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As DC fights Congress over its budget, a look back at how we got here

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

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Republican Funding Bill Could ‘Defund The Police’ In Washington, D.C.

City officials say a Republican bill to fund the federal government will force the city to lay off all manner of personnel, ...

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The Republican Plot to Destroy Washington, D.C.

Experts warn that Trump's slash-and-burn rampage through the nation's capital will do lasting damage to a historically ...

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Could DC merge with Maryland? Congressman proposes an escape from ‘MAGA colonialism’

Washington D.C. used to belong to its two neighbors — Maryland and Virginia — until the land was ceded by the states in 1790 to form the nation’s capital. Then In 1847, the part of the city that was ...

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They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too

We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.

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Washington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from Congress

Local leaders across the DC metro area are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city.