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Dream City Podcast

Teen Curfew Reaches White House, City Hall's Ethics Probe, and New Nats Deal

April 6, 2026·32 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

On this week’s Dream City Podcast, Tom breaks some news about growing White House pressure on D.C. over youth curfews and teen takeovers. There's also a new ethics investigation involving Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Cuneyt and Tom talk about the deal to keep the Nationals in Washington through 2058.Plus: campaign season weirdness, including sign wars and what it all says about the mood of local politics right now.00:00 Introduction04:29 Teen Takeovers, Youth Curfews, and White House Pressure11:27 Phil Mendelson Ethics Investigation Explained24:19 D.C. Locks In the Nationals Through 205829:20 Campaign Sign Wars and Election Season Warnings31:01 Closing BanterThe Dream City Podcast is supported by launch partner SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism.The Dream City Podcast will hold the powerful accountable and take you inside D.C.’s business and political worlds. Along the way: Revelatory conversations with city officials, business leaders, and the best-sourced journalists in town.The Dream City Podcast is a product of COSMOS Media LLC.

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