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When D.C. lawmakers legalized sports betting in late 2018, they believed plenty of revenue for city coffers would follow. But some also worried that gambling problems wouldn’t be far behind. So a deal was struck: the first $200,000 of…

President Biden plans to veto a GOP-led measure that would block D.C.’s major police accountability legislation if the resolution passes Congress, the White House said Thursday.

An exhibit launching now draws the line from women born into slavery all the way to Vice President Harris. And that line runs straight through D.C.

The investigations come as agency leaders face a Friday deadline to show federal overseers progress in combatting deficiencies identified in a scathing HUD audit last year

Pandemic-era rules that allowed more people to stay on Medicaid are ending.

House Republicans grilled D.C. officials on crime and the city’s financial state during a testy four-hour congressional hearing on Wednesday, accusing them of defunding the police department and sparking a “crime crisis” Congress was…

The remarks came during a congressional hearing on the oversight of D.C.

Following through on plans for robust oversight of the nation’s capital, House Republicans on Wednesday accused Washington officials of losing control of local affairs, voting to overturn a police reform package passed by the D.C. Council…

Republicans sharply criticized the D.C. Council during a House hearing Wednesday, charging that the nation’s capital is in the midst of a “crime crisis,” while pledging to block a police reform measure.

The political game Congress is playing stands to further erode trust between the police and the public

D.C. leaders who appeared before Congress Wednesday rejected Republicans' claims of a "crime crisis" in the nation's capital.

The 10-year-old organization works with forensic teaching associates to give sexual assault nurse examiners feedback and patient-focused training.

D.C. officials were peppered with questions about crime and policing in the nation’s capital Wednesday during House Republicans’ first oversight hearing of the year targeting the city, before a committee voted to advance a measure to block…

‘I can promise you, it’s not MPD holding the bag on this,’ D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said. ‘That’s B.S.’

House Republicans are briefly setting aside their concerns about Hunter Biden this week and instead turning their attention to crime and police reform in D.C.

Will Reid still spends Saturday afternoons in downtown D.C., where for nine years he and fellow volunteers at the mutual aid group Food Not Bombs have served free vegan meals to unhoused people living in the area.

The Capitol Gateway project has been stuck in limbo for years, and recent efforts to speed things up have hit snags and could cost DCHA millions.

One thing is for certain about Wednesday’s House Oversight hearing examining D.C. affairs: It’s just the beginning.

Peak bloom has arrived for the thousands of Japanese cherry blossom trees at the National Mall in Washington, and the area is awash in magnificent pink and white.

More children in the nation’s capital would be eligible to receive financial assistance for child care programs under a plan rolled out by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.