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“They plan to make the District of Columbia a state — that would give them two new Democratic senators,” said then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), explaining his opposition to D.C. statehood in a Fox News interview two…

REPUBLICANS IN Congress did not use to make the case that residents of the District of Columbia deserved no representation in Congress; the issue was only how to do it. “Let’s be real, how can you argue with a straight face that D.C.…

The first Federal Aviation Administration noise survey in nearly 30 years found more people are bothered by aircraft noise than before, even as planes have gotten quieter.

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited the Bright Start Early Care & Preschool Thursday to discuss federal aid for small businesses.

The District’s crime lab erroneously concluded bullet casings found at the scenes of two fatal shootings were fired from the same gun, then sought to minimize the mistake, according to a panel of independent forensic experts commissioned…

Cut ties with MPD, virtual events, and simmering tension

Acting Chief Robert Contee hedges on his previous pledge of transparency in use of force investigations.

I am an Indigenous female elder descended from the Pamunkey and the Tauxenent (Dogue) tribes. Both tribal nations were historic members of the Powhatan Paramountcy, which stretched all the way from today’s state of North Carolina to the…

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Office of the Inspector General that investigated the Rail Operations Control Center as a “toxic workplace culture,” filled with sexual harassment, racial discrimination and internal…

Black Americans are dying at nearly twice the rate of White Americans from the coronavirus. In the nation’s capital, about 75 percent of coronavirus deaths are among Black Americans — despite making up less than half of the population. So,…

As acting D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee asked D.C. Council members to confirm him as the city’s permanent chief, he said he planned to hire a diversity task force to review the department’s policies.

Former Dodgers owner Frank H. McCourt Jr.'s donation will expand financial aid

A federal judge issued an injunction Thursday on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s coronavirus restrictions on the city’s Catholic churches, ruling that the District’s limits of 25% capacity or 250 people at services violates fundamental worship…

In the mornings, they collect paper-pushers and patterns of sun and shade. In the evenings, their shadows swallow entire streets, their surfaces swell with yellow light.

Top officials in the District and Maryland announced Thursday that they would embrace CDC guidelines and advise schools that they can operate with three feet of social distance between students in classrooms instead of the previously…

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would institute new soundproofing standards for buildings near entertainment and music venues, following years of tension over how to deal with music and noise in public space. These tensions…

Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III was called “homegrown” and “reform-minded” by community members, while facing tough questions by D.C. councilmembers Thursday during his nomination hearing.

Maria Gomez is leaving Mary’s Center after more than three decades with the organization.

D.C.’s acting police chief fielded questions on police training, community outreach and more from D.C. Council members who will help decide whether he gets the position permanently.

The veteran police officer and lifelong D.C. resident chosen by the mayor as the District’s next police chief told lawmakers Thursday he wants officers to be “laser-focused” on violent offenders while avoiding indiscriminate arrests that…