Washington D.C. will not reopen school buildings in fall
Officials have abandoned their initial plans to use a combination of distance and in-person instruction. The announcement Thursday by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser was widely expected as all surrounding school districts in northern Virginia and southern Maryland had already made…
WATCH: D.C. mayor criticizes Trump on virus testing
Local health officials say there is the capacity in Washington to test anyone who needs a test, and the average turnaround test is approximately four and a half days.
WATCH: Democratic leaders deliver a news conference on D.C. statehood
Friday's vote, if successful, would pass a D.C. statehood bill for the first time in the House, but the legislation faces insurmountable opposition in the GOP-controlled Senate.
WATCH: Washington D.C. could move to phase 2 reopening next week
Washington, D.C., officials are targeting next Monday for the start of phase two of reopening the nation's capital after months of social restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Democrats controlling the House have slated a vote next week to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. It's an issue that they say has become far more important in the aftermath of protests for racial justice in both…
City workers and local artists painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's embrace of a protest movement that has…
Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Thursday that she thinks “there is a legal question” about President Trump’s ability to call out-of-state National Guard into the District of Columbia. Bowser joins Judy Woodruff to discuss how the city has seen protests…
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will hold a news conference June to speak about ongoing protests in the city following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis policy custody.
WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,300 D.C. National Guard members who have been activated to assist law enforcement entities dealing with civil unrest were joined Monday evening by Guardsmen from Utah and New Jersey, and almost 1,500 guardsmen are coming today…
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