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WASHINGTON - In a video address to the D.C. Police force this week, Chief Peter Newsham said the District's City Council “forgot about our 20 years of reform…. and insinuated that somehow the Metropolitan Police force would be involved in…

Washington: The residents of America’s capital wear their politics on their licence plates. Spend any time in the District of Columbia and you’ll notice vehicles everywhere bearing the slogan: Taxation Without Representation.

Gallaudet University’s oldest fraternity has been suspended from campus after members were identified wearing prohibited ceremonial robes that resemble Ku Klux Klan garb, officials said.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser stated her desire for the Washington Redskins football team to return back to the District, but under a new name.

Protesters have now gathered in the streets of D.C. for two weeks straight. Over the last 15 days, tens of thousands of people have marched through all corners of the city to express their grief and their outrage — and to demand change.

TGIF. Muriel Bowser will join three other big-city mayors on Sunday for a CNN town hall about race issues.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) on June 9 for failing to address “drug-and firearm-related nuisances at the properties.” The suit claims DCHA “…endanger over…

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 eliminates $2.1 million in one-time funding for street outreach allocated in fiscal year 2020 and advocates are now worried about the possible impacts, given the ongoing pandemic.…

The inspiring temporary exhibit stretches along 7th Street, Northwest.