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A bipartisan bill to prohibit the demolition of the Kennedy Center without congressional authorization has stalled at least for now, with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah yesterday blocking its passage via streamlined "unanimous consent"…

The judge in Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr.'s federal bribery trial today declared a mistrial after the jury again proclaimed its inability to reach a unanimous verdict, with members reportedly having "cemented" their views amid…

Midway into their third day of deliberations, jurors in Trayon White Sr.'s federal bribery case reported late this morning that they were deadlocked, but the judge instructed them to continue trying to reach consensus after lunch.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Office of Planning today submitted the RFK Campus Master Plan to the DC Council ahead of a scheduled Sept. 30 public hearing, with her administration pushing for legislators' approval by the end of the year. …

A changing climate — and seasonal complaints from residents of multifamily rental buildings over heat and air conditioning — prompted the DC Council yesterday to give initial approval to legislation revising dates for conversion in the…

Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against the owners of a Ward 8 apartment building, alleging they have repeatedly failed to implement basic security measures such as safeguarding entrances and vacant units.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials today marked the $67 million modernization of Malcolm X Elementary School in Ward 8, with a ribbon-cutting that featured the eldest daughter of the school's namesake.

Mayor Muriel Bowser today identified a handful of key economic development projects that she is pushing the DC Council to advance this fall in the final months of her 12-year tenure as the city's chief executive.

The DC Council returned from summer recess this week, and its first legislative meeting of the fall is scheduled for Tuesday.

Amid concerns that a fading, nearly unreadable plaque at the Lincoln Memorial fails to appropriately honor the site's legacy as the venue for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, newly proposed bipartisan…

A federal court today ruled against a renewed effort to inscribe President Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center's exterior, with the judge reiterating his earlier ruling that doing so in any form would require congressional approval. …

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced $9.3 million in recent settlements with two landlords accused of participating in a price-fixing scheme to keep residential rents artificially high.

A new initiative from the DC Department of Buildings to identify vacant and blighted properties across the city is drawing scrutiny from the GOP-led House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and its chair, Rep. James Comer of…

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined other DC leaders this morning to celebrate the reopening of the historic Southeast Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after a $41 million rehabilitation and expansion project.

After a rapid expansion throughout the spring and summer, the news site NOTUS today rebranded as The Washington Sun, a name selected to reflect the publication's stated aim of boosting DC-based coverage of national politics and policy as…

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution since June 2019, today announced his retirement from the post atop the sprawling museum, education and research complex — an institution that has come under blistering…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb yesterday announced a new lawsuit against the owner and manager of a 10-story affordable apartment building at 1400 Florida Ave. NE in an effort to force immediate repairs to address "severe and pervasive"…

The Bowser administration is reporting a 30% reduction in opioid overdoses in the District over the past year, attributable in part to the distribution of 510,000 free Naloxone kits with medication able to rapidly reverse an overdose ahead…

With DC Public Schools back in session this week, Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off the 2026-27 school year by highlighting newly modernized facilities at J.O. Wilson Elementary in Ward 6 and Barnard Elementary in Ward 4 — two of the latest…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and other DC officials yesterday celebrated a $91 million expansion of the newly renamed John R. Thompson Jr. High School on MacArthur Boulevard in Ward 3.