Did D.C. drop the ball on snow-clearing, or were conditions uniquely bad?
Some say plows are missing in action, but D.C. officials say ice and frigid temperatures are to blame for the slow cleanup.
Celebrating the wins of the last 12 months and scheming for the future
The Trump administration has refused to use contingency funding to pay for food assistance.
But Gael Gomez wants people to keep looking up — at the sky and in life.
Local cooperation with immigration enforcement has become a flash point since the federal surge in D.C.
We asked experts how to discuss ICE, the National Guard deployment, and the current political moment with kids.
Admit it: A federal takeover of D.C. is scary.
Dwayne Lawson-Brown has been learning about longtime residents’ information needs — and, in the process, about their own relationship with local news.
Here's where we recommend celebrating Halloween this weekend — along with a few less-spooky local arts events.
They say the D.C. Council should publicly question MPD about cooperation on immigration enforcement.
Also: Congress makes D.C. spend money it didn't have to, and the D.C. Council exempts small properties from a longstanding tenant right.
Waymo says it could operate here in 2026, but the law isn’t ready for it yet.
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