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The head of the National Guard says at least 10,000 troops will be deployed in Washington, D.C., by Saturday, and an additional 5,000 could be requested from other states. There are currently 6,200 Guard members in the city from D.C. and five nearby states. The increase in requests for Guard members on Monday comes as officials brace for more, possibly…

Washington, D.C., has entered a state of emergency through Inauguration Day after a riot inside the U.S. Capitol.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is no longer being updated. Go here to see the latest for Jan. 7, 2021. A U.S. Capitol Police officer died from injuries suffered during Wednesday’s riot in Washington, becoming the fifth related fatality. Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a chaotic protest Wednesday aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer...

Thousands of Trump supporters descended upon Washington, D.C., and began rioting on Wednesday, forcibly breaching the Capitol building as the House and Senate met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke out to condemn the far-right violence at the Capitol Building and urged all residents in the area to remain indoors.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged people Sunday to stay away from the downtown area during the upcoming demonstrations, and away from people coming to the area to cause violence and destruction.

The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church filed a lawsuit against the Proud Boys and their leader, Enrique Tarrio, in D.C. Superior court Monday, saying the group trespassed on its property and destroyed its Black Lives Matter banner.

Thousands of people are expected to be in D.C. to protest the 2020 election on Jan. 6, the day Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election. Multiple groups have applied for permits for First Amendment activity on that day, and President Donald Trump has called on supporters to descend on D.C. for a “wild” protest....

Carrying signs saying “count every vote” and “we are watching,” several dozen protesters circled the White House Thursday morning, closing streets as they demanded that all votes cast in the 2020 election get counted. Protesters in cars, on bikes and on foot planned to caravan around the White House grounds Thursday morning to “make as much noise as possible in…

Police body camera footage shows the moments when a D.C. officer fatally shot 18-year-old Deon Kay, then went to search for a gun he says he saw in Kay’s hand. Kay, of Southeast D.C., was killed by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon. According to police, Kay was running from Seventh District patrol officers and pulled out a gun....

A man who was arrested for driving a van into a crowd of protesters near Black Lives Matter Plaza over the weekend was released and faces no charges.  Jeremy Vajko, 27, was arrested by D.C. police on a reckless driving charge. Video shows an officer ordering him to stop the van he said he’s used to support protesters in...

The head of U.S. Park Police is denying that his officers violently turned on protesters near the White House to clear the area for a photo event by President Donald Trump

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who mobilized to Washington, D

President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports. Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two...

As anti-racism demonstrators vandalize and topple monuments across the country, the president is threatening arrests and prison time. He said he will soon issue an executive order to protect monuments. President Donald Trump said in tweets Tuesday that anyone who vandalizes a monument on federal land can be arrested and face as much as 10 years in prison. He said…

The National Park Service is calling a newly erected fence in front of a White House protest area temporary. Park Service spokeswoman Katie Liming said Monday that her agency and the Secret Service expect to reopen part of Lafayette Park in front of the White House on Wednesday. Liming says some areas of the park will remain closed to allow…

The city of Washington, D.C., is echoing a call for justice by ceremonially naming a road and painting an unmissable message on a street that leads to the White House: Black lives matter. A section of 16th Street in front of the White House is now ceremonially named Black Lives Matter Plaza, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Friday. Earlier,...

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice demonstrations continue in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Mayor Muriel Bowser shared a letter Friday that she sent to President Donald Trump. She requested the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington,...

Protests in Washington, D.C., over the death of George Floyd on Wednesday swelled to over 5,000 — the largest yet in the capital— without a single arrest, injury to a police officer or any damage to police property. “I had hoped to report on this today and thankfully I am,” D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said. “Moving forward over the…