2020

The District could soon make another $100 million in grants available for companies coping with the coronavirus fallout, targeting restaurants, hotels, retailers and other hard-hit businesses for relief.

The owner of Showtime Lounge would have to pay $16,000 more in premiums to add an extra outdoor table.

On a calm, late-June evening in Lincoln Park, a handful of U.S. Park Police officers stand around the perimeter. Couples walk their dogs and groups of people on picnic blankets dot the park, where two bronze sculptures sit in the middle.…

Van Martel Brathwaite always made sure his daughter Caprice had everything that she needed because he was both mom and dad. Caprice was a toddler when the family was in a car crash that killed her mother, Sharon Brathwaite, and Van never…

The Washington Teachers’ Union has instructed its teachers not to respond to a letter from D.C. Public Schools seeking an answer as to whether they are comfortable returning to work in the fall.

There is no scenario in which Daniel Snyder will be able to build a new Washington Redskins stadium on the federally owned RFK Stadium site unless he changes the team’s name.

The family who lives in the NE house now is searching for anyone who may recognize the people in the photos to reconnect them with their family memories.

The people of Washington, D.C., want congressional representation. They have wanted it for a long time, and have said so in explicit terms. In 2016, a district-wide referendum in favor of statehood passed with 78 percent of the vote.…

Teachers in D.C. Public Schools are pushing back against preliminary plans to reopen schools in the fall, arguing the city school system has not adequately addressed health and safety concerns.

Judicial Watch went to court Wednesday demanding access to paint the streets of Washington with its own political message after the city wrote “Black Lives Matter” on one street and allowed protesters to paint “Defund the Police” next to…

Happy July. DC statehood doesn't have a shot at passing the GOP-controlled Senate, but Republicans are nonetheless ratcheting up their rhetoric against enfranchising the District's residents, with some comments seen as painting…

A day after the NAACP announced that it would move its national headquarters from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., Baltimore leaders said they were discussing strategies to keep it in the city, and the head of the organization said he has…

The Washington Teachers’ Union is telling its members to ignore a school system letter asking teachers to select whether they plan to teach in person in the fall or stay home.

For much of the city, reopening has meant a cautious return to use of restaurants and office spaces. But for those experiencing homelessness, who were always exempt from the mayor’s May 30 stay-at-home order, reopening feels different.

At least 100 formerly homeless youth took to the streets of Eastern Market on June 16 for a demonstration in support of their peers and the Black Lives Matter movement. They were all members of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, which houses…

People experiencing homelessness, and the rest of the public, will lose access to Franklin Park due to a 12-month renovation project organized by the National Park Service and the Executive Office of the Mayor beginning July 1. The…

Frederick Douglass asked why D.C. was “excluded from the privileges of the ballot box.” We know why now.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who want them — but despite…

A group of Republican U.S. senators vowed to fight a D.C. statehood bill recently passed by the House and urged the GOP leadership on Wednesday to allow for a floor vote, where they believed it would be soundly rejected.