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President Trump is attempting to withhold federal funding from a number of U.S. cities, including D.C., where large-scale protests have occurred over the last few months.

D.C.’s top prosecutor told Muriel Bowser that police didn’t have probable cause for mass arrests, and that “guilt by association” doesn’t warrant felony charges.

A D.C. police officer shot and killed a young man Wednesday afternoon in Southeast Washington’s Congress Heights neighborhood, the District’s police chief said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers in Washington, D.C., fatally shot a young Black man Wednesday, amid increased nationwide and local scrutiny over police tactics.

D.C. police shot and killed a person in Southeast D.C. around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham.

In a summer when President Trump has picked fights with liberal mayors of American cities, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser gave him ammunition Tuesday with a surprising gesture: publishing a sweeping list of historical figures whose names…

A new documentary, Anacostia Delta: The Legacy of DC’s Telemasters — whose official release date is Friday — shines a light on a music community that grew out of the D.C. region during the post-World War II boom years.

The ranking Republicans of two House committees are accusing D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser of handing over the streets of D.C. to “violent left-wing extremists and agitators.” At the same time, the mayor is facing criticism at home for her…

The committee was mocked for a report that suggested nixing Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and the city's own namesake.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has refined the scope of a working group’s assignment to decide what actions should be taken on renaming or contextualizing parks, streets, schools, buildings and monuments after the group’s initial report sparked…

D.C. is expecting a 50% drop in visitors this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of D.C.'s largest providers of intern housing is looking to sell its portfolio of 17 buildings in the Capitol Hill and Chinatown neighborhoods, an extremely rare offering prompted by the even rarer set of circumstances caused by the…

Mayor Muriel Bowser tussled with law-and-order Republicans this week, and came out of it worse for the wear.

The past decade was a golden age for D.C.’s tourism industry, with 10 consecutive years of growth between 2009 and 2019.

A federal lawsuit alleging law enforcement officials violated the civil rights of protesters forcefully cleared from Lafayette Square in June with the use of chemical irritants has been amended to include the names of nearly two dozen D.C.…

Local officials and medical experts have repeatedly touted reliable rapid antigen testing as a vital tool in slowing the spread of the coronavirus in our region and nationwide.

With fall classes getting underway, many teachers and students in the D.C. area have made the jump from in-person to virtual learning. But for thousands of adult English learners who largely belong to the area’s immigrant community of 1.3…

If you live in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia, new software on your iPhone could alert you of potential exposures to COVID-19.

On Twitter, it was a four-alarm fire: In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, a committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called Tuesday to “remove, relocate or contextualize” the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington…

A global organization has ranked D.C., Maryland and Virginia in how well their policies support workers during the coronavirus pandemic.