Inside the complicated compromise that created the District of Columbia and the City of Washington-which are kind of the same ...

The District of Columbia, located on the north bank of the Potomac River, ... Washington, D.C. hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of the World Bank, ...

A Washington Post journalist has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography following a federal ...

Nikki Haley wins District of Columbia’s GOP primary, ... Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will give an update on the city’s response to the novel coronavirus on April 30.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduces legislation to give D.C. complete local control over its Zoning Commission, eliminating ...

Some House Democrats join Republicans in voting to end noncitizen voting and ‘sanctuary’ policies.

The District of Columbia was carved out of land given to the federal government by Virginia and Maryland. It was supposed to be a 100-square-mile diamond. Cartographers and Metro riders will notice ...

Meanwhile, GOP leaders have given no indication of when — or whether — they will hold a vote on a bipartisan, Trump-backed bill to fix a hole Congress created in the city's budget.