The District Report
Last Updated: February 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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r/washingtondc
- Insane Amount of Dog (?) Poop and What to Do
- ICE at Gallery Place Metro
- Getting towed in DC be like.
- How a WhatsApp group for D.C. parents broke apart over politics
- Convert to Coffee Stand
- Never get tired of exploring the NGA East Wing
- SUVs with duct tape over license plates in Anacostia?
- Weird question, but does MARC allow people to carry on unusual sporting equipment (a sword)?
- Kid Cudi says Fuck ICE in DC
- K St & NY Ave Bike Lanes Finally Linked!
Popville
- Andy’s Pizza “Closed for Renovations” in Adams Morgan
- I said Keep Right, Don’t GO Right…
- Missed Connection – Lost Generation
- MPD Investigating 6:44pm Shooting Homicide in Navy Yard Last Night (Tues.)
- “How to get DC to tow a car blocking the street?”
- Real Estate Fresh Finds for Feb 18, 2026
- “Chacho Spirits will permanently close tasting room in late March.” HOWEVER, “Chacho will continue to be locally produced and available at all your favorite bars and liquor stores.”
- Regarding those Big Pepco Bills Some are Seeing, Pepco says: “Extreme Cold Drives Higher Energy Use for Pepco Customers”
- “Chef Carlos Delgado (Causa | Amazonia) opens DC’s 1st nikkei handroll counter” this Friday!
- AND Down Goes the Compass Coffee near the Convention Center!!
- A Peek in the Old Biergarten Haus space – Archeological Finds Vol. 117 – CARS! or is it Quaker Oats?!?
- Friends of the White Whale Society Presents – The Leap
- Fruitive opening today in Penn Quarter – Get a Free Avocado Toast and a Ginger Immunity Shot
- Random Reader Rant and/or Revel
- Missed Connection – Lost City Books
- In Less Pleasant DC Water News – The Disaster that is the Potomac Interceptor Sewage Woes cont.
- In Happier 14th Street News – “Northbound Lanes Reopen Following Emergency Repairs to Abandoned Sewer Tunnel”
- MPD Update on Columbia Heights Shooting Homicide Friday Afternoon – 22-year-old killed
- “Fundraiser Info for Family of Young Mother Shooting Victim in Glover Park”
- OK All is not Awesome – Zeleno Closed on Monday
Arlington Now
- UPDATED: Suspicious truck in Pentagon parking lot prompts investigation
- Affordable housing proposal off of Langston Blvd heads to County Board
- Lacoste apparel company opens location in Pentagon City mall
- Art and music animate retail space during three-weekend LOOK Pop-Up
- Yorktown girls win regional gymnastics championship, aim for state title
- Just Reduced Properties in Arlington: February 18, 2026
- Next year’s budget, future parking rates to highlight County Board meeting
- Arlington officials certify Bennett-Parker’s victory, succeeding State Sen. Ebbin
- Falls Church to celebrate nation’s birthday on Memorial Day and before Fourth of July
- Morning Notes for February 18, 2026
- ARLnow Daily Debrief for Feb 17, 2026
- Months of spotty mail deliveries raise concerns for North Arlington residents
- Virginia minimum wage on track to increase to $15 per hour by 2028
- ACPD: Men beaten with baseball bats in Pentagon City
- Virginia Senate passes bill to restrict local cooperation with ICE as Democratic states push back on Trump
The Washington Informer
- Ben Crump’s Courtroom Doc Earns Emmy Honor
- Most Surgery Patients Don’t Finish Critical At-Home Therapy: Study
- Maryland Ends Local ICE Partnerships as Governor Signs Emergency Immigration Law
- 2-19-2026 Informer
- Ramadan is Underway: Here’s What Local Mosques Have Planned
- Marlon Calhoun: A Young Father and Student-Athlete Who’s Making His Mark
- Langston Hughes II Joins FAME as Artistic Director
- Local Figures Honor Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights and Statehood Champion
- Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, D.C. Pastor, Activist and Prophetic Voice for Justice, Dies
- In Memoriam: Eternal Salute to the Reverend Dr. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
DC News Now
- Three arrested after fight led to shooting at house party in Spotsylvania County
- Teen charged as adult in deadly Silver Spring crash that killed 16-year-old
- Cloudy and foggy with rain chances increasing
- Woman escapes, flees after man attempts to force her into vehicle in Anne Arundel County: police
- 3 charged after 1 killed, another hurt in shooting at Dash In parking lot in Waldorf
- 70-year-old struck, killed while crossing Richmond Highway in Woodbridge
- Lanes close on I-395 North after multi-vehicle crash in Arlington
- Police search for suspects in Columbia Heights shooting that left 1 hurt
- Detroit man sentenced to prison for brutal attack of 2 people in Northwest DC
- Families to remain evacuated for another '24 to 72 hours' after Centreville home explosion
WTOP
- Police: 6-year-old boy dies in accidental shooting in Montgomery Co.
