2021

With the country reeling from last week's riots at the Capitol and Democrats soon to be in control of the presidency, House, and Senate, roughly half of Americans support granting statehood to Washington, D.C.

Many journalists and political commentators have been pessimistic about the possibility of statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This seems to be primarily because, despite the recent Democratic victories in Georgia,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National…

As we recover from the shock of the events of Jan. 6, a thought has begun percolating in my mind, and the minds of many of my Capitol Hill neighbors: Are we seriously attempting to go through with this?

I stood in my living room motionless and stunned Jan. 6 as I watched an attempted coup happening in real time. Raging insurrectionists fueled by racist rhetoric and conspiracy theories had besieged and forced their way into the U.S.…

Security officials have reminded the public that security measures will prevent access to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the Mall on Monday, which is the holiday named for King.

The supposed “Million Militia March” did not materialize in D.C. on Sunday, as the far-right movement that spawned the Capitol siege earlier this month recedes to ever-darker corners of the internet to plot scattershot attacks.

The troops were in formation. The residents were told to stay home. The heart of Washington was a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints. But on Sunday, the planned and promoted “armed march” on the nation’s capital…

A restaurant in D.C. trying to survive the pandemic is seeing a major loss of customers from road closures for the inauguration.

The photos went viral: National Guard troops hunkered down on the floor of the U.S. Capitol, surrounded by symbols of democracy as well as camouflaged gear and guns, chowing down on donated pizza.

Workers had just fenced off all of Capitol Hill — not just the congressional complex, but Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s Capitol Hill: the wide plaza that locals bike across on sunny days and the gentle hill where they take their children to…

The District sent notices to nearly half of the public school system’s roughly 4,000 teachers to return to school buildings Feb. 1 as city leaders attempt to staff classrooms in a school district where demand for in-person instruction…

In an unprecedented move, the Mall and much of the surrounding area is closed to the public days ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of spectators typically watch the ceremonies, but this year, the Secret…

In closing Mall, officials try to strike a balance between the First Amendment and securing Biden’s inauguration

While the District is on guard against extremists who threaten to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a D.C. police commander has asked residents to look for any suspicious gatherings in their neighborhoods.

“Eerie.” “Post-apocalyptic.” “Surreal.” That’s how locals described life in a barricaded and boarded-up D.C. five days before an inauguration that has prompted an unprecedented security response, and ten days after a deadly insurrection at…

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard on Saturday defended his force’s response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and asserted that his relationship with city officials remains solid.