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At an hourlong public hearing this afternoon ahead of an expected vote next week on whether to expel Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. over alleged violations of DC ethics laws, his attorney denied the charges and faulted the DC…

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department of Employment Services today highlighted the opening of applications for the city's 2025 summer youth jobs program.

Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning announced that the DC crime lab's Latent Fingerprint Unit has regained accreditation.

President Donald Trump yesterday granted "full and unconditional" pardons to two Metropolitan Police Department officers convicted last year for misconduct in connection with an unauthorized 2020 chase that led to the death of Karon…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb has signed onto a court challenge against President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.

DC's top local officials adopted markedly different tones in statements on the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration, focusing on two different policies implemented through his flurry of executive orders upon taking office.

With a forecast of brutally cold temperatures on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump announced late this morning that the inauguration will take place indoors in the Capitol Rotunda, with a viewing party for his supporters at the…

After a prolonged push by local environmental advocates, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau today announced the introduction of a "bottle bill" to require deposits on beverage containers sold in DC as a way to reduce litter in streets,…

A commission with past and present DC elected officials among its members will help organize local efforts to commemorate and celebrate America's semiquincentennial next year — the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of…

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb this morning announced a $6.5 million settlement with the contractor and subcontractor selected to receive the District's lucrative lottery and sports betting contract in 2019 — a controversial decision…

Mayor Muriel Bowser, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith and federal law enforcement officials today laid out planned security measures and road closures in connection with the 60th presidential inauguration next Monday.

A new lawsuit filed by DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb accuses multiple federal agencies of polluting the Anacostia River for more than 150 years and seeks to force the U.S. government to pay for cleanup efforts.

Icy conditions continue to cause disruptions as crews work to clear more residential streets of snow from Monday's storm, with more than a few observers taking to social media to draw attention to icy side streets and uncleared sidewalks. …

Amid widespread worries that Republican control of the White House and both chambers of Congress will mean incursions on DC's limited home rule, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen yesterday announced that they…

The DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to approve a new five-year contract negotiated by the Washington Teachers' Union, DC Public Schools, and Mayor Muriel Bowser's Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.

With DC seeing its heaviest snowfall in years, the DC government closed public schools, libraries and recreation centers for the day and banned parking along snow emergency routes so crews can better clear major roadways. Trash, recycling…

The DC Council yesterday afternoon approved its rules and organizational structure for the upcoming term, but only after unsuccessful attempts to include a few revisions opposed by Chair Phil Mendelson.

The DC Council's new term began today as five reelected legislators and one new member were sworn into office — notably including Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., who faces potential expulsion due to alleged ethics violations in…

Mayor Muriel Bowser met yesterday with President-elect Donald Trump, saying in a brief statement that the two of them — occasional antagonists during Trump's first four years in the White House — "had a great meeting" where they discussed…

The District's efforts to obtain long-term control over the RFK Stadium campus appeared doomed — until a last-minute scramble and early-morning action in the Senate reversed the outcome, leading to the potential for a new Washington…

The Anacostia Watershed Society has issued its annual "State of the Anacostia" report card, with an overall grade of D+ that represents the highest mark in the study's 10 years.

Just two days after the DC Council gave final approval to the District's deal with Monumental Sports & Entertainment to modernize Capital One Arena, Mayor Muriel Bowser today took part in a ceremonial "hammer swing" to mark the…

The newly negotiated stopgap spending measure — slated for consideration in the Senate and House this week, pending a final agreement — reportedly includes a provision to transfer control of the sprawling RFK Stadium campus to the…

The DC Council will consider expelling Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. early next year after a 11-0 vote this morning by the committee charged with investigating whether there was "substantial evidence" of ethics violations in…

The DC Council yesterday released a photo "50 years in the making" that features two-thirds of the officials elected to citywide office under home rule and four-fifths of those who are still alive.

The DC Council's ad hoc committee yesterday afternoon released its investigators' report on the bribery and residency allegations against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., with a meeting scheduled Monday at 9:30 a.m. for members to…

Mayor Muriel Bowser is slated to break ground this afternoon on an $18 million expansion of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center — a facility backed by the U.S. Tennis Association and long shepherded by Cora Masters Barry, the center's…

As of this morning, it's no longer been 15 years or so since DC's mayor testified before the House appropriations subcommittee with authority over the DC budget — including the federal portion that funds the local courts and determines…