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From the base of the U.S. Capitol, the new barricades stretch westward, past roadblocks and swarms of police officers and National Guard troops, all the way to the Washington Monument, where 50 American flags at half-staff flap in a brisk…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed two bills this week, one that would break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies and another that would create a new ombudsman to oversee the Child and Family…

At the end of a difficult shift, bar and restaurant workers commiserate together over a time-honored hospitality tradition: the shift drink. And 2020 gave the industry a whole host of unforeseen problems over which to commiserate. It’s a…

The residential pipeline is growing near Dave Thomas Circle.

The National Mall will be closed to the public from Friday through Jan. 21, the National Park Service said.

Events D.C., the operator of the city's convention center and several of its professional sports venues, will use more than $50 million in reserve funding to balance its current fiscal year 2021 budget and look to refinance its debt on the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file…

In the week since a mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol, the House has impeached President Donald Trump. Dozens of people have been arrested nationwide over participation in the riots. Politicians and business leaders are loudly condemning…

If you’ve ever been for bike ride on the multi-use path that runs along Rock Creek, you know much of it is narrow, winding, bumpy, and crowded. Some of the trail is in such bad repair it’s nonexistent — eroded into the creek and long…

Thousands of D.C. Public Schools educators are expected to start returning to school buildings in coming weeks, but some are worried the city’s timetable for administering the COVID-19 vaccine to school workers will leave them vulnerable…

The real estate industry, property management included, has a history of toxic and racist practices that make up its origin story of profitability. Try as I might, it’s impossible to divorce our success from this history. While we believe…

The National Park Service formally announced Friday morning that it will temporarily close the Mall for nearly a week in preparation for right-wing protests this weekend and the inauguration on Jan. 20.

Whether the March on Washington or the March for Life, the District has long been a natural epicenter for protests and political movements across the decades.

He had been pushed, shoved and even tased multiple times. He was alone and exhausted.

Parking restrictions and road closures present a weeklong challenge ahead of transfer-of-power events — and protests.

More than 1,000 D.C poll workers have yet to be fully compensated for their labor during the November general election, a delay that has frustrated scores of city residents who were told to expect their checks by Christmas.

The Pentagon, not Mayor Bowser, oversees the District’s National Guard, which caused delays last week

Happy Thursday. Everyday new revelations emerge about the violence that occurred during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.