2021

A group of arrestees freed to await trial for allegedly refusing to leave the U.S. Capitol grounds Wednesday evening were released from detention near D.C. police headquarters through a door that funneled them away from media,…

When the Smithsonian introduced a futuristic plan for the 17 acres around its iconic administration building, the National Historic Landmark known as the Castle, officials predicted it would be a game-changer that would remake the…

Winter Restaurant Week has been pushed back to Jan. 25 through Feb. 7.

Several U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended and more than a dozen others are under investigation for suspected involvement with or inappropriate support for the demonstration last week that turned into a deadly riot at the…

Happy Monday. Mayor Muriel Bowser and area leaders urged Americans not to travel to the nation's capital for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration as security ramps up following the deadly Capitol siege.

Hiding from the rioters in a secret location away from the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appealed to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) phoned Ivanka…

Airbnb said Monday that it’s reviewing reservations in the Washington, D.C., area ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration and will bar any guests associated with hate groups or violent activity.

An officer was hit with a bat. Another was struck with a flagpole. A third was pinned against a statue. A fourth was clobbered with a wrench. One became stuck between two doors amid a frenzied mob. Many were hit with bear spray.

Newly cash-infused Metro has gone from an agency on the financial brink to cutting its funding partners a break, proposing to lower the amount of money it requests from jurisdictions for annual operating expenses.

Battered by months of protests and a violent insurrection at the Capitol last week, the District is making urgent pleas to the federal government and American people to try to prevent calamity from unfolding when Joe Biden is sworn in as…

My older son was in second grade doing a bird report on the northern cardinal when it hit me: the absurdity of America’s security obsession.

Airbnb says it will ban anyone arrested by D.C. police on January 6 from using its platform. It will review reservations to try to weed out members of hate groups—it includes members of the Proud Boys in this category—and will institute…

As D.C.’s mayor and the governors for Maryland and Virginia prepare for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, they released a unified message for possible attendees on Monday evening.

About an hour after Clifford Howard consumed three buttons of peyote, the hallucinations kicked in. Howard moved unsteadily to the divan in his Capitol Hill home and stared at the fire burning in the grate.

Some of the operational changes brewers made in response to COVID-19 could stick around.

Metro will avoid many of the doomsday cuts and layoffs officials previously said would be needed to stem the financial impacts of COVID-19 — at least for now.

The District and much of Virginia moved into their next phases of coronavirus vaccinations Monday, targeting older residents and other vulnerable populations as a post-holiday surge of new infections in the Washington region continued to…

The District Department of Transportation is taking big steps in an effort to improve safety on one of D.C.’s busiest and most vexing roads: the Southeast-Southwest Freeway.