More than 136,000 D.C. residents on SNAP were expected to get a 10% increase to their monthly benefit this month.

More than half of the D.C. Council’s members say they have concerns with how the internal investigation into accusations of sexual harassment by a former deputy mayor was handled.

Some lawmakers and activists say that Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal for increased tax breaks for residential conversions are a giveaway to wealthy building owners.

The decision comes in the wake of a lobbying campaign launched by a D.C. resident who lost her partner to suicide last year.

“Allowing illegal immigrants to vote is an insult to every voter in America,” said Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas).

Two prominent D.C. lawmakers have already said they will vote against Acting Director Karima Holmes to lead the D.C. Office of Unified Communications, setting up a possible and rare rejection of a mayoral nominee.

Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, who ran for Attorney General this spring but was later deemed ineligible for the office, is now running for the D.C. Council.

Four gun owners say that D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns on public transportation is unconstitutional, kicking off a legal battle only a week after a pro-gun ruling from the Supreme Court.

The ruling means that Initiative 82, which would slowly phase out the tipped-minimum wage, will stay on the ballot this fall.

“We have to get back to that cycle of making sure that our children are vaccinated,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday.