I feel like the rats are winning.

To win its fight against rats, D.C. turns to birth control – again The pilot program will cost about $130,000 and also focus on improved trash disposal to combat rat infestations, starting in Adams Morgan.

April 3, 2026: D.C. launches pilot program aiming to win its fight against rats. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

City to Intensify War on Rats

April 17, 1999: D.C. holds Rat Summit to intensify war on “severe” rat problem www.washingtonpost.com/archive/loca...

Per WaPo live coverage: Trump left the Supreme Court when Solicitor General D. John Sauer finished his argument, a court spokesperson said. He did not stay for ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang. The presidential motorcade returned to the White House, passing tourists who offered a range of gestures.

Live updates: Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case; Trump is at court The case could redefine who is considered American in ways not seen for more than 150 years.

Follow along with the WaPo's live coverage of today's Supreme Court's birthright citizenship hearing. Follow @jjouvenal.bsky.social at the court and @julez.bsky.social on our SCourt legal team ... Gift link: wapo.st/4s5RnUs

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.

His great-grandfather, Wong Kim Ark, enshrined birthright citizenship. Now Norman Wong is trying to save it. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Lawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban Attorney John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into President Donald Trump’s orbit.

Lawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban.
John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into President Donald Trump’s orbit. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Daughter of immigrants brings history to bear in fight for birthright citizenship Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents left Taiwan. That path has animated her work over two decades at the ACLU and will inform her case at the Supreme Court.

Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon, three years after her parents emigrated legally from Taiwan as graduate students, making her a U.S. citizen by birth. Today the ACLU’s top lawyer makes the case against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban at the Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump tonight shared the first renderings of his planned presidential library in Miami — a skyscraper that would be filled with memorabilia from his presidency, recreations of the White House, and at least two gold Trump statues.

Daughter of immigrants brings history to bear in fight for birthright citizenship Cecillia Wang was born in Oregon after her parents left Taiwan. That path has animated her work over two decades at the ACLU and will inform her case at the Supreme Court.

Cecillia Wang’s parents emigrated from Taiwan as grad students in 1968 and three years later she was born, a U.S. citizen by birth. Now the ACLU’s top lawyer, Wang will argue at the Supreme Court this week against Trump’s effort to ban birthright citizenship. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens Trump told a lengthy story about negotiating over the price of Sharpie pens. The company says it has no record of any such conversation.

President Trump spent five minutes of Thursday’s Cabinet meeting boasting of his thrift with a story about negotiating for $5 personalized Sharpies. The company that makes the markers said the exchange never happened. via @iarnsdorf.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Column | Trump is the biggest threat to D.C.’s architectural splendor since War of 1812 President Trump’s garish, piecemeal changes to Washington’s urban design and architecture are poised to destroy symbolism upheld for centuries.

Trump is the biggest threat to D.C.’s architectural splendor since War of 1812 @philipkennicott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Column | The message on Trump’s coin is clear. And it’s chilling. Julius Caesar also broke with tradition by putting himself on a coin. It didn’t go over so well.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... More than a year into his second term, Trump is settling on recurring themes of resolution, anger and determination over his earlier displays that referenced personal vitality, competence, vision and sometimes even humor or irony. @philipkennicott.bsky.social

Analysis | Is MAGA in its cringe era? Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before. The vibes have shifted.

Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before. The vibes have shifted. via @karavoght.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

U.S. intelligence says Iran’s regime is consolidating power Despite withering airstrikes, officials predict a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran, backed by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps security forces.

Despite withering airstrikes, U.S. intelligence officials see a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran, backed by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps security forces. @ellenwapo.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

There’s going to be an IndyCar race in downtown Washington. Here’s what we know. Drivers are expected to zoom past downtown landmarks at speeds as high as 185 mph during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, part of the nation’s 250th anniversary programming.

There’s going to be an IndyCar race in downtown Washington. Here’s what we know. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

The guy who voices Master Chief from the video game "Halo," who was featured in a White House meme video showing missiles blowing people up in Iran, calls it "disgusting and juvenile war porn" wapo.st/3NhffGm

Dozens of case files showcase how ICE violated court orders in Minneapolis Officers have repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally “shall be detained” without bond, indefinitely.

The Post examined cases of 66 people arrested in Minneapolis: 52 involved immigrants with pending applications for asylum or another legal status. None had final deportation orders. Most weren’t criminals; more than a third lived in US for over a decade. @mariasacchetti.bsky.social wapo.st/4sF7tp3

After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce.

The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government’s 2 million-person civilian workforce. via @emilydavies.bsky.social @merylkornfield.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo

Opinion | I was a Gen X ‘man cave’ dad. Then I learned better. Fathers know best when the door to the dad retreat is unlocked.

Very sweet essay about being present in fatherhood. via @drtedj.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

NEW: A federal judge said in an opinion issued today that the Trump administration violated the tax law “approximately 42,695 times” in turning over immigrant data to ICE

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Washington Post exclusive: Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency - via @iarnsdorf.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As MAGA embraces Erika Kirk, Candace Owens goes on the attack The right-wing influencer launched a video series about Charlie Kirk’s widow that is provoking outrage among conservatives — and raising Owens’s profile.

Candace Owens is aiming to take down Erika Kirk with a new video series that so far has managed to enrage just about everyone without really making any specific allegations at all.

I wrote about the attention-economy logic behind Owens' attacks on a "grieving widow:" wapo.st/3OKDYmU (gift link)

Once Cold War heroes, ‘Miracle on Ice’ team struggles with backlash from donning ‘Keep America Great’ hats at Trump rally The team became the latest group entangled in the fierce cultural fight over the meaning of the Trump campaign’s most successful piece of merchandise, which critics view as a symbol of hate and racism...

Flashback: I interviewed Miracle on Ice hero Mike Eruzione amid backlash after the 1980 team donned MAGA hats at a Trump rally in Feb. 2020: "A lot of the stuff I got was, 'You guys said it’s not political, but when you put the hats on, you made it political.'” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/onc...

A few headlines today as Trump preps for SOTU next week.

New: 58% of Americans think Trump’s deportation campaign is going too far, up from 50% last fall according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds. Story with @davidnakamura.bsky.social & Isabelle Gibson
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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.

🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources.

It opens up HUGE liability for the US government.

Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion.

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From the amazing Becca Rothfeld, laid off by the Washington Post last week and immediately hired by the New Yorker: