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President Trump’s advisers would recommend that he veto the D.C. statehood bill if it reached his desk, according to a White House policy statement issued Wednesday afternoon as House lawmakers debated the legislation.

If all the candidates currently vying for David Grosso’s soon-to-be vacant D.C. Council seat got together in the same room, they might have a hard time staying six feet apart.

Hundreds of unarmed D.C. National Guardsmen will be sent to help protect monuments in the District amid ongoing protests, the National Guard Bureau said on Wednesday.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's 2021 budget sets aside millions of dollars for the city's public housing authority to advance the long-sought redevelopment of two apartment complexes into mixed-income communities: Barry Farm in Anacostia and…

With the Fourth of July around the corner, a D.C. business owner said he’s been denied a license to sell fireworks after doing so for decades.

D.C.’s police chief, speaking exclusively to WTOP, said the idea of reducing the size of the force “doesn’t seem to make common sense,” defended a recent statement that officers have been “completely abandoned” by the D.C. Council, and…

One of D.C.’s largest, oldest and most-storied hotel properties may not survive the COVID-19 pandemic, at least under Marriott International’s management.

The National Park Service says it’s issuing permits again for demonstrations and other common events on the National Mall after a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The notion that the customer is always right is crumbling during COVID-19.

Goodwill has temporarily closed all 18 of its D.C.-area donation centers after a glut of donations during the coronavirus crisis has left them short on space.

A perimeter fence will soon be posted around downtown D.C.’s Franklin Park, closing off public access to the nearly 5-acre square as its reconstruction gets underway.

The National Park Service restarted issuing permits for demonstrations and events on the Mall again Wednesday after a 13-week refrain to combat the spread of coronavirus.

Police and protesters clashed for a second night in a row on Tuesday after the protests had largely been peaceful for weeks. A day of demonstrations ended in the early morning with an intense standoff between protesters and police, with…

Goodwill of Greater Washington is temporarily closing all 18 of its donation centers in the D.C. area and there’s a good reason why: those centers have been overwhelmed with donations since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Washington (CNN) — The DC National Guard will provide unarmed guard members to assist with additional security for monuments in Washington, DC, the National Guard Bureau said Wednesday.

D.C. police lined streets around the White House on Tuesday, periodically clearing out tents, barricades and other structures built by protesters seeking to create an autonomous zone in the area that has been at the center of weeks of…

A crowd of about 150 protesters gathered at Lincoln Park just after 7 p.m., calling for a controversial statue of Abraham Lincoln to be removed. Members of the group said it would not attempt to pull the statue down immediately but would…

A coalition of 10 local LGBTQ or LGBTQ supportive organizations that called on Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council in January to approve $22.6 million in the city’s fiscal year 2021 budget for LGBTQ related programs has lowered its…

The virtual bake sale started by DC pastry chefs sparked a global movement.

The fencing in Lafayette Square that was taken down after the height of protests in D.C. following the killing of George Floyd has been replaced after a failed attempt to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson.