DC officials decry CR plan to strip district of funding: ‘Fiscal sabotage’
House Republicans announced their stopgap bill to fund the federal government on Saturday that included cutting the ...
D.C. Mayor Orders Removal of Black Lives Matter Mural She Commissioned After House GOP Threatens to Do It for Her
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she will remove the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House amid heavy pressure from ...
Once a face of resistance, Bowser faces dilemma: Toe or draw the line
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has taken an often-measured, muted approach to Trump since the president returned to power and ...
Washington Post editorial board links DC mayor’s decision to remove BLM art to a ‘victory for the city’
The Washington Post editorial board said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision to remove the "BLM Plaza" is good because it ...
DC mayor calls out ‘$1.1 billion problem’ in House GOP stopgap plan
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) sounded alarm Monday over what she described as a “$1.1 billion problem” in a plan rolled out by House Republicans to keep the government ...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...
How D.C. first lost its right to self-govern, and the long road to home rule
The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...
DC mayor treads carefully as Trump and Hill GOP threaten capital city’s budget, autonomy
As DC Council members roamed the halls of Congress on Monday, lobbying GOP lawmakers against a federal funding bill that ...
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Voters Guide: What to know ahead of the April 8 municipal election
Here's a list of Columbia mayoral, city council, and school board candidates, as well as propositions voters will see on the ...
BLM Plaza in DC dismantled after 5 years as bill threatens to withhold city’s funding
Work to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural in Washington, DC, that was put up in 2020 following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor began on Monday. Reconstruction at the ...
Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation
About a dozen protesters demonstrating in support of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil were arrested on Tuesday as they clashed with police.
Are pedestrians safe crossing the street in this budding Midlands nightlife district?
Each day, a steady stream of pedestrians cross Meeting Street, the busy four-lane road that travels through the heart of West ...