Four weeks into the federal shutdown, rent is about to be due and next month’s SNAP benefits are at risk. We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food? Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️

“We need to fight back,” Carballo said. “We need to be resilient. We need to stand up for our rights and, of course, right now, it’s very difficult. But we know that we will overcome.” https://wtop.com/dc/2025/10/dc-area-immigrants-face-challenges-under-trump-administration/

Happy 1st bday @51st.news! Great party with local artists and bakers and cocktails at KBird - a lovely way to reconnect with so many of you in person after all these years and meet new folks 🥰

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D.C. has one of the lowest rates of uninsured residents across the U.S. Looming cuts to a city-funded healthcare program could change that — with disastrous consequences, advocates say. What’s behind the decision, and what are the alternatives?

I don't think you understand how much I love this city. Shakers welcomed my friend with her rollator, and @930club.bsky.social escorted us to our ADA accessible chairs tonight to see @kingfishrofficial.bsky.social and even labeled the chairs to ensure we could enjoy the show. DC forever & always.

Thanks @citycastdc.bsky.social for interviewing me about my story @wcp.bsky.social about illegal trashing dumping and secret streams in one DC neighborhood! Spotlight has a transcript, too, for anyone listening in who is hearing impaired. open.spotify.com/episode/2PMB...

It's Thursday! In your inbox today: Raising trans kids in Trump's D.C. (our first story in partnership with @19thnews.org), a beloved D.C. ice rink faces an uncertain future, the Commanders get their stadium, and how the Federal Bureau of Prisons is failing D.C. residents:

Why are there just thousands of lantern flies all over K Street NW near the Farragust West Metro station. I'm here all the time and have never seen so many!

"Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the United States are thrown into chaos."

South Park getting real local

I think I'm gonna file a FOIA to see how much taxpayer money it's been costing to take over MPD and deploy the National Guard in DC. As a treat to myself.

TIL that La*ra Lo*mer is only 1 year older than me? 👀

Just returned from a trip to Ireland, NI, and UK and was really moved by the pro-palestinian support everywhere.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Check out my @spotlightdc.bsky.social -funded investigation @wcp.bsky.social into allegations Pepco misspent $94 million promised for infrastructure upgrades the company collected from hiking your bill -- following by DC awarding them another bill hike washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7686...

Just heard two big explosion noises in Arlington tonight from the Pentagon City area. Second one was a few minutes ago and *massive* sounding. Didn't sound like fireworks to me, so called it into 911. Hope everyone is ok 😬

Shout out to @730dc.bsky.social for featuring my latest story today @wcp.bsky.social about chronic trash and flooding in one DC neighborhood - plus my essay for 730DC last year on the Kennedy Center rainbow lights! buff.ly/N76d3hH

Read my latest here! 👇

Hundreds turned out today for @hillfamilybiking.org 2nd Anniversary Ride. Began with a powerful reminder of those we’ve lost at Dave Salovesh’s ghost bike; then celebrated the joy of hundreds biking around Ward 6 on safer streets for riders of all ages & abilities! Happy Anniversary!

Congress still hasn't fixed the local D.C. budget shortfall it caused in the first place. Now, the mayor is instituting a spending freeze and warning furloughs might be necessary. Latest from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/bowser-freez...

My favorite local DC tiktoks www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj8BkUeh/

Thanks @730dc.bsky.social for sharing my latest story @wcp.bsky.social about staft abuse of DC youth in detention. I feel lucky to live in the District where we can keep supporting local reporting even when national news is so demanding, too, esp rn. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7616...

Federal cuts to Medicaid could leave thouands of D.C.'s residents without health care. “Our patients are really nervous and really scared, and rightly so."

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Really disturbing stuff about youth justice for my latest @wcp.bsky.social: a legal watchdog found video footage of DYRS staff beating, choking more than one teen in a DC detention center washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7616...

