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A D.C. fireworks wholesaler is suing Mayor Muriel Bowser and Vincent Parker, an administrator with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, over claims that he was wrongfully denied a business license for the first time since he…

It’s always been racist, partisan, and nonsensical.

You can live in Washington, D.C. amid the nation’s cherished monuments to democracy and representative government — the U.S. Capitol, the stately congressional office buildings, the White House — and still be among the most disenfranchised…

Passionate debate from lawmakers representing several states has taken place in the House ahead of a historic Friday vote on legislation to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state.