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WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law…

A member of the commission that advises House Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on judicial nominations has resigned after making an antisemitic remark about a candidate for the federal bench.

The District’s top private schools are able to offer more classroom instruction in the upper grades than public schools because they are not bound by the same health guidelines, frustrating some public school parents whose children are not…

While all 50 states have reinstated some high school sports, D.C. hasn’t. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday announced that will change in two weeks with a “tentative plan” to return teens to practice, but some think the lifting of the…

DC Harvest is known to its customers for healthy, classic, upscale American food.

Johnnie Scott Rice later apologized in an email to the commission.

The last few weeks of technical difficulties with vaccinate.dc.gov eclipsed the good news.

WHERE IT concerns the safety of the Washington area’s Metrorail system, there have been so many red flashing lights in recent years — mishaps involving fatalities and injuries, as well as blistering reports from the transit system’s…

On the day when former President Donald Trump’s most delusional supporters swore he would return to power — and the House suspended its business because of supposed threats to the U.S. Capitol — Washington looked on Thursday morning much…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press has learned. Defense officials say the new proposal is…

Now with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the mix, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said all teachers and staff working for a school or child care facility, including those who aren’t teaching in person, will be eligible to preregister for a…

D.C. officials offered little information Thursday about who will get vaccinated first under the city’s new centralized preregistration system, while Maryland leaders discussed strengthening efforts to make sure Black residents have access…

With demand far outstripping supply, the initial weeks of the coronavirus vaccination effort practically guaranteed anxious waiting for millions of people.

In its ongoing quest to make the permitting process less cumbersome, DC's Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is rolling out a new streamlined permit application process.

More than 200 prospective bidders have emerged for the shuttered Marriott Wardman Park hotel as Eastdil Secured ramps up efforts to sell the property to the highest bidder for what should be well in excess of $100 million, according to…

U.S. Capitol Police have reportedly asked the National Guard to maintain its presence in and around the Capitol for another 60 days.

Two Republican members of Congress are pushing to overturn D.C.’s requirement that child care workers get a college degree, another attempt by federal lawmakers — who the city’s residents can’t vote for — to get involved in local affairs. …

The massive redevelopment of Brookland Manor should finally be able to move forward following a court ruling Thursday.

It has been a year since D.C. Superior Court’s misdemeanor courtrooms closed. With the exception of domestic violence charges, almost no one is confined at the D.C. Jail for a misdemeanor today. This experiment in “decarceration” is the…

Hugh Newell Jacobsen, an award-winning Washington architect whose deceptively simple designs for homes and prominent public buildings honored the values of traditional styles while cleverly infusing modernist sensibilities, died March 4 at…