2020

The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled its historic vote on D.C. statehood for June 26, House Democrats announced on Tuesday.

Capitol Hill restaurant Ambar’s two-month closing for renovation was extended by another two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has chosen June 26 to hold the first floor vote in a generation on D.C. statehood, hoping to harness a national reckoning on race and capitalize on widespread outrage over the federal response…

Confronted with a shrinking budget, Washington, D.C., Chief Technology Officer Lindsey Parker on Friday proposed merging the city’s digital connectivity and “smart city” programs into a single, community-based project.

Being in the streets of Washington reminded me of the occupation I endured as a Palestinian.

Bars and restaurants in Washington, D.C. may be forced to close if landlords don’t give them a break on rent, dozens of proprietors wrote in a Monday letter suggesting “the boom is over.”

More than five decades had passed since Poopoo Earls protested.

From the coronavirus to racial conflicts, it’s been a double gut-punch for America lately.

In pre-coronavirus times, a normal day for Marcy Hairston involved buzzing around Murch Elementary School in Northwest D.C. to check in on her roster of students with special needs.

When Hollie Wong came to D.C. in 1987 from Hong Kong, she missed the tea houses of her youth. They represented community and togetherness. She says when she was growing up, tea was offered at every social event. “When you come to my home,…

D.C. Council members opened a budget hearing Monday to repeated calls for defunding the Metropolitan Police Department amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

MPD's most recent police stop data indicates little has changed with the racial imbalance of stop and frisk in the District.

Proponents hope to secure a voting majority in both chambers of Congress in January 2021.

Plans for a new halfway house in D.C. are meeting growing resistance.

Happy Monday. Former at-large Council member Vincent Orange is hoping for a political comeback, signing up to run as an independent for his former seat — four years after the longtime Democrat lost re-election.

Impassioned pleas to defund the D.C. police were aired during a virtual public hearing held Monday by the D.C. Council committee considering the department’s proposed budget.

Starting Saturday, visitors will again be able to wander through the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. The 6.1-acre garden is home to 21 modern artworks by artists including Ellsworth Kelly, Magdalena Abakanowicz and Roy…