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Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community

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National Cathedral replaces windows honoring confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice

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Proud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years

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Judge Tanya Chutkan, and former President Donald Trump -- Trump indictments Washington

Judge decries Trump’s reference to Scottsboro Boys case during federal court proceedings

Donald Trump cited the 1931 Scottsboro Boys rape trials to boost his claim he doesn’t have enough time to prep an adequate defense.
/ August 30, 2023

Violent crime is rising in the nation’s capital. DC seeks solutions as Congress keeps close watch 

Although the local murder rate is well below the levels in the 1980s and early 1990s, it has climbed steadily in recent years.
/ July 30, 2023
Pamela Smith police chief

Pamela Smith poised to be 1st Black female police chief in Washington, D.C.

Smith, a U.S. Park Police vet, is set to become the second woman and the first Black woman to lead the Washington, D.C. police.
/ July 18, 2023

Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Metropolitan AME in Washington, D.C. sued the Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest.
/ July 1, 2023
Taylor Taranto

Cops arrest man with weapons and more outside Obama’s D.C. home

A man was arrested Thursday after police found him outside of the Obama’s D.C. home with weapons and explosives.
/ June 30, 2023

Unresponsive small plane over Washington causes military jet to scramble, later crashes in Virginia

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia.
/ June 5, 2023

Journalists subject to excessive force during George Floyd protests, inquiry finds

An internal investigation has concluded that U.S. Park Police used unnecessary force in a confrontation with two Australian journalists three years ago during the George Floyd protests near the White House.
/ May 26, 2023