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The ACLU of DC says there was a "complete failure of planning and leadership" from Mayor Muriel Bowser and Acting Chief Robert Contee.

Comparing the insufficient police presence on Wednesday to the harsh federal police reaction to Black Lives Matter protests in June, some point to racism.

Federal authorities have issued charges for several people who stormed the Capitol Building Wednesday, in a fatal insurrection that ended with five dead, including one Capitol Police officer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense leaders are reviewing restrictions on the use of force by National Guard members and could allow troops to carry batons or guns in Washington, D.C., as they brace for more protests and possible violence around the…

For 15 months, Gregory Sharps has been incarcerated at the D.C. Jail, waiting for a judge to set a date for his trial.

Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said U.S. Capitol Police may have miscalculated and assumed the pro-Trump crowds that gathered in Wednesday wouldn’t turn against law enforcement. Instead, hundreds of Trump supporters…

It’s easy to forget, given all the chaos, that the District is in the middle of a critical moment in ending the coronavirus pandemic: vaccination.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is distorting how he responded to the chaos at the Capitol this week, falsely stating that he acted immediately to bring in the National Guard.

American University is looking to increase development on its campus by nearly one-third over the next decade, according to its recently submitted 2021 campus plan update — and avoid the community blowback that delayed development…

When Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested by D.C. police last year, many subsequently faced charges for rioting. Now a D.C. lawmaker wants to know if similar charges could apply to President Donald Trump for Wednesday’s deadly…

Federal prosecutors have released details of some of the first dozen or so people charged in Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol, and law enforcement authorities say they are “sparing no expense” to track down others who took part in…

WEDNESDAY’S ASSAULT on the U.S. Capitol, and on American democracy, was instigated and condoned by President Trump. He should be held to account, and the rioters themselves prosecuted. Yet accountability cannot end there, nor can…

After pro-Trump insurrectionists fought their way into Congress and essentially shut the city down Wednesday, stories began emerging of restaurant workers, hotel, and hospital staff getting caught in the fracas. D.C.’s essential workers,…

Katelyn Mazenko planned to have her first grade class at Janney Elementary School on Thursday write sentences, play bingo and solve math problems. But after pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building the day before, the…

The day after alt-right insurrectionists entered the U.S. Capitol, D.C. teachers balanced their own raw emotions and held space for students.

After a few rounds of design revisions, the proposed development for the parking lot at Georgetown institution W. T. Weaver and Sons has a new look.

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A U.S. Capitol Police officer who was injured amid Wednesday’s takeover of the Capitol died Thursday night, according to a statement from his department.

I have nothing to add that has not already been said about the events that transpired on Wednesday, other than these observations from my many hours of providing tours of the U.S. Capitol and the thoughts I have every time I have walked…

The fallout from a pro-Trump mob’s storming of the U.S. Capitol continued around D.C.’s legislative core Thursday as the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police resigned and a 7-foot-tall fence went up around the Capitol building.