2020

Happy Election Day. Voters this afternoon and this evening reported lengthly wait times at many of the District's 20 vote centers as they waited to cast ballots in the primary — with many residents still having to wait in line for several…

From his front steps on Swann Street, Rahul Dubey watched uneasily as D.C. police in riot gear moved in on a throng of protesters.

An additional 1,500 national guardsmen will join the D.C. National Guard on Tuesday in response to protests in the District against the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, with the mayor flatly rejecting a Trump administration proposal…

Protesters continued to gather Tuesday around D.C. for a fifth-straight day in response to the killing of George Floyd under Minneapolis police custody last week.

The cops boxed in protesters at Swann Street last night. The tactic is illegal in most instances.

In the past few months, local businesses have struggled with one challenge after another. First, a shutdown and dramatic revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, difficulty securing aid to keep operating and paying workers. Most…

Protesters descending on Washington for a fifth day of demonstrations on Tuesday found one of the nation’s most symbolic places for political rallies — Lafayette Square, across from White House — entirely closed off with a tall chain-link…

It’s primary day in D.C., and it’s no exaggeration to say this primary is unlike any before.

The District of Columbia encouraged all residents to vote by mail in Tuesday’s primary as the pandemic continued — but on Election Day, hundreds voted in person, some waiting for more than an hour in lines that stretched for blocks.

After protesters were driven into a D.C. neighborhood, one local hero opened his home to 75 strangers for a standoff with DC police.

A pair of office buildings just north of the Georgetown University campus have traded hands for $85M.

Trains will stop running at 8 p.m. due to the city’s 7 p.m. curfew. Bus service will end at 9 p.m.

The Trump administration on Monday floated the idea of taking control of the D.C. police force to quell protests in the nation’s capital, according to city officials.

It was 3 a.m. Tuesday before the Rev. Virginia Gerbasi was finally able to fall asleep. Every time she started to drift off, she began thinking again of the church and the protesters and the volley of flash bombs and pellets and gas that…