Metro Inspector General says mechanics treated faulty wheels as a warranty issue, not a safety issue.

Yesterday, authorities arrested four men in connection with a massive bribery scheme inside the Army Corps of Engineers. The details of the alleged crime should ring familiar for many D.C. residents.

For those of you concerned that the recent storms inside the highest reaches of the District’s government would have a palpable effect on the city’s already-strained relationship with Congress, well, your fears have been realized. Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform officially launched a probe into allegations made by Sulaimon Brown that people affiliated with Mayor Vince Gray gave him cash and offered him a job during last year’s mayoral campaign.

Interim Metro General Manager Richard Sarles has come under fire for the slow and inaccurate manner in which WMATA reported a near-incident on Wednesday to the Tri-State Oversight Committee, the organization which is responsible for monitoring safety on Metrorail. The Committee, represented by District Director of Transportation Gabe Klein, Maryland Secretary of Transportation Beverley K. Swaim-Staley and Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean T. Connaughton, penned a letter to Sarles that calls Metro’s confused response to the…

Photo by Samer Farha Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham is relinquishing his lead role in oversight of the city’s taxicab industry, despite an earlier determination from Council Chair Vincent Gray that Graham should keep taxis in his portfolio as chairman of the public works and transportation committee. Graham has asked Gray to transfer taxicab oversight powers to the Committee of the Whole. In a letter to Gray today, Graham wrote, “Though I…