, Georgetown: April
- Bill Nye: Space Fights, and Advocating for Science and Bow Ties
- ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’: A Renewed Metro at 50
- Thousands Rally in D.C. for ‘No Kings’ Protest Movement
- Random Harvest Closing After 40 Years
- Weekend Roundup: Springtime in Full Swing
- Choral Works by Vaughan Williams, Holst on April 18
DC News Now
- Ted Bundy murdered Utah teen in 1974 cold case, authorities confirm
- Trump will address the nation with 'important update' on Iran: What to know
- Crews battle fire at National Press Building in Northwest DC
- Man injured in stabbing near DC's U Street; 1 arrested
- New re-entry hub opens in Laurel to help former prisoners rejoin society
- Quadruple amputee cornhole pro accused of killing man in La Plata held without bond
- A few storms later today
- NASA's Artemis II set to launch Wednesday: What to know
- Teenager pleads guilty for driving stolen car that killed young mother in Seat Pleasant crash
- Protests continue against ICE detention center planned for Washington County
The 51st
- Supper club solidarity: Your weekly Civics Roundup
- Opinion: Regulators aren’t the main reason for your spiking energy bills
- D.C. healthcare cuts leave low-income residents with fewer options and worse care
- As Metro turns 50, transit diehards are keepers of its history, quirks, and identity
- After the city tells Alan’s Oasis to move, its future is uncertain
- 14 things to do around D.C. this weekend
- Dance & taxes: Your weekly Civics Roundup
- Everything to know about Malcolm X Park’s closure
- The Trump administration is about to kill a popular D.C. bike lane
- With sharp attacks and high stakes, the mayoral race kicks into gear
- As streetcar shutdown looms, H Street commuters face the end of the line
- House Republicans move to kill D.C. traffic cameras — despite some using them back home
- 16 things to do around D.C. this weekend
- Florals and freeing D.C.: Your weekly Civics Roundup
- After last year’s record attendance, the Washington Spirit return to the pitch
WTOP
- Montgomery County nonprofit ‘rehomes’ retired chickens from egg producers
- America 250: Years of changing perceptions on mental health and how to treat it
- Facing murder, arson trial in Loudoun Co. house fire, new federal charges for man tied to Russian organized crime boss
- Md. Department of Education committee begins search for permanent Prince George’s schools chief
- From Super Bowl MVPs to Wish kids, Disney is the home of champions
- Montgomery County police release bodycam video of shootout in Montgomery Village
- How a Southeast DC transitional housing facility recovered from a nearby gas explosion
- It’s the end of the road for the DC Streetcar
- When you should seek medical attention instead of turning to Dr. Google
- Trump plans to move US Forest Service headquarters from DC to Utah
- Judge orders White House ballroom construction to halt in a ruling that leaves Trump seething
- Annapolis-based Republican consultant faces federal embezzlement charges
- DC man arrested after man found bound, set on fire in Logan Circle apartment
- Youth curfew set to expire in mid-April as DC council delays vote on extension
- Sea wall rebuild at Tidal Basin almost finished, and Stumpy is still part of it
The Washington Informer
- From Boy Scout to Eagle: Maryland Teen Redefines Legacy
- Easter and Anniversary of King’s Assassination Offer Hope for Today’s Freedom Fight
- The Collins D.C. Council Report: A Veto Override, Juvenile Curfew Delay, and the Fight for Utility Rate Payers
- 4-2-2026 Informer Edition
- Motorists Feel the Sting as Gas Prices Rise Above $4 Per Gallon
- D.C. Secures More Than $302K for Workers in Misclassification Crackdown
- Psalmayene 24 to Direct a Stacked Cast in Production of Ossie Davis’ Civil Rights-Era Classic
- Metrorail at 50: Free Rides for Students and Questions About Federal Presence
- New Data Shows Women Still Earn Just 81 Cents on the Dollar, With Steeper Gaps for Black Women and Latinas
- More Than 120 Nations Support UN Measure Declaring Slavery ‘Gravest Crime Against Humanity’
Greater Greater Washington
- “Mt. Slushmore”: Artists to reshape RFK snowcrete piles for new attraction
- Braveboy to DC: “Take Six Flags while you’re at it”
- DC’s Fall Mayor is the Mayor of Fall
- Streetcars to get repurposed as mobile data centers
- Bowser prescribes decongestant for downtown
- Brunch links: GGWash to open print arm
- To the death of a dream: RIP DC Streetcar
- The DC Streetcar dream deserved to work
- Breakfast links: Metrorail landed more than 1 million trips over peak bloom weekend
- What DC primary candidates have to say about the FLUM
HillRag
The DC Line
- District Links: Council set to consider juvenile curfew extension, veto override; DC Streetcar makes its final run today; and more
- District Links: Bowser touts ‘Kids Ride Free’ milestones; former DOJ attorneys join call to dismiss federal lawsuit against DC’s AR-15 ban; and more
- District Links: Council set to consider veto override, revisit expanded curfew; Trump admin prepares to empty Energy Department’s current HQ; and more
- District Links: GOP bill on codifying ‘Making DC Safe and Beautiful’ executive order passes with 5 Democrats in support; peak bloom arrives; and more
- District Links: House set to vote on bill to codify Trump’s ‘DC Safe and Beautiful’ order; White seeks consideration of veto override; and more
- District Links: Mayor signs bill on release of MPD footage of use of force by feds but vetoes related bill; lawsuit fights bike lane removal; and more
- jonetta rose barras: Who can create a new path for DC’s congressional delegate? (Part 2)
- District Links: Bowser aims to boost hospitality sector with reform bill; House set to vote on ‘Make DC Safe and Beautiful Act’ this week; and more
- District Links: Bowser admin seeks development proposals for St. E’s East, Georgia Avenue parcels; field for DC’s June elections takes shape; and more
- District Links: Bill to block DC’s traffic cameras clears House panel; feds demand DCPS changes to better serve students with disabilities; and more
- District Links: House panel set to vote on bill to halt DC’s automated traffic enforcement; focus shifts to cleanup at site of sewer spill; and more
- jonetta rose barras: Who can create a new path for DC’s congressional delegate?
- District Links: DC joins lawsuit against HUD changes to fair housing enforcement; Kennedy Center board votes for 2-year closure to renovate; and more
- District Links: Mayoral front-runners square off at forum; DC creates waitlist for child care subsidies; Grenell departs Kennedy Center post; and more
- District Links: Bowser looks to amend DC’s 2018 law restricting short-term rentals; AG Schwalb announces new STEER Act lawsuits, judgments; and more
- District Links: National report touts DC as a leader in transforming high schools; DC Council sues Bowser over access to budget request docs; and more
- Matthew Baharmast: Identity is DC’s most neglected infrastructure
- District Links: Bowser decries congestion pricing while releasing long-shelved study; group warns of bacteria levels in stream near spill; and more
- District Links: DC Water faces new class action lawsuit over Potomac sewage spill; DC Bar files disciplinary case against DOJ’s Ed Martin; and more
- District Links: DC vows to continue Ticketmaster case as part of multistate coalition; route unveiled for IndyCar race on National Mall; and more