Republicans, who are taking over the House, have been opposed to the measure.

“They don’t like who we are, they don’t like what we believe, and they don’t like how we vote,” says one D.C. statehood activist who foresees a difficult two years if Republicans take back the U.S. House.

The statue of Pierre L’Enfant will be unveiled at the Capitol on Feb. 28.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and national Democratic leaders are continuing the push for D.C. statehood.

The letter says making D.C. a state would give residents an unfair advantage because they’d be closer to the White House and U.S. Capitol than anyone else.

The hour-long film is made up of monologues by 10 local playwrights.

Hint: If you’re a Washington state transplant living in D.C., this shirt is for you.

D.C.’s license plate motto was the answer to a Daily Double question.

Though D.C. politicians still have their eyes on the 51st state, one group argues that retrocession is the only way forward.

The congresswoman is one of the subjects of a new Amazon TV series about gender discrimination in the workplace, which she says comes at exactly the right time for weary women.