Ward 8 Council member Trayon White says he will launch a legal defense fund to continue paying for attorneys for a possible second trial that federal prosecutors say they want to bring on bribery allegations. Today his current attorney alluded to the high cost of the defense.

Such dogged work by @alyssafowers -- definitely worth your time -- dc.citycast.fm/news/buwa-bin…

A City Cast DC investigation found that influential housing developer Buwa Binitie's companies own or operate buildings with more than 1,600 outstanding housing code violations in the District. @alyssafowers dc.citycast.fm/news/buwa-bin…

"As soon as the dishwasher door opens, the smell of dead cockroaches spills out into Demerash Garbo’s studio apartment." What a stomach-churning start to this story, for which @alyssafowers examined more than 80,000 Department of Buildings records, hundreds of business licenses and dozens of D.C. Council contracts. She found that Buwa Binitie’s companies own or operate buildings with more than 1,600 outstanding housing code violations in D.C., including life-threatening issues that have gone unaddressed for years. A must read: dc.citycast.fm/news/buwa-bin…

NEW: Federal prosecutors announce they will retry D.C. Councilmember Trayon White. They told a judge today they plan to seek a superseding indictment, meaning they may bring additional charges against White. His bribery trial ended in a mistrial last month. dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/t…

During presser, @USAttyPirro on working w/an incoming D.C. mayor (@Janeese4DC) critical of the admin. "I respect that decision," Pirro said of D.C. picking JLG. "But I’m not going to step back from anything I’m doing. This city is safer ... I look forward to hearing from her."

Seen any great skeleton displays in your neighborhood? We're looking for the biggest and spookiest in all of D.C.! Drop the location in the comments ⬇

The suspect in the shootout with the National Guard over the weekend has been charged in federal court. Notably, Jerrell Jackson was originally arrested on charges including assault on law enforcement and D.C. police said he shot the soldier. But new court filings don't contain any such charge and stop short of saying Jackson was the one who fired the shot that struck the guardsman. dc.citycast.fm/public-safety…

I did an exit interview with Lonnie Bunch about life in Trump crosshairs: dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/secr…

TODAY'S POD: Lonnie Bunch, the outgoing secretary of the Smithsonian, joins us to talk about combatting pressure from the Trump admin, and if D.C. should be scared that our city’s cultural institution will be diminished in his absence. dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/secr…

CM Felder wants to know why there are so many (69 in total) traffic cams in his ward and 70 in ward 5 along with how they work/if the placements are equitable.

Trump says East Potomac Park is called "Trash Island." But is it? @tristanespinoz asked historians, journalists, longtime locals and the public library whether they'd ever heard the name before last night, when the president took to Truth Social. dc.citycast.fm/news/east-pot…

The man accused of shooting a National Guard member outside a D.C. hookah bar over the weekend will be charged in federal court. Jerrell Jackson was scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday, but prosecutors instead filed a notice to transfer his case to U.S. District Court. From me & @katecorliss: dc.citycast.fm/public-safety…

Naresh Bhatt never once asked police what they were doing to find his missing wife, a Manassas Park Police captain testified today. When they asked him if he loves her, he said that’s why he got married. But when asked if she loves him, he said “More than I do.” @wusa9

I’ve spoken with MPD’s Cmdr Hall as well as head of ABCA. We’ve seen repeated issues outside Cafe 8, including gunshots. The latest left 2 people shot. MPD & ABCA are investigating and I believe an emergency closure should take place until this business changes how they operate.

A spate of crimes committed by juveniles has reignited a long contentious debate in D.C. about how to punish and rehabilitate youth offenders. @EmmaUber7 dc.citycast.fm/public-safety…

Jumping in from vacation (👋 from Paris) to share my latest for @CityCast_DC. I spoke with some of DC's most prolific developers to get a sense of why building in the city has slowed. TLDR: Investors don't want to put their money into D.C. 🧵dc.citycast.fm/business-deve…

A school-zone gun law could allow the D.C. Attorney General’s Office to petition a judge to charge a teen accused of armed burglary as an adult. Should they? After a wave of youth crime, a D.C. neighborhood grapples with what to do: dc.citycast.fm/public-safety…

From the Shadow Senator

We're done! We began with a full room at 10:14 a.m. We're left now with two @CityCast_DC reporters, @ChmnMendelson, @CMFrumin, two security guards and a handful of CFO staffers.