2021

Outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Sheridan Harvey took out binoculars and gazed hundreds of yards in the distance, looking for evidence of the damage rioters had caused to a complex that is an enduring symbol of American democracy.

The collision of two major events Wednesday — the breach of the U.S. Capitol and Democrats’ clinching of the Senate majority — has unleashed a burst of momentum for D.C. statehood at the start of a new congressional session.

United States Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, the head of the force that was overwhelmed by insurrectionists who took over the U.S. Capitol for nearly five hours, will resign effective January 16, according to the department.

Veteran D.C. Police official Robert J. Contee III, who Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated on Dec. 22 to become the city’s next Chief of Police, has a long record of understanding and support for LGBTQ-related issues, according to retired D.C.…

Longtime transgender activist Ruby Corado, the founder and current executive director of the D.C. LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby, announced on Monday in a Facebook posting that she plans to step down as Casa Ruby’s leader around…

D.C. shelter residents in the isolation and temporary quarantine (ISAQ) site at the Capitol Skyline Hotel say they are being insulted and mistreated by Department of Human Services staff and security guards.

Mecanoo’s renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library works through the nuances of the Mies’s signature style

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice…

More than 6,000 National Guard members from D.C. and elsewhere were mobilized, and a 7-foot tall fence was erected around the U.S. Capitol in response to Wednesday’s unrest, which D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called “acts of domestic…

On Wednesday morning, as Congress gathered on Capitol Hill to certify the country’s Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, Andrew Kravetz was at his H Street row home, drinking coffee and scrolling through Twitter in his…

"A small fraction of people are coming over, but the majority are scared and nervous about getting and spreading COVID."

Airbnb Says It Canceled Some Hate-Group Members’ DC Reservations and Plans to Do More

For the next two weeks or so, D.C. businesses will need to be ready to close unexpectedly or adhere to new curfew orders, as the city figures out exactly how to manage the aftermath of Wednesday’s shocking attack on the U.S. Capitol by…

MPD is reporting 68 arrests last night.

In the relatively peaceful hours before a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Washingtonians who want D.C. to become the 51st state had cause to celebrate.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described the insurrection by pro-Trump extremists at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as “textbook terrorism,” and urged an investigation into the U.S. Capitol Police response to the events.

The Shaw residential pipeline may be growing by a handful.

Retired D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey said the leadership of Capitol Police “not only failed themselves, they failed the Capitol, and they failed the country,” by failing to prevent Wednesday’s takeover of “The People’s House” by…

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser used the national spotlight in the wake of the Capitol riot to advocate for D.C. statehood as city officials argued the local government helped save a branch of the federal government.