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We all know why the patch of real estate just north of the White House has been in the news lately.

An increase in drownings in the Potomac River has led local fire departments to remind swimmers that it is not only dangerous but illegal to swim in certain areas.

Federal authorities announced a reward last week in a fourth fire they said was set in the District during disorder that followed protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Dozens of protesters descended Saturday evening on the Northwest D.C. home of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), demanding that she defund the police as they chanted and danced to music at what they called a block party.

While large swaths of downtown D.C. were closed to vehicular traffic and largely free of the big protests the city has seen over the last two weeks, a livelier scene was to be found on the small residential street in front of Mayor Muriel…

In a statement released Saturday, the U.S. Secret Service admitted to using pepper spray to disperse the crowd of protesters at the north side of Lafayette Square on June 1.

Using the hashtag #YouthSpeakUp, hundreds of parents and their children gathered in the District Saturday for a discussion and a walk from Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue to Black Lives Matter Plaza near Lafayette Square.

WASHINGTON - In a video address to the D.C. Police force this week, Chief Peter Newsham said the District's City Council “forgot about our 20 years of reform…. and insinuated that somehow the Metropolitan Police force would be involved in…

Washington: The residents of America’s capital wear their politics on their licence plates. Spend any time in the District of Columbia and you’ll notice vehicles everywhere bearing the slogan: Taxation Without Representation.

Gallaudet University’s oldest fraternity has been suspended from campus after members were identified wearing prohibited ceremonial robes that resemble Ku Klux Klan garb, officials said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser stated her desire for the Washington Redskins football team to return back to the District, but under a new name.

Protesters have now gathered in the streets of D.C. for two weeks straight. Over the last 15 days, tens of thousands of people have marched through all corners of the city to express their grief and their outrage — and to demand change.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) on June 9 for failing to address “drug-and firearm-related nuisances at the properties.” The suit claims DCHA “…endanger over…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 eliminates $2.1 million in one-time funding for street outreach allocated in fiscal year 2020 and advocates are now worried about the possible impacts, given the ongoing pandemic.…

The inspiring temporary exhibit stretches along 7th Street, Northwest.

With the issue of racism front and center, many D.C.-area readers are trying to learn more, leading to unprecedented demand for related books.

The mother of a man who was shot and killed by D.C. police is filing a lawsuit two years to the day of his killing, demanding transparency and justice.

Molly Smith, Arena Stage’s artistic director, was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper at home in early May, taking in stories about life during the pandemic.

With a wave of protests turning the nation’s focus to racism and police violence, the largest school system in Maryland is rethinking whether uniformed officers should be based inside its public schools.

For 13 days–day after day, and night after night—demonstrators shared their grief, their anger, their fear, their demands, their joy, their hope for change, and so much more with our reporters.