Around the Beltway: Racist text threats

📱 Locals have reported receiving racist texts referencing slavery. In Virginia and Maryland — where texts were received by public school kids — people are advised to contact local authorities and school counselors. District residents should contact the attorney general's office. (NBC4)

📣 Trump has appointed his co-campaign manager Susie Wiles as his new White House chief of staff. She'll be the first woman to serve in the role.

• Wiles is a longtime Florida operative, but served in former President Reagan's Labor Department, in his White House as a scheduler and on Capitol Hill for the late Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.). (Axios)

🏢 The Washington Post will require workers to return to the downtown office five days a week by June 2, 2025, Axios' Sara Fischer reports.

Award-winning chef and former NFL player Tobias Dorzon and a companion were shot by multiple gunmen and robbed on Tuesday night in Hyattsville. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries but expected to recover. Police are searching for five suspects. (WTOP)

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The 74-year-old says he has no symptoms and is seeking immediate chemotherapy treatment. (CNN)