Muriel Bowser

President’s green flag launches IndyCar showcase as America marks 250 years

What was initially presented as a short-term intervention has now been prolonged through January 2029

As Washington, D.C. celebrates the country’s 250th birthday this weekend, views of some iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital are obscured by fencing or scaffolding as President Donald Trump continues to embark on controversial beautification projects

The celebration is part of Freedom 250, which was launched by Trump late last year tied to commemorating America's semiquincentennial—the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Lewis George already had a commanding lead after Tuesday’s Democratic primary

There’s a transplant from Mar-a-Lago at the center of DCs mayoral primary race on Tuesday, but his name is nowhere on the ballot

Plus, Yuliya Talmazan explores how President Donald Trump is starting to turn his attention back to the Russia-Ukraine war

Janeese Lewis George, a city council member who has led in the polls, is a democratic socialist who’s campaigned on delivering universal childcare and ceasing the D.C. police department’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities

She would join New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as part of a new wave of Democratic socialist mayors leading a major American city

Videos circulating on social media showed teenagers throwing chairs and fighting at a Chipotle restaurant in Washington, D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood on Saturday

Following a dramatic assassination scare involving Donald Trump, Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi made an urgent diplomatic push in Pakistan aimed at reducing escalating tensions

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by U.S. President Donald Trump — and relief that there were no casualties

Donald Trump approved a federal emergency declaration Saturday related to a sewer main break north of Washington DC that threatens to put a stink on the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations in the US capital this summer

President Barack Obama approved an emergency declaration in 2016 for water contamination in Flint, Michigan, that began in 2014

President Barack Obama approved an emergency declaration in 2016 for water contamination in Flint, Michigan, that began in 2014

Several deaths attributed to hypothermia, sledding and winter recreation accidents

Mayor Muriel Bowser congratulated Norton on her retirement

A large-scale winter storm that has swept across multiple parts of the US since Friday at one point left more than 1 million users without electricity, with the severe cold already resulted in multiple deaths, latest data showed as of Sunday afternoon local time, reported local media

DC Water, which operates the sewer system, is hooking up pumps to divert sewage around the rupture and allow crews to make repairs