Reading archive 2024-11-08

Awaiting Trump, D.C. leaders balance defending city, not ‘poking the bear’: Come January the District will contend with a president who has made more threats to D.C.’s autonomy than any other chief executive in modern history. - "Although Trump did not overtake D.C. police, he still used his executive power to send the National Guard onto city streets and deployed military helicopters to fly over the city and menace demonstrators."

After election, racist texts nationwide threaten Black people with slavery: Black people in several states received racist texts, some that claimed to be affiliated with Donald Trump, ordering them to work as slaves on plantations.

Opinion  Why Trump should take credit for Biden’s economy: He shouldn’t implement his economy-crashing ideas. Just claim Biden’s economy as his own.

What Republican control of Washington could mean for D.C.: The U.S. House is D.C.'s last hope for a bastion of resistance in federal Washington.