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Facing the dire effects of a resolution to continue funding of the federal government approved by the Republican-dominated U.S. House of...

During the latest round of performance oversight hearings, some DC Council members have asked advocates and public witnesses to indicate...

Was she someone's grandmother? How had she fallen into such dire straits?

WHEN you have an opponent by the short hairs and they know it, gloating is in poor taste. Proper etiquette for the victor is to “smile,...

It’s all coming together, portending real trouble for DC — its government and, consequently, its residents — regardless of the positive...

THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...

SOME people have become accustomed to vote trading in national and local politics. There is the belief that such transactions lead to...

THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...

ANY District of Columbia resident or leader who cares about the city’s political independence and the ability of its legislature to...

IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...

DC Attorney General Karl Racine may have crossed an ethical line when he endorsed Brian Schwalb as his successor. One of four candidates...

The final installment of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism...

Part 4 of an investigative series by The DC Line supported by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism THE child who...

The DC Line conducted a six-month investigation, funded by SpotlightDC: Capital City Fund for Investigative Journalism, in pursuit of the...

Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie is in the proverbial political catbird seat. He is the legislature’s chair pro tempore; chair of...

DURING the recent kickoff for his mayoral campaign, Ward 8 DC Council member Trayon White led his supporters in a chant: “We are going to...

“When I go to sleep at night, I kind of sleep with one eye open, so I’m never really sleeping, because I don’t want [the] building to...

IT’S disappointing that some DC advocates will use almost any means, including deliberate manipulation of the public and withholding of...

THIS may not be the third article chronicling the ill-advised maneuvers of Wayne Turnage, the District of Columbia’s deputy mayor for...

As a backdrop to the budget deliberations expected to begin this week in the DC Council, a fight has ensued between several legislators,...