JLG Slams Trump. D.C.’s presumptive mayor-elect, Janeese Lewis George, told NBC4’s Mark Segraves that she would sign a day-one executive order rescinding all police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement — not just ICE. That vow will likely complicate the other news she shared: Her team and the president’s team have been working to set up a meeting between Lewis George and Trump, who previously called her a “communist.”

New NCPC Boss. Another political heavyweight is joining the National Capital Planning Commission, which oversees D.C. building projects. According to the New York Post, Mark Paoletta will take over the board, which until 2025 was a backwater. Not anymore: An NCPC greenlight is central to priorities like the Arc de Trump and East Potomac Park, which is why the board is now stocked with MAGA loyalists instead of land-use wonks. A Clarence Thomas ally, Paoletta serves by day as general counsel at the Office of Management and Budget. That already makes him a familiar name to locals: His boss, Russ Vought, has overseen the culling of D.C.-area federal workers.

Housing Bust? Ordinarily, real estate agents will tell you everything is great. Which is why City Cast real estate reporter Jaclyn Peiser raised her eyebrows at a lengthy report from Patrick Norrell from the Irina Norrell team at Compass. Lowlights: The number of active local listings reached its highest level since 2019. Showings are down 4.7% and new pending sales are down 4.2% year-over-year. And in standalone home sales — the one bright spot up to now — prices slipped and days on the market inched up. “No single number is dramatic,” Norrell writes. “Together, for a second month running, they’re a trend."

DOJ vs. GWU. The Justice Department says George Washington University’s medical school intentionally discriminated by race. The DOJ’s investigation concluded that the med school “regularly denied admission to white and Asian applicants in favor of lower credentialed black and Hispanic applicants.” If GW doesn’t update its admissions policies, the DOJ warns, it could face a lawsuit.

WWII Memorial Vandal Speaks. In her first interview since confessing to vandalizing the National Mall’s World War II Memorial, Ohio resident Melissa Farris tells the Post’s Liam Scott that she “made a big mess to get the nation’s attention” about the disenfranchisement of blue-collar Americans. It sounds like she lost a union stagehand job under tense circumstances last summer and had been camping around D.C. since she believed that the nation’s capital is “where you go to practice democracy.” She doesn’t feel that way anymore, she says.

Bike Fisticuffs? Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Karla Lewis was arrested on simple assault charges related to D.C.’s most weirdly emotional issue: bike lanes. According to WUSA9, a woman at a December public meeting about the issue accused Lewis of shoulder-checking her and calling her a “stupid c*nt.” Lewis, who appeared yesterday in D.C. Superior Court, has been a polarizing figure in her fast-changing neighborhood. In January, she became the subject of intense online discourse when fellow commissioners accused her of trying to shut down Big Bear Cafe, a local staple.

The Decline of Media Buildings. Once upon a time, the headquarters of a big-city newspaper was a civic landmark. But while the publications that anchored those buildings have crumbled in the past few decades, City Cast columnist Marc Fisher notes that it’s actually a boom time for media-office buildouts in D.C., where Google, Netflix and others have recently announced big expansions. Unfortunately, he writes, they don’t live up to the grandeur of their forebears.

Time Warp. While Tim Curry is best remembered for his starring role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, City Cast contributor Chris Klimek has charming details on the recently departed actor’s storied history in D.C.’s theater scene. After hanging up his Frank N. Furter garter, Curry came to the National Theatre in 1980, appearing as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Peter Shaffer’s musical Amadeus.

Reporter or Moving Man? Fox5’s Shomari Stone spent the week catching heat from social media over a story about a disabled 78-year-old Hyattsville woman who had old mattresses illegally dumped on her lawn. No one had a problem with the report. But they think the reporter should have helped move the junk off her property. Stone responded by saying his job is to report news, not haul cockroach-infested mattresses. He said a moving company employee messaged him after the story ran and wound up helping the woman.

Finally, A Reformed Cat Burglar: Remember last month, when that guy allegedly stole a kitten from the Beltsville Pet Supplies Plus and brought her along to try to rob a nearby PNC Bank? Well, the Post’s Kyle Melnick has an update on Magnolia, this inadvertent feline accomplice: She is living happily in Laurel with a lucky woman who applied to adopt her before the viral crime drew in a crush of prospective owners. As for Magnolia’s co-conspirator? He faces robbery, assault and theft charges.