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Downtown D.C. has become so difficult to navigate that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser held her last pre-inauguration news conference Tuesday standing on a median in the middle of a busy road, many blocks from the secure perimeter around the U.S.…

Living in D.C. means having a front-row seat to history as it’s written. Recently, that history has been a wild and sometimes scary one to witness.

Jan. 6 began with Black joy and ended with white hate — a day like too many in our history. I live blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, and I started my morning on Jan. 6 hopeful that the election of two Democratic senators from Georgia…

Residents 65 and older that live in Whiter and wealthier wards are getting vaccinated at a higher rate, new DC Health data shows.

Authorities reversed course Tuesday morning and reopened bridges over the Anacostia River into D.C. ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

A student at Gallaudet University has been arrested and charged for trying to enter the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Contact tracers who tell residents they tested positive or connect them with resources cannot perform responsibilities due to safety concerns following the Capitol insurrection.

While a normal morning commute into D.C. can be less-than pleasant, the traffic on Tuesday created a nightmare for travelers as a slew of bridge closures ahead of Inauguration Day congested roadways into and around the city.

Self-styled militia members from Virginia, Ohio and other states made plans to storm the U.S. Capitol days in advance of the Jan. 6 attack, communicating in real time as they breached the building on opposite sides and talking about…

The deadly assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob hasn’t only led to an “unprecedented” ramp-up in security ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, it also showed the urgent need for D.C. statehood, the District’s newest shadow…

Imagine what an incredibly strange confluence of events must be required for Neil Albert, downtown D.C.’s chief business booster, to utter the following phrase: “Avoid downtown at all costs.”

It took a few tries, but Planet Word finally swung open its doors Oct. 22 in the District's revamped historic Franklin School with a splashy series of media tours and virtual appearances by the likes of actress Anna Deavere Smith, spoken…

After four decades, the Capitol Steps political comedy troupe is finally hanging it up.

The FBI investigation of the Capitol riot has begun to zero in on potential key figures in the chaos, including some self-styled militia members who in some videos and photos appear to be planning or urging further violence.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Monday that the National Guard and law enforcement response to the deadly US Capitol riot was hampered by an archaic system and criticized the current method of defending the nation's capital in a crisis…