A D.C. delegate also tried to include support of same sex marriage in the platform, but the measure failed.

The Republican Party’s official platform not only opposes D.C. statehood and support more guns for residents, but applauds an attempt to ban abortions in D.C. after 20 weeks.

As the Republican National Convention kicks off in earnest today, members of the GOP will be voting on their official platform—including a section set aside for D.C.

The Republican Party platform set to be adopted this week will take a particularly hard stance on one of the entertainment industry’s oldest genres. The GOP platform has new language that says all pornography is illegal.

Learn a bit more about James Bopp, the Republican delegate and big-time conservative lawyer who shot down hopes of D.C. voting rights earning a place on the GOP convention platform.

One DCist reader couldn’t help but notice something new on his commute through the Friendship Heights Metro station this morning — this incredibly bright light fixture.