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"I think our power is a little more evident in these local elections," said one young voter.

President Trump desecrated the sacred character of St. John’s Episcopal Church at Lafayette Square — a living presence of faith in the heart of our nation’s capital — for his cheap and foul political purposes.

The tone was set early, and it came from the top.

Caesar Junker said he was heading out for a nighttime bite of pizza on Sunday when he saw them: more than 100 people in hoodies looting stores with abandon all along M Street, just around the corner from the Georgetown house where he has…

For more than eight hours last night, Rahul Dubey sheltered and fed nearly 70 strangers in his Washington, DC, home—preventing them from being arrested after police surrounded the group of peaceful protesters in his leafy residential…

"I know in my heart of hearts that you would open the door, too."

The gallery has made its presence known digitally throughout the pandemic.

D.C. on Monday saw its fourth day of protests over the death of George Floyd, who pleaded for air as a Minneapolis officer pressed a knee into his neck last week. Police used smoke canisters, rubber bullets and low-flying helicopters to…

Capital Bikeshare, the region’s bicycle sharing system, is closing 20 D.C. stations located within three blocks of the White House.

Protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer continued for a fourth day in the District on Monday, with law enforcement using a heavy presence and…

Some homeowners along Swann Street in Northwest D.C. opened their homes to protesters who ended up trapped on the street as police converged to enforce the city’s curfew Monday night.

WASHINGTON — Dozens of protesters, who took refuge in homes near Logan Circle to escape arrests after defying D.C.'s curfew, have safely left as curfew lifts at 6 a.m. This comes after the fourth day of demonstrations in D.C. over the…

After D.C. police blocked in a large group of protesters on a Dupont street two hours after curfew set in, a person in the area invited demonstrators inside his home.

Tuesday’s primary election in the District won’t be a usual one because of the coronavirus: The majority of voters have likely voted early or by mail to help prevent the spread of the pandemic.

The protests, some destructive, going on in D.C. following the death of George Floyd feel familiar to people who lived through the 1968 riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Misinformation about the extent of the unrest in Washington, D.C., and false claims about widespread communications outages burgeoned Monday on Twitter, making the #DCblackout hashtag into a nationwide trend on the platform.

The head of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has responded after President Donald Trump held a Bible and had his photo taken in front of St. John’s Church on Monday after police used tear gas to clear out protesters.

In a massive show of force, federal law enforcement officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters outside the White House on Monday evening as President Trump appeared in the Rose Garden to announce the mobilization of…

Hundreds of protesters were swept out of a park near the White House on Monday evening, where they were protesting the killing of George Floyd, as President Trump spoke in the Rose Garden a short distance away. The National Guard set off…

If you’ve lived in D.C. long enough, you’re probably aware of the alphabet soup of police agencies that operate within city limits. From the better-known Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Park Police to the lesser-known Bureau of…