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TGIF. With the DC Council's emergency public safety reform legislation now in effect, Mayor Muriel Bowser today released edited body camera footage in three high-profile killings of Black men by Metropolitan Police Department officers in…

Happy Monday. DC released a list of 27 coronavirus "high-risk" states today, requiring anyone traveling from them to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Happy Tuesday. Fans of DC Council budget debates will get an extra showing this week, with a key second vote on the local budget postponed until Thursday after skirmishing this afternoon that lawmakers themselves characterized as a…

Happy Monday. In advance of the DC Council's final vote on the local budget tomorrow, Mayor Muriel Bowser is fighting against cuts to the police department.

Happy Thursday. DC officials gave themselves another two weeks to decide whether DC Public Schools will offer in-person instruction on a staggered schedule this fall.

TGIF. After independent at-large Council member David Grosso called for the ousting of Police Chief Peter Newsham, Mayor Muriel Bowser yesterday defended DC's top cop and called Grosso a "lame duck."

Happy Monday. The owner of Washington's NFL franchise, Dan Snyder, announced last Friday the team will review its name, after stadium sponsor FedEx urged a change and Nike wiped out all of the team's merchandise from its online store shop.…

Happy Thursday. FedEx, which has naming rights for the Washington football team's stadium, has announced it wants the franchise to change its name. "We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team…

Happy Tuesday. The NAACP announced yesterday it will move its headquarters from Baltimore to a particularly meaningful DC location: the site of the building that heralded the rebirth of the neighborhood around 14th and U streets NW.

Happy Monday. Council members had varied reactions today to Judiciary and Public Safety Committee chair Charles Allen's proposed reforms to DC police.

Happy Thursday. The DC Council remains in the early stages of its budget deliberations, but it's already making waves with a $15M cut to the mayor's proposed spending for the Metropolitan Police Department.

Happy Thursday. DC has seen 14 days of sustained reductions in community spread of COVID-19, health officials reported this morning. That's one of the key metrics being used to determine whether the District is ready to move to Phase Two…

Happy Monday. Former at-large Council member Vincent Orange is hoping for a political comeback, signing up to run as an independent for his former seat — four years after the longtime Democrat lost re-election.

Good Thursday evening. What's in a name? Amid rising attention to DC statehood, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton joined Rep. Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio in introducing legislation to designate DC's mayor as governor and the DC Council as the…

Happy Wednesday. The DC government is ramping up its contact tracing capabilities, a key aspect of efforts to progress to the next phase in the city's reopening. Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC health officials say the earliest the District…

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council voted unanimously to approve police reform legislation, bringing to fruition ideas brought up at public hearings in past years that hadn't gotten legislators' support at the time.

Happy Wednesday. Two of the three DC Council incumbents facing challengers in yesterday’s Democratic primary have clearly prevailed — even with potentially tens of thousands of absentee ballots still left to count. The other, Ward 4’s…

Good Monday evening. Moments before the curfew announced earlier today by Mayor Muriel Bowser went into effect at 7 p.m., President Donald Trump vowed "swift and decisive action to protect our capital" — and described the District's…

Happy Wednesday. Mayor Muriel Bowser is lifting DC's stay-at-home order as of Friday in favor of what she called "stay-at-home lite" — Phase One of reopening, which includes a limited increase in retail and restaurant operations.

TGIF. While DC continues to plan for Phase 1 of reopening, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said today the Washington region is among several areas of the country that continue to see a troublingly high rate…