Local nurses led a protest at the White House Thursday honoring the 88 nurses who have died nationwide from COVID-19, and demanding federal action to protect health care workers.

The Washington Homestead Grays won three Negro League World Series titles and 10 Negro National League pennants.

World Central Kitchen, which provides meals in areas hit by natural disasters, has been distributing food in the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahamas since Hurricane Dorian hit early last week.

Manassas native Danica Roem has won her race in Virginia’s 13th District.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Sen. Bernie Sanders on his plans to push forward with a bill for a single-payer health insurance system, in the wake of Republican failures to repeal and replace the...

Filler-Corn said she wants to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, address discrimination in Virginia laws, enact what she called "commonsense measures to prevent gun violence" and protect coastal...

On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.

On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.

Until now, visitors would have needed a timed pass to get into the museum.

A case contending that President Donald Trump is in violation of the emoluments cause because of his failure to divest from his business has been given the green light to proceed by a federal judge.

After nearly three years with WAMU 88.5’s 1A, Joshua Johnson will be stepping down as the show’s host, effective Dec. 20, to join MSNBC as an anchor.

The election's results also mark yet another shift in Virginia away from Republicans in the divided era of President Trump.

A frequent What's With Washington question we received: Why are native Washingtonians so unknown to so many people? The answer — and the question itself — expose a divide in D.C.

"Is there a time from nonpayment when we cut someone's water off?" wondered the chairman of the DC Water board of directors, at the board's first meeting of 2019.

For the Washingtonians who know Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson personally, the moment will carry particular significance. 

During a meeting with Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia told her that, for the first time, he would be sponsoring the

The win over incumbent Barbara Comstock gives Democrats control of a seat Republicans had held for 40 years.

She'll be replacing host Matt McCleskey starting October 1.

Washingtonian's marketing campaign for its “I’m Not a Tourist. I Live Here." t-shirts drew criticism for not featuring any models of color.

A number of Virginia voters reported receiving robocalls on Monday and Tuesday telling them their polling places had changed, which some organizations are calling an attempt to suppress the vote.

All customers have to do is send the store an email with their request, an idea of the kinds of books and authors they like, and staff will make their picks and send a PayPal invoice.

The festival will include more than 80 films about African American history and culture.

Hint: they mostly involve beer, singing, and lifting the Cup over his head.

WAMU and DCist announce a content-sharing partnership with El Tiempo Latino, a Washington, D.C.-based Spanish=language publication. The organizations will be cross-publishing news stories on their...

"I can reach my refrigerator from my bed, it's very compact," says Alison of Northeast D.C. about her 150 square foot apartment. "Not a lot of floor space, but it has everything in it."

“We know the decision to postpone the season was the correct one, but it would be wrong for that decision to disproportionately impact those individuals who rely on income from working games to...

Dozens of motorists are stranded and there are road closures throughout the region.

The memorials are a way to recognize more than 40 black men who were lynched in the state between 1854 and 1933.

They did it!

A bipartisan coalition of Virginia lawmakers is working to make the state the 38th and final one needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

More than 12,000 people voted in the Nov. 5 municipal election in Rockville — the first one conducted almost exclusively by mail.

Left unanswered is the question of whether that's enough separation to satisfy government ethics watchdogs. Already, one is sharing his dissatisfaction: Norm Eisen, a former White House ethics...

Republicans have failed to win statewide office in Virginia since 2009. Changing demographics, particularly in heavily populated Northern Virginia are turning the once reliably red state purple.

Chairman Jack Evans now says there are no plans to give rally attendees separate railcars, two days after Metro's largest transit union alleged the agency was planning on doing just that.

Threatened with a lawsuit from a conservative group, the Montgomery County Elections Board promises to examine voter registration records.

Recycling is a part of daily life, but not everything you put in the bin gets recycled. Most glass, in fact, ends up in landfills.