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January could be one of the worst months yet for the already hard-hit industry.

Martin Di Caro is the newly announced host of History As It Happens, a podcast at the Washington Times that seeks to view current events through the lens of history.

Police are erecting fences and using concrete barricades to block off streets in downtown D.C. ahead of the presidential inauguration. About 20,000 National Guard members are filing into the city in an attempt to prevent another…

The longstanding cultural news website and events organizer Brightest Young Things has announced it will effectively shut down on January 20.

About midway between the Yard, the quadrangle at the heart of Howard University’s campus, and the historic nightlife strip of U Street NW stands a compact brick Georgian building. Stacks of quoins rise up from Bryant Street, stepping back…

The head of D.C.’s Department of Transportation is headed to the White House.

Six-year-old U Street gastropub Fainting Goat joins the growing list of D.C. restaurants adding a ghost kitchen to its operations — restaurant extensions with menus that are solely for takeout and/or delivery — to help get it through the…

After a tree fell, the backyard studio where artist Lou Stovall screen printed his own and others’ artwork for nearly 50 years had to be razed—but his legacy persists.

The Capitol dome sits atop a hill, a symbol of American democracy for everyone except the actual residents of D.C., taxpayers whose representation in its marbled halls is limited to one non-voting delegate. … And yet, watching rioters…

D.C. education officials are asking public schools to release their reopening plans to their respective communities by the end of the week, as the District targets Feb. 1 for the resumption of in-person learning.

Should seniors in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19 be given priority in vaccine appointments?

Jeff Marootian, the director of D.C.’s Department of Transportation, just got a job in the Biden administration: He’ll serve as the Special Assistant to the President for Climate and Science Agency Personnel.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will shut down 13 Metro stations, many of them near the White House or Capitol Hill, starting Friday as authorities continue to prepare for potential violence leading up to the…

The entire National Mall will be closed for Inauguration Day, only accessible by media and security personnel, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues.

When the dust settled, District officials wasted little time pointing the finger at the federal government.

The Georgetown penthouse in the Ritz-Carlton Residences that belonged to the late philanthropist Michelle Smith is being marketed for sale.

When Capitol Hill was in chaos on Jan. 6, David Smith was there. Smith, 40, was distributing hand-warmers to homeless people nearby when the siege started. He watched in disbelief as a menacing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.

I had planned to tell you a story about joy and creativity.

Althea Thompson is a woman experiencing homelessness who transferred from the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter to the Holiday Inn on Rhode Island Ave. NW, which the D.C. Department of Human Services has used as a Pandemic Emergency Program…