Washington D.C. used to belong to its two neighbors — Maryland and Virginia — until the land was ceded by the states in 1790 to form the nation’s capital. Then In 1847, the part of the city that was ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin met US president Donald Trump yesterday in a hotly anticipated meeting as part of St Patrick’s Day ...

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Advocates are wondering what Congress could do next to flex its authority over the nation’s capital, after a scramble over ...

President Donald Trump since his second White House term began has said Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal should become ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded until September appears to have the votes to pass the U.S.

President Trump on Friday suggested that the federal government could take over Washington, D.C., if the national capital’s administration “can’t do the job” as he pursues making the ...

Senators voted on Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to D.C.’s local budget after city officials warned the District ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...