- Miami-based investment firm CGI Merchant Group could purchase the Trump organization’s lease on its D.C. hotel. [Washingtonian]
- Barack Obama nods in on the Virginia gubernatorial race. [NBC4]
- There’s a webcam for the Smithsonian’s five brand new cheetah cubs. [Washingtonian]
- Two people in the middle of a dispute fell onto the tracks at the Columbia Heights Metro station. [Post]
- To mark the memorial’s 100th anniversary, members of the public will be allowed to bring flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier next month. [Post]
- Don’t worry about the escaped zebras. [Post]
- Leesburg approved a vaccine mandate for government employees, even after some police officers threatened to quit. [WTOP]
- We’re all just waiting for the sun to come out tomorrow. [CWG]
- ICYMI: D.C.’s Backstage Theater workers say the industry is (slowly) rebounding from its pandemic low.
- ICYMI: D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced he won’t run for public office in 2022.
- This Day in DCist: Carefully, carefully moving the oldest structure on the National Mall.
Margaret Barthel