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General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld orders new guidelines, citing too many instances of trains near work zones

We appear to be only days now from the last meal, literal and symbolic, at a well-known eatery at one of the better-known Washington crossroads.

You might have to be 18 to vote, but you don’t have to be a certain age to have a voice in the community — and the District’s youth mayor is proving that.

With support from a National Park Service grant, the DC Preservation League is conducting a survey of women's suffrage and history in D.C.

As D.C.’s mayor and council continue to battle over the extension of Medicaid benefits for more than a quarter-million people, the chairman of the D.C. Council has told Mayor Muriel Bowser that her…

Eleven D.C. charter schools plan on giving admissions preference to students who are homeless, in the foster system, or receiving certain benefits starting in the 2022 school year, part of an effort…

Capitol and D.C. police said Friday they are fully prepared in the event of violence at a planned Saturday rally of demonstrators supporting those arrested in the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol on…

U.S. Capitol Police are activating a large-scale security plan in hopes of avoiding the events of Jan. 6, 2021, Chief Tom Manger said at a Friday press conference.

In July, Metro’s Board of Directors approved plans to fully convert the WMATA bus fleet to electric buses over the next two decades, by 2045. Up to 12 electric buses could be rolled out in a pilot…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of Donald Trump are mounting a Saturday rally at the U.S. Capitol, aimed at supporting what they call the “political prisoners” of the Jan. 6 insurrection — about 60 people…

Ahead of the Sunday, Sept. 19 deadline for most D.C. government workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, 70% of the city’s workforce has self-reported as fully vaccinated, as of Wednesday,…

Once again this summer, parts of the District and its western suburbs were besieged by a deluge of rain and dangerous flash flooding. With peak radar-indicated rain totals in the 4 to 5 inches in…

Chief Financial Officer withheld documents citing privacy and “deliberative process” exemptions

International soccer officials are on their way to D.C. this weekend, giving city leaders and top business executives the chance to sell Greater Washington as a prime candidate to host some portion…

Six African lions, two Amur tigers and a Sumatran tiger at the Smithsonian National Zoo are being treated for coronavirus, the zoo said Friday.

The lions and tigers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a Friday announcement from the zoo. Initial results from fecal samples have come back…

Animals showed symptoms of coughing, sneezing and lack of appetite, zoo officials said

The free ride’s over, folks.

D.C. is on a roll.