Good morning. Partly sunny with a high around 43 today. The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory beginning at 8 PM tonight. Temperatures will plunge to a low near 11 that wind will make feel even colder. As you may have heard, a major snowstorm is forecast for this weekend, wi th heavy snow beginning Saturday night. Enjoy the snow while it’s beautiful, take care when shoveling, and I’ll see you on the other side Monday. Sports this weekend: The Capitals visit Calgary Friday and Edmonton on Saturday. The Wizards visit Charlotte Saturday. You can find me on Bluesky, I’m @abeaujon.87 on Signal, and there’s a link to my email address below. This roundup is available as a morning email newsletter. Sign up here. I can’t stop listening to: PsyOp, “Psychological Operations.” Here’s some robustly orchestrated hardcore from this DC group to power you into the weekend. PsyOp plans to play Pie Shop Sunday with Ousted, Pilau, and Mass Ego. (As with any event scheduled for this weekend, you might want to call ahead.) Take Washingtonian Today with you! I’ve made a playlist on Spotify and on Apple Music of last year’s music recommendations. I’ll make one for 2026 soon.  Here’s some administration news you might have blocked out: The ICE storm: Residents of Minnesota will stage a general strike today to protest the administration’s heavy-handed immigration crackdown there. (Washington Post) The White House shared a doctored photo of an activist arrested at a protest at a church in Minnesota last weekend. AI was used by someone—who could it have been?—to portray Nekima Levy Armstrong as crying. (The Intercept) A magistrate judge in Minnesota rejected federal charges against Don Lemon, who covered the protest. The Department of Justice may yet pursue charges against the journalist. (CBS News) ICE plastered the internet with photos of the men it said it was looking for when it broke down the door of ChongLy Thao, a US citizen, and forced him half-naked into the snow. One of the men the agency claimed it couldn’t find in any other way shouldn’t have been a problem to locate—he’s been in prison since 2024. (The Bulwark) In addition to the five-year-old it’s detained, ICE has detained at least three other children, school officials in Minnesota say. (Reuters) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio okayed the deportation of five foreign students “after receiving memos largely describing their participation in pro-Palestinian protests and their writings about the war in Gaza.” (NYT) In Chicago, a jury took three hours to acquit Juan Espinoza Martínez of charges of conspiring to murder Border Patrol honcho Gregory Bovino. (Chicago Tribune) In Congress, the House narrowly passed a compromise funding bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security that most Democrats objected to. The bill didn’t include reforms Democrats sought for ICE, but it held the agency’s funding roughly at current levels. (NYT) President Trump predicted a shutdown before the vote. Congress has until next Friday  to figure out how to fund the government. (Politico) Smith speaks: Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith told a Congressional hearing his team had compiled “overwhelming evidence” that showed Trump had conspired to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. The hearing offered little new information but plenty of political theater, as members of Congress tried to score points. (Washington Post) Smith told Congress he expected the administration would attempt to indict him. (Axios) During a recess, far-right conspiracy theorist Ivan Raiklin tried to shake hands with former DC police officer Michael Fanone, who defended the Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot there by Trump’s fans. Fanone told Raiklin to go elsewhere, using a slightly different turn of phrase. (Axios) US against the world: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said, “Canada doesn’t live because of the United States” after Trump asserted otherwise at Davos. (NYT) Trump yanked Carney’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace” project. (NBC News) Trump’s fervid pursuit of Greenland, and the deal he claims he got from Europe—which experts say gained him nothing he didn’t have already—have ruptured US relations with Europe, perhaps permanently, according to top diplomats. (NBC News) The US left the World Health Organization. (The Hill) Guinea-Bissau suspended a study pushed by Health Secretary RFK Jr. that would have withheld a hepatitis B vaccine from infants. (NYT) Meanwhile: Kirk Milhoan, Kennedy’s choice to chair a federal vaccine advisory panel, questioned in an interview whether polio shots were still necessary. (Stat) Administration perambulation: The National Park Service removed an exhibit about slavery from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia to comply with an executive order from Trump. It’s the latest bowdlerization of history NPS has committed since Trump took office a year ago. (Washington Post) A federal judge in DC “appeared skeptical” of the administration’s arguments that it had the right to demolish the East Wing of the White House to build Trump a ballroom, which he plans to name for himself. (CBS News) Trump filed another lawsuit, this time against JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon, over the bank closing his accounts after the January 6, 2021, riot. (Washington Post) The US indicted government contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, who is accused sharing classified information with Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. Feds searched Natanson’s home in Alexandria last week, though a judge has paused the government’s ability to peruse materials it seized from her. (Politico) The administration has ordered a “review” of federal funding to states that didn’t vote for Trump. (CNN) Dozens of current and former FBI employees assess the agency’s trajectory under Trump and Director Kash Patel. (NYT) Former US Representative from New York Chris Collins, whom Trump pardoned in 2020, will mount a comeback bid in—surprise, surprise—Florida. (NOTUS) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hopes to host an IndyCar grand prix around the National Mall this August. Democrats in Congress are not really down with this idea. (Punchbowl News) One snazzy open house this weekend: Photograph by Jennifer Howell, Access Real Estate Photography. This five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath mid-century house in McLean boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook a wooded backyard and serene views from every room. It’s listed at $2.6 million and you can see it this weekend, as well as our other picks for the best open houses. Recently on Washingtonian dot com: • Adam Spanberger talks about his plans to invent the role of first gentleman of Virginia now that his wife, Abigail Spanberger, is governor of the commonwealth. • Can ratty, ratty DC learn anything from Alberta, which has all but eliminated rats? We talked to the province’s rat czar, Karen “Rat Lady” Wickerson. • Looking for a class that will help you slow down and be more mindful? Here are seven suggestions. • This intimate winter wedding featured a subdued color palette—and a surprise, “Dirty Dancing”-style lift during the first dance. Local news links: • A federal judge ruled that Virginia’s denial of voting rights to people with felony convictions violates the Virginia Readmission Act of 1870. (Democracy Docket) • A lawsuit over the Virginia Department of Corrections’s practice of “arbitrarily keeping people confined solitarily for long periods of time” can move forward, a judge ruled. (Virginia Mercury) • The FAA has made permanent temporary rules about airspace safety in DC after last year’s deadly crash over the Potomac. (AP) • Authorities shut down bogus nonprofits that deployed DC kids to sell candy door to door. Prosecutors said their founder lined his pockets with the proceeds. (Washington Post) • Several submissions for a new terminal at Dulles depict Trump’s name slapped on the building. “We know our audience, and you play to your audience,” a rep for one firm said. (WBJ) • Police in Prince George’s County say a tow-truck-company employee shot a man after he pepper-sprayed two people who were towing his car. (WUSA9) • Lindolfo Pedraza of Maryland has been charged with threatening judges in Alexandria. (WUSA9) • Trinity Rodman will remain with the Washington Spirit after the National Women’s Soccer League found a way to approve her deal with the team. (NBC4 Washington) • The Nationals traded MacKenzie Gore to the Texas Rangers in exchange for five prospects. (ESPN) • FBI agents searched a chicken farm in Virginia. (WUSA9) • A squirrel caused a power outage in Arlington. (DC News Now) Weekend event picks: Friday: The Washington, DC Auto Show kicks off at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Saturday: Monster Jam roars into Capital One Arena. (Another show is scheduled for Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.) Sunday: It’s the official end of  Winter Restaurant Week, though lots of eateries will extend the promotion. 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