The District Report
Last Updated: April 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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- Plan to reinforce sewer pipe was delayed for years before Potomac disaster
- Alleged J6 pipe bomber defense doxxed protected witnesses in public filing, prosecutors claim
- Save D.C. Golf From Donald Trump
- Forest Service to move HQ out of DC, shutter regional offices in sweeping overhaul. Employees react with tears, warn of brain drain and call the changes "a pointless exercise."
- Cherry Tree Defenders
- Warmer weather, house bugs are coming out. Friend or foe?
- The metro hair toucher is still livestreaming himself stalking and sexually threatening women in DC. He sieg heiled before entering Supreme Court.
- Got hit by a car today on my bike
- RIP DC trams (1862-1962/2016-2026)
- Latest DJT installation on the mall
The 51st
- Some personnel news
- Opinion: Parks are crucial public spaces. The National Park Service owes us better.
- Does your tap water smell like chlorine? There’s a reason why.
- Wilson Building Bulletin: Pepco and politics
- 13 things to do around D.C. this weekend
- A new map is fueling a debate on housing and displacement in D.C.
- 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
Popville
- Mayor Bowser: “We’re launching a new pilot program to fight rats in DC.”
- Chain Link Fence Going Up Around Logan Circle
- Um, What the Helen of Troy is Happening outside the Naval Observatory/VP’s House?!?
- In Healthier Fast Casual News – Juice is Dead, Long Live Juice and Smoothies and More!
- EXCLUSIVE and Continuing Coverage of the Wendy’s Coming Back to Petworth – NEW MENU GOING UP!
- Tia Pepa, “Food From Spain”, Closes Brick and Mortar Downtown
- “Habibis, some changes are in store for YELLOW Georgetown!”
- I’m not saying it’s always a Maryland License Plate But… Vol. 946
- Signs of the Times
- Mom n Pop Antiques: “The Big Sale will continue til mid April”
- Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
- GRECO Opens in Union Market Tomorrow (Thurs.) “$1 pitas on opening day for the first 100 guests.”
- Sweet City Ride
- New Trump Statue Sprouts on the Mall
- 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
DC News Now
- Massive temperature spread today, warmer Friday
- Trump ousts Bondi as attorney general
- Lead found in dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets sold nationwide at Walmart
- Man charged with assault after stabbing near DC's U Street
- Man sentenced for role in 29 armed robberies, attempted robberies across DC
- Man dies after being struck by two vehicles on St. Barnabas Road in Oxon Hill
- College Park community shares concerns over string of car break-ins
- From Maryland to the moon: Artemis II launch sparks excitement at NASA Goddard
- DC Health to use rat birth control to address rodent population
- Fairfax County police release surveillance video of wanted naked Centreville burglar
Arlington Now
- Creator of demolished Black history mural at Hall’s Hill McDonald’s will paint replacement
- Three Notch’d nixes ax-throwing in Clarendon as restaurant plans move forward
- AG Jones vows to fight ‘illegal and malicious’ executive order on mail voting
- Wakefield boys, W-L girls win chilly outdoor county track meets
- Arlington flea market launches 40-year anniversary season this weekend
- Morning Notes for April 2, 2026
- ARLnow Daily Debrief for Apr 1, 2026
- Misleading anti-redistricting mailers prompt outcry from AG Jones, Virginia NAACP
- Pupuseria prepares to reopen after fire damage in Ashton Heights strip mall
- 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
WTOP
- Virginia’s redistricting fight ramps up as opponents wield Barack Obama’s past comments
- Howard Co. police chief retires days after footage released of officers shooting man with autism
- Trump’s White House ballroom is expected to get approved days after judge’s ruling halting work
- What is that thing? Large prismatic speed cameras generate stares, tickets in Montgomery Co.
- WATCH: WTOP’s Top Local Headlines for April 2
- Things to do in the DC area: Petalpalooza, LGBTQ+ bar crawl … and more!
- Inside ‘Save Your Soul,’ Baltimore’s beloved, long-running dance party
- DC spring cleanup underway, with road repairs and rat control efforts
- Do you know the obscure story of DC’s ‘Phantom Tollbooth?’
- Artemis II viewing party at NASA Goddard Visitor Center launches big dreams
- ‘Fedlandia’: New neighborhood could take shape in DC amid sale of federal buildings
- 2 teens arrested after shooting inside Germantown Giant grocery store that injured 1
- 2 DC men arrested after man found bound, set on fire in Logan Circle apartment
- Storms bring hail, strong winds to DC region
- DC’s most famous bald eagle is feeling fly and expecting eaglets
Washingtonian
- DC’s Only Woman-Owned Comedy Club Is Popping Up On U Street
- PopUp Bagels Is Bringing Its Viral “Rip and Dip” Bagels to Georgetown
- Maru San Is DC’s Best New Restaurant (So Far) This Year
- Logan Circle Hot Spot Katsumi Is Better Than It Needs to Be
- Markets Unconvinced by Trump Speech; Bowser Calls Council “Soft on Crime,” Goes to War With Rats; and Virginia’s “Bare-Bottomed Burglar” Caught on Tape
- A Modern-Industrial-Themed Wedding at a DC Art Gallery
- Where to Find Easter Brunches and Egg Hunts Around DC
- Opening-Day Food and Drink Specials Around Nationals Park
- How the DC Area Is Celebrating April Fools Today
- A Modern American Restaurant With a “Tulum Meets Ibiza” Rooftop Bar Is Coming to Clarendon
The Georgetowner
- At the Textile Museum: ‘Adorning the Horse’
- Artemis Addresses the Moon Mission — and Humanity
- 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
Greater Greater Washington
- Breakfast links: Single-stair reform advances in DC
- “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
HillRag
The DC Line
- District Links: Council OKs 90-day moratorium on electricity shutoffs, postpones vote on curfew zones; FY 2027 budget release delayed; and more
- 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
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
- Trump Appears at Supreme Court as Justices Question Birthright Citizenship Push and Mail Voting Order
- Ticket Frenzy Builds for ‘Michael’ Ahead of Premiere and Global Release
- Cherry Blossoms in Peak Bloom: A Reminder to Protect ‘Our Earth’
- The Collins D.C. Council Report: A Veto Override, Juvenile Curfew Delay, and the Fight for Utility Rate Payers
- HBCU Attendance May Be Linked to Black Alumni Brain Health
- 4-2-2026 Informer Edition
- JEALOUS: Could 2028 Be the Year the People Finally Pick the President?
- MALVEAUX: The People Are Not Subjects