This roundup is available as a morning email newsletter. Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t stop listening to:<\/p>\n El Mantis, \u201cSol Inquieto<\/a>.\u201d I like to imagine visiting 1950s LA nightclubs where music like this plays as I try to solve a mystery. The Houston-based \u201cHeavy Psychedelic Jazz\u201d band plays Rhizome tonight<\/a> alongside Mark Cisneros\u2019s Space-Fire-Truth and Sarah Hughes.<\/p>\n Take Washingtonian Today with you! I\u2019ve made a playlist on Spotify<\/a> and on Apple Music<\/a> of my daily music recommendations this year.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s some administration news you might have blocked out:<\/p>\n \u2022 A weekend of tragedies overshadowed political news. Here\u2019s the latest on the Brown University shooting and manhunt for the shooter. (NYT<\/a>) The latest on the awful shooting in Sydney. (Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>) Updates on the apparent murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner. (LAT<\/a>) President Trump promised the US would retaliate after the three Americans were killed in Syria. (AP<\/a>)<\/p>\n Trumptown news: Trump\u2019s efforts to remake DC\u2019s landscape will include the city\u2019s public golf courses amid what appears to be a declining relationship with the National Links Trust. (WSJ<\/a>) The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued the administration Friday, hoping to halt construction on Trump\u2019s ballroom. (Washington Post<\/a>) The administration is considering the demolition of four federal buildings, according to a different lawsuit. (NBC4 Washington<\/a>) The mood within DC\u2019s European embassies is decidedly not festive this holiday season. (Politico<\/a>)<\/p>\n The health-care mess: The House GOP released a health-care plan Friday that doesn\u2019t extend Covid-era Obamacare subsidies but makes some other changes. (NYT<\/a>) Moderates in the House could be the key to forcing a vote on extending the subsidies. (Punchbowl News<\/a>) Republicans are \u201cstruggling to define an easily digestible message on health care costs heading into next year\u2019s elections, as Democrats stay mostly unified around extending the ACA subsidies.\u201d (Politico<\/a>)<\/p>\n Administration perambulation: Trump\u2019s deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles must end today, an appeals court ruled. (NYT<\/a>) A federal judge in Maryland forbade ICE from re-arresting Kilmar Abrego Garc\u00eda when he attended a check-in with the agency Friday. (Washington Post<\/a>) The Department of Justice is considering charging the suspect in Charlie Kirk\u2018s fatal shooting with federal hate crimes, a novel legal theory that \u201cwould likely turn on equating anti-trans views with Christianity.\u201d (NBC News<\/a>) The administration\u2019s star-crossed prosecution of Trump\u2019s b\u00eate noir James Comey took another blow Friday when a judge said prosecutors had shown \u201ccallous disregard\u201d toward handling materials from his friend, law professor Daniel Richman. (Politico<\/a>) Trump said he might name Kevin Warsh or Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed. (WSJ<\/a>) The VA plans to eliminate tens of thousands of mostly vacant health-care positions this month. (Washington Post<\/a>) The SEC has \u201ceased up on more than 60 percent of the crypto cases that were ongoing when Mr. Trump returned to the White House.\u201d (NYT<\/a>) Mark Paoletta is the \u201clawyer sidekick\u201d to OMB director Russ Vought in Vought\u2019s quest to remake the federal bureaucracy. (Politico<\/a>) \u00a0Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that Cuba will be weakened if the US hobbles Venezuela. (NYT<\/a>) Trump said he\u2019d add a \u201cfake news wing\u201d to his presidential library in Miami. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n The Best Thing I Ate Last Week, by Ann Limpert:<\/p>\n Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe<\/a>, the Arlington bakery that turned 50 this year, specializes in German breads and sweets. I\u2019m a fan of its breakfast pastries (the place serves one of the few jelly doughnuts filled with actual jam), but I love the family-run spot most during the holidays, when the stollen comes out. The buttery, Dresden-style bread is loaded with rum-soaked raisins, almonds, and dried fruit, then rolled in a hefty amount of sugar. A little goes a long way, but the loaves keep really well. (2150 N. Culpeper St., Arlington.)<\/p>\n Recently on Washingtonian dot com:<\/p>\n \u2022 Riff Raff, Jon Schott\u2018s intimate cocktail bar behind Adams Morgan\u2019s Johnny Pistolas, serves innovative drinks<\/a> while striving to be a zero-waste establishment.<\/p>\n \u2022 Ayat, a \u201cPalestinian soul food\u201d mini chain that started in Brooklyn, will open in Foggy Bottom<\/a> early next year.<\/p>\n \u2022 This wedding took inspiration from DC\u2019s Brookland neighborhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Bethesda location of Andy\u2019s Pizza has begun to bake and serve bagels<\/a>.<\/p>\n Local news links:<\/p>\n \u2022 The Wizards and the Commanders won yesterday, a twofer that hasn\u2019t occurred since 2022. (WizardsMuse\/X<\/a>) How the Commanders won. (Washington Post<\/a>) How the Wiz did it. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 A United flight to Tokyo returned safely to Dulles this weekend after an engine failure. (NYT<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, who was injured in a deadly DC shooting just before Thanksgiving, is \u201cbreathing on his own and can stand with assistance,\u201d a doctor reported. (WUSA9<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 Capital Pride will move next year\u2019s celebration to avoid conflicts with a planned UFC fight at the White House and other events on Trump\u2019s birthday. (NBC4 Washington<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 House Republicans issued a report claiming outgoing DC Police Chief Pamela Smith \u201cpropagated an ecosystem of fear, retaliation, and toxicity.\u201d (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 Teachers in Arlington will join a boycott of Starbucks, which has not yet reached a contract with workers. (ARLnow<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 A former worker at Camden Development says the company\u2019s culture of encouraging hugs among employees \u201cplayed a role in a sexual assault by a co-worker.\u201d (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 Police in Arlington say a request for a Metro passenger to remove a mask led to two arrests. (ARLnow<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 A former DC high school teacher is accused of \u201cclimbing through a student\u2019s bedroom window and filming child sex abuse material.\u201d (WUSA9<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 John Cena\u2018s final match, held here over the weekend, put some WWE fans in a philosophical mood. (WTOP<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 A mass kissing event downtown set a world record Saturday. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u2022 The bizarre story of a local bar owner who masqueraded as an advisory neighborhood commissioner. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n
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