Good morning. Increasing clouds with a high around 63 today. Temperatures will drop to near 42 overnight. The Nationals host St. Louis this evening. 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: The Wedding Present, “Dalliance.” The Wedding Present will perform their essential 1991 album “Seamonsters” in full tonight at Black Cat. Recent Wakefield High School Hall of Fame inductee Mark Robinson opens, singing a medley of songs by his bands Unrest and Air Miami. Take Washingtonian Today with you! I keep ridiculously long playlists on Apple Music and on Spotify of this year’s music recommendations. Here are 2025’s songs (Apple, Spotify), too. Here’s some administration news you might have blocked out: War news: Israel said it was responsible for a strike that killed Iranian Major General Majid Khademi early Monday. He was head of intelligence for the country’s Revolutionary Guard. (AP) Iran fired missiles at Haifa. (Times of Israel) Israeli and US attacks Monday killed 25 people in Iran. (AP) Here are two accounts of the complex and dangerous rescue of a US airman shot down in Iran Friday. (NYT, WSJ) Polymarket apologized for allowing bets on the fate of the crew of the F-15E Strike Eagle. (NBC News) Congress “largely has been a mere bystander in this conflict.” (Punchbowl News) Reports from US intelligence agencies “have cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran’s missile capability.” (NYT) Strait talk: President Trump took the occasion of Easter morning to publish a profane post that threatened attacks on civilian infrastructure—the new deadline is Tuesday at 8 PM Eastern Time—unless Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz. (AP) The US and Iran are discussing a 45-day ceasefire. (Axios) Iran said it would not reopen the strait as part of such a deal and said it wouldn’t consider Trump’s deadline. (Reuters) Administration perambulation: A federal judge extended a pause on the administration’s demand for admission information at universities that are suing over it. (NYT) Economic effects from Trump’s war in Iran “will take months, possibly years, to unwind.” (Politico) March saw strong jobs growth, but one economist warned that it’s still “likely to be a tough spring for job seekers.” (CNBC) Cybersecurity analysts were “shocked by the slipshod approach” a new White House app takes toward privacy. (NOTUS) Patrons and employees at Rome, Georgia’s Waffle House locations said they were not “aware of anyone traveling to the 24-hour restaurants by paranormal means,” despite FEMA official Gregg Phillips‘ claims of teleporting to one. (NYT) The Best Thing I Ate Last Week, by Ann Limpert: Photo by Jessica Sidman. As far as luxury ingredients go, stone crabs are just about my favorite. But up until last week, my experience with them had been pretty basic (chilled with mustard sauce, the way they do it at Joe’s). They’re not easy to find around here. So I was thrilled to see them on the menu at Astoria, the cocktail hangout/Szechuan food destination in Dupont. There, the cracked claws get the ma la treatment: they’re doused in chilies and garlic and scallions, and somehow the numbing spiciness enhances the crab’s sweetness rather than bulldozing it. As with Singaporean chili crab, the dish can get messy, so don’t ignore the disposable gloves that come on the side. (1521 17th St., NW.) Recently on Washingtonian dot com: • Let’s check in on the progress of the Purple Line. • This Eastern Shore wedding’s blue-and-white color palette was inspired by views of the water. • Their first date lasted 48 hours. For their wedding, they wanted something an equally timeless occasion. Local news links: • Here’s a list of road closures in anticipation of today’s White House Easter Egg Roll. (WTOP) • Three men were charged in the 2023 death of Chyna Crawford, “bringing the total to five people involved in what officials say was a gang-related kidnapping conspiracy.” (Washington Post) • The Alexandria Sheriff’s office fired a deputy it said had tried to deliver drugs to someone in jail. (ALXnow) • Trump’s budget proposal includes $10 billion for beautification projects in the District. (Washington Post) • The US Holocaust Memorial Museum “quietly removed from its website educational resources about American racism” last year. The museum says the administration hasn’t made any requests about its programming. (Politico) • Alexandria’s Alfred Street Baptist Church will donate $1 million to erase rent debts held by residents of public housing in the city. (Washington Post) • A Metrobus plowed into Ambar’s Shaw location Saturday. Three people in vehicles were hurt; the restaurant was closed and empty at the time. (NBC4 Washington) • DC cops say they arrested eight young people for fighting Saturday. (Fox 5) A “a huge brawl broke out” before the weekend’s curfew descended Friday. (NBC4 Washington) • The Secret Service is investigating a report of gunfire near Lafayette Square this weekend. (NBC4 Washington) • A woman in Chevy Chase died Friday after she returned to her burning home to try to rescue her cat, firefighters say. (WTOP) • Protesters outside the Kennedy Center say they’ll be there every Friday. (DC News Now) • Nota News, a local news network that published AI-generated articles, shut down after a reporter asked about plagiarism at its sites in Virginia. (Axios Richmond) “Poynter found more than 70 stories dating back to October that included reporting, writing and photography from local journalists without attribution.” (Poynter) • A profile of the Popal family, which operates Lapis, Lutèce, and Pascual. (Washington Post)The post Bus Hits DC Restaurant, Trump Sets Yet Another Deadline for Iran, White House Easter Egg Roll Today first appeared on Washingtonian. ...read more read less