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The U.S. Senate will debate and vote on a measure on Wednesday afternoon that would block the D.C. bill overhauling the city’s criminal code. The disapproval resolution — which was already passed by the House — is expected to pass with…

D.C. statehood advocates plan to rally on Wednesday in opposition to a vote by the Senate on whether to reject D.C.’s criminal code revamp, even as more Democratic senators said they planned to join Republicans in overturning the measure. …

A bill that would loosen restrictions on street vending has taken a major step forward in the D.C. Council Tuesday, as it was voted to advance.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on whether it will formally strike down a controversial overhaul of D.C’s criminal code.

The Council also unanimously approved a bill to designate a portion of Good Hope Road SE as Marion Barry Avenue

A former Union Kitchen employee and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400, the labor organization that represents current employees, has filed a wage theft lawsuit against the food incubator and retailer. The lawsuit comes…

Over two days of emotional testimony from residents, community organizers, and gun violence prevention activists this month, one theme came up again and again: “the system is broken.”

The D.C. Council bowed to bipartisan pressure on Monday by attempting to withdraw sweeping changes to the city's criminal code that the Senate appears on track to block later this week.

The embattled agency is recovering from internal and external audits that identified failures throughout the agency and millions in misspent funds.

The D.C. Council is withdrawing a sweeping rewrite of the capital city’s criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed set to overturn the measure. But the move will not prevent the Senate vote or spare…

For decades, D.C.'s Ward 8 leaders say, the outside community has often laid out an economic and development agenda for them. Now they want that to change.

The Senate this week plans to vote on whether to block D.C.’s overhaul of its century-old criminal code from becoming law, even as city leaders tried to pull the legislation before federal lawmakers could weigh in. If the Senate resolution…

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday he is withdrawing a bill overhauling the city’s criminal code ahead of a planned vote in the U.S. Senate this week to block it from taking effect. But his gambit was dismissed only hours…

Democratic presidents in the past have done troubling and at times truly terrible things to appease centrist White voters and win elections. President Biden shouldn’t continue that legacy — and I am becoming increasingly worried that he…

President Biden's shock announcement on Thursday that he won't veto a GOP-led resolution blocking changes to D.C.'s criminal code has left House Democrats in a state of shock, anger and distrust.

D.C. Health announced Friday it would be closing all COVID-19 centers throughout the city by the end of March.

At the center of the issue — and six federal lawsuits — are children who have already been failed by adults in their lives

Cities across the nation face a dilemma: Downtown office buildings are empty as workers prefer to stay home. Nearly all local leaders agree part of the solution is an office-to-apartment conversion boom. Cities have started rolling out tax…

D.C. has received a $9.7 million grant from the Department of Education that city leaders say will be used to help recruit and retain mental health professionals to work in the city’s schools.

President’s opposition is part of a tough-on-crime sentiment that is increasingly shaping the political landscape