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Please don’t refer to that bunch stashed in the John A. Wilson Building as the “D.C. Council.” Call it what it has become: the D.C. Club.

A Maryland man collected more than $120,000 by fraudulently renting out soccer fields that belong to D.C. Public Schools, District officials allege in a court file unsealed Friday.

An ongoing team of volunteers and organizations working to clean up the channel along the Southwest Waterfront in D.C. has removed enough wood and debris to fill four 30-yard dumpsters as of Friday.

Aira, new technology which can be used at all Smithsonian institutions, connects visitors to an agent who describes their surroundings.

This St. Patrick’s Day, a local beer hall is hoping for more than a little luck. Franklin Hall is hosting a fundraiser on Sunday to support Nathan Epps, a staff member who will have surgery to donate a part of his liver to his 8-month-old…

The rollout begins on March 18 and comes after a pilot program for the motorized bikes launched last year

Jammed downtown streets near the White House will get bus lanes this summer in place of current rush-hour lanes of traffic.

Sugar Fox opens March 16 with plenty of sweet treats

One year ago, our region was on the brink of a historic moment. Regional leaders came together to provide Metro with the $500 million in additional, annual, dedicated funding needed to support the future safety, reliability and vitality of…

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is more bullish than ever on statehood.

A federal court recently dismissed a suit that challenged a new D.C. regulation that requires lead teachers in District child development centers to earn associate degrees and boosts education credentials for other teachers and caregivers.…

A D.C. government employee has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he issued more than $1.45 million in food stamps and welfare benefits in exchange for sexual favors and $380,000.

The new private school coming to the former Intelsat headquarters remains on schedule to open for classes Sept. 5, according to Chairman and CEO Chris Whittle, after D.C. officials imposed a stop-work order because the project lacked a…

On paper, D.C. Council members are supposed to spend their constituent service funds helping out needy residents who’ve fallen behind on a utility bill or can’t afford funeral expenses.

They took the Metro downtown and marched from White House to Capitol.

In her March 12 Metro column, “GOP once championed statehood for D.C.,” Petula Dvorak made another pitch for D.C. statehood, giving the District two Senate seats and one House seat.

On Wednesday night, a collaborator of the artist Robin Bell, who has been projecting words and images onto D.C. buildings for years, was arrested by Capitol Police. Capitol Police also seized a projector, laptop computer, battery and stand…

The transit agency is asking for firms that could offer on-demand transportation to overnight workers

This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival is going to be a two-day event, rather than the 10 days the program has been in recent years.

The Smithsonian Institution has canceled this summer’s 10-day Folklife Festival celebrating the music and culture of Benin and Brazil and will replace it with a smaller event.