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After COVID-19 metrics soared to record-setting levels in a post-holiday spike earlier this month, average daily case rates have declined in recent days. Still, most metrics remain well above those seen during the spring peak, and experts…

During World War II, many American towns and cities were stripped of their scrap metal. Old bits of iron, steel and tin — whether in the form of soup cans, Civil War cannons or fences — were collected, melted down and turned into bombers…

Tom Bleha and his wife were counting the days until their coronavirus vaccine appointments on Jan. 30, and the promise of a return to what he called “a semi-normal life,” but on Friday evening, Virginia Hospital Center canceled their…

Thousands of National Guard troops will remain in D.C. through at least March, continuing the extraordinary militarization of the city in the days leading up to President Joe Biden’s inauguration, albeit at a lesser scale.

Vigils. Concerts. A coat giveaway. A Mother’s Day brunch. An LGBTQ youth fashion show. Each of those events drew people to an outdoor lot in Southeast Washington that has become known as the “Secret Garden,” even though its existence is…

Although they’ve had to put off their move into the official vice president’s residence, Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are in very good hands.

TGIF. Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Carper introduced the Senate's DC statehood bill on Friday, which advocates said is the earliest statehood legislation has ever been introduced in a Senate session.

First lady Dr. Jill Biden on Friday visited the D.C-based Whitman-Walker Health HIV/AIDS clinic, marking a distinct change for a new administration within its first 48 hours after inauguration.

A 15-year-old was among three people fatally shot in separate attacks in Southeast Washington on Thursday, a continuation of violence that marked last year as the deadliest in the District since 2004.

Hundreds of National Guard members forced from the U.S. Capitol and into a parking garage Thursday night were allowed to return indoors to rest, defense officials said Friday, after photos of soldiers lying on concrete prompted outrage…

The Georgetown Business Improvement District is seeking permission to widen and prop up with decks the sidewalks along its two busiest retail corridors to help businesses struggling due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency…

WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Joe Biden’s inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents, more than 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D.C., and head home.

Many arts and entertainment workers applied for unemployment after the pandemic destroyed their industry. Receiving unemployment makes them ineligible for entertainment business aid from the District.

For now, the museum will operate on a modified schedule.

A Capitol Heights man accused of attacking police with a metal baseball bat in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol was jailed pending trial Friday as judges weighed holding others charged with committing violent assaults or other…

Jan. 6, 2021, was not the first time that a Congress in our nation’s capital was confronted with a serious domestic threat. Yes, during the War of 1812, British troops did march on Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol. But that was…

JUST HOURS after the inaugural festivities for President Biden concluded Wednesday night, work crews started to remove the temporary barriers and fencing that closed off key areas of the nation’s capital. Washingtonians, who saw their…