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Happy Monday. At the mayor's press conference today on crime, a reporter counted seven murders in four days — a grim tally that recalls the violence of the 1990s and early 2000s.

TGIF! Council member Kenyan McDuffie’s cousin is listed on a document as heading a firm that would score $3 million from a no-bid gambling contract, WaPo reported last night.

Good Thursday morning. The race for the Ward 7 DC Council seat is already shaping up, with two candidates filing papers to run and one advisory neighborhood commissioner with an exploratory committee saying she will decide “very soon” on…

Good Wednesday morning. Sterling Tucker, the first chairman of the Home Rule-era DC Council, died at 95, the council announced yesterday via Twitter.

Happy Tuesday. Last week’s flash flooding highlights the importance of “resilience planning,” the city’s Office of Resilience says.

Happy Monday. In Gallup's first-ever national poll on DC statehood, 64% oppose the idea, according to results released today.

TGIF! The drip-drip out of the federal investigation into Council member Jack Evans continues, with subpoenas handed out to two Metro board members.

Good Thursday morning. You’ve heard of McMillan, the famously stalled redevelopment project that was recently upheld by the DC Court of Appeals. There are lesser-known projects in the District also stymied by neighborhood resistance.

Happy Wednesday. Two close votes stand out from yesterday's DC Council meeting: one to narrowly approve a sports gambling contract shrouded in controversy and another that saved Jack Evans from further humiliation.

Happy Tuesday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has divvied up the spoils from Jack Evans' soon-to-be-dead Finance and Revenue Committee, and some council members are unhappy with where key agencies are heading.

Happy Monday to everyone but the rain. Amid a flood of new developments on the Jack Evans ethics imbroglio, David Grosso became the first council member to say the veteran Ward 2 legislator should resign from the DC Council.

Happy Independence Day Eve. The Post scoops that nearly $2.5 million will be taken out of the cash-strapped National Park Service budget to pay for Trump’s expanded Fourth of July celebration.

Seated in a cramped conference room for two hours today, Jack Evans tried to assuage his 12 DC Council colleagues about his ethical standing in the midst of multiple investigations. But not a single legislator appeared to soften their…

Happy Monday. There’s quite a bit still in flux for Trump’s Fourth of July event, including whether there will be parading tanks …

TGIF! Independent at-large DC Council member David Grosso has a challenger getting started early.

Happy Thursday. The city's CFO has grown much less bullish on sports betting revenue, projecting that the program in its first 15 months of operation will make about $16 million less than initially projected.

Happy Wednesday. The investigations into Jack Evans are leading to more scrutiny of the District’s decision to hand out a no-bid contract for sports gambling. In advance of a vote next month to yank Evans as chair of the finance committee,…

Happy Tuesday. Mary Cheh has a new bill to restrict use of e-scooters, co-introduced today with Brianne Nadeau, Jack Evans and Charles Allen.

Happy Monday. Jack Evans was spotted at Sette Osteria in Dupont Circle a day after federal authorities raided his Georgetown home in connection with their ongoing investigation …

TGIF! FBI agents raided the Georgetown home of Jack Evans this morning, the latest development in a whirlwind two-day period that began with Evans denying any ethics violations — before he admitted he didn’t disclose a conflict of interest…