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The Metropolitan Police Department faces personnel and organizational problems, potentially impacting its ability to manage public safety. Our latest cover story investigates the forces behind MPD’s retirement and retention issues.

LEADING THE MORNING NEWS:

• The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to eliminate D.C. budget autonomy. [Post, The Hill]
• Reports: Here’s where the Obama family will live in Kalorama in 2017. [POLITICO, CNN, MarketWatch]
• Metro could get stronger safety oversight under a plan announced by regional leaders. [City Desk, WAMU]
• Yvette Alexander: “I had questions long before dissolution plans” for the D.C. Trust were exposed. [Post]
• A mother was allegedly robbed at gunpoint in the presence of her toddler on Tuesday afternoon. [NBC4]
• Local journalist Charnice Milton was killed a year ago tomorrow. Her family plans a memorial. [WTOP] 

RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY:

• Summer Internships: 500 D.C. Public Schools students could get placed in paid stints across the District.
• Death Investigation: Law-enforcement officials were looking into a death in McPherson Square yesterday.
• Happy Hour: No, not that kind (just yet). Spooky Action Theater is putting on a “live-action video game.” 

LOOSE LIPS LINKS, by Will Sommer (tips? wsommer@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• House moves to block budget autonomy. [WAMU, Post, DCist]
• D.C. area jurisdictions set to make a Metro panel. [WAMU]
• More on rising test scores. [GGW]
• Questions about prosecution of teens accused in Metro attack on gay couple. [Blade]
• Almost a year after the murder of reporter Charnice Milton, no arrests. [NBC4]

ARTS LINKS, by Matt Cohen (tips? mcohen@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• Judas Priest, dope, and Jack and Coke: The oral history of Heavy Metal Parking Lot. [WCP]
• It’s Museum Week in D.C. [Post]
• The history of Maryland’s long lost show band scene. [Bandwidth]
• An interview with D.C. Washington, the “go-to man” for singing the National Anthem at events. [Post]
• A guide to D.C.’s museums when you’re short on time. [Washingtonian]

YOUNG & HUNGRY LINKS, by Jessica Sidman (tips? jsidman@washingtoncitypaper.com)

• A guide to burgers [BYT]
• Congress may finally make it a crime to sell horses for their meat. [VICE]
• Where to find super trendy poke [Eater]
• Swahili Village owner hopes his new space is grand enough to attract the president. [Post]
• Nine can’t-miss food and drink events in June [Zagat]
• The state of restaurant service [NoVa Mag]