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The House Administration Committee held a hearing on crime in Washington, D.C., and its impact on congressional operations and visitors. Witnesses, including Capitol Police Chief Thomas Mang…

Michael Brooks, a senior enlisted officer with the DC National Guard at the time of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, sharply criticized a Defense Department inspector general’s report on…

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, Police Chief Pamela Smith, and Executive Assistant Police Chief Jeffery Carroll held a press conference on the city’s response to pro-Palestinian prote…

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) and other Republican members of the committee held a news conference at George Washington University amid pro-Palestinian protests taking p…

Every spring, thousands of people visit the Washington, D.C., Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. Memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. stand o…

Two Sides of the Street: The Fight for D.C. Representation in Congress was one of the second-prize middle school winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Dylan Zuriff an…

Co-authors Katie Wells (Georgetown University) and Kafui Attoh (City University of New York) talked about Washington, D.C.'s unsuccessful fight to keep Uber out of the city. This event was h…

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held a hearing on issues of violent crime that were affecting Washington, D.C. Members debated the topic, with R…

Viewers commented on the Senate vote to block a D.C. crime bill.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) talked about the Senate voting on a crime bill, despite the D.C. Council’s attempt to withdraw the legislation.

Zach Cohen talked about the expected Senate vote on a D.C. crime bill.

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced he was filing a civil suit against the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other groups for their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021, att…

Voting rights advocates held the “March On for Washington and Voting Rights” rally to call for the passage of federal voting legislation and statehood for the District of Columbia. Among tho…

U.S. Capitol Historical Society chief guide Steve Livengood gave a virtual walking tour of a Capitol Hill neighborhood bordered by 1st Street at A and East Capitol Streets, N.E., explaining …

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and constitutional law scholars testified on District of Columbia statehood before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The …

The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society hosted a panel discussion on Washington, D.C., during the Civil War era. Tamika Nunley talked about the lives of African American wom…

Discovery Education, in coordination with first lady Jill Biden, took students on a virtual field trip of Washington, D.C., visiting the White House, Supreme Court, Tomb of the Unknown, U.S.…

Paul Dolinsky, chief of the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey, discussed noteworthy trees in the Washington, D.C. area - especially those he calls “witness trees” t…

The House debated a measure to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. Following the debate, the legislation passed 216-208, along a party-line vote.

Viewers commented on the House passage of D.C. statehood legislation.