District of Columbia News Headlines

Ivanka Trump, a top adviser to President Trump and his eldest daughter, released the speech she had prepared to give at...

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) announced that police in the city are banned from using tear gas for the next 30 days.The...

High-ranking current and former defense officials are piling on condemnations of President Trump's handling of this week's...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday called for peaceful protests against police brutality, reversing past opposition...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called for a statewide standard for police use of force as cities across his...

Amid tensions with the president over his deployment of federal officers during protests, Washington’s mayor had “Black...

A surprisingly good jobs report on Friday has sharpened questions about what kind of influence the economy will have on the...

Lisa Page, the former FBI lawyer who worked on former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, has joined...

Surfers in Santa Monica, Calif., held a paddle out on Friday in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by...

Facebook and Instagram on Friday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump's reelection campaign...

One of the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled legislation on Friday that would establish national...

“I am really missing the voice of Jim Vance.”  That’s how News4’s Doreen Gentzler began a remembrance Friday of her...

Police have a “strong suspect” after a cyclist was caught on video this week on a Maryland bike trail gripping a young...

Protests continue Friday as D.C. welcomes a renamed plaza and Mayor Bowser mounts calls for the removal of federal law...

Scores of people are expected to attend several demonstrations in Washington, D.C., on Saturday in what may become the...

Mayor Muriel Bowser is giving updates amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and D.C. protests in the aftermath of George...

A D.C. police officer has died after he contracted the coronavirus, the chief announced Friday.  Officer Keith Williams, a...

President Trump pushed back against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Friday, threatening to bring in additional National Guard...

The local chapter of Black Lives Matter dismissed the mural as a “performative distraction from real policy changes”...

Phase two reopening is unlikely to begin until June 19 at the earliest, Mayor Bowser announced at a press conference on...

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice...

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed the street in front of the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" on Friday as...

An off-duty firefighter and his wife pulled a child with autism out of a lake in Germantown Thursday night after spotting...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called on President Trump to withdraw all federal troops from the city Friday as she lifts the...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, weighs in on the risks of people gathering for...

For any well-heeled buyer looking for a large home near the vice president’s residence, a 6-bedroom, 10,500-square-foot...

Two members of the National Guard were hospitalized early Friday after lightning struck near the White House where the...

U.S. unemployment dropped unexpectedly in May to 13.3% as reopened businesses began recalling millions of workers faster...

D.C. artists on Friday created, with the approval of the city, a "Black Lives Matter" mural stretching over two city blocks...

The city of Washington, D.C., is echoing a call for justice by ceremonially naming a road and painting an unmissable...

Severe thunderstorms moving through the D.C. area are raising flood concerns. Parts of D.C. and Montgomery County are under...

"We have a lot of public, open-source information to suggest that the event on this upcoming Saturday may be one of the...

A police union for the U.S. Park Police will not be releasing the name of the officer involved in an attack on an...

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., is pressing the Trump administration and several state governments to justify...

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Trump administration, alleging officials violated the civil rights of...

In response to George Floyd's death and the protests that have followed, the D.C. Council will consider an emergency bill...

A longtime campaign to take down statues memorializing the Confederacy, many of which were erected decades after the Civil...

Two National Guard members were injured when lightning struck near them in Washington, D.C., amid storms Thursday night in...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser activated the District's heat emergency plan Thursday, as the temperature was forecast to reach 92...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to President Trump Thursday requesting a comprehensive list of the agencies involved in...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday there would be no curfew into Friday morning, after police arrested no protesters...

The D.C. Department of Health said Thursday there was a new peak in the community spread of the coronavirus during phase...

Two National Guard members were injured when lightning struck near their post at protests in downtown Washington, D.C., as...

A multi-state commission will ask the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help cut down on pollution that flows from...

The U.S. Park Police has taken action after its officers were seen attacking an Australian news crew reporting from...

Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many employers are still cutting...

Demonstrators marched on Wednesday in New York, Washington and Los Angeles, among other cities, defying curfews but also...

Police are looking for a cyclist who was caught on video gripping a young woman’s arm as he ripped a racial justice flyer...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to announce plans Thursday for the removal of an iconic statue of...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the state will enter phase two of the reopening plan on Friday. "In the face...