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It’s primary day in D.C., and it’s no exaggeration to say this primary is unlike any before.

The District of Columbia encouraged all residents to vote by mail in Tuesday’s primary as the pandemic continued — but on Election Day, hundreds voted in person, some waiting for more than an hour in lines that stretched for blocks.

After protesters were driven into a D.C. neighborhood, one local hero opened his home to 75 strangers for a standoff with DC police.

A pair of office buildings just north of the Georgetown University campus have traded hands for $85M.

Trains will stop running at 8 p.m. due to the city’s 7 p.m. curfew. Bus service will end at 9 p.m.

The Trump administration on Monday floated the idea of taking control of the D.C. police force to quell protests in the nation’s capital, according to city officials.

It was 3 a.m. Tuesday before the Rev. Virginia Gerbasi was finally able to fall asleep. Every time she started to drift off, she began thinking again of the church and the protesters and the volley of flash bombs and pellets and gas that…

Dozens of protesters left a home near Swann and 15th streets in Northwest Washington early Tuesday as the city’s curfew lifted at 6 a.m. The resident had taken them in after they fled law enforcement officers firing chemicals at them hours…

Mayor Muriel Bowser called for D.C. statehood Tuesday, citing scrutiny over how federal officials have handled the protests in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in police custody last week.

Another firehouse block redevelopment is being envisioned in DC.

President Donald Trump’s recent visits to two Christian sites in D.C. have galvanized the Christian community into joining the very protests the president seeks to quell.

D.C. officials are bracing to enforce a curfew for a second straight night Tuesday, after they were frustrated and alarmed to see federal authorities using force against peaceful protesters demonstrating against police violence Monday.

A Northern Virginia congressman is demanding answers from the U.S. Secret Service after it and other law enforcement agencies reportedly used weapons to disperse peaceful protesters across from the White House on Monday.

The Secret Service has closed D.C.-owned streets around the White House indefinitely to both vehicles and pedestrians “to ensure public safety,” potentially limiting what has been the main flashpoint for protests over the last four days.

After a night of dramatic confrontations between law enforcement and demonstrators, D.C. officials are preparing for a fifth evening of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.