Good morning, Washington, and congratulations on surviving last night’s storm. Around here the rain came pounding down at a forty-five degree angle, hail buffeted the roof and lighting boomed from seemingly across the street. It was pretty great — although we certainly understand if the thousands of you who lost power or were otherwise inconvenienced feel differently. One thing we can hopefully all agree on: the cooler weather ushered in by the storm is a welcome change.

Election Results: Virginia’s little-noticed June primary is over, and the results are in. Gerald Connolly won the hotly-contested 11th District Democratic primary. On the Republican side, Mark Elmore beat self-described “Ron Paul Republican” Amit Singh in the 8th District. Judy Feder, Frank Wolf and Jim Moran also won victories.

Checkpoints Turned Away 50%: Despite yesterday’s stories indicating the MPD’s controversial Trinidad checkpoint was understaffed, according to WJLA it’s at least doing… something. Police say that half of the fifty cars that tried to pass through the barrier on Saturday were denied entry (and that one person was arrested for having an open alcoholic beverage in their car).

More on Derailment: The Post has the latest on Monday’s Orange Line derailment. There’s still no firm answer as to why the train derailed, but there are a few new details. Among them: the train traveled about a half-mile after the third car’s wheels came off the track; a Metro supervisor riding the train was the first to notice and alert the train operator; and General Manager John Catoe says the evacuation of the train went according to plan.

Briefly Noted: Montgomery County opts to demolish house on future parkland rather than allow homeless family to live in it… Bus destroyed by fire off New York Ave… Maryland tomatoes declared safe… Group organizes to demand justice over Deonte Rawlings’ killing… Economists band together to oppose subsidy for new soccer stadium… Safeway to offer $4 prescriptions…

This Day In DCist: One year ago Gilbert Arenas said he wanted to opt out of his contract — and yesterday he did just that.

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