Around the Beltway: Trump parade protest

📉 In the latest economic setback, Maryland lost its perfect triple-A credit rating from Moody's, potentially making it costlier for the state to finance projects. Moody's also dropped D.C.'s rating last month, due to impacts from federal workforce cuts. (Washington Post)

🪧 In response to President Trump's military parade on June 14, a protest group hopes to draw thousands of demonstrators to Meridian Hill Park. The protestors plan to "march within sight and sound of the military parade," says an organizer. (Washington Post)

🛫 A direct line between the Pentagon and DCA's air traffic control tower has been inoperable since March 2022, an FAA official testified yesterday.

• "We're insisting upon that line to be fixed before we resume any operations out of the Pentagon," said Franklin J. McIntosh, FAA deputy chief operating officer. (Axios)