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A crowd of about 150 protesters gathered at Lincoln Park just after 7 p.m., calling for a controversial statue of Abraham Lincoln to be removed. Members of the group said it would not attempt to pull the statue down immediately but would…

A coalition of 10 local LGBTQ or LGBTQ supportive organizations that called on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council in January to approve $22.6 million in the city’s fiscal year 2021 budget for LGBTQ related programs has lowered its…

The virtual bake sale started by DC pastry chefs sparked a global movement.

The fencing in Lafayette Square that was taken down after the height of protests in D.C. following the killing of George Floyd has been replaced after a failed attempt to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson.

Friday’s expected successful House vote on D.C. statehood will be a historic milestone. But it is just one step in a long journey toward the day when a D.C. mayor can issue a proclamation for the first elections to Congress of two U.S.…

The president’s crackdown in the capital exposes its vulnerability to authoritarianism.

A line of D.C. police blocked part of 16th Street Tuesday as protesters crowded against them, inflamed by the dismantling of first aid and supply stations earlier in the day. Behind the police, black fencing once again blocked entrance to…

Someday, when scholars attempt to convey the historical undulations of the year 2020, they will write about pestilence, mass death, catastrophic job losses, state violence, oceans of protesters flooding city streets in the name of racial…

Two military helicopters roared over demonstrators in Washington protesting after the death of George Floyd, producing winds equivalent to a tropical storm.

The serious issues of racial equality and police brutality are common in conversation now, but should comedians be concerned about taking topics too far?

The fencing in Lafayette Square that was taken down after the height of protests in D.C. following the killing of George Floyd will be put back up.

Tensions again flared on D.C. streets this week after groups of protesters erected barricades and set up tents and signs declaring an “autonomous zone” on city streets near the White House.

D.C. police lined streets around the White House on Tuesday, periodically clearing out tents, barricades and other structures built by protesters seeking to create an autonomous zone in the area that has been at the center of weeks of…

An attempt by activists to create an “autonomous zone” outside the White House has reignited tensions between President Trump and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser about who controls D.C. streets.

In the wake of nationwide calls for police reform, the Metro Transit Police are taking a step toward more oversight for their officers.

When the Museum of the Bible opened three years ago, its founders aimed to engage a wider audience with the Bible and its thousands of years of history.

The Metro board on Tuesday voted unanimously to create an independent panel to review complaints of abuse, misconduct and excessive force by transit police, but critics contend that the new body lacks authority to discipline or fire…

D.C. officials have agreed to temporarily close a section of 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan to car traffic for a weekend starting Friday, a test run to evaluate if the closure could be more permanent or if such a step would make sense in…

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - D.C. Congresswoman Del. Eleanor Norton announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park.

The busy DC roadway will open for dining, drinking, and shopping, Friday through Sunday.