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Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is facing a challenge regarding his eligibility to run for attorney general.

Federal prosecutors say the Drug Enforcement Administration has agreed to perform drug testing in criminal cases in D.C. Superior Court, aiming to clear a backlog created after the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences lost its…

Antonio Chávez never imagined that he and his three employees would be robbed in broad daylight inside the house they were remodeling in Washington, D.C. Chávez has worked in construction for more than two decades and owns a small company.…

Peter K. Kilpatrick will take office July 1

D.C. attorney general candidate Bruce V. Spiva formally challenged Kenyan R. McDuffie’s candidacy for the position Tuesday, alleging that McDuffie, the council member who represents Ward 5, does not meet the minimum qualifications to run. …

D.C.’s Attorney General is partnering with the Federal Communications Commission to root out robocall scammers targeting businesses and individuals.

Bowser stood against the backdrop of the rusting RFK Stadium on Monday to present her vision to remake hundreds of acres of surrounding land — a rare opportunity to build new waterfront communities in a city where land is scarce.

It started with athletic fields on the north end of the RFK Stadium complex, and now D.C. leaders are envisioning a new indoor sports complex on what is currently 190 acres of asphalt and a dingy RFK Stadium.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is poised to have three challengers in the upcoming D.C. mayoral primary, including two members of the D.C. Council, after the District’s Board of Elections offered a preliminary determination Monday of which…

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed budget allocates more than $250 million over six years to build an annex geared toward rehabilitation

The General Services Administration's proposed 2023 budget submitted Monday to Congress commits to a new suburban headquarters for the FBI, though for far fewer employees than originally envisioned more than a decade ago.

The mayor once hoped to have the structure torn down by 2021, but 2024 (or later) now looks more likely.

It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions for D.C.’s eagle cam watchers, glued to the drama unfolding high in the treetops at the National Arboretum.

It was the topic of conversation everywhere I stopped Monday morning: Team Chris? Or Team Will?

President Joe Biden is again proposing that the ban on legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana continues in D.C., another setback for local officials and advocates who celebrated Democratic control of the White House and Congress as…

During a visit to the District’s Hill East neighborhood Monday morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke about the biggest investment in her proposed budget — revamping the D.C. Jail.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is renewing her call for the federal government to turn over control of the 190-acre RFK Stadium campus, pledging to build a $60 million indoor athletic facility on the site as part of a “down payment” on what she…

A police and fire station along U Street could be the future site of a major redevelopment. 

Three weeks after they arrived in the region, the trucker convoy protesting COVID mandates appears to be heading to California on Wednesday to protest health bills proposed there, according to their website and live streams of their…