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Washington, D.C. — its council, its rents, its streets, and the federal hand always resting on the scale.
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D.C. Can Pass a Law, but Congress Can Veto It
National Guard troops are set to stay deployed in D.C. through the rest of the year, and Congress retains the power to…
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Ward 8 Bribery Trial Begins Amid Tampering Claims
Trayon White Sr. was indicted in 2024 on a single bribery count, removed from the Council by his colleagues, and reelected anyway.…
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D.C. Rent Caps 2026: Ballot Fight Over Zero Freeze
The Rental Housing Commission set this year’s allowable increases at 2.1 to 4.1 percent. A proposed ballot initiative would take that number…
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D.C. Traffic Deaths Hit a 16-Year High
Fatalities are up more than 60 percent from the same point in 2022, in a city that formally committed to zero traffic…
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Red Line Shutdown Ends: The Bus Service That Filled In
Months of Red Line construction ran on free shuttle buses and dedicated bus lanes. Whether that investment outlives the shutdown that justified…