The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate where it faces stiff Republican opposition.

U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she will allow Republican involvement in approving subpoenas on a proposed commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine on Wednesday sued leading baby food maker Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp, accusing the company of misleading consumers by claiming its baby food was safe even though it allegedly contained high levels of toxic metals.

U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo told securities industry executives on Wednesday that the Treasury will weigh the costs and benefits of financial sanctions to ensure that they remain a strong and viable foreign policy tool.

A U.S. jury on Wednesday ruled in favor of Intel Corp in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by VLSI Technology LLC.

It might be time for neighborhood restaurants and coffee shops to start thinking about a subscription business — at least according to a new Y Combinator-backed startup called Per Diem. The company is announcing today that it has raised $2.26 million in seed …

Turkey will resume flights from the United Kingdom and Denmark, Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal Eksi said on Wednesday.

U.S. President Joe Biden believes the bar for convicting police officers is far too high and supports efforts to change that, the White House press secretary said on Wednesday.

Josh Miller walked away from the U.S. capital's convention center on Tuesday with a COVID-19 vaccination and a joint.

North Dakota has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to intervene in an ongoing legal battle in which local tribes seek the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), saying that its interests in keeping the line running are no longer adequately re…

A top Treasury Department official met on Tuesday with 20 top bankers to discuss President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan and ways to use public-private partnerships to expand economic inclusion, the agency said in a statement.

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of "natural" causes one day after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, the D.C. medical examiner announced on Monday.

Major medical associations including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Cancer Society have weighed in against a lawsuit brought by cigar-maker groups to challenge federal regulations on premium cigars.

A 12-year-old boy from Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old.

O'Melveny & Myers has added an attorney who helped set the fintech enforcement agenda at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as counsel in its Washington, D.C. office.

The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing next week for Lina Khan, who has advocated the breakup of tech giants, on her nomination to the Federal Trade Commission, the panel said in a statement on Thursday.

The race among mobility startups to become profitable by controlling market share has produced a string of bad results for cities and the people living in the them. City officials and agencies learned from those early deployments of ride-hailing and shared sc…

EIG Global Energy Partners will lead a yet-unnamed consortium to issue billions of dollars in bonds across two or three transactions to replace bank debt backing an investment in Saudi Aramco's (2222.SE) oil pipeline assets, two sources said.

EIG Global Energy Partners will lead a yet-unnamed consortium to issue billions of dollars in bonds across two or three transactions to replace bank debt backing an investment in Saudi Aramco's oil pipeline assets, two sources said.

Conservation groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, accusing it of rushing its approval of a $220 million flood-control project in the Mississippi's South Delta during the waning days of the Trump administr…

An investigation has concluded that members of the Washington D

The top cybersecurity official in the White House on Tuesday directed all government agencies to urgently apply new patches for Microsoft Corp Exchange email servers to head off exploitation by hackers.

Davis Wright Tremaine has nabbed cybersecurity veteran Michael Borgia to lead its information security group, adding to a practice area that has seen high demand.

Almost 20 major companies worried about a global semiconductor chip shortage that has roiled the automotive industry will send senior executives to a White House summit Monday, a senior official said on Friday.

Here are six takeaways from U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed federal budget, released on Friday:

RT @NEWSMAX: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit illegal immigrants in Washington, D…

RT @nytimes: A legal ethics committee in Washington, D.C., that oversaw a disciplinary case against Rudolph Giuliani has recommended that h…

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RT @OccupyDemocrats: BREAKING: MAGA world screeches bloody murder as a Washington D.C. Bar hearing committee recommends disbarring Rudy Giu…

RT @NEWSMAX: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit illegal immigrants in Washington, D…

RT @MagicBelle1: July 2023. Afghan immigrant, 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, was the victim of a shooting inside his vehicle. The Lyft drive…

RT @MilHistNow: On this day in 1865, four accomplices of John Wilkes Booth are hanged at Washington D.C.'s Fort McNair for their part in th…

RT @nytimes: A legal ethics committee in Washington, D.C., that oversaw a disciplinary case against Rudolph Giuliani has recommended that h…

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RT @NEWSMAX: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit illegal immigrants in Washington, D…

Interpreter who survived war in Afghanistan shot dead in DC: 'Abandoned' by our country. A 31-year-old Lyft driver survived Afghanistan but was shot and killed while driving in Washington D.C. There has been growing outrage over the death of Nasr https://t.co/DWd2fBbo8J

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RT @WordswithSteph: Stain upon stain upon stain, Rudy Guiliani’s once-respected reputation has been utterly destroyed and he is now on the…

RT @nytimes: A legal ethics committee in Washington, D.C., that oversaw a disciplinary case against Rudolph Giuliani has recommended that h…

RT @nytimes: A legal ethics committee in Washington, D.C., that oversaw a disciplinary case against Rudolph Giuliani has recommended that h…

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Do NOT visit DC! Democrats are in charge! 10 killings in 5 days in D.C. leave an international trail of grief - The Washington Post https://t.co/qxvrHMuVn3

RT @seaandcoast1: Fighting a cargo ship fire in New Jersey, the United States, 2 firefighters were killed and 5 were injured @USNavy The 6…

RT @thedailybeast: 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, an Afghan interpreter for U.S. Army Special Forces who escaped the Taliban, was shot and k…

RT @bennyjohnson: SAVAGE: Senator John Kennedy says the Washington D.C. establishment is “working harder than an UGLY STRIPPER” to cover up…

RT @MagicBelle1: July 2023. Afghan immigrant, 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, was the victim of a shooting inside his vehicle. The Lyft drive…

A recent study deemed Washington D.C. as the fourth-best city to live in without a car. https://t.co/camBbKJaVN

RT @MagicBelle1: July 2023. Afghan immigrant, 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, was the victim of a shooting inside his vehicle. The Lyft drive…

RT @DailyJFKPics: President John F. Kennedy meets with newly appointed Ambassador of Ceylon William Gopallawa (also referred to as Viliyam…

RT @thedailybeast: The first Gen Z member of Congress shouted “F*ck Ron DeSantis! F*ck fascism!” from the stage of Paramore’s Washington D.…

RT @LawrenceSellin: The U.S. government must know that China is sending People's Liberation Army soldiers into the U.S. via the illegal ali…

RT @NatGeo: This is the unlikely story of a Canada goose couple that has returned for years to lay eggs at Nat Geo’s headquarters in the he…

RT @NUFDIran: Reports indicate that Mohammad-Reza Farzin, the Islamic Republic's Central Bank Governor, is in Washington, D.C. NUFDI's @SG…

RT @LawrenceSellin: The U.S. government must know that China is sending People's Liberation Army soldiers into the U.S. via the illegal ali…

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RT @Forbes: The pain is being felt most acutely in six cities: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston and Washington, D.C.,…

RT @PopCrave: Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost joins Paramore on stage to sing “Misery Business” at their show in Washington, D.C. https:/…

RT @NatGeo: This is the unlikely story of a Canada goose couple that has returned for years to lay eggs at Nat Geo’s headquarters in the he…

RT @simonateba: BREAKING: Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) Renames U.S. Capital as 'City of Pride' And Raises LGBTQIA+ Flag at Washington…

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RT @thedailybeast: The first Gen Z member of Congress shouted “F*ck Ron DeSantis! F*ck fascism!” from the stage of Paramore’s Washington D.…

RT @PopCrave: Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost joins Paramore on stage to sing “Misery Business” at their show in Washington, D.C. https:/…