Senator Van Hollen of Maryland is renewing the push for statehood for the Columbia District. He’s co-sponsoring, with 40 of ...

Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia.

It is one thing to receive the endorsement of fervent grade-school lobbyists but another to survive the intricate District of ...

Federal employees being required to work in-office will soon become the latest flashpoint in the incoming administration.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in ...

D.C. Police seek two suspects for an armed carjacking on Georgia Avenue, offering a $10,000 reward for information.

With a new D.C. statehood bill in Congress, the idea of the District becoming a state is back in the spotlight.

Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers who recently had his 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy commuted ...

The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans ...

A teenage boy was killed in Southwest D.C., leading to the arrest of three teens after a robbery-related shooting.

A contingent of 23 troopers helped officers with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, staffing a ...