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United States Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, the head of the force that was overwhelmed by insurrectionists who took over the U.S. Capitol for nearly five hours, will resign effective January 16,…

Veteran D.C. Police official Robert J. Contee III, who Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated on Dec. 22 to become the city’s next Chief of Police, has a long record of understanding and support for…

Longtime transgender activist Ruby Corado, the founder and current executive director of the D.C. LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby, announced on Monday in a Facebook posting that she plans…

D.C. shelter residents in the isolation and temporary quarantine (ISAQ) site at the Capitol Skyline Hotel say they are being insulted and mistreated by Department of Human Services staff and security…

Mecanoo’s renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library works through the nuances of the Mies’s signature style

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob…

More than 6,000 National Guard members from D.C. and elsewhere were mobilized, and a 7-foot tall fence was erected around the U.S. Capitol in response to Wednesday’s unrest, which D.C. Mayor Muriel…

On Wednesday morning, as Congress gathered on Capitol Hill to certify the country’s Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, Andrew Kravetz was at his H Street row home, drinking coffee…

"A small fraction of people are coming over, but the majority are scared and nervous about getting and spreading COVID."

Airbnb Says It Canceled Some Hate-Group Members’ DC Reservations and Plans to Do More

For the next two weeks or so, D.C. businesses will need to be ready to close unexpectedly or adhere to new curfew orders, as the city figures out exactly how to manage the aftermath of Wednesday’s…

MPD is reporting 68 arrests last night.

In the relatively peaceful hours before a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Washingtonians who want D.C. to become the 51st state had cause to celebrate.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described the insurrection by pro-Trump extremists at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as “textbook terrorism,” and urged an investigation into the U.S. Capitol Police response…

The Shaw residential pipeline may be growing by a handful.

Retired D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey said the leadership of Capitol Police “not only failed themselves, they failed the Capitol, and they failed the country,” by failing to prevent Wednesday’s…

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser used the national spotlight in the wake of the Capitol riot to advocate for D.C. statehood as city officials argued the local government helped save a branch of the federal…

A fence will surround the U.S. Capitol for at least the next 30 days, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said today. The fencing follows an insurrection at the building on Wednesday, when President…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Capitol Police defended his department’s response to the storming of the Capitol, saying Thursday that officers “acted valiantly when faced with thousands of…

Peter Tracey, a 60-year-old White lawyer in D.C., admits he was triggered.