"After the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years... As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, ProPublica found, it rose substantially in Texas." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Thank you @730dc.bsky.social for sharing my @wcp.bsky.social reporting on the $1.2 million budget cuts Trump is forcing on DC public libraries by ending the federal agency IMLS. Today, those federal workers expect to be fired. Read more here: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7607...

D.C. libraries face about $1M in cuts after Trump’s order to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services. He called the IMLS—which funds local archives, ASL interpretation, and literacy outreach for teens—“unnecessary.”

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites. Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

New from me @wcp.bsky.social: Trump's executive order eliminating the IMLS would strip more than a million dollars out of DC libraries. This money is supposed to cover ASL services, senior and teen outreach, coding classes, local DC archives, and more. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7607...

An audit finds that MPD needs stronger screening for hate group ties, but Chief Pamela Smith says the focus should be on actions, not views. Meanwhile, officers anonymously report extremists in the ranks.

My latest @wcp.bsky.social ⏬️ washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7606...

Do you have a very D.C. curiosity or want a recommendation only a longtime resident can provide? Send questions to [email protected] to get it answered on our Ask A D.C. Native column!

It's St. Patrick's Day and also my birthday which means I do make the rules and the rules are you must listen to Kneecap today 😘 youtu.be/h1J_DVutL-w?...

As we await the Senate vote on the congressional spending bill that could slash $1.1 billion from D.C.'s budget, a quick historical 🧵: Back in 2011, Congress used D.C. to avert a government shutdown. Local officials were furious. So they did something about it.

My child, who is a DCPS student and has an IEP, just left an incredible message for a Senator just now, telling him how cutting $1B from DC’s budget would adversely impact his ability to learn and I AM NOT OK. Thank you @freedcproject.bsky.social for organizing and for helping us all fight.

*sighs in taxed and unrepresented*

@19thnews.org's fellowship applications are now open! Fellows receive full benefits with a minimum salary of $70,000. Applications for the 2025-26 fellowship cohort close March 31, 2025. 19thnews.org/2025/02/fran...

I was today's years old when I learned there's a bar in the basement of the 9:30 club 🧐

As a criminal law nerd, it's interesting to see Luigi raising awareness in a big way about jail life details. For ex: this pic being shared on Reddit of his handmade database tracking which letters sent to him actually arrived and how some got damaged by the "photocopy gauntlet."

MPD Officer Terence Sutton, pardoned by Trump, has a history of ramming motorbike riders with his car and taking cash from their pockets, according to affidavits filed in a civil case. Read the accounts of nine young Black men who've had run-ins with Sutton here:

The Answers Issue is here: Where are the basketballs Ted Leonsis promised DCPS kids? Why did Ivy City development fizzle? And what does the zoo do with all that panda poop? Read on and find out.

It really is amazing to see the improvements to Metro over the past 5 years. When I was covering Metro daily for TWT back pre-pandemic, this was just really not the case.

Former Deputy Director of the D.C. Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Dana McDaniel has been indicted for accepting at least $10k in bribes in exchange for awarding violence interruption contracts . here is the indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Migrating this over from Twitter: @merylkornfield.bsky.social was doing a great job covering VA Rep. Vindmaoff townhall tonight & noted a member of the public requested support for a dementia caregivers bill. That bill is a great example of uncertainties at HHS rn & worth discussing in a lil' 🧵.

You might have heard thousands protected Trump & Elon yesterday, but did you know there were tons of locals there? Read why below 👇 Big thanks to @corbie.bsky.social, @mitchryals.bsky.social, Darrow M 📸 & everyone else at @wcp.bsky.social for their work! washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7584...

Hi! Mainstream media here at the Capitol today @wcp.bsky.social with @corbie.bsky.social covering the @50501movement.bsky.social protests. We're looking to talk to local DC residents, come say hi!

Happy to report that I'm packing a lil go-bag to go out and cover the @50501movement.bsky.social protest in DC tomorrow for @wcp.bsky.social. Come say hi! Excited to test out the new Profi anti-Covid nasal spray and BreatheTeq KN95 mask combo.