# A1 English News | Can Anne Montgomery House Survive D.C.'s Rent Crisis?

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Podcast: [Learn English A1 | Slow Easy News for Beginners, Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203)
Published: 2026-08-18T01:55:46+00:00
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## Resource

Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Anthropic adds an invisible watermark to Claude text, so people may see if AI helped write it, and the change is meant to fit the European Union's AI Act. Also: Anne Montgomery House in Washington is closing after ten years, after giving young women low rent, shared meals, and a small community. Today’s English focus: is going to close, is about to close = is about to close. Vocabulary: room (a space in a house), rent (money you pay to live somewhere), community (people who live or spend time together). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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