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Trump supporters plan D.C. rally on day Congress certifies election results Marissa Lang In a tweet last week, President Trump foreshadowed a “wild” protest in the District on Jan. 6 — the day Congress formally counts the electoral college votes — and his supporters are determined not to disappoint him. This week, Women for America First requested a protest permit for that day. The group of conservative women was at the center of organizing the November “Stop the ...

Airlines, unions optimistic that deal on payroll support is close Lori Aratani After months of wrangling, Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus aid package late Monday that will bring relief to millions of Americans, including tens of thousands in the aviation industry who were furloughed in September. The deal includes $45 billion in support for the transportation sector, including $15 billion for airlines and $1 billion for airline contractors. The money will ...

University of Maryland to name new dorms after first Black student and others who helped diversify the campus Lauren Lumpkin The University of Maryland in College Park will name two new residence halls after former students who helped diversify the campus in the 19th and 20th centuries, officials announced Monday. Whittle-Johnson Hall will honor Hiram Whittle, the first African American man to be admitted to the university, in 1951, and Elaine Johnson Coates, who in 1959 be...

Richard S. Madaleno Sr., a Navy veteran and father of a Maryland politician, dies of covid-19 Ovetta Wiggins Richard S. Madaleno Sr. of Bethesda was an artful storyteller who could spend hours at a dinner party captivating a crowd. Sometimes he would even incorporate a German accent or toss in a few foreign words that he learned while studying at the Naval Academy decades ago. There was the one about his rumored engagement to Sophia Loren, said his son, Richard S. Madaleno ...

D.C. to ban indoor dining, close museums, restrict libraries to curbside Michael Brice-Saddler, Tim Carman Trio Restaurant on 17th Street NW is one of the few restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) The District will shut down indoor dining for three weeks starting Wednesday night, officials said — becoming the latest local jurisdiction to take that step in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, and leaving some r...

D.C. to ban indoor dining, close museums, restrict libraries to curbside Michael Brice-Saddler, Tim Carman Trio Restaurant on 17th Street NW is one of the few restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post) The District will shut down indoor dining for three weeks starting Wednesday night, officials said — becoming the latest local jurisdiction to take that step in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, and leaving some r...

Maryland Restaurant Association sues over dining bans as D.C. announces new restrictions Rachel Chason, Michael Brice-Saddler The Restaurant Association of Maryland announced lawsuits against Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and Baltimore City in an attempt to roll back coronavirus-related bans on different types of restaurant dining in those jurisdictions. Association President Marshall Weston said the bans on indoor dining in Montgomery and Prince George’s an...

D.C. and teachers union reach deal on how to reopen school buildings, capping months of contentious debate Perry Stein The District’s public school system and the Washington Teachers’ Union reached a deal late Thursday on how to reopen schools, capping months of contentious negotiations in a city that has so far been unable to bring teachers and students back together in classrooms. The deal settles a major dispute that has held up previous agreements: Teachers who do n...

Morgan State University receives record $40 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Lauren Lumpkin Morgan State University announced the largest single private gift in the school’s history Tuesday, a $40 million donation from author and philanthropist ­MacKenzie Scott that will help support the school’s endowment and further its research goals, officials said. The university in Baltimore has its sights set on becoming the first historically Black school to rea...

As covid cases surge, Montgomery County delays return of students Donna St. George With coronavirus cases surging, Montgomery County officials delayed their timeline for bringing the first students back into classrooms to Feb. 1, stepping back from the possibility of opening to small groups of students in special education in mid-January. When students return to school campuses, they will be phased in, with the first group to include more than 18,600 children in kindergarte...