Push to get Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center

What's CITY Talking About

Rest In Peace DC Streetcar

The D.C. Streetcar will make its final run on March 31 after a decade of transit turmoil. The streetcar was once part of a vision for a city-wide network but instead resulted in high costs and low ridership. But H Street bars are going to give it a worthy send off all the same. [City Cast DC 🎧/X]

The Fight To Get Trump’s Name Off the Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) asked a federal judge to force the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump’s name. She argues that adding Trump’s name undermines its purpose as a memorial to the late John F. Kennedy. [NBC4]

• The center also began layoffs yesterday, with cuts to programming, development, advertising and marketing. The exact number of people is unclear, but includes leadership Nick Meade and Rick Loughery. [Washington Post 🔒]

Metro Budget Shoots For Service Increases

Metro General Manager Randy Clarke’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes shorter weekday wait times on the Orange, Silver, and Blue lines and service increases on 15% of local bus routes. But, Metro’s convoluted funding model means it relies heavily on annual subsidies from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia who will weigh in on the final budget. [WMATA]

Office Building Sale Kicks Off ‘Fedlandia’ Neighborhood

The General Services Administration sold the former Department of Homeland Security building across from L'Enfant Plaza to a local residential developer. 1 million-square-foot space will be the first real effort to transform Southwest Federal Center — dubbed “fedlandia” — into a real neighborhood. [WBJ/City Cast DC 🎧]

Park Police Shot On Patrol In Unmarked Tesla

The story of the Park Police shooting got weirder this week after the Post found that the officer was shot after following Asheile Foster — a suspect in a recent drug charge — and his grandmother home in an unmarked Tesla. Park Police Chief described the attack as an ambush, but neither Foster nor his grandmother knew it was a police officer, they said. [Washington Post 🔒]

DC Insider Trivia

Who came up with the plan to bring Cherry Blossoms to the Tidal Basin?

1. The Japanese Consul General Kokichi Mizuno
2. Journalist Eliza Scidmore
3. President William Howard Taft
4. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

Friday Floof!

Welcome to our new bi-weekly tradition, where we feature a different pet twice a month from City Dogs & City Kitties Rescue that is looking for a forever home!

Schnapps

(Female, 3-years-old)

Meet Schnapps, who is as sweet as her name would suggest. She is a shy, toothless girl but loves being pet and quickly becomes a purring and drooling machine. Schnapps has been known to pick a place to sleep and stay there all day and would thrive as an only cat in a small apartment with lots of love.

What To Do