2020

The nation’s capital is on the verge of allowing felons to vote while they are still incarcerated and proactively mailing absentee ballots to D.C. residents held at the local jail and in federal prisons across the country.

Eight people were arrested Tuesday in downtown D.C. near Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter Plaza, according to multiple local news outlets.

Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed the D.C. Council during a news conference Wednesday, saying “they made the District less safe” after approving a police budget cut in a preliminary vote.

Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris says Washington, DC, won’t decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, cacti and plants on his watch.

Before closing its doors in March due to the coronavirus, the International Spy Museum in L’Enfant Plaza encouraged visitors to test their stealth skills by crawling as quietly as possible through an air duct in the ceiling.

District lawmakers will keep money in the budget to fund the much-maligned extension of the H Street streetcar to Benning Road Metro station — but the future of the project looks far from settled.

A group of civil rights organizations now say that Metropolitan Police officers used tear gas to clear protesters from around Lafayette Square on June 1. The organizations have amended a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the…

D.C. reported a spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, marking the city’s highest number of new infections in almost a month.

The District has completed Phase 1 renovations to Eastern Market Metro Park, at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast between 7th and 8th Streets.

Foggy Bottom's Western Market food hall is still slated to open in the fall despite the pandemic, and it recently signed four new tenants to build up the venue's offerings.

Local hospitals have to make tough choices about which patients can accept visitors during the coronavirus pandemic. Some support workers, like doulas, feel left out.

The chair of the D.C. Council's housing committee voted against directing funds to the DC Housing Authority.

DaSean Jones lives and breathes structure.

The Shaw development pipeline is getting a little larger — and, perhaps, a little more affordable.

Happy Wednesday. The DC Council gave initial approval yesterday to a budget that aims to make up plummeting revenue due to the pandemic in part by increasing taxes on gasoline and some businesses, but lawmakers voted down a proposal to…

For grandparents Wanda and John Ayala, Independence Day will never again be a cause to celebrate. On Saturday, the Fourth of July, their 11-year-old grandson Davon McNeal was gunned down in Southeast D.C.

The June jobs report showing more than 14.7 million people out of work indicates how many Americans may be struggling to pay for essentials such as food and shelter. While some eviction and foreclosure moratoriums and mortgage forbearance…

Nostalgia is usually the selling point for the Union Market Drive-In in Northeast D.C. This year, it’s an escape for cooped up residents during the coronavirus pandemic.