Around Monday, October 20, 2025, or Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the total demolition of the West Wing began. Being a native Washingtonian, I’ve watched that whole strip of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue change. Before we go any further, there is a weird irony that took place. On October 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the White House […]
DC Voice contributor Cynthia Cutler followed up her July article Ward 4 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner at Risk of Losing Position with a compelling interview with Ward 4’s ANC Commissioner Abel Amene.
Reporting by Joey Garrison and Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY Network WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s 30-day public emergency declaration in Washington is set to expire after Sept. 10, ending the federal takeover of the city’s police department but not the presence of the military in the nation’s capital. Trump’s deployment of thousands of National Guard
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Reporting by Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY Network Jennifer Lilintahl said she knew her 5-year-old daughter wasn’t ready to learn how to read with other kids her age in the kindergarten classes last school year at Lafayette Elementary School in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Although her daughter was eligible to attend kindergarten due
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Reporting by Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY Network WASHINGTON – National Guard troops could start carrying weapons on the streets of Washington, DC as soon as this weekend after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed soldiers deployed to President Donald Trump’s police and military crackdown on the capital to arm themselves. For two weeks on the streets
Reporting by Josh Meyer, USA TODAY Network WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Aug. 26 that anyone who kills a person in the nation’s capital will be charged with the death penalty, a vow that will likely ratchet up the already heated national debate about capital punishment. Trump was talking about reducing crime in Washington
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Reporting by Michelle Del Rey , USA TODAY Network Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is advocating for the city to become the 51st state after President Donald Trump announced the federal government would take control of the local Metropolitan Police Department. Bowser, who has been the city’s mayor since 2015, made the remarks during an
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I came across this article on the USA Today Network and want to ask the question; Deep down inside how many D.C. residents agree with this sentiment? We drive by it, through it, and walk around it everyday in all parts of the city. We may even know someone who’s found themselves homeless and on
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One of the year’s most contentious debates in the District seemed to be settled on August 1, when the DC Council approved the landmark deal to bring back Washington football. In a 9-3 vote, the Council gave the green light to the $3.7 billion deal that would redevelop the defunct RFK Stadium to once again
On October 23, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department officer Terence Sutton initiated an unauthorized police pursuit that killed Karon Hylton-Brown, a twenty-year-old African American father to an infant. For ten full minutes, Sutton followed Hylton-Brown in an unmarked car at speeds prosecutors called “unreasonable.” Hylton-Brown was riding a rental scooter without a helmet on. The pursuit,
