2021

A student at Gallaudet University has been arrested and charged for trying to enter the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Contact tracers who tell residents they tested positive or connect them with resources cannot perform responsibilities due to safety concerns following the Capitol insurrection.

While a normal morning commute into D.C. can be less-than pleasant, the traffic on Tuesday created a nightmare for travelers as a slew of bridge closures ahead of Inauguration Day congested roadways into and around the city.

Self-styled militia members from Virginia, Ohio and other states made plans to storm the U.S. Capitol days in advance of the Jan. 6 attack, communicating in real time as they breached the building on opposite sides and talking about…

The deadly assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob hasn’t only led to an “unprecedented” ramp-up in security ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, it also showed the urgent need for D.C. statehood, the District’s newest shadow…

Imagine what an incredibly strange confluence of events must be required for Neil Albert, downtown D.C.’s chief business booster, to utter the following phrase: “Avoid downtown at all costs.”

It took a few tries, but Planet Word finally swung open its doors Oct. 22 in the District's revamped historic Franklin School with a splashy series of media tours and virtual appearances by the likes of actress Anna Deavere Smith, spoken…

After four decades, the Capitol Steps political comedy troupe is finally hanging it up.

The FBI investigation of the Capitol riot has begun to zero in on potential key figures in the chaos, including some self-styled militia members who in some videos and photos appear to be planning or urging further violence.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Monday that the National Guard and law enforcement response to the deadly US Capitol riot was hampered by an archaic system and criticized the current method of defending the nation's capital in a crisis…

After nearly a decade working for the House of Representatives, the chamber’s top security official thought he knew how its political leadership would react if asked to station troops at the Capitol during a major rally supporting…

The Stone of Hope, the granite sculpture that memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. in a scene of stoic resolve, was cut off by a grid of rigid street closures. A raging pandemic — with more than 13,000 COVID-related deaths across D.C.,…

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day a year ago, there were few hints of the tumultuous and devastating 12 months that would follow. No one envisioned then that 400,000 Americans would be dead from a disease that disproportionately affected Black…

D.C.-area residents expressed new frustrations Monday over how to access the coronavirus vaccine, as the pool of eligible recipients grew and the available supply was far outstripped by demand.

Oil and water. Dogs and cats. And Donald Trump and Washington.

The Capitol Police on Monday alerted people at the Capitol and surrounding complex not to enter or exit for a brief period Monday morning because of what was characterized as “an external security threat,” which turned out to be a small…

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris will be escorted by the drum lines from their alma maters — the University of Delaware and Howard University — at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony.