2020

The development pipeline at St. Elizabeths continues to grow with a project that would deliver almost ninety new homes to the campus.

The DC government is reportedly behind the project.

The signs are everywhere: Northeast D.C. is slowly starting to reopen. Residents can see it as they pass outdoor dining areas at Union Market or take a stroll down Rhode Island Avenue and watch businesses prep for curbside pickup.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has released a letter to President Donald Trump requesting the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington, D.C.”

Christian Herr is only 35, but he has been on medication ever since he suffered a heart attack in his classroom nine years ago. His cardiologist is clear: Herr’s condition puts him at risk of dangerous complications if he contracts the…

Since last week, protesters have taken to D.C. streets to protest police violence. And now one stretch of a D.C. street will bear on those protesters’ main messages.

I am a 76-year-old D.C. resident of almost 50 years who has proudly voted in almost every election, including all primaries. On April 8, given my age and the pandemic, I applied online for mail-in ballots for all 2020 D.C. elections. I…

In response to George Floyd’s death and the protests that have followed, the D.C. Council will consider an emergency bill to improve policing in the city.

Military Humvees glide along the wide avenues of the District. Armored vehicles for days blocked streets that were no longer under the control of D.C. police. Federal officers wearing combat gear and cradling rifles have been spotted…

Protesters and civil liberties groups are suing President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and heads of military forces and law enforcement for violating their constitutional rights by violently dispersing a peaceful protest at…

The bill addresses, among other things, access to body camera footage, neck restraints, use of force, stop and frisk, and D.C.'s anti-mask law.

Protests have erupted in more than 100 cities across the country since George Floyd, a black resident of Minneapolis, died after a police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. Washington has been an epicenter of those…

It was the first night since Saturday without a curfew, but some protests in D.C. tapered off early Thursday as a rainstorm swept over the area.

The loud cries for police reform happening outside of the White House this week will move into the Wilson Building next Tuesday. The D.C. Council is expected to vote on emergency legislation that would ban the use of chokeholds, speed up…

A DAY after federal agents violently chased protesters from Lafayette Square, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was pointedly asked about President Trump. Had his words made matters worse, a reporter asked at Tuesday’s press briefing, and…

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said the Trump administration’s recent threats to impose the president’s “dangerous and callous will” on protesters in the District underscore the need for a congressional vote on D.C. statehood…

Happy Thursday. She's hardly alone in doing so, but Mayor Muriel Bowser is explicitly tying the District's case for statehood to public objections to the federal government's militarized response to the ongoing demonstrations against…

The president says he is determined to “dominate” Washington with military might. Democrats must rise to D.C.’s defense.