DC officials decry CR plan to strip district of funding: ‘Fiscal sabotage’
Leaders in Washington, D.C., condemned a Republican-led continuing resolution that would cut the district’s 2025 budget by 16 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
DC faces $1 billion in budget cuts as House bill threatens DC autonomy
The District of Columbia could face a $1 billion budget shortfall after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution ...
D.C.’s Planned Removal of Black Lives Matter Mural Reflects Mayor’s Delicate Position
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision comes amid calls by the president and other Republicans for more federal control of the city.
D.C. Mayor Suggests Black Lives Matter Plaza Will Be Painted Over
The announcement came just a day after a Republican congressman introduced legislation threatening to withhold millions in ...
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 ...
Bowser tries to assuage Trump DC concerns to keep home rule threats at bay
While she may be willing to negotiate secondary items with the Trump administration, there is one issue Bowser will not budge on: D.C. statehood.
Trump tells DC mayor she must clean homeless encampments in the city
President Trump on Wednesday told Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser that she must clean homeless encampments in the city. “We have notified the Mayor of Washington, D.C., that she must clean ...
Black Lives Matter Plaza to be renamed, DC mayor says
Once one of the fiercest advocates, the mayor said on Tuesday she no longer considers the plaza's name a priority.
DC Black Lives Matter Plaza to get new look, replace street mural as part of 'evolution'
Washington D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza will soon have the iconic yellow letters painted over and be renamed, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday.