Washington, D.C., City Council member Charles Allen said President Trump’s decision to federalize his city’s police to respond to crime is a “dangerous escalation of power” that is also misguided.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Since she was first elected in 1990 as Washington, DC’s nonvoting delegate, Eleanor ...

They don’t like the trash talk. Washington DC’s District Department of Transportation denounced a transit ad that was spotted near the Capitol that likened MAGA hat wearers to garbage. “Keep DC trash ...

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is considering some security updates at apartments throughout the city. On July 11, Attorney General Brian Schwalb introduced a bill called the Secure Apartments ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former Councilmember Trayon White, who was expelled from office in ...