The Phillips Collection sold three works and raised $13 million to buy contemporary art, but the decision has led to rancor within the 104-year-old institution.
A brief history of the National Guard in Washington.
The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another.
Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina became the latest cities to see federal forces move in. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on in each place.
Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.
Government employees were expecting to see paychecks again as early as Nov. 20 after six weeks in limbo.
The region was already unsettled by sweeping government layoffs and funding cuts when the shutdown started.
Some programs like SNAP could be restored within hours, while other effects could take longer to unravel.
U.S. representatives traveled by plane, train and motorcycle to Washington in order to vote on a bill that would end the government shutdown.
The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist.
President Trump made the “rebuilding of the new stadium possible,” according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary. But it was unclear what role he has had in the project.
El presidente de EE. UU. aún no ha trazado un plan de diseño claro para la capital. Pero la demolición del ala este reveló su desdén por las tradiciones.
President Trump’s demolish first, ask-questions-later approach highlights a tension involved in a bipartisan desire to streamline the building process.
The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.
The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.
The investigation into Muriel E. Bowser, which is being handled by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, could face significant hurdles because of the known facts of the case and recent turmoil inside the Justice Department.
Jurors found Sean Dunn not guilty of a misdemeanor after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
In a fast-moving trial, prosecutors invited testimony from the federal agent who said he was hit by a deli sandwich during a confrontation with Sean Dunn.
Fue secretario de Defensa y congresista, ocupó el puesto número 2 de EE. UU. en la presidencia de George W. Bush y fue artífice de políticas en una época de guerra y cambios económicos.
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.
In a high-profile act of eco-activism, Tim Martin and a partner had smeared black and red paint on the case at the National Gallery of Art in 2023.
The president, Ahmed al-Shara, was until recently wanted by the United States as a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head.
Few places have felt the effects as palpably as the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, which is deeply enmeshed in the workings of government and has filed criminal cases against President Trump.
El líder de la mayoría del Senado no está dispuesto a recurrir a la “opción nuclear” para superar la obstrucción parlamentaria demócrata y reabrir el gobierno.
Many corporate interests that have donated to the president’s pet project have business before his administration.
El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, y otros funcionarios de Trump ahora habitan residencias del área de Washington construidas para altos cargos del ejército.
The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government.
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general who worked closely with slave-owning Native American tribes, is the only monument of its kind in the nation’s capital.
The bar group’s ethics committee says firms that make a deal with the government may need to get waivers from clients with opposing interests.
See where the troops called upon by President Trump are working, what they are doing, and under whose authority.
A suit filed by an election law firm contends that the state’s 11th Congressional District, represented by a Republican, is drawn in a way that disenfranchises Black and Latino voters.
There is outrage. But also optimism. And then there is the question: Given everything else going on, why now?
Reflections on social cohesion and law enforcement can help policymakers reduce crime even further.
The woman, 29, was struck by her own vehicle after the suspects began driving away, the police said.
Workers in Washington have returned to the office slowly, with a pervasive and pronounced effect on the local economy.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.
The president has promised a veto, but Republicans scored another win in their campaign to put Congress on record against White House policies.
Many of the nation’s major cities face a daunting future.
In cities, especially, monuments have become not just an artistic genre unto themselves but evanescent, ever-evolving tributes to those we lost — and continue to lose.
We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.
Plus Russia prepares for show trials and Taiwan does not rise to China’s provocations.
As remote work persists and business deals are sealed online, many upscale restaurants that catered to the nation’s downtown office crowd are canceling the meal.
President Biden also visited a vaccination site in Washington, D.C. ahead of his remarks.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was among the attendees reporting coronavirus infections on Wednesday.
Cases are not uncommon in Washington these days, and there is no certainty that those who tested positive were infected at the dinner.