“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” said Jeffrey Seller of “Hamilton,” who was asked to stage the invite-only concert hosted by five senators.
Los acontecimientos en la capital se vieron eclipsados por un asesinato en Minnesota y la agitación en Medio Oriente.
Federal regulations prohibit government employees from using their public office for private gain.
President Trump appointed her to clinch a conservative legal revolution. But soon after arriving at the Supreme Court, she began surprising her colleagues.
The events in the capital were overshadowed by an assassination in Minnesota and turmoil in the Middle East.
The weather could affect the military parade. Here’s the latest forecast.
The New York Times will cover the event in real-time and provide live analysis.
The seemingly disparate postures of recent days speak to the president’s complicated relationship with the military.
The country has become a cauldron of anger and unease as it enters a weekend promised to be marked by protests and a military parade.
The event will kick off when Army officials report to President Trump — who turns 79 on the same day — and end when parachutists jump from the sky and present a flag to him.
The Smithsonian has said it retains power over personnel decisions, but Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the National Portrait Gallery, has decided to leave anyway.
Thunderstorms and extreme heat could disrupt outdoor plans around the country this weekend.
“I don’t feel like a king, I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” President Trump said of the planned demonstrations against his administration.
The agency has taken steps to reduce the risk of midair collisions after a military helicopter struck a commercial flight in January, killing everyone on both crafts.
The federal holiday, celebrated on June 19, is embraced as a nationwide celebration of Black history. Here’s how and where to partake.
An investigation will examine what could have prevented an Army Black Hawk helicopter from ramming into an American Airlines flight on Jan. 29, killing all on board both aircraft.
Colleagues and friends say the District of Columbia’s 87-year-old nonvoting delegate, a civil-rights leader and veteran of fights over home rule, is struggling to do her job.
The House passed bills imposing voting and policing policies on the District of Columbia, but the G.O.P. has refused to consider a measure to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of its funding.
President Trump’s decision to send troops into an American city comes just days before a rare military display in the nation’s capital.
The Smithsonian says it retains the authority over personnel such as the director of the National Portrait Gallery, whose firing the president had announced.
Families of the victims in the deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport have made additional investigations of the crash a top priority.
WorldPride was held this year in Washington, D.C., under the shadow of the Trump administration’s moves that affect L.G.B.T.Q. Americans.
White House visits from foreign leaders used to be staid affairs. Now they play out like scenes from Bravo TV, or “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.”
The president’s moves affecting L.G.B.T.Q. people were on the minds of attendees, but there was no stopping the party.
A federal judge gave Lt. Shane Lamond an 18-month sentence for leaking details of an investigation to Enrique Tarrio, the far-right group’s former leader, and lying about it later.
Washington is hosting WorldPride, a global celebration of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, but the event has been made more difficult by shifts in U.S. policy.
Some flights near Washington will be suspended on June 14 to accommodate military flyovers and fireworks displays. Here’s how it might affect travelers.
City authorities canceled an initial request to block off the site, an L.G.B.T.Q. gathering spot in Washington, D.C. But the National Park Service opted to close it.
Four days after the president said he was dismissing the head of the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian has yet to accept or challenge his authority.
The agency said it would fence off a park at the center of a neighborhood with a vibrant L.G.B.T.Q. community during WorldPride, a major international celebration.
Right-wing insiders, caviar bumps and protests at a see-and-be-seen Capitol Hill restaurant.
Major brands and local sponsors have offered lucrative deals to high school, and even younger, stars who promote their products.
Este año habrá un desfile del ejército en Washington, y se celebrará el día en el que el presidente cumple 79 años. Los críticos afirman que es un ejemplo de cómo el mandatario ha politizado a los militares.
At the funeral for Sarah Milgrim, who was killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington last week, the Israeli embassy aide was mourned as someone who wanted to help everyone.
Local officials announced trims, spending freezes and other fixes to blunt the effects of a billion-dollar budget cut that Congress forced on the city.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington by NPR and other public radio organizations, said President Trump’s executive order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment.
There will be 28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 soldiers, 50 helicopters, 34 horses, two mules and a dog, according to the Army’s plans for the June 14 event.
I live in D.C. and I’ve always cherished my friends and neighbors who signed on for public service. Now they’re being chased out of town.
In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city’s establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.
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.