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The June 21 D.C. primary has come and gone; if you missed the results, please read here. But as candidates awake from a raucous night of celebrating a win or mourning a loss, there are plenty of story lines and opportunities to parse what…

Mayor Muriel Bowser easily secured a third term, but could face new headaches from lawmakers.

As Roosevelt High School’s Class of 2022 walked through the Entertainment and Sports Arena in the District, hundreds of family members and friends cheered Tuesday to celebrate a class that has weathered a pandemic, seen a rise in school…

The historic Arts and Industries Building and three undeveloped plots on the Mall are in contention, and two will be selected by the end of the year

Food business incubator and retailer Union Kitchen has become the latest in a string of employers across the nation whose workers have voted to unionize, joining others regionally including D.C.-based bookstore chain Politics and Prose and…

Brian Schwalb prevailed in a three-man Democratic primary race for D.C. attorney general on Tuesday.

More than two decades after he was D.C.'s mayor, Marion Barry is still remembered for helping generations of youngsters get summer jobs. Anthony Williams is known for rescuing the city from near bankruptcy and bringing baseball back to…

D.C. voters backed D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson over a left-leaning challenger on Tuesday. But progressives gained two other seats on the Council.

Brian Schwalb, who was endorsed by the outgoing D.C. attorney general, won an “apparent victory” in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination for the office late Tuesday, his closest opponent conceded late Tuesday, though the race had…

Incumbent Muriel Bowser withstood the challenge to her leadership and emerged victorious as the Democratic candidate for mayor of D.C.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has won the Democratic primary, putting her on track for a third term to lead the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser won the Democratic primary on Tuesday, overcoming a progressive rival and virtually guaranteeing that she will win a third consecutive term to lead a city confronting inequality,…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser emerged as the apparent winner of the city’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, holding off three challengers in a bruising campaign and coming one step closer to winning a third consecutive term in office — a feat…

D.C. voters on Tuesday picked city council candidates who rejected calls for more police officers and strict mayoral control of public schools, advancing the council’s years-long move to the left while also reelecting moderate incumbents. …

Muriel E. Bowser (D), the pragmatic politician who has led the District for eight years, won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, according to projections from the Associated Press, beating out two left-leaning members of the council…

Heather Pinckney, who tried cases as a public defender for eight years with the office before starting her own firm, is returning as director

Siomara Martinez voted Tuesday at the same Columbia Heights building where she attended high school. But when the D.C. resident thought about the past, it was not with nostalgia.

Candidates for elected office and their volunteers fanned out across D.C. on Tuesday, making their final pitches to a seemingly small number of voters casting their ballots at 90 vote centers citywide for the June 21 primary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden visited a vaccination clinic Tuesday to celebrate that virtually all Americans can now get a COVID-19 shot Tuesday after the authorization of vaccines for kids under 5 over the weekend.

At age 15, Chase Poole already had been shot and wounded twice, most recently in February. The following month, he was arrested in D.C. on a gun possession charge — a pretty good indicator of trouble to come.