🎭 The Kennedy Center's president, Deborah Rutter, is stepping down after 11 years. She oversaw its expansion with the $250 million Reach complex. And no, she says, it has nothing to do with who's in the White House; its board is about evenly split between Trump and Biden appointees. (Washington Post)
👨⚖️ A judge who had ordered the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers to stay out of D.C. and the U.S. Capitol reversed himself. Stewart Rhodes and seven other Jan. 6 defendants whose prison sentences were commuted by President Trump won't need court permission to visit the city. (Axios)
✈️ Dulles International Airport could become "Donald J. Trump International Airport" if a new bill introduced by a freshman Republican in Congress passes. IAD is named after John Foster Dulles, a Cold War-era secretary of state. (WTOP)
The Trump administration temporarily paused federal grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, effective 5pm today — immediately causing confusion around Washington. (Reuters)