President Obama has included language in his 2013 federal budget that would allow the District to spend its own money when and how it wants. more ›

In April 2011, Antonio Davis was arrested during a protest on Capitol Hill. Almost a year later, he faces trial because the doctor-recommended marijuana he uses to mitigate the pain from AIDS registered on a court-mandated drug test. more ›

The District is a step closer to being able to more flexibly schedule it's own elections, but it's still a mighty big step. more ›

A bill that would allow the District more flexibility in scheduling its elections may finally move forward in Congress. more ›

A Virginia Senate committee voted down a provision yesterday that would have forbidden any abortions after 20 weeks, the point at which pro-life organization say that fetuses can feel pain. more ›

As they do every year, tens of thousands of pro-lifers will gather on the National Mall today for the March for Life, where they will again demand further restrictions on abortions throughout the country. more ›

A member of Congress is holding a hearing to determine why the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square has been allowed to stay as long as it has. more ›

Today the Post looked at the net worths of current and former members of Congress, as the wealth gap between elected officials and ordinary Americans continues to grow. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is doing just fine. more ›

Four D.C. voting rights protestors, including the organizer of a week-old hunger strike, were arrested on Capitol Hill during a rally against anti-abortion language in a federal budget resolution. more ›

Well, damn it. Despite Martin Austermuhle's protestations yesterday, the federal government still looks like it's creeping toward running out of cash and going into shutdown mode. Hooray. Bad news for D.C. more ›

It's Wednesday, and Congress has yet to finalize and vote on an omnibus federal spending plan. You know what that means -- if something isn't done by Friday, the federal government could shut down, taking with it the District's government. more ›

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton ceremonially kicked off her re-election campaign during a speech on Saturday, reports The Hoya. more ›

D.C. doesn't seem to be able to get what it wants. Should it just settle for what it can get instead? more ›

Today, D.C. leadership stated that they "regret" they cannot support Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) proposal to afford the city more budgetary control at the expense of abortion funding. more ›

You too could carry a concealed weapon in the District, if a delegation of Illinois congressmen has their way. more ›

Would you give up some autonomy to get some autonomy? That's a question District officials may soon have to answer. more ›

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton announced today that a congressional committee had given approval to a bill that would allow a massive redevelopment of the Southwest Waterfront to take place. more ›

Responding to the threat of a proposal from Congress to dictate how the city should vet its hires, the D.C. Council is moving forward quickly on legislation related to D.C. government hiring practices. more ›

Yesterday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced the proposal of legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices. But it appears as if a little outreach from D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown has convinced Issa to reverse course. more ›

The last we heard from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), he was talking about expanded budget autonomy. Today, he's apparently headed in the opposite direction, introducing legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices. more ›

Los Angeles-based Hollywood gossip site TMZ has always had an eye on the District, but after a trip here this week by producer Harvey Levin, it looks like TMZ D.C. is closer to becoming a reality. more ›

A proposal by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) to allow residents of other states with conceal carry permits to similarly carry concealed weapons in the District failed today in a surprising 24-3-1 vote, with a large number of Republicans siding with Democrats in opposition. more ›

The last time we checked in with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), he was proposing a 535-person exemption to the District's prohibition on concealed guns so that legislators could protect themselves from criminals and crazed constituents. Needless to say, that didn't fly. But Gohmert is at it again, this time trying to impose a concealed carry law upon the city. more ›

We need to have a talk, NBC. Because if you're going to continue to print stories like this, we're going to have to crack jokes in response to every single part of it. more ›

This morning, many Washingtonians were pretty surprised to get some big, breaking news from The Onion's Twitter feed. more ›

At his monthly breakfast with the D.C. Council yesterday, Mayor Vince Gray and some of his top aides celebrated what they said was a huge step towards budget autonomy for the District -- a congressional spending bill that lets the city spend its own money. more ›

There's simply nothing glorious about most D.C. internships, nor will there much to crow about in a congressional internship program that D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton seeks to create. more ›

The Washington Post reports that Congress’s failure to pass its fiscal 2011 budget on time has held up critical dollars used to pay for medical care and support services for more than 500,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. The District has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the nation, and D.C. advocates claim many local programs are unsustainable without the federal funding provided under the Ryan White Act. more ›

There's a lot of frustration with the District's government these days, most of which has to do with inside baseball -- whether that's bills being pushed through without public vetting, shady hiring practices, or the misappropriation of supposedly independent trust funds. But at least a good number of the city's Councilmembers remain freely accessible to their constituents, unlike a growing number of congressional Republicans. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Today is Slutwalk DC, the latest in a slew of protest marches triggered by a Toronto cop’s comment at a safety forum in January claiming that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” more ›