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Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris says Washington, DC, won’t decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, cacti and plants on his watch.

Before closing its doors in March due to the coronavirus, the International Spy Museum in L’Enfant Plaza encouraged visitors to test their stealth skills by crawling as quietly as possible through an…

District lawmakers will keep money in the budget to fund the much-maligned extension of the H Street streetcar to Benning Road Metro station — but the future of the project looks far from settled.

A group of civil rights organizations now say that Metropolitan Police officers used tear gas to clear protesters from around Lafayette Square on June 1. The organizations have amended a lawsuit…

D.C. reported a spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, marking the city’s highest number of new infections in almost a month.

The District has completed Phase 1 renovations to Eastern Market Metro Park, at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast between 7th and 8th Streets.

Foggy Bottom's Western Market food hall is still slated to open in the fall despite the pandemic, and it recently signed four new tenants to build up the venue's offerings.

Local hospitals have to make tough choices about which patients can accept visitors during the coronavirus pandemic. Some support workers, like doulas, feel left out.

The chair of the D.C. Council's housing committee voted against directing funds to the DC Housing Authority.

DaSean Jones lives and breathes structure.

The Shaw development pipeline is getting a little larger — and, perhaps, a little more affordable.

For grandparents Wanda and John Ayala, Independence Day will never again be a cause to celebrate. On Saturday, the Fourth of July, their 11-year-old grandson Davon McNeal was gunned down in Southeast…

The June jobs report showing more than 14.7 million people out of work indicates how many Americans may be struggling to pay for essentials such as food and shelter. While some eviction and…

Nostalgia is usually the selling point for the Union Market Drive-In in Northeast D.C. This year, it’s an escape for cooped up residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

D.C. has forwarded a 2021 budget that council members hope will pull the District out of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged its bottom line.

The nursing home at United Medical Center in Southeast Washington, which temporarily relocated its patients because of the coronavirus pandemic, now plans to close permanently — a move that advocates…

A harried but unanimous D.C. Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to the city’s $16.7 billion budget for fiscal 2021 after several hours of debate on tax policy and some tension among…

Against the backdrop of a pandemic that has laid bare the life-and-death consequences of racial and economic inequality in the District, the D.C. Council took its first budget vote on Tuesday. Much…

The D.C. Council Tuesday evening unanimously advanced legislation that would bring a new $306 million community hospital to the District’s eastern side, filling a gaping hole in the city’s health…

The United Medical Center’s 120-bed skilled nursing facility will close for good, after it temporarily closed down in May because of the coronavirus pandemic.