Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia.

With a new D.C. statehood bill in Congress, the idea of the District becoming a state is back in the spotlight.

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of ...

A federal judge has barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval.

A member of the 18th Street gang, notorious for its violent activities ranging from assault to murder, received a 40-year federal prison sentence for a triple shooting in Rockville, Maryland, that ...

Howard County unveiled a first look at a proposed transformation of the Columbia Gateway from a sprawling office park to a ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump kept his promise, signing a flurry of executive orders to undo policies ...

A missing mother was found entombed inside a wall in a Prince George's County home, its police department confirmed.

Two dozen states and cities have sued President Donald Trump for his executive order to overturn birthright citizenship.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is pushing for Washington, D.C. to become a state and the only reason for that is because it would ...