Good morning. Sunny with a high around 81 today. A low near 59 overnight. The Nationals begin a three-game homestand against Kansas City today. 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 newsl etter. Sign up here. I can’t stop listening to: Shadow Riot, “Cristina.” This very cool DC group plays Rhizome tonight with Neptune and Icky Bits. 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 is over-ish: The US and Iran have agreed on a framework that would end the war President Trump started three and a half months ago. Trump said Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, but details about what’s in the memorandum of understanding are still scant. (WSJ) An open strait and accessible ports were the status quo before the war. So what have we gained? Trump suggested he could “make the United States ‘the guardian of the Middle East’ in return for 20 percent of the region’s revenues”—an idea Gulf states may want a say in. And an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programs remains TBD. (NYT) Iran says it has agreed not to make or acquire nukes. But its leaders have made “similar pledges repeatedly for decades.” (Washington Post) Here’s Iran’s understanding of the deal, which includes an end to all financial sanctions and the release of $25 billion in frozen assets. (Reuters) What about Israel? The agreement calls for Israel to stop its assault on the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel’s attack on suburbs south of Beirut nearly scuttled yesterday’s announcement. (AP) Trump told Axios Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has “no fucking judgement.” (Axios) Israel has yet to comment on the proposed deal. (Reuters) Early signs are that it’s not landing well. (Washington Post) Trump’s fightin’ birthday party: Bad weather mostly held off last night and a UFC cage match went forward on the White House South Lawn. Justin Gaethje beat Ilia Topuria, and Ciryl Gane knocked out Alex Pereira. (Washington Post) Trump sat ringside with his wife, Melania Trump. The crowd included Mark Zuckerberg, Kid Rock, and Roger Clemens. (NYT) The Kennedy Center, once again: Trump’s name came off the Kennedy Center over the weekend as it’s Trump-aligned board’s last-ditch efforts to preserve it failed. (AP) The arts complex has covered the newly Trump-free portion of its façade with tarps. They don’t look especially temporary. (CNN)  The celebrations about Trump’s name being removed miss the point, Sylvie McNamara writes: The center could easily spin into oblivion unless the board addresses its planned closure, which a judge has halted. (Washingtonian) The center has established a new endowment in Trump’s name that will focus on renovating the building. (CBS News) On Thursday, the Washington National Opera sued the center, saying it has held on to $17 million in gifts to the opera. (Washington Post) Here, from Rebecca Ritzel, is some background on the divorce between the two institutions. (Washingtonian) Administration perambulation: Trump “actively weighed” suspending the right of habeas corpus for immigrants—a push, led by Trump aide Stephen Miller, that even alarmed some of the President’s maximalist fans, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman report in their new book. (NYT) Trump aides are worried Haberman and Swan got tapes from Situation Room meetings—which would mean some people in the room were recording other people in the room. (Axios) FBI Director Kash Patel has filed six defamation suits against media companies. He’s prevailed in none of them so far. (NYT) Charlie Javice, who was convicted of fraud after exaggerating the success of her startup Frank in its sale to JPMorgan Chase, is seeking a pardon from the White House, which may issue 250 pardons to commemorate the US’s birthday this summer. (WSJ) US Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has been hospitalized. (NYT) The Best Thing I Ate Last Week, by Ann Limpert: Photo courtesy of ZZ Manoushe. At the five-year-old ZZ Manoushe in Rockville—packed on a Sunday morning—the specialty (basically, the only thing on the menu) is bubbly, blistery Palestinian flatbreads. If you’re in a pizza mood, go for the version with a burnished three-cheese blend, beef sausage, aleppo pepper, and honey. But my favorite these days is the “Lebanese Bride,” a lighter, summer-friendly manoushe with labne, cucumbers and tomatoes, lots of za’atar (the place is owned by a spice purveyor), and that perfectly chewy crust. (1111 Nelson St., Rockville.) Recently on Washingtonian dot com: • Reports from outside the Kennedy Center as Trump’s name came down. • These are the new DC-area restaurants our food team is excited about this month. • Wheelhouse, a nautical themed-restaurant from the team behind Millie’s and Surfside, has opened in Chevy Chase DC. • Get wild at these area restaurants that are obsessed with foraging. • A first look at the new education center at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. • New brunch spots! • Last month’s most expensive residential real estate transactions. • Photos from our World Cup kickoff party with FanDuel at Barbouzard. Local news links: • The Washington Post’s opinion section deleted two articles it published by Scott Greer, who “years ago expressed racist and antisemitic views for an online white-supremacist publication.” The publication, Radix, was founded by white supremacist Richard Spencer; Greer wrote there under a pseudonym. (Playbook) • The Department of Justice sued Virginia over its new ban on federal agents wearing masks. (Washington Post) • You have until 2 AM tomorrow morning to comment on Trump’s proposed arch near Arlington Cemetery. (Axios D.C.) • DC’s Office of Campaign Finance fined Janeese Lewis George‘s mayoral campaign after finding it “improperly coordinated with labor unions.” The campaign disputed the findings. The office’s report “appears hastily assembled, with multiple typos, inconsistent formatting and what appears to be at least one unintended inclusion of raw notes.” (Washington Post) • Keep an eye on this one: Dominion Energy’s sale to NextEra Energy is drawing criticism from lawmakers and consumer advocates over who, exactly, will benefit from the deal. (Axios Richmond) • Another person was killed by a falling tree during Thursday’s storms. (DC News Now) • Police in Alexandria say a hit and run led to a stabbing early Saturday. Police arrested a suspect after tracking his license plate. (ALXnow) • Georgetown Cupcake replaced the window through which someone threw a keg last month. (DC News Now) • The Reflecting Pool is beset by algae and looks green yet again, despite Trump’s zillion-dollar paint job. The Interior Department says the algae is “residual” and that it’s working on the problem. 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