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The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation’s capital immediately to help control crowds outside the White House in…

DC Councilmembers are demanding action on potentially toxic lead dangers at D.C. public school playgrounds first exposed by WUSA9.

The dispute continues: are the traffic cameras about safety or are they about revenue? If you ask residents of the 2400 block of North Capitol Street, many of them believe safety. They want cameras in their area because they say speeding…

The Washington Teachers’ Union said it told its members to ignore a school system letter emailed this week asking staff members to select whether they plan to teach in person in the upcoming months or stay home.

A series of three virtual online forums for at-large D.C. Council candidates running in the Nov. 3 election organized jointly by the community service and entertainment group Team Rayceen Productions, the Washington Blade, and the Gertrude…

Two days after tentatively deciding not to hold a vote for an endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and three Democratic D.C. Council candidates, the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club on Wednesday reversed course and will…

The D.C. government last week launched a pilot program to gradually bring back live music.

The DC Board of Elections made history this week: it began mailing ballots to every voter in the District, so everyone has the opportunity to vote by mail. The first batch of ballots was mailed to voters this week, and two more batches…

The evening was characterized by discussions of ethics, flip-flops, and reserve spending.

At a protest in early August, Billy Sanders stood on a small podium in front of a sweaty crowd of a few thousand people in the hot, unrelenting D.C. sun. Volunteers passed out water and registered attendees to vote, while next to Sanders,…

New York-based golf simulator Five Iron Golf is looking to open its first D.C. location at Terrell Place in Penn Quarter in the spring of 2021.

Before the global pandemic changed everything about her daily routine, one mother was able to hide the abuse she was enduring while her young sons were at school.

After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the D.C. area, Round House Theatre in Bethesda pivoted to virtual shows. The company produced “Homebound,” a web series on life under stay-at-home orders, and planned a whole slate of programming with social…

After being shut down for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Monument reopened to the public Thursday morning with a handful of eager visitors waiting in line, ready to head to the top of the landmark.

Transit agency on a ‘backward’ path with plan to purchase hundreds of gas-powered buses over the next five years, group says.