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A Protestant minister who was ordained at the Metropolitan Community Church of D.C., which is part of the worldwide LGBTQ Christian denomination Universal Fellowship of MCC Churches and who describes herself a strong LGBTQ ally, has…

The National Geographic Society (NGS) has a suggestion for where it could relocate the noteworthy sculpture in front of its 16th Street headquarters campus.

The DC Council overrode two of Mayor Muriel Bowser's vetoes on Tuesday, reiterating its support for the breakup of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and the creation of an ombudsman for the city's child welfare agency.

You might need to wear a mask the next time you visit the National Mall.

When the death notice for Evelyn Newman Duckenfield shows up on The Washington Post’s obituary page a few days from now, it will say that she was 81 and that she died on Jan. 25. It will also note that she was preceded in death by her…

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D.C. lawmakers seem determined to offer city employees up to two weeks paid leave when a pregnancy ends or a close family member dies.

After months of planning — of false starts, teacher protests, arbitration, a court filing and a final snow delay — D.C. public schools opened their doors to teachers and students for in-person learning Tuesday for the first time in nearly…

Many public schoolchildren in the District returned to classrooms on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year, while tension between city leaders and the Washington Teachers’ Union intensified after Mayor Muriel Bowser sought a court…

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to override Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto of a bill that splits up the oft-criticized Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies, a move that lawmakers will now have…

The Washington region’s congressional delegation is supporting a bill that would stabilize Metro capital funding for a decade, saying it also would strengthen accountability within the transit agency.

The volunteer organization mobilized to address hunger in the District that’s only worsening during the pandemic.

Last week, Delaware Senator Tom Carper re-introduced a DC statehood bill to the Senate. The bill is highly unlikely to go anywhere without filibuster reform, as it would need 60 votes to pass and there’s currently no public Senate GOP…

On the first day back to school for about 9,000 D.C. Public Schools students, the Washington Teachers’ Union said some buildings did not meet the safety fixes the District agreed to make — and now teachers are threatening to strike.

Add Adams Morgan to the list of DC neighborhoods where the residential pipeline is trending downward. Besides the affordable housing and temporary housing for returning citizens being constructed on Ontario Road and retrofit into a…

D.C. files a restraining order against the Washington Teachers’ Union to prevent them from striking. The WTU president says she is advising teachers to return to school on Tuesday.

Tuesday marked D.C. Public Schools’ most significant return to in-person learning since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted learning nearly a year ago, with about 9,000 of the District’s 52,000 students back in a classroom.

The D.C. Council has unanimously approved a new measure that further tightens restrictions on food delivery apps during the ongoing health emergency.