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As a member of Congress, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) is afforded a workplace befitting American democratic traditions — and one that’s secured accordingly, by its own police force with some 2,000…

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said he would expect to be fired, if he were still in charge Wednesday, when rioters broke windows, breached security and traipsed through “the…

The frozen margarita machine was churning and the tacos were ready for assembly at Tortilla Coast on Capitol Hill Wednesday when police suddenly evacuated the longstanding restaurant a block from the…

The District will stay in a state of emergency until Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, after a mob supporting President Donald Trump invaded the U.S. Capitol on…

Everyone — millions of people — saw this coming.

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters on Wednesday was a disastrous failure of security: In a city on high alert, in a building with its own 2,000-officer police…

January 6, 2021, a day of infamy—and, before that, banality, nuttiness, menace, and sore feet.

"There will be law and order, and this behavior will not be tolerated," Mayor Bowser said

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Where are they?” a Trump supporter demanded in a crowd of dozens roaming the halls of the Capitol, bearing Trump flags and pounding on doors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential…

As President Trump told a sprawling crowd outside the White House that they should never accept defeat, hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in what amounted to an attempted coup that…

Before this week, Franck Le Bousse wasn’t sure where he stood in the long line of people waiting, and hoping, to get the coronavirus vaccine.

Mayor Bowser issues a 6 p.m. curfew, and Metro will suspend rail and bus service at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively.

Israel-based shared workspace provider Mixer has abandoned plans to open its first U.S. location inside a downtown D.C. trophy office building, the latest in a string of setbacks for the coworking…

A day that began with thousands of President Trump’s supporters in Washington for demonstrations turned violent as many in attendance saw Wednesday as a last stand for Trump because Congress was set…

A woman has died after she was shot in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building in an attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes, and…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has instituted a citywide curfew from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday. The announcement came as a mob backing President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud…

School districts in the region are struggling with decisions on reopening as they look toward the academic year’s second semester, with the coronavirus pandemic raging and the timeline for…

Responding to dramatic incidents of pro-Trump insurrectionists overrunning barriers and breaking into the U.S. Capitol, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a 12-hour curfew would take effect starting…

The District’s chances of becoming a state might get a lot bigger.