Nearly 500 leaders will read the Bible aloud in Washington this week — President Trump joins with a prerecorded Oval Office reading while critics call the lineup partisan.

Boston Properties sold its 50% stake in Marriott’s Bethesda headquarters to its joint‑venture partner, valuing the campus at about $430 million.

Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal antitrust probe into the country’s largest beef processors, targeting how the Big Four buy cattle and set prices.

GSA has slated the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building — OPM’s downtown HQ at 1900 E St NW — for sale, opening a development battleground near the National Mall.

Gen. Steve Nordhaus told Congress the Guard would 'follow the Constitution' if ordered to help at polling places. Lawmakers remain uneasy about roughly 2,500 troops still in Washington.

DOE official Timothy Walsh visited Oak Ridge and pitched reusing cleaned-up federal land for reactors, AI supercomputers and medical‑isotope work. The plan ties cleanup to new private investment.

Laud Shawarma has opened a counter at Takoma Eats in northwest Washington. The Nigerian‑style shawarmas and Agege bread are now available for pickup and catering.

CoStar and local data show vacancy climbing in D.C.'s midtier, three‑star apartments, squeezing owners and giving renters more negotiating power.

A PYMNTS Intelligence survey finds 48.5% of U.S. adults would struggle to cover a $1,000 surprise, underscoring rising paycheck‑to‑paycheck fragility nationwide.

A Washington Post analysis reported by The Boston Globe found nearly $900K flowed to Nick Fuentes in viewer superchats, showing how micropayments sustain fringe influencers.

Paris prosecutors summoned Elon Musk for questioning as an investigation widened to include sexually explicit deepfakes and alleged child sexual‑abuse imagery on X.

MPD is seeking a suspect after multiple break‑ins and the theft or destruction of doorbell cameras across Southeast D.C. during the night of April 13–14.

Two people on an e‑scooter grabbed a person’s belongings in Navy Yard; investigators released surveillance stills and MPD is offering a $1,000 reward for tips.