The Commanders announced a deal earlier this year to build a new home for the football team at the site of the old RFK Stadium.

Twenty-five years ago, the city of the District of Columbia and the Nation’s Capital was in shambles. Congress had appointed a Controller to straighten out its finances and schools, which were ...

D.C.’s unique status may come down to a secret meeting between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.

(The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17) In The Federalist No. 43, James Madison explained the need for a "federal district," sub­ject to Congress's exclusive jurisdiction and sep ...

Statehood is now the clear preference of District of Columbiavoting-rights advocates, but the proposal has never, heretofore,excited much support in Congress and would, in any case, alsorequire a ...

On May 27, 2020, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued Mayor’s Order No. 2020-067, implementing phase one of a three-stage reopening plan in the District of Columbia. Beginning on May 29, 2020, D.C ...