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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…

The Washington region typically throws open its doors for a presidential inauguration with VIP packages, special menus, lavish balls and see-and-be-seen parties.

Three days before thousands of rioters converged on the U.S. Capitol, an internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which “Congress itself” could be the target of angry supporters of President Trump on Jan.…

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…

Concrete jersey barriers block many of the cross streets along K Street NW, police officers are screening people coming into downtown, and Metro has closed some of its busiest transfer stations within the security perimeter this weekend.

Viral clips of D.C. Police holding back a rabid hoard of white supremacists in the west facing tunnel on the lower level of the United State Capitol last week are horrific.

The National Mall is closed to the public through Jan. 21, the National Park Service announced Friday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials provided more details of the “unprecedented” security for next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal watchdogs launched a sweeping review of how the FBI, the Pentagon and other law enforcement agencies responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol, including whether there were failures in information sharing and…

D.C. should expect about 20,000 National Guard members, and restaurants, hotels, and other businesses are already closing.

Video footage and photographs included in social media posts cannot be used to substantiate an ABRA violation.

D.C. Superior Court will resume jury trials March 22 after suspending such trials since March because of the pandemic, court officials said Friday.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Friday blasted disinformation being circulated about last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, calling efforts to equate BLM rallies to the pro-Trump mob siege of the U.S. Capitol “shocking and…

Joe Mettimano hits the streets of downtown D.C. every Wednesday to help people experiencing homelessness find access to food and other services. He’s had the same weekly routine for the past 10 years.

Large sections in and around the National Mall are closed through Thursday, January 21, the National Park Service announced Friday. The closure is one of many safety precautions and closures ordered by the U.S. Secret Service leading up to…

From the base of the U.S. Capitol, the new barricades stretch westward, past roadblocks and swarms of police officers and National Guard troops, all the way to the Washington Monument, where 50 American flags at half-staff flap in a brisk…

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed two bills this week, one that would break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies and another that would create a new ombudsman to oversee the Child and Family…

At the end of a difficult shift, bar and restaurant workers commiserate together over a time-honored hospitality tradition: the shift drink. And 2020 gave the industry a whole host of unforeseen problems over which to commiserate. It’s a…

The residential pipeline is growing near Dave Thomas Circle.

The National Mall will be closed to the public from Friday through Jan. 21, the National Park Service said.