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Four D.C.-area nonprofits — Friendship Place, House of Ruth, Housing Up, and the National Center for Children and Families — announced in December that they received one-time grants of $2.5 million…

WASHINGTON (AP) — All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.

WHEN Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman loosed his thugs on Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi, he wanted to obliterate not just the person but all that he represented. So it’s difficult…

Many U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington’s elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those agents have had to worry about…

The music video for the song “I Ask Why” starts with scenes of young Black children playing on playgrounds or getting off school buses. One of those children raps lyrics about past shootings in the…

Metro Center, Gallery Place and Union Station — some of the busiest transfer stations in the Metro system — are closing starting tomorrow through Thursday due to inauguration.

How could D.C. leaders slow the tide of lawsuits challenging large development projects? It could be as simple as changing who’s allowed to file a lawsuit.

Gaithersburg biotech Novavax Inc. is getting support for its Covid-19 vaccine program from another local organization: Howard University.

Jeff Marootian, director of the District Department of Transportation, is leaving his post to join the climate team in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is again planning some deep service and job cuts next year unless the federal government steps up and gives a third round of financial support.

A Metro committee has agreed to send the 2022 budget for public comment. It avoids major cuts, but members said that’s temporary if more help doesn’t come soon.

January could be one of the worst months yet for the already hard-hit industry.

Martin Di Caro is the newly announced host of History As It Happens, a podcast at the Washington Times that seeks to view current events through the lens of history.

Police are erecting fences and using concrete barricades to block off streets in downtown D.C. ahead of the presidential inauguration. About 20,000 National Guard members are filing into the city in…

The longstanding cultural news website and events organizer Brightest Young Things has announced it will effectively shut down on January 20.

About midway between the Yard, the quadrangle at the heart of Howard University’s campus, and the historic nightlife strip of U Street NW stands a compact brick Georgian building. Stacks of quoins…

The head of D.C.’s Department of Transportation is headed to the White House.

Six-year-old U Street gastropub Fainting Goat joins the growing list of D.C. restaurants adding a ghost kitchen to its operations — restaurant extensions with menus that are solely for takeout and/or…

After a tree fell, the backyard studio where artist Lou Stovall screen printed his own and others’ artwork for nearly 50 years had to be razed—but his legacy persists.

The Capitol dome sits atop a hill, a symbol of American democracy for everyone except the actual residents of D.C., taxpayers whose representation in its marbled halls is limited to one non-voting…