More restrictions are coming to D.C. as a result of America's 250th birthday celebrations, impacting a large portion of the Potomac River and flights at National Airport in the lead-up to July 4.

Why it matters: Locals are already dreading the traffic and impacts to their commute — and more hits are coming.

Zoom in: The portion of the Potomac between the Key Bridge to just south of the 14th Street Bridge — including the Tidal Basin — will be off-limits to boaters and kayakers from July 2 to July 5, the Coast Guard announced.

• Ferry and dinner cruise ships won't be allowed in that area during the morning of July 3 and from noon to midnight on July 4.
• The Anacostia will also close from the 11th Street Bridge to south of the Frederick Douglass Bridge on July 4 from 6pm to midnight.

Meanwhile, DCA flights will be impacted by airspace closures surrounding the July 4 events, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced.

• There will be no flights during the early afternoon on July 3, and no flights after noon on July 4.
• While some flights have already been adjusted, travelers during this period should be on the lookout for delays.

Zoom out: The closures coincide with Freedom 250's July 4 plan to set a Guinness record for the world's biggest fireworks show, starting at 9:40pm.

• Eight barges will be placed on the Potomac to launch additional fireworks, pushing out kayakers and over a thousand boaters who usually gather on the water.

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Key races for mayor and D.C. Council remain too close to call, but democratic socialists were in the lead.

Why it matters: A lefty wave is poised to take charge in City Hall, at a time of economic uncertainty and unprecedented pressure from MAGA Republicans.

State of play: Council member Janeese Lewis George led heading into yesterday with 53% of the vote over Kenyan McDuffie, with an estimated third of the ballots left uncounted, according to the AP.

• In a special at-large contest, former council member Elissa Silverman looked set for victory. A progressive favorite, Silverman had 55% of the vote to serve out the remainder of McDuffie's term.
• For the D.C. Council seat in Ward 1 — home to dense, inner-city nabes like Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan — Aparna Raj captured 47% of the vote. She ran with the endorsement of the local Democratic Socialists for America.
• And in a crowded at-large council race, another lefty ally, Oye Owolewa, led with 34%.

What's next: The Board of Elections says it'll release on Sunday the reallocated votes of candidates who finish last, until one candidate gets more than 50% support to win.

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D.C.'s only Black woman-owned brewery officially opens in Shaw on Juneteenth.

Why it matters: Urban Garden Brewhouse is more than a new pub — it's a milestone for the city's craft beer scene and a full-circle moment for founder Eamoni Collier, a D.C. native who spent eight years working at Right Proper Brewing in the very space she now runs.

The big picture: Collier launched Urban Garden Brewing after years in the beer industry and seeing a lack of representation.

• "Black breweries make up 2% of the entire nation," Collier tells Axios. When she started home brewing, there was no Black-owned brewery in D.C., let alone one owned by a Black woman. "All of those things combined made me say, 'Hey, I want to enter this market and represent.'"

Zoom in: Collier's unique brewing approach takes inspiration from ancient Egyptian recipes, using holistic herbs, spices and botanicals in new releases like a toasted coriander-orange peel wheat beer, or a lemongrass pilsner.

• The pub grub? That's all D.C. Think whole wings — mumbo, of course — and ribeye steak n' cheese.

If you go: Urban Garden Brewhouse. 624 T Street NW. Grand opening party is tomorrow, with a festive brunch bash the day after.

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🦠 Workers are pouring hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool after it turned green due to algae growth. This comes after the Trump administration spent $13.1 million to paint it "American flag blue." (The Hill)

🍻 Shaw bar Tallboy gave away around $4,000 in food and drinks after Team USA's World Cup win, and they're running it back tomorrow — free tabs if there's another big win. The twist: they're doing it all with prediction market platform Kalshi. Read our exclusive deets.

👋 Georgetown restaurant Kafe Leopold will close Sunday after more than two decades in business. (WBJ)

A rodeo is coming to the National Mall as part of America's 250th birthday celebrations.

Why it matters: We're already getting Vanilla Ice. And a faux arch. And humongous Ferris wheel.

• And now we're getting horses and cattle.

State of play: Rodeo 250 will run daily at an arena built on the National Mall from June 25 to July 10.

• It's a free production narrating the history of the American cowboy via live music, rodeo acts, trick riding, cattle drives and Mexican charro displays.
• It's being spearheaded by Cervi Championship Rodeo, a Colorado-based rodeo production company affiliated with marquee events like Houston's rodeo, and Freedom250, the White House-established group behind happenings like the UFC fight.

What they're saying: "There's so much history that we're going to tell," during the show, stretching back to when the Spanish brought horses to America, says Binion Cervi of the rodeo group.

The intrigue: The animals will be transported to the Mall daily from a ranch in Maryland, says Cervi.

• And as for all the horse manure? Cervi's got it handled, he says, equating it to picking up your dog's poop while walking on the Mall. "You need a bigger shovel for these, though."

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