Ashraf Khalil

Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and the White House, is now facing its most urgent threat since it was given the power of Home Rule during the Nixon administration.

The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House.

The National Park Service has announced that peak bloom this year for the signature cherry blossom trees of Washington, D.C., will begin between March 28 and 31.

The moment that local officials in our nation’s capital have been dreading for months is finally here.

About 300 protesters rallied outside the headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services. Many of them were current or former federal employees.

A member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who was abruptly dismissed by President Donald Trump says she believes her firing and the move to reshape the panel that protects workers from discrimination is part of the administration’s “agenda to erase the existence of trans people.”

A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry. The case before U.S.

The D.C. Council has voted unanimously to expel Councilmember Trayon White, who faces a federal trial on charges of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence city contract decisions.

Now the ceremonial pomp of Washington is colliding with the circumstance of a major snowstorm.

With Trump set to return to power — backed by a Republican-controlled Congress and the momentum of a sweeping electoral win — local officials in the nation’s capital are trying to sound conciliatory while preparing for the worst.