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D.C. education officials are asking public schools to release their reopening plans to their respective communities by the end of the week, as the District targets Feb. 1 for the resumption of…

Should seniors in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19 be given priority in vaccine appointments?

Jeff Marootian, the director of D.C.’s Department of Transportation, just got a job in the Biden administration: He’ll serve as the Special Assistant to the President for Climate and Science Agency…

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will shut down 13 Metro stations, many of them near the White House or Capitol Hill, starting Friday as authorities continue to prepare for…

The entire National Mall will be closed for Inauguration Day, only accessible by media and security personnel, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity…

When the dust settled, District officials wasted little time pointing the finger at the federal government.

The Georgetown penthouse in the Ritz-Carlton Residences that belonged to the late philanthropist Michelle Smith is being marketed for sale.

When Capitol Hill was in chaos on Jan. 6, David Smith was there. Smith, 40, was distributing hand-warmers to homeless people nearby when the siege started. He watched in disbelief as a menacing mob…

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists…

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Althea Thompson is a woman experiencing homelessness who transferred from the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter to the Holiday Inn on Rhode Island Ave. NW, which the D.C. Department of Human Services…

Washington, D.C., is a city self-consciously styled, since its founding, to resemble ancient Rome.

Concrete jersey barriers block many of the cross streets along K Street NW, police officers are screening people coming into downtown, and Metro is poised to close some of its busiest stations within…

Metro will shut down more than a dozen stations near the U.S. Capitol and Mall for days around the presidential inauguration because of the possibility of violent protests.

Capitol Steps, the popular satirical performance group known for putting the “mock in democracy,” announced it will be shutting down this year.

A D.C. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop the construction of a condo building on a concrete plaza in the heart of Adams Morgan, dealing another setback to a pair of community…

D.C. lawmakers advocated for changing coronavirus vaccine policies Wednesday during a contentious meeting, saying White residents are edging out Black residents in vying for scarce appointments…

Activists and labor representatives are ratcheting up pressure on D.C.-area hotel operators to shut their doors around Inauguration Day, warning of potential health and safety risks posed by…

NEW YORK (AP) — Airbnb said Wednesday it will be blocking and canceling all reservations in the Washington, D.C., area during the week of the presidential inauguration.

The union representing more than 7,000 hotel employees in the D.C. area is calling on hoteliers to shut their doors temporarily unless they are hosting law enforcement or security personnel — the…