One key change would lower the age of a youth offender from 24 to 18 in the "DC Crimes Act." The legislation would also ...

One month after President Donald Trump’s administration effectively took over Washington, DC’s police department, surging ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and ...

When most people think of Washington, DC, they picture Capitol Hill and the White House, but the city has another side that ...

Since the 1970s, Lebanese immigrants in the DC area have used food—pillowy pita, tender grape leaves, smoky babaghanoush—to create a sense of home.

The Washington Wizards haven’t been anything short of lackluster in recent years. Not only did they finish at the bottom of ...

Senior Republican figures gathered at the Kennedy Center in Washington to pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk ...

Here’s a look at some numbers comparing crime in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. since Aug. 11, when Trump deployed federal ...

Washington’s unauthorized immigrant population grew by 25% between 2021 and 2023, a new report estimated. That’s in line with national numbers for that group, which “reached an all-time high” in 2023 ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Civil rights leaders blasted President Donald Trump's move to take over policing of the nation’s capital, calling it a "federal coup" and a power grab rooted in his longstanding clashes ...

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is sending National Guard and other federal law enforcement resources to Memphis to ...

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has gone 12 days without a single murder following President Trump’s federal takeover of DC police — a feat seen only one other time since the pandemic spike in ...