Senate ends standoff, agrees to start Trump s impeachment trial on Feb. 9
Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post
Jan. 22, 2021
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WASHINGTON - The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will begin Feb. 9 under a deal reached Friday by top Senate leaders - delaying by two weeks the high-stakes proceedings over whether Trump incited the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The agreement was made by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., following a standoff over the timing of the trial, which could permanently bar Trump from holding public office.
The House on Jan. 13 passed a sole impeachment article, alleging incitement of insurrection. House leaders could have forced the Senate to begin the trial immediately by transmitting the papers across the Capitol. But a delay serves the former and current presidents: Trump has struggled to assemble a legal team and muster a defense, and President Bide
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In the nation s capital, Black families reel from the pain of hundreds lost to covid-19, killings
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post
Dec. 30, 2020
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1of9People prepare on July 7, 2020, to march on the street where Davon McNeal, 11, was fatally shot by a stray bullet after a July 4 cookout organized by his mother, a violence interrupter trying to persuade the Washington, D.C., community to put down their firearms.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
2of9Medical workers arrive Dec. 22, 2020, in the Carver-Langston neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., which has been hit hard by covid and gun violence.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
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America s biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic and putting thousands of people out of work
Douglas MacMillan, Jonathan O Connell, Peter Whoriskey and Chris Alcantara, The Washington Post
Dec. 16, 2020
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1of3Gary Walker was laid off from Salesforce in August after 12 years with the company.Washington Post photo by Jahi ChikwendiuShow MoreShow Less
2of3Restaurant owner David Mainelli stands in front of the former location of his family s restaurant, Julio s, in Omaha, Neb., earlier this month. The restaurant group has been a staple in the community since 1977, and announced they were closing their doors in June 2020.Washington Post photo by Carley Scott FieldsShow MoreShow Less
Arlington may swap Lee Highway name for Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue
Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post
Dec. 10, 2020
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A tombstone marks a grave at an old African American cemetery that sits adjacent to Calloway United Methodist Church along Lee Highway on Feb. 23, 2012, in Arlington, Va. A county panel wants to change the name of the highway to honor Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who successfully challenged Virginia s ban on interracial marriage.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu
WASHINGTON - In an act of what might be considered historic poetic justice, a panel of suburban Arlington, Va. residents wants to change the name of Lee Highway, which honors Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, to Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue, the couple who successfully challenged Virginia s ban on interracial marriage.