- DC Water looks toward long-term cleanup of C&O Canal, Potomac River
- Virginia General Assembly advances cannabis retail framework
- Trump is recruiting thousands of local officers to aid immigration effort. Some states are saying no
- Maryland trooper lauded for saving choking baby
- WATCH: WTOP’s Top Local Headlines for Feb. 18
- Rosenwald Schools taught a generation of early civil rights leaders across the South, including Va. and Md.
- Ben’s Chili Bowl owner Virginia Ali remembers Jesse Jackson as ‘family’
- Zillow’s chief economist says DC-area home market is now affordable
- Falls Church community members gather to celebrate Lunar New Year at the Eden Center
- How Fairfax Co. residents feel about potentially hosting a casino
- Jesse Jackson had strong connections to DC; held local public office
- WATCH: See what’s keeping sewage spill away from the Potomac River
- Like ‘losing a brother’: DC-based activist reflects on the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson
- Montgomery Co. panic button company aims to help schools respond in emergencies
Washingtonian
- Colleagues Remember Hope Cartwright, a Virginia Journalist Who Was Killed in Richmond This Week
- Can a Pop Up Be a Dive Bar? This One Is Trying.
- Hemphill Artworks Has Closed Its DC Gallery
- CBS Lawyers Make James Talarico Really Famous, Mini-Shutdown Drags On, and Springsteen’s Coming to Nationals Park
- 4 Recent DC Albums We Can’t Stop Listening To
- Why One Street Corner Now Rules DC’s LGBTQ Bar Scene
- 28 Things to Do in the DC Area This Week and Weekend
- Take Our Travel Survey and You Could Win $100
- José Andrés Group Names New CEO
- Jesse Jackson Dies, Trump Wades Into Potomac Sewage Crisis, and Mini-Shutdown Continues
Greater Greater Washington
- Bikeshare Beat: Snow slams the brakes on Capital Bikeshare ridership in January
- Breakfast links: Restrictions on data centers advance in Montgomery County
- Why I’m celebrating 50 years of Metrorail magic
- Events: Lobby Day in Annapolis and DC Candidate Transportation Forum
- Breakfast links: Snowstorm response left disabled residents struggling to get around
- Photo Friday: Ready for the melt
- National links: Housing costs contribute to less movement between states
- Breakfast links: Lawsuit accuses DC landlords of racketeering
- Play GGWash Junctions weekly word puzzle #34
- Do Something #110: Would-be mayors answer GGWash’s questionnaires
730DC daily newsletter
- Our local and national treasure
- A match made in DC
- Running for the train, not for office
- You know who doesn't skip leg day?
