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Jack Evans’ unprecedented expulsion, a shady lottery contract, and federal prosecutors’ meddling in local legislation

For the second time in the past year, an effort on Capitol Hill to get the former RFK Stadium land in the hands of D.C. government, an essential first step toward potentially building a new Washington Redskins stadium there, has failed.

Khimani Williams wavered: the electric car or the game of Monopoly?

Part of a busy downtown intersection in the District is closed indefinitely because of concerns involving the durability of steel beams used to support an underground ventilation shaft at a Metro subway station.

An overwhelming 82 percent majority of Washingtonians describe the friendliness of their neighborhoods as “good” or even “excellent,” according to a Washington Post poll conducted last month.

YOU MIGHT have thought congressional Republicans couldn’t get more contemptuous, or contemptible, in their disregard for the rights of people who make their home in the nation’s capital. But their latest gambit — using the scandal…

D.C.’s homicide rate for 2019 has now surpassed that of last year’s, according to Metropolitan Police data.

The center lanes of 17th Street Northwest near D.C.’s Farragut Square are closed over concerns identified Friday about whether Metro ventilation shafts under the roadway are structurally sound enough to support traffic on the downtown…

This year draws to a close in our nation’s capital with attention focused on two of its most disreputable public officials: Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans, and President of the United States Donald Trump — an odd, and infamous,…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Dec. 19 submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a letter expressing her strong opposition to a rule proposed by the Trump administration that would allow organizations receiving federal…

For Michael Philips, it started with an evening of jazz last spring.

A D.C. man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after stealing more than $560,000 from a company that did business with the District.

The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission said Friday that Metro employees failed to follow policies during December incidents on a single day, when fires in the system created nightmarish morning and evening commutes, putting riders and…

Metro and the transit union that represents nearly 8,000 of its employees have finalized a four-year extension for a collective bargaining agreement that offers a path toward ending the outsourcing of public transit services. But the deal…

A monthslong, community-led school redesign process promises the expansion and diversification of educational opportunities for young people attending Ward 8’s two public high schools, both of which are in the throes of an ongoing campaign…

As she enters her sixth year as a public housing resident, Chearie Phelps-El remains resolute in staying in the dwellings she’s come to appreciate, especially since the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) placed her beloved Greenleaf Senior…

The Columbia Heights neighborhood leads the pack for rat-related calls. But it might have more to do with gentrification.