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D.C. police fatally shot a man armed with a rifle near the Congress Heights Metro station on Monday, shortly after he fled a residence where he had detained a woman against her will, according to the…

The D.C. mayor wants $400 million devoted to creating more affordable housing.

The D.C. police shot and killed a man who they say was holding a woman against her will with a gun on Monday afternoon in Southeast.

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that the budget she will propose to DC Council this week will include $400 million for the Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF), DC’s primary program for building…

In the year since George Floyd was murdered, we have seen uproar, protest, conflict and change. And we have seen the creation of one surpassingly great work of public art: Black Lives Matter Plaza, a…

But the Capitol complex will remained closed to the public.

Coronavirus vaccination rates in the D.C. area are rising, and covid-19 metrics continue to fall: Case counts, hospitalizations and deaths are now a small fraction of what they were during the height…

On Friday night, 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan buzzed in a way the neighborhood hadn’t in more than a year.

D.C. reopened its nightlife economy while Metro trains stop running at 11 p.m. and ride-share prices are soaring.

New affordable housing, child care centers, grocers and even a Home Depot are all possibilities for the eventual redevelopment of Hill East’s Reservation 13, as D.C. officials move closer to picking…

As part of her goal to construct thousands of new homes across the city by 2025, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to invest an additional $400 million into affordable housing over the next two…

A year after the Covid-19 crisis forced D.C. leaders to push through cuts to the city’s affordable housing efforts, Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing her largest-ever investment in D.C.’s main loan…

The experts are vouching for the constitutionality of D.C. statehood and pushing back against criticisms that stand in its way.

Bars and restaurants were allowed to fully reopen on Friday, and Washingtonians were so there for it. Whether it was a crowded Bullpen, long lines for 14th Street bars, or the long, long-awaited…

Aaliyah Jones’ high school graduation from National Collegiate Prep was a daylong celebration. She wore all white under a yellow graduation gown, her straight hair stopping neatly at her shoulders…

One of the most nettlesome objections to extending congressional representation to the residents of Washington, D.C., is that it requires a constitutional amendment. Many Republicans say this, which…

Thousands of D.C. children attend public charter schools that offer no in-person learning — even as city leaders have called on charter operators for months to open their doors alongside the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set to leave and turn over security of the area to…

At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, Jen Cory’s son Maddox, who has dyslexia, is a full grade level behind in reading. So Cory was thrilled when she heard that her third-grader had qualified…

The Georgetown canal now has water flowing through it, and soon you will be able to ride in a brand new boat on it.