December 2021

A congressional bill that would’ve given the D.C. mayor control over the D.C. National Guard — a demand for local autonomy that’s only grown louder following the city’s racial justice protests and the Jan. 6 insurrection — won’t be coming…

The DC Council took its first step toward codifying new ward boundaries in the city on Tuesday, voting in favor of an amended version of a redistricting bill meant to restore population balance among DC's political districts.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. CEO Chris Nassetta made his first comments on reports his company will step in to manage the Trump International Hotel in D.C. as a Waldorf-Astoria property after its sale to CGI Merchant Group goes through,…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday postponed a planned vote on a bill that would have stopped the clearing of homeless encampments during the winter months.

On Tuesday, the D.C. Council postponed an attempt to halt the clearing of existing homeless encampments and advanced a redistricting map.

D.C. Jail officials held a rare tour for a small group of reporters Tuesday afternoon after the U.S. Marshals Service said it found serious issues in living conditions for inmates.

D.C. lawmakers voted Tuesday in favor of a plan to redraw the boundaries of the city’s wards, making the fast-growing Navy Yard neighborhood a part of the historically low-income Ward 8 and the easternmost section of Capitol Hill a part of…

The D.C. Council has voted to rename Northwest’s Woodrow Wilson High School in honor of two Black pioneers from the school’s history. The council also voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of shots required for D.C. students.

D.C. officials offer the press a tour of the facility amid reports of mistreatment at the jail

Activists disrupted rush-hour traffic and more than three dozen were arrested around the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in two separate protests demanding congressional action on a host of liberal priorities, including climate change,…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave initial approval to a new map of ward boundaries, extending Ward 8 across the Anacostia River for the first time and moving Ward 7 further west into Capitol Hill. But the debate of the day actually centered…

Safety commission says Metro found the same issue afflicting its 7000-series rail cars on a 6000-series car

The D.C. Council on Tuesday advanced a measure that would mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for students.

The D.C. attorney general’s office said this week that it concluded that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s choice to chair the board overseeing the city’s public housing agency is ineligible to serve because of her failure to pay taxes.

Washington's sticky solution to icy roads.

D.C. is not bound to gain control of its National Guard for the foreseeable future after a provision that would have made it happen was scuttled in Congress, a major blow for advocates who saw autonomy over the District’s own military unit…

The adult day care center at the Wah Luck House gears up for its official opening next month while doubling down on care services.