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The troops were in formation. The residents were told to stay home. The heart of Washington was a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints. But on Sunday, the planned and promoted “armed march” on the nation’s capital…

A restaurant in D.C. trying to survive the pandemic is seeing a major loss of customers from road closures for the inauguration.

The photos went viral: National Guard troops hunkered down on the floor of the U.S. Capitol, surrounded by symbols of democracy as well as camouflaged gear and guns, chowing down on donated pizza.

Workers had just fenced off all of Capitol Hill — not just the congressional complex, but Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s Capitol Hill: the wide plaza that locals bike across on sunny days and the gentle hill where they take their children to…

The District sent notices to nearly half of the public school system’s roughly 4,000 teachers to return to school buildings Feb. 1 as city leaders attempt to staff classrooms in a school district where demand for in-person instruction…

In an unprecedented move, the Mall and much of the surrounding area is closed to the public days ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of spectators typically watch the ceremonies, but this year, the Secret…

In closing Mall, officials try to strike a balance between the First Amendment and securing Biden’s inauguration

While the District is on guard against extremists who threaten to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a D.C. police commander has asked residents to look for any suspicious gatherings in their neighborhoods.

“Eerie.” “Post-apocalyptic.” “Surreal.” That’s how locals described life in a barricaded and boarded-up D.C. five days before an inauguration that has prompted an unprecedented security response, and ten days after a deadly insurrection at…

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard on Saturday defended his force’s response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and asserted that his relationship with city officials remains solid.

At 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Trump began climbing through a window they had smashed on the northwest side of the U.S. Capitol. “Go! Go! Go!” someone shouted as the rioters, some in military gear, streamed in.

They passed the armed National Guard members blocking vehicle traffic at K Street NE and continued down First Street NE, officially stepping into the red zone.

Tensions are palpable in D.C. as the city prepares for a very different kind of Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe Biden’s swearing-in on Wednesday will occur in the shadow of a surging health crisis and threats of extremist violence,…

D.C. residents trying to sign up for coronavirus vaccination appointments Saturday instead ran into hours of technical difficulties.

Howard University will not hang congratulatory banners or send students to the U.S. Capitol to watch alumna Kamala D. Harris be sworn in as vice president on Wednesday. Instead, it will beef up campus security.

Jeanne Marcus tried to stay positive Tuesday night. The 68-year-old D.C. resident’s appointment to get the coronavirus vaccine was for 4:45 p.m., and an hour and a half later, she was still waiting in line outside the Model Cities Senior…

TGIF. In the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, an internal Capitol Police report warned that the seat of Congress itself might be the target of an attack, WaPo scoops.

A proposal to bring a high-speed maglev train system to the Washington region, which proponents say is key to addressing congestion along the Interstate 95 corridor, has reached a critical milestone.

DC Health will open an additional 4,309 coronavirus vaccine appointments to residents in Wards 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 on Saturday, according to a press release from the agency.

The Mall will be shuttered to the public for nearly a week, federal officials announced Friday, the latest in a series of unprecedented security measures that will all but prevent most people from viewing the inauguration in person on…