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

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Published: 2026-04-06T09:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 Introduction 04:29 Teen Takeovers, Youth Curfews, and White House Pressure 11:27 Phil Mendelson Ethics Investigation Explained 24:19 D.C. Locks In the Nationals Through 2058 29:20 Campaign Sign Wars and Election Season Warnings 31:01 Closing Banter The 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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