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Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

A U.S. Senate staffer remained hospitalized Tuesday after police say he was attacked leaving a restaurant in Washington this weekend by a man who had been released from federal prison a day earlier.

Stumpy isn’t the fullest cherry tree along D.C.’s Tidal Basin, but he’s doing his best. News4’s Juliana Valencia checks in on the beloved little cherry tree that could.

Local and federal authorities say they aren’t aware of any specific pro-Trump protests planned in the District.

A historic property in Georgetown where Jacqueline Kennedy and other notable figures once lived is on the market for $26.5 million.

The Senate has voted to block new District of Columbia crime laws and overrule the city government as lawmakers in both parties have expressed concern about rising violent crime rates in cities nationwide. President Joe Biden said last week that he will sign the Republican resolution, which passed the Senate on Wednesday after passing the House last month. It would...

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger is condemning a Fox News segment in which host Tucker Carlson said the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was “mostly peaceful chaos.”

Camila Alves McConaughey said “everything was flying everywhere” on a flight shaken by severe turbulence, hurting seven people and forcing the plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Camila Alves McConaughey said “everything was flying everywhere” on a flight shaken by severe turbulence, hurting seven people and forcing the plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Seven people were taken to hospitals after severe turbulence forced their flight to be diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday night, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) officials said.

Seven people were taken to hospitals after their plane suffered severe turbulence and had to be diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday night, MWAA officials said. 

A young man who drove a Tesla that was involved in a crash that injured multiple people near the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., last week has died, police say.

The victim had been hired to do work at the house, according to law enforcement sources.

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. Their message is that those people who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn’t be allowed to run it. New York, Connecticut and Virginia are among states where proposed legislation would prohibit anyone convicted of...

Amber Payne, a journalist and the film’s co-director, spoke with News4 moments before the film’s premiere in D.C. 

Washington, D.C.’s attorney general announced Thursday he’s filing a civil lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, owner Dan Snyder, the National Football League and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming they colluded to deceive D.C. residents about allegations of a hostile work environment and workplace harassment, and that Snyder was not only aware of those issues, but “encouraged and participated” in...

A reminder that slavery is a not-so-distant part of our history: Daniel Smith Sr. was born in 1932 to a 70-year-old father who was once in bondage in Virginia.

About one hour into the Miami to Washington D.C. flight, the passenger yelled profanities, assaulted at least two flight attendants and opened a locked bathroom door while someone else was inside, according to court documents.

Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr. was shot multiple times on Sunday during an attempted robbery in Northeast D.C.