2021

The White House is talking to members of Congress about potential changes to the D.C. statehood bill that could reduce opposition in the Senate, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday.

Metrorail and Metrobus riders say frequent cleaning, social distancing in trains and buses, and frequent service are among the top issues that would prompt them to return to riding public transit as the pandemic wanes.

Tenants scored a victory in the D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday.

Shifting slightly in his seat, Hector Knox bounced his leg and stretched before indicating his decision: He wanted the shot in his left arm.

Metro will take more steps toward a return to normalcy next month with additional bus service.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The police department in the nation’s capital has suffered a massive leak of internal information after refusing to meet the blackmail demands of Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate. Experts say it’s the worst known…

Earlier this year, one of the only short-term shelters in Ward 2 closed temporarily to repair long-standing plumbing, power, and air system issues in the building, located near Mount Vernon Triangle.

All National Zoo timed passes will be available to the public on Friday as it prepares to open May 21.

D.C. corrections officials will ease an array of coronavirus restrictions in the coming weeks and relax the nearly 24-hour confinement that inmates endured for more than a year, according to plans released Thursday.

When it finally opens to the public on Saturday, the newly renovated Southwest Library will come with one fewer floor than the original building, but far more features and usable space.

The District is slowly opening the door to allow more evictions, as lawmakers prepare to take up a bill that would allow landlords to evict tenants so long as they’ve tried to secure rental assistance money for them first.

Hackers who have infiltrated the D.C. police department’s computer network have posted hundreds and possibly thousands of purported department documents, many containing what appears to be information related to gang and crew intelligence.…

Public health experts are still cautious, but they say this could be the beginning of the end.

Foreign hackers on Thursday made public what they say is the 250 gigabytes of internal files and data they stole from Metropolitan Police Department computers last month. The move comes after what hackers said were failed ransom…

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser to take “immediate action” to change the leadership at the troubled D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences — the city’s crime lab — where issues with handling evidence have…

Department of Corrections Director Quincy Booth says he hasn’t heard concerns about solitary “safe cells” at the DC Jail. Critics have been raising the issue for years.

D.C. Public Schools said it plans to welcome all students back for five-day a week in-person learning when the 2021-2022 school year begins on Aug. 30.