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D.C. residents and energy officials met in an hours-long public hearing on Wednesday to figure out why electric bills have gotten so high, with rates set to increase even more starting next month.

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The District's Public Service Commission held a public hearing on Wednesday with residents and leaders from Pepco and grid operator PJM Interconnection to hone in on the…

By Annabel Taylor Ivory tile “suits” engraved with bright drawings of bamboo and flowers click across the table in unison. “Five-bam,” says one woman; “two crack,” says another, glancing back […]

I recently moved away from Washington, but there’s no way to escape propagandistic imagery of the President’s urban vanity projects.

A close-up of two hands, with a person handing another person a stack of $10 bills—the background is tinted orange, an image of two papers with complicated graphs on them.

A former police officer and current mental health associate at a special needs school was arrested this week and charged with soliciting a minor for sex.

Lawrence Lofzewski was arrested on May 21, and has been charged with three counts of solicitation of a minor, Fairfax County Police said.

The FCPD said the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported Lofzewski, saying that he…

The President swept off to Beijing to court Xi Jinping. Back Stateside, it was non-Presidential motorcades, video games, and a languid vibe at the White House.

For a midsize company like the Washington Ballet, with around two dozen dancers (plus 10 or so in the “studio company”), having a talented and prolific choreographer as artistic director […]

Malcom Fox doesn’t look like a boogeyman. But read the City Paper or the messages from Democratic Socialists and he is the personification of dark money, trying to buy D.C.’s municipal elections, a puppet controlled by […]

Officials have identified the woman who was found shot to death in a Prince George's County park on Tuesday night, and are searching for the killer.

Police identified the victim Wednesday as 38-year-old Juanita Frazier from D.C.

Frazier was found shot to death at Oxon Run Community Park on Tuesday, April 28.

Police responded to a 911 call around 10 p.m. Tuesday night after a man said he found…

The Metropolitan Police Department is searching for two suspects they said shot randomly into the courtyard of a Northwest D.C. apartment on Tuesday, injuring a 5-year-old boy and two adult men.

The shooting happened shortly after 7 p.m. on April 28, near the building on N Street NW.

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D.C. police are investigating a shooting that killed a 17-year-old boy Thursday night.

The shooting happened around 5:15 p.m. on April 23. Metropolitan Police officers were called out to the 5300 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave.

When they got there, they found a 17-year-old boy who was suffering from multiple apparent gunshot wounds.

SUGGESTED: DC teen gets 2.5 years in violent robbery…

In demanding the release of the Epstein files, the Party has embraced a radically new way of fighting Donald Trump. Is it a good idea?

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A global gathering of faith and purpose arrives in Washington as leaders and communities come together for a day defined by unity, reflection, and shared hope. In early summer, Washington, D.C. will welcome a remarkable convergence of voices, traditions, and aspirations as the 28th Annual White House Prayer for Our Nation Global Day of Prayer […]

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Thousands gathered downtown on Saturday for the “No Kings” rally, joining a wave of demonstrations across the country. Protesters filled district streets carrying handmade signs and chanting slogans that emphasized […]

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**Election update:**James Talarico defeats fellow LGBTQ+ ally Jasmine Crockett in Texas Democratic primary

U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson and former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred are heading for a runoff election after neither received more than 50 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for Texas’s 33rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The race is one of several closely…

An inmate at the D.C. Jail was charged on Friday with allegedly trying to kill a corrections officer and threatening to attack another.

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Ovid Gabriel, 21, is facing charges of attempted murder, armed assault of a police officer, aggravated assault and bringing contraband into prison.

According to prosecutors, Gabriel was an inmate at the D.C. Jail on Aug. 3, 2025. On that day,…

Jews of color continue to face barriers to full inclusion in the Jewish community. Now they are forming their own worship communities.

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Brigadier General Albert Pike is honored for his civic and philanthropic legacy, not his role in the Civil War.

When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to what other people were saying to him, he was focused on listening — and feeling smarter as a result. Plus, a flight attendant is irritated by a certain term […]

Matt Welch appears on the left speaking into a microphone, Nick Gillespie appears on the right speaking into a microphone, and the center image shows Donald Trump alongside an illustrated aerial view of the U.S. Capitol complex. Text at the top reads “RIG THE SYSTEM.”