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Henry Cohen has a campaign manager who’s not old enough to vote, a budget of almost zero dollars and the pesky obligation to be in high school classes all day while his competitors are out campaigning. Even so, the 18-year-old is mounting…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill has a fox problem. And it’s not the lead-in to a joke.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday said she “never supported defunding the police” and talked up her plan to hire up the city’s police force to 4,000 officers — with 30% made up of women cops by 2030.

A congressman was among those nipped: ‘Probably my most unusual day on the Hill in 10 years’

The D.C. Council on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have allowed residents to purchase medical marijuana without a prescription.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted against imposing harsh penalties meant to put marijuana “gifting” shops out of business, with opponents of the bill saying they wanted more hearings on the issue.

The General Services Administration is looking to push forward the St. Elizabeths West campus redevelopment with potentially its first federal funding in five years.

The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that paves the way for Mayor Muriel Bowser to set new cleaning and maintenance standards at hotels. The vote was 11 to 2. According to the labor union representing many hotel workers, UNITE…

D.C. mayoral candidate Robert C. White Jr.'s campaign is challenging the validity of thousands of petition signatures submitted by Trayon White Sr., one of his opponents in the race — a move that, if successful, would winnow the field for…

DC is extending the grace period for short-term rental owners in the city to apply for licenses to legitimize those rentals.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday narrowly rejected an emergency bill that would have allowed the city to impose steep fines and close down shops and services that “gift” marijuana, granting a reprieve to a growing and currently unregulated…

About half of the people volunteering their time to collect signatures for the mayor also happen to work for her.

The DC Council is slated to vote this afternoon on emergency legislation that, if approved, would broaden access to medical marijuana by enabling anyone over 21 to self-certify their medical need.

Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital are planning a one-day strike next week to protest low pay.

The D.C. Council will consider a bill Tuesday that would boost the city’s handful of medical marijuana dispensaries while aiming to close dozens of “gifting shops,” where customers are able to obtain marijuana without violating the city’s…

The D.C. Council will consider allowing anyone age 21 or older to obtain medical marijuana, with or without a doctor’s prescription.

The former principal of St. Thomas More Academy, in Southeast D.C., pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of wire fraud.