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Racial justice demonstrators had complained police used excessive force after trapping them on the street in Northwest Washington

Children’s National Hospital is pursuing legal action against the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) for their demonstration in November for better working conditions, including paid sick leave and safer staffing levels amidst union…

A top administrator with Washington’s health insurance exchange apologized to House members on Wednesday for the data breach that resulted in the disclosure of personal information for thousands of users, including members of Congress.

The Republican-led House approved a resolution Wednesday that would block a District of Columbia police accountability bill, further escalating the feud over the right to self-government in the nation’s capital.

The D.C. attorney general joined contemporaries in 18 states in supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on employees.

WTOP has learned two metal canisters discovered Tuesday in Fort Totten Park, in Northeast D.C., were World War I-era weapons, with physical similarities to chemical weapons found during a decadeslong cleanup of a former chemical weapons…

Transportation officials said they will work on design changes to address concerns about the loss of parking and effects on businesses

The House voted Wednesday to nullify D.C.’s major police accountability legislation, marking the third time this year that the GOP-controlled chamber intervened to vote to block a local bill with national political resonance.

The Republican-held House of Representatives overturned a local law implementing a slew of police reform bills — voting 229 to 189 in a disapproval resolution.

Students and advocates have expressed concern while pleading with lawmakers to invest more, despite budget cuts, toward mental health services in schools

Some sections of Fort Totten Park in D.C. have been closed after two metal canisters were found on Tuesday.

A breach of D.C.’s health insurance exchange last month that affected more than 56,000 customers was the result of a misconfigured server, the executive director of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority told congressional lawmakers in…

Here’s an unconventional idea: RFK is a bad site for a football stadium.

D.C.’s major police accountability legislation will command the attention of hundreds of federal lawmakers Wednesday as they vote on whether to block the bill from becoming law — the third time the House of Representatives has taken up a…

A new study from Georgetown University’s Katie Wells shows that immediate gratification comes at a cost, and some delivery drivers are paying for it.

A section of Fort Totten Park in D.C. has been closed after the discovery of two metal canisters on Tuesday.

The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error, according to a top administrator.

Students at the University of Southern California have shown they are willing to travel to D.C. in the spirit of in-person learning

Officials will try to determine where the two canisters came from, the National Park Service said