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Education Aug 25

DC school year starts with parents on edge over Trump’s armed patrols

As schools opened across the capital city, parental social media groups and listservs were buzzing with reports and rumors of checkpoints and arrests.

Politics Aug 15

Bondi names DEA head as D.C.’s ’emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back

It was not immediately clear where the move left Pamela Smith, the city's current police chief, who works for the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Nation Aug 15

New lawsuit challenges Trump’s federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

Politics Aug 12

The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

The Republican president's decision fits a pattern of using emergency declarations to rule by executive order.

Nation Jun 10

DC prepares for Trump’s military parade with 18 miles of fencing

More than 18 miles of security fencing will be erected and 175 magnetometers will be deployed at security checkpoints for the birthday festivities and the nearby parade route.

Politics Jan 24

WATCH: Trump, Vance and Johnson give remarks at March for Life rally in D.C.

“We will again stand proudly for families and for life,” Trump declared in a pre-recorded video address. Vance hailed Trump’s previous actions on abortion, saying the president “delivered on his promise of ending Roe" and appointed hundreds of anti-abortion judges.

Politics Jan 18

Days before Trump takes office, thousands of protestors march in Washington, D.C.

Eight years after the first historic Women's March at the start of Trump's first term, marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined now to show that support remains strong for women’s access to abortion,…

World Oct 14

Panda-monium returns to Washington

A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, will soon be flown to Washington from a research facility in the southwestern Chinese city of Dujiangyan.

Nation Jul 24

Thousands of protestors outside the Capitol denounce Israel’s war in Gaza as Netanyahu visits

Throngs of demonstrators rallied near the Capitol before starting their march ahead of Netanyahu's joint address to Congress, but police blocked them from getting close to the building. Police said they used pepper spray after some protesters became “violent” and…

Politics Jul 24

WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses joint meeting of Congress

More than 50 Democratic lawmakers boycotted his appearance and thousands of protesters amassed around the Capitol Wednesday to condemn the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it created.

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