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After nearly a decade working for the House of Representatives, the chamber’s top security official thought he knew how its political leadership would react if asked to station troops at the Capitol during a major rally supporting…

The Stone of Hope, the granite sculpture that memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. in a scene of stoic resolve, was cut off by a grid of rigid street closures. A raging pandemic — with more than 13,000 COVID-related deaths across D.C.,…

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day a year ago, there were few hints of the tumultuous and devastating 12 months that would follow. No one envisioned then that 400,000 Americans would be dead from a disease that disproportionately affected Black…

D.C.-area residents expressed new frustrations Monday over how to access the coronavirus vaccine, as the pool of eligible recipients grew and the available supply was far outstripped by demand.

Oil and water. Dogs and cats. And Donald Trump and Washington.

The Capitol Police on Monday alerted people at the Capitol and surrounding complex not to enter or exit for a brief period Monday morning because of what was characterized as “an external security threat,” which turned out to be a small…

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris will be escorted by the drum lines from their alma maters — the University of Delaware and Howard University — at Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony.

With the country reeling from last week's riots at the Capitol and Democrats soon to be in control of the presidency, House, and Senate, roughly half of Americans support granting statehood to Washington, D.C.

Many journalists and political commentators have been pessimistic about the possibility of statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This seems to be primarily because, despite the recent Democratic victories in Georgia,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National…

As we recover from the shock of the events of Jan. 6, a thought has begun percolating in my mind, and the minds of many of my Capitol Hill neighbors: Are we seriously attempting to go through with this?

I stood in my living room motionless and stunned Jan. 6 as I watched an attempted coup happening in real time. Raging insurrectionists fueled by racist rhetoric and conspiracy theories had besieged and forced their way into the U.S.…

Security officials have reminded the public that security measures will prevent access to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the Mall on Monday, which is the holiday named for King.

The supposed “Million Militia March” did not materialize in D.C. on Sunday, as the far-right movement that spawned the Capitol siege earlier this month recedes to ever-darker corners of the internet to plot scattershot attacks.

The troops were in formation. The residents were told to stay home. The heart of Washington was a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints. But on Sunday, the planned and promoted “armed march” on the nation’s capital…

A restaurant in D.C. trying to survive the pandemic is seeing a major loss of customers from road closures for the inauguration.

The photos went viral: National Guard troops hunkered down on the floor of the U.S. Capitol, surrounded by symbols of democracy as well as camouflaged gear and guns, chowing down on donated pizza.