National Journal: Inside D.C.’s scramble to set up COVID-19 contact tracing
The capital city is beginning to reopen as the House returns to session, despite delays in hiring and training city workers to track coronavirus cases.
Washington Post: Arguments break out by statue of Abraham Lincoln in D.C. park
Fierce arguments broke out by a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the nation’s capital on Friday night as dozens of protesters hoping to remove it confronted a handful of people eager to defend the monument.
WTOP: After week of clashes over DC statues, protests continue into weekend
Protesters continued to gather Friday around D.C. a month after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
WTOP: DC firefighters who survived COVID-19 donate their plasma to ICU patients
After more than 100 D.C. firefighters survived COVID-19, many are now donating their plasma to help patients struggling to fight the virus in the hospital.
District Dig: Hot Seat — Charles Allen turns up the heat on D.C. Police Chief
Fresh off passing emergency legislation that “radically” rethinks how D.C. conducts public safety, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen increased the pressure on D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham on Thursday by requiring a “mandatory review”…
Karen Tumulty in The Post: Why the lopsided House vote in favor of D.C. statehood was so historic
Before Friday, the last time Congress considered the question of the District of Columbia becoming a state was 27 years ago. The measure failed in 1993 by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, with all but one House Republican and 40 percent of the…
Washington Post Editorial Board: The House casts a historic vote for D.C. statehood. Now let’s elect…
THE HOUSE of Representatives voted Friday to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state. It was a signature moment, the first time in history that a chamber of Congress has formally approved statehood for the District. Credit to…
Mother Jones: Tom Cotton’s Argument Against DC Statehood Is the Same One Racists Have Always Used
Or, why it took New Mexico 62 years to become state.
Washington Post: D.C. may give schools more control over security, but major changes appear unlikely
D.C. lawmakers this week took their first step toward reducing the role of police in the city’s public schools, amid pressure from protesters here and around the country to remove law enforcement from campuses.
Washington Times: House passes bill to make D.C. the 51st state
The House on Friday passed a bill giving the District of Columbia statehood, the first time either chamber of Congress has passed any bill that would make the nation’s capital a state.