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Not long after opening in the mid-1990s, the Capitol Lounge’s management issued a decree that may have seemed odd for a bar two blocks from the U.S. Capitol, where crowds of House staffers drank after work and the decor included old Nixon…

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday night spurred many D.C. area residents to gather outside of the nation’s highest court to remember the titanic figure.

On the steps of the Supreme Court Building, soft cries and the low murmur of chirping crickets filled the air as hundreds of people grieved the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

They gathered in small groups, some crying, others holding flowers or candles. A few clutched posters, including one woman whose hand-drawn sign portrayed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a saint.

With less than seven weeks to go before Election Day on Nov. 3, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto‘s campaign is looking for a full-time field director to get out the vote.

The Metro board on Friday took the first step toward cutting $212 million from its operating budget, endorsing a plan that could lay off up to 1,700 employees, move up rail closing times and create longer transit waits.

Stand outside, aim your ears up, and you might just hear thousands of little chirps, peeps, and honks tonight.

Pandemic safety versus disease prevention: A pediatrician weighs in.

For some time now, D.C.’s Office of Contracting and Procurement has been treating a section of the local contracting and procurement law more like a guideline. In a motion for reconsideration filed with the Contract Appeals Board, the…

Ethiopia Berta can remember the experience of walking through Deon Kay’s Congress Heights neighborhood with him when he was a kid. She says Kay must have been just a 5th grader at the time—but he knew everyone.

The Office of the Inspector General announced this week that it will conduct an audit of D.C. Public Schools’ distance learning program starting this month.The Office of the Inspector General announced this week that it will conduct an…

As WMATA attempts to move forward with plans to redevelop the former Decatur Street Car Barn along upper 14th Street, the demolition required for redevelopment is posing a hurdle.

The Covid-19 pandemic’s economic impacts could manage to reverse all of the D.C. region’s recent progress on transit funding, Greater Washington’s top elected leaders warned Friday.

Black Restaurant Week in the D.C. region — part of a nationwide effort to celebrate the flavors of African American, African and Caribbean cuisine — started Friday.

In a DC Council hearing on September 15, a DCPS representative announced a plan to begin the process of renaming Wilson. The hearing was on a resolution in which the council expressed broad support for the name to be changed.

Dan Simons answers questions about Farmers Restaurant Group's Health & Safety Dashboard.

The city’s newest memorial honoring the presidential and military legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower is filled with sounds of jackhammers, pounding concrete, and idling bulldozers. It’s a Friday afternoon, less than a week before it is set to…

The Metro Board of Directors voted Friday on potential service cuts, schedule changes and layoffs as the organization attempts to balance its budget during the coronavirus pandemic.

One promotion kicks off today. Another arrives in November.

George Washington University launched a new coronavirus testing protocol Thursday — a “highly accurate” one that can provide results within a day or two.