- MAGA to DC: Drop Dead
- Can you hear the people sing? Singing the songs of breakups past
- The big deal with the New Deal murals
- Priced out of justice
- Holding out for a (snow) hero
- Washington Post mortem
The DC Line
- District Links: Council eyes revisions to Schools First budget approach; Trump faults regional leaders’ response to Potomac sewage spill; and more
- District Links: DC warns against Potomac River contact amid calls for stronger response to sewage overflows; Trayon White trial rescheduled; and more
- jonetta rose barras: Heavy doses of fiscal fantasy in DC politics
- District Links: Senate votes 49-47 to void DC’s tax decoupling bill; Doni Crawford files to run in special election for at-large seat; and more
- District Links: DPW deploys seasonal workers to address missed trash pickups; Senate slated to vote this afternoon on disapproval resolution; and more
- District Links: Bowser admin lays out ‘hard’ choices for FY 2027 amid rising costs, fiscal limitations; DC unemployment rate hits 6.7%; and more
- District Links: Senate Dems blast $1.65 million daily cost of National Guard deployment in DC; Lewis George outlines child care plan; and more
- jonetta rose barras: Breaking federal tax breaks for DC residents and businesses
- District Links: Council votes to step up battle with mayor over access to agency budget requests; House backs disapproval resolution; and more
- District Links: Washington Post cuts a third of its staff though widespread layoffs; Senate panel advances disapproval resolution; and more
- District Links: DC leaders warn of disruption if Congress upends local tax code with disapproval resolution; Kennedy Center plans spur worry; and more
- District Links: DC continues to clear ‘snowcrete’ amid post-storm criticism; Kennedy Center will close 2 years for renovations, Trump says; and more
- District Links: Congress poised to consider disapproval of DC’s law to ‘decouple’ from federal tax changes; Trump pushes IndyCar race in DC; and more
- District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on all-affordable, net-zero apartment building in Truxton Circle; family’s lawsuit demands 911 records; and more
- District Links: Councilmembers say heavy ice hampered cleanup by damaging city’s small plows; new estimate puts DC population at 691,310; and more
- District Links: Norton confirms her retirement after 18 terms as DC delegate; Evans looks to return to DC Council as chair; and more
- District Links: Norton draws praise for legacy as ‘true warrior’ after her campaign files termination report; Orange launches mayoral bid; and more
- District Links: Bowser declares state of emergency ahead of snow, freezing rain; Trump admin reviews funding for DC, other ‘sanctuary’ areas; and more
- jonetta rose barras: Another cloaked and messy week in the DC government
- District Links: Bowser touts major residential conversion on Connecticut Avenue, incentives for 2 more projects; council shuffles oversight; and more
The Georgetowner
- Remembering Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)
- Robert Duvall: To Virginia, He Was ‘Bobby’
- Last Chance: ‘Le Douanier’ Rousseau in Philadelphia
- Campaign Update: Hope Solomon Running for Mayor
- Trump: Federal Government to Step in Regarding Potomac Sewage Spill
- The D.C. Environmental Film Festival is Working ‘Against the Current’.
- For a Few Days, Buddhist Monks Bestow Peace and Love Upon D.C.
- Intersections Festival Fires Up Feb. 14
- Where to Celebrate Galentine’s Day
- Weekend Roundup: Fall in Love with D.C.
The 51st
- Wilson Building Bulletin: A cold dose of reality on D.C.’s budget
- Republicans just f*cked D.C.’s tax-filing season. City leaders could fight back.
- After 75 years, hand dance is still bringing Washingtonians together
- How these D.C. natives are fighting to preserve the city's Black culture
- Excerpts from Proof of Life, a new book highlighting D.C.'s culture
- PHOTOS: When did you first realize the District had changed?
- Ask A D.C. Native: Is D.C. still Chocolate City?
- 16 things to do around D.C. this weekend
- Dive deep into Chocolate City: Your weekly Civics Roundup
- Opinion: Fear shouldn't make our policy decisions
- After snowstorm delays, D.C. is rushing to catch up on trash collection
- Help us grow to meet this moment
- The 51st is expanding
- Baby steps: Janeese Lewis George pledges universal affordable child care for D.C.
- Snowpolitics: Candidates for D.C. office weigh in on the snowstorm response