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About 175 people rallied at Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington Friday night to protest recent police killings of Black people across the country before marching north and having minor confrontations with police.

As transit use overall plunged during the pandemic, ridership on Metrorail declined the least in neighborhoods with a high population of Black, Hispanic and working-class residents, a new WaPo analysis shows:

It was an emotional outpouring of support Thursday night as a large crowd gathered to pay tribute to Jim Pagels, a D.C. bicyclist who was killed in a crash last week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., will open to the public Saturday, and its launch was marked by a ceremony and flag-raising in honor of the 4.7 million veterans who served in what’s known as America’s…

The rhetoric around the Smithsonian’s renovation of the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden is officially heated.

Public transit demand during the pandemic has shifted to neighborhoods with high numbers of Black, Hispanic and lower-income workers, flattening peak travel periods and forcing transit agencies to respond to new patterns before more…

Underneath the surface of the road at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. are electrical systems that need to be improved and upgraded, which means the plaza and the street-wide high letters are going to be unrecognizable for a while.

Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging business no longer lists a proposed high-speed D.C.-to-Baltimore transit system on its website and a Federal Highway Administration spokesman said the company has given the agency no indication it intends to move…

A bill to make D.C. the nation’s 51st state will get a vote in the full House on Thursday, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said, fulfilling promises by House leadership to prioritize the legislation within President Biden’s first…

The long-awaited World War I Memorial was dedicated Friday morning, honoring the nation’s “Doughboys.”

More than 10 years ago, a New York gubernatorial candidate became an Internet sensation with a campaign that declared the rent was “Too Damn High.” In the D.C. region, we can relate to rents that are still too high. Affordable housing…

Fighter jets buzzed downtown Washington late Friday morning as part of a ceremony to honor a new World War I memorial, causing alarm among some residents.

You may have looked up at the sky a few minutes ago and thought: Okay, that one wasn’t a helicopter.

The long-running effort to redevelop D.C.’s Fort Dupont Ice Arena is advancing with a smaller, more affordable project than was approved several years back.

There is cautious optimism floating through the airline industry. Most officials for the major carriers who speak to Jerome Davis, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, say…

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed countless faults and cracks within American society. As the debate on reopening schools continues, one of these cracks is how to educate children, particularly those most in need, and how to ensure that…

Friday marks D.C.’s 159th Emancipation Day, a day which is taught as being the first step toward freeing enslaved Black people in the U.S. But the history and legacy surrounding Emancipation Day is not so simple.

Friday is Emancipation Day in D.C. and faith leaders celebrated the holiday by talking about how they can help the community address racial inequalities.

An intersection in Northwest D.C. near the site of a crash that killed a 4-year-old boy has received new signage and a raised strip in the center of the roadway. It’s part of a plan to increase safety in the area, according to Everett…

“CONGRESS ITSELF is the target on the 6th.” That explicit warning was delivered to the Capitol Police by the agency’s own intelligence unit just three days before the Capitol insurrection by a mob of pro-Trump supporters. Others also…