As a brutal primary begins to fade in the rearview mirror, D.C. Democrats are now trying to hash out who will lead the local party into a new era of city politics. But with leadership elections less ...

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Robert White, Free DC, and other partners are deploying residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races as part of a ...

This invasive species is spreading through the District. Some residents are taking matters into their own hands.

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As the many campaign signs around town attest to, D.C. is in the midst of one of its most competitive election seasons in years. There are multiple open seats across the District government up for ...

With two months left until the Democratic primary, more than half of Ward 1 voters are undecided on who they are hoping to represent them as their next councilmember. After D.C. Councilmember Brianne ...

I often played SimCity when I was a teenager, a once-popular computer game that allowed you to design, build, and run a fictional city. The first step was deciding where things would go, and you’d do ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday ordered a government-wide freeze on spending as a means to address a $1.1 billion hole that Congress created in the city’s current budget — and has thus far failed ...

This article was reported by Abigail Higgins and Colleen Grablick and photographed by Shedrick Pelt. It is part of a reporting project with The New York Times, The Baltimore Banner, and Stanford ...