WASHINGTON — D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith is stepping down after two years, she and Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. Smith was appointed in 2023 and is the first Black woman to serve as chief ...

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith is stepping down after two years, according to an announcement from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday morning. “I am deeply humbled, grateful, and ...

WASHINGTON — Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith is stepping down. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the news via an email statement early Monday morning. Smith was named chief of police ...

Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show runs through Dec. 23 with high-energy festive music, stepping and non-stop holiday cheer.(Courtesy Jati Lindsay) For its fourth year, the Step Afrika!

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump's months-long deployment of thousands of National Guard forces to the streets of Washington, D.C., violates federal law. U.S. District Judge Jia ...

A cherished DC holiday tradition—celebrating its 15th Anniversary—Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show fuses holiday magic and merriment with the rich African American art form of stepping ...

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the return of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show to its Fichandler Stage. With three consecutive sold-out runs at Arena ...

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...

Nearly 2,300 troops from seven states have been stationed in D.C. since Aug. 11. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Thursday to end the Trump administration's ...

Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall in Washington, DC, USA, 20 August 2025. WILL OLIVER/EPA/Shutterstock Last week President Donald Trump declared war on crime in Washington, DC, ...

President Donald Trump said a new directive allowing the Metropolitan Police Department to disclose information to federal immigration authorities about those they pull over at traffic stops is a step ...

Sudden federal takeovers of America’s cities will apparently be the new normal under the Trump administration. Several government officials, including one senior administration official, told Rolling ...