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Teachers in D.C. Public Schools are pushing back against preliminary plans to reopen schools in the fall, arguing the city school system has not adequately addressed health and safety concerns.

Judicial Watch went to court Wednesday demanding access to paint the streets of Washington with its own political message after the city wrote “Black Lives Matter” on one street and allowed protesters to paint “Defund the Police” next to…

Happy July. DC statehood doesn't have a shot at passing the GOP-controlled Senate, but Republicans are nonetheless ratcheting up their rhetoric against enfranchising the District's residents, with some comments seen as painting…

A day after the NAACP announced that it would move its national headquarters from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., Baltimore leaders said they were discussing strategies to keep it in the city, and the head of the organization said he has…

The Washington Teachers’ Union is telling its members to ignore a school system letter asking teachers to select whether they plan to teach in person in the fall or stay home.

For much of the city, reopening has meant a cautious return to use of restaurants and office spaces. But for those experiencing homelessness, who were always exempt from the mayor’s May 30 stay-at-home order, reopening feels different.

At least 100 formerly homeless youth took to the streets of Eastern Market on June 16 for a demonstration in support of their peers and the Black Lives Matter movement. They were all members of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, which houses…

People experiencing homelessness, and the rest of the public, will lose access to Franklin Park due to a 12-month renovation project organized by the National Park Service and the Executive Office of the Mayor beginning July 1. The…

Frederick Douglass asked why D.C. was “excluded from the privileges of the ballot box.” We know why now.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who want them — but despite…

A group of Republican U.S. senators vowed to fight a D.C. statehood bill recently passed by the House and urged the GOP leadership on Wednesday to allow for a floor vote, where they believed it would be soundly rejected.

The at-large Council hopeful appears to be lifting City Paper's pictures and claiming them as his own.

Restaurateur Aaron Gordon is bringing a new restaurant to the former Town Hall bar and restaurant at 2340 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Glover Park.

A bill for a future hospital in Southeast D.C. is moving forward.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser sounded the alarm on the nationwide rise of new coronavirus cases, urging residents again to stay home for the Fourth of July.

Local and federal officials are sending different signals about how people should celebrate the Fourth of July in the District, particularly when it comes to mass gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Republican senators on Wednesday escalated their campaign against D.C. statehood, blasting the cause as a Democratic power grab and calling for a floor vote to force moderate Democrats to weigh in on the issue.

A slew of major new laws go into effect across the D.C. region on Wednesday.

A new modern home from architect David Jameson is now on the market — and it's one of D.C.'s priciest listings.