😵‍💫 About those home listings linked to federal layoffs

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First Legal Claim Filed Over DCA Crash

The widow and three children of American Airlines crash victim Casey Crofton have filed legal claims this week against the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army. The filings set a potential lawsuit in motion; the family is seeking up to $250 million in damages. [Washington Post 🔒]

Home Listings Linked to Federal Layoffs Are Fake

Widely circulated social media posts suggesting thousands of new D.C.-area Zillow listings linked to the recent firings of federal employees are false and unsupported, according to local real estate agents. [WTOP]

• Regardless of the recent misinformation, should you buy a home in D.C. now? [City Cast DC 🎧]

DC Unemployment Rises During Trump Presidency

Unemployment claims in D.C. increased by 36% for the week ending on Feb. 8. While a direct link between the skyrocketing unemployment rates and the Trump administration’s mass federal job cuts isn’t certain, an economics editor says, “it would be hard to dismiss it as a coincidence.” [WTOP]

• We talked to a probationary employee who job was abruptly terminated over the holiday weekend. Here’s an inside look at DOGE’s mass firings. [City Cast DC 🎧]

WaPo Cancels Ad Critical of Musk

The Washington Post abruptly canceled a previously approved full-page advertisement calling for President Donald Trump to fire Elon Musk, according to Common Cause and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, the advocacy groups sponsoring the ad. [New York Times 🔒]

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