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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling on the D.C. Council and every city housing agency to line up behind her goal to build thousands of new housing units over the next five years.

Andrea Goldstein said she was sexually assaulted at the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center four months ago. This week, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs publicly called her claims “unsubstantiated,”…

A D.C. woman was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday in an embezzlement scheme that siphoned money designated for at-risk tenants in the District run by a program overseen by a charity.

Marcus Goodwin, a D.C. real estate developer working on the Benning Market project in Ward 7, among others, will run for the seat on the D.C. Council being vacated by Councilman David Grosso, I-At…

Fatima Miller has long impressed her friends with her cooking — everything from first-course cheese plates to decadent desserts. She wondered whether there might be more fans of her cooking, perhaps…

Any reporter, activist or elected official in the Wilson Building knew the drill: once D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) got to talking, it was only a matter of time before he mentioned how…

Two D.C. police officers said blowing the whistle on things they saw inside the department led to “severe” retaliation. And they have taken their allegations to the D.C. Council.

On the same day the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority approved the findings of a Metrobus service improvement initiative, the Metro board moved ahead with an item that could cut a few…

WASHINGTON — With temperatures about to drop, some living in a D.C. homeless shelter for families are bracing for the cold. Residents have been flagging problem heating in the newly built facility…

Two MPD employees with a combined 45 years of experience claim supervisors retaliated when issues were brought forward.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — It's estimated that one in 10 people 65 and over has Alzheimer's disease. That's nearly 6 million Americans.

None of the D.C. agencies or their personnel who failed to prevent a fatal fire in a cramped, illegal Northwest residence in August has faced any significant consequences or punishment, even as…

The Metro Board met today to review the transit agency’s proposed 2021 budget, which includes possible fare hikes and bus and train service changes. The board also got an update on Silver Line…

Legislation recently brought before the D.C. Council centers upon the city’s violence interrupters, not only because it’s named after a community member who trained for that job, but because it…

The nearly two dozen young men who completed the fourth round of the Pathways Program spent nine weeks developing as professionals, learning essential life skills, and reflecting on past mistakes,…

D.C. police announced in a statement on Thursday that Acting Lt. Brett Parson, the openly gay cop who has served for many years as head of the department’s LGBT Liaison Unit and currently serves as…

Lt. David Hong will succeed Parson as SLB supervisor, which oversees MPD's LGBT Liaison Unit

Marcus Goodwin, a 30-year-old real estate developer, just joined a slew of other candidates running to fill David Grosso’s at-large seat on the D.C. Council.

At 9:45 a.m., Michael Harris finally asked for help.

As the wind picked up Thursday morning, the District government had a message for those living in tents beneath a railroad underpass near Union Station: Whatever had brought them there, and wherever…