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Electric bikes are returning to Capital Bikeshare sometime early this year, and they will likely include the option to leave them anywhere riders choose rather than only at a dock.

Nine-foot statues that re-create a legendary moment on the eve of D-Day will be part of the memorial to the World War II general and president.

One survey found that 80 percent of one encampment’s residents reported having a diagnosed mental illness.

Officials at the National Archives on Saturday said they would remove from display an altered photo of the 2017 Women’s March in which signs held by marchers that were critical of President Trump had been blurred.

It may be years, if not a decade, before construction begins on a proposed multibillion-dollar redevelopment of Union Station. But debate has already been heating up over a parking garage planned as part of the overhaul.

IN AN era of “fake news,” “alternative facts” and other assaults on the very idea of truth, you would expect the National Archives — devoted to the preservation of the nation’s history — to be at the forefront of those pushing back. “The…

The National Archives is one of the most imposing and beautiful buildings designed by architect John Russell Pope, who also created the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, the Jefferson Memorial and many of the finest houses,…

In his last act in office before his resignation took effect on Jan. 17, D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) introduced a bill to support the city’s Capital Pride celebration and related events by waiving all city service fees for…

The name plate is gone from his first-floor office, and his page on the D.C. Council's website has already been taken down, but now-former Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans was working up until the final moments of his time in elected office…

Residents and community leaders took turns during a contentious community meeting to express their concerns and anger at the planned move.

Every day at the Dupont Circle Metro station, red line riders walk past neon green walls that suggest construction is underway. And hanging from those walls are signs posted by Metro: signs that promise "a canopy is coming".

He was a titan of D.C. politics, the council member who championed business and helped a fiscally ruined city get out of the red tape and become a premiere American destination again. Jack Evans played many roles and was involved in many a…

A major rewrite of D.C. taxi rules in the next few months will include changes meant to move toward a more level playing field between cabs and app-based ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft.

The large color photograph that greets visitors to a National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage shows a massive crowd filling Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women’s March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after…

Nakisha Thompson has sent all four of her children to Catholic school, beginning with pre-kindergarten classes at St. Thomas More Catholic Academy in Washington, D.C. She chose this schooling for her children because she knows firsthand…

Among the plans D.C. leaders highlighted Friday include creating tens of thousands of affordable housing units and the redevelopment of portions of the St. Elizabeths Hospital campus in Southeast.

District officials are working with Georgetown University to devise an algorithm that will help them prioritize buildings with histories of code violations as targets for increased inspections.

A plan to build 180 apartments on the bustling H Street corridor was delayed for more than two years by an appeal, and now another developer will try to see it through.

Busboys & Poets is headed to Baltimore.

The bald eagle nest camera on the grounds of the D.C. police training academy in Southwest D.C. hasn’t been working properly since last July. But work is underway to get it fixed.