Around the Beltway: Flirty pandas

📺 A reality show where immigrants compete for U.S. citizenship? It's a real pitch, from a producer on "Duck Dynasty," and the Department of Homeland Security says it is considering it. (NY Times)

Ⓜ️ Local DMV governments say they'll help pay $5.6 billion for Metro to build a new signaling system, automated trains and screen doors at stations for boarding. It would take two decades as part of Metro's project to become fully automated. (Washington Post)

🐼 Pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are getting flirty, the National Zoo says, with video catching them chirping and "bleating" at each other. Since giant pandas mostly live solitary lives, coming together only during mating season, this is a good sign. (National Zoo)