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Washington, D.C., is a city self-consciously styled, since its founding, to resemble ancient Rome.

Concrete jersey barriers block many of the cross streets along K Street NW, police officers are screening people coming into downtown, and Metro is poised to close some of its busiest stations within the security perimeter this weekend.

Metro will shut down more than a dozen stations near the U.S. Capitol and Mall for days around the presidential inauguration because of the possibility of violent protests.

Capitol Steps, the popular satirical performance group known for putting the “mock in democracy,” announced it will be shutting down this year.

A D.C. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop the construction of a condo building on a concrete plaza in the heart of Adams Morgan, dealing another setback to a pair of community groups who argued the plaza is actually…

D.C. lawmakers advocated for changing coronavirus vaccine policies Wednesday during a contentious meeting, saying White residents are edging out Black residents in vying for scarce appointments during the first week vaccines are being…

Activists and labor representatives are ratcheting up pressure on D.C.-area hotel operators to shut their doors around Inauguration Day, warning of potential health and safety risks posed by right-wing extremists who may travel to the city…

NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the week of the presidential inauguration.

The union representing more than 7,000 hotel employees in the D.C. area is calling on hoteliers to shut their doors temporarily unless they are hosting law enforcement or security personnel — the latest in a series of efforts to keep…

In the early 1980s as a student at Howard University, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris enjoyed the great diversity and culinary delights of living in D.C. — eating Caribbean food in Adams Morgan and dining on plate-size pancakes at the…

The District logged the most coronavirus cases the city has ever seen in a single day over the course of the pandemic on Monday, Jan. 11. DC Health reported 430 new cases on Tuesday.

After watching a D.C. police officer get injured during the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, a young girl in Montana wanted to do something.

Chris Cooke has lived in D.C. since October. Since that time, Trump supporters and far-right groups have gathered for three large demonstrations in the city—each one ending in violence and leading to injuries or deaths.

A Colorado man who was charged in federal court last week with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also made multiple threats of violence against D.C. and Mayor Muriel Bowser, new court filings show.

Airbnb announced on Wednesday it is cancelling all reservations in the D.C. area for inauguration week after facing criticism for hosting supporters of President Trump during last week’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Airbnb will cancel and block all reservations in the Washington metro area during inauguration week after finding Airbnb accounts for “numerous individuals who are either associated with known hate groups or otherwise involved in the…

"DoubleODipshit" also allegedly head butted a random pedestrian on Jan. 7, according to a local warrant.

An additional 5,000 members of the National Guard could arrive to support Inauguration Day security in Washington, city officials said Wednesday, which would increase the total to at least 20,000 in a rapidly swelling security apparatus…

Kojo Nnamdi, a fixture on Washington’s radio airwaves and an influential factor in the region’s politics, will retire from his daily program on WAMU-FM, the public station announced Wednesday.

The legendary broadcaster has hosted a show on WAMU since 1998