Meanwhile in D.C.

Young poet has advice for Trump, Dupont Circle restaurant will close after 10 years of service, beer and wine approved for Soviet Safeway, and other news of the day over in the District.

• Trump’s first official White House Christmas portrait. [WTOP]
• Masked attacker maces transgender woman at LGBTQ community center. [Metro Weekly]
• Department of Public Works van struck a pedestrian, then crashed in front of the Warner Theatre. [NBC]
• Peet’s Coffee will open near Navy Yard Metro station next spring. [JD Land]
• Shawafel will shutter its H Street location this month. [Frozen Tropics]
• Cava is close to opening on the corridor. [X2]
• Lyft is rolling out a fleet of ugly sweater-decked cars this weekend. [DC Inno]
• Bloomingdale resident opposes proposal for neighborhood’s historic designation. [GGW]
• Eight-year-old poet begs Trump to stop tweeting. [NBC]
• Circa at Dupont will close after 10 years. [WBJ]
• Over the past year, these two sectors have dominated job growth in the city. [District, Measured]
• Program aims to speed up innovation in community health for residents east of the Anacostia River. [Afro]
• Former massage therapist pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three customers in the District. [WTOP]
• “This definitely won’t be a Disney version of a Mexican restaurant.” [Washingtonian]
• Legislation passed to support policies and programs for black residents. [Afro]
• Opposers lose battle in bringing beer and wine to a Safeway near Dupont Circle. [Barred In DC]
• D.C. middle schoolers among first students in the country to board Verizon’s new mobile STEM bus. [Afro]