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Saturday’s election is turning into a proxy war between supporters of Vince Gray and Yvette Alexander.

Good Monday morning. Today is the first day of Potholepalooza to patch up some of the city’s busted-up roads. Some people are tweeting their potholes directly to the mayor.

More than two years after the mass arrest of protesters at President Trump’s inauguration, two federal prosecutors walked into a D.C. courtroom earlier this month in a little-noticed hearing and told a judge that their investigation had…

District planners have long envisioned how to redesign K Street NW — one of the city’s premier business addresses — from a sea of traffic to an iconic boulevard where buses breeze through the downtown of the nation’s capital on their own…

The future of the more than 120-year-old Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle, a streetcar bridge in Glover-Archbold Park in Northwest D.C. that has long been abandoned, remains uncertain.

When the children at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Southeast Washington left school on Friday, they had no idea what would happen there before their return on Monday.

Some kids on baseball and softball teams lacking big ticket sponsors for uniforms might feel self-conscious playing against teams in fancier duds. But, this year, 24 leagues in D.C. and Northern Virginia will be getting 18,000 jerseys and…

As the D.C. Council enacted reforms to reduce public corruption, federal prosecutors were probing whether its longest-serving member used his office for private gain.

If you have ever read a government resolution, you know they are written in a way no one speaks.

The rise of tent encampments is changing the face of American homelessness. Inside one, Monica Diaz struggles to keep her full-time job — and her dignity.

A beloved Anacostia restaurant closed its doors on Friday. It was one of only a few sit-down restaurants in Ward 8.

After identifying various abuses endemic to the D.C. Jail, a report issued late last month by the Office of the D.C. Auditor concluded that the “persistence and seriousness” of the facility’s hazardous conditions “clearly point to the need…

Having the right goal but pursuing it for the wrong reason can lead to a bad result.

Sally’s Middle Name, the vegetable-forward restaurant on H Street NE that made headlines for its no-tipping policy when it first opened, will close at the end of the month, per an announcement from the restaurant Thursday. Sally’s last day…

Unemployment is low, property values are high and downtown restaurants cater to a lunchtime crowd interested in $28 hamburgers. The local economy in the nation’s capital shows few outward signs of stress.