Metro Lift offers 50% off Metrobus and Metrorail trips for DC, Maryland, and Virginia customers enrolled in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). Find out more today: wmata.com/MetroLift #wmata

A viral post showing hundreds of homes hitting the market in the D.C. area after federal layoffs is bogus. Here's what real estate experts say is happening: nbc4dc.com/XOokQiR

A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine apnews.com/article/mining…

DOGE broke into the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in Northwest D.C. Monday evening, the independent nonprofit’s CEO said. Also on The News4 Rundown: The budget battle going on in D.C. could impact families across the DMV. nbc4dc.com/h5hB5nm

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%. propublica.org/article/texas-…

NEW: To save money, Metro is proposing delaying until December a plan to run half of all Yellow Line trains to Greenbelt instead of the current situation where all of them stop at Mt. Vernon Square. Metro had previously planned to do it much sooner. #wmata

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

A probationary worker at the Department of Housing and Urban Development tells WTOP that the agency’s decision to deny back pay to reinstated workers is making what has been a tough situation even tougher. wtop.com/government/202…

Passenger flight and Air Force jet diverted from potential collision at DC airport apnews.com/article/airpla…

Chopped HHS offices include: - Cancer rates among firefighters trackers - Vets caring for lab animals - Health center staff who oversee network providing care to 31M Americans - Staff who train reviewers of new drugs - Opioid abuse data collectors - Leaders on infectious disease

DOGE cuts Meals on Wheels for seniors. “The agency funds programs that run senior centers and distribute 216 million meals a year to older and disabled people through the Meals on Wheels program.” npr.org/sections/shots…

The families of some of the men the Trump administration sent to an El Salvadoran mega-prison have denied any gang affiliation in court filings and shared their stories with ABC News News. abcnews.link/iEWX47O

HHS fires entire staff of program that helps low-income people afford heat and air conditioning trib.al/azYsIzK

With DOGE, Elon Musk is not only sidelining Congress and threatening to defy the courts; he is also smuggling into our federal bureaucracy the seeds of a new authoritarian regime—techno-fascism by chatbot. nyer.cm/q3SkDRP

In what appears to be a first, Donald Trump has pardoned a corporation, just hours before the cryptocurrency exchange's $100 million fine for violating money laundering laws was due. theintercept.com/2025/04/02/tru…

READ: The 381 books removed from the Naval Academy Library trib.al/MtVArQ4

Three-fourths of the Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago had no apparent criminal record, a CBS News 60 Minutes report found. trib.al/DcBgLeM

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. propublica.org/article/find-o…

EXCLUSIVE: The nation of Qatar paid $61,930 in travel expenses for Mayor Muriel Bowser & 4 staff members in 2023 for a trip to the Middle East. The Mayor's Office said the trip was covered by DC's Chamber of Commerce which wasn't true and then it said it was paid by the U.S.

House is set to vote next week on a disapproval resolution that would block DC from divorcing its local tax code from Trump’s federal tax cuts—a move DC Council took last year to free up $600M in revenue & fund a local child tax credit. Background: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…