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D.C. Council Member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) on Tuesday criticized an investigation that found he committed multiple ethics violations, making his first public comments after federal authorities searched his home last week.

As the D.C. Council plans a vote on July 9 to remove Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans as the chairman of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the councilmember beset by ethics woes is telling his colleagues to hold their horses and hear his…

Four days after FBI agents searched his home, D.C. Councilman Jack Evans returned to work Tuesday, telling his colleagues during a breakfast meeting he deserved a chance to fight for his Finance Committee chairmanship.

Work to repair a gas main at Canal Road and Whitehurst Freeway in D.C. is continuing Tuesday, after the unexpected roadwork caused a major backup during the Monday morning commute.

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The amendment was sponsored by D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D).

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday he plans to hire an outside law firm to conduct an investigation into Council member Jack Evans and the results of that investigation would be made public.

Prosecutors in the District on Monday dropped all criminal charges against a man who was shoved by a Metro Transit Police officer and then hit with a stun gun as police accused him of interfering with the questioning of a handcuffed…

If you work late and don’t mind taking a Lyft with strangers, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has a deal for you.

At least two undocumented immigrants were arrested by ICE agents in D.C. over the weekend, organizers say.

This month, Metro entered its third year of cuts to late-night service, which were enacted in 2017 to perform preventative maintenance work. When Metro’s shorter operating hours were first implemented, one employee who had to begin relying…

The D.C. area comes in fourth for walkable urbanism

As one of Washington’s star chefs, Erik Bruner-Yang is known for hipster havens such as Toki Underground and Maketto on H Street NE, where he serves his renditions of Asian-fusion delights.

On a March night in 1988, Janie Golightly’s boss — a man named Paul Poteat — suggested that she and her colleagues take off work, leave the building and watch history being made.

By most measures, Kenyan McDuffie has enjoyed an accomplished professional career. Before being elected to the D.C. Council in 2012 to represent Ward 5, he worked on Capitol Hill and then as an attorney with the federal government.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson feels betrayed now that it has become clear that Jack Evans lied to him.

The D.C. Council will hire a law firm to investigate embattled lawmaker Jack Evans and would likely make the findings public, Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said Monday.