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A bill to make the the District of Columbia the 51st state cleared the House of Representatives on Thursday, but it faces a major obstacle in the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. Still, supporters of the effort believe that the idea of statehood for the District, which has the motto “Taxation without representation,” is…

Meet the Press with Chuck Todd went live on Sunday for the first time from NBCUniversal’s new Washington, D.C. studios, a long-anticipated move from its longtime location. The new bureau near Capitol Hill is six floors and 80,000 square feet and includes seven studios. NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC are located in the bureau…

UPDATED with Sony CEO comments. John Stankey, CEO of AT&T and an industry figure who had a high-profile tangle with the administration of President Donald Trump, issued a statement decrying the “appalling insurrection” in Washington. While the statement doesn’t name Trump, it does congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala…

Wonder Woman 1984 is only the latest in a long line of movies that have ventured into the District of Columbia to capture the backdrop of monuments and neoclassical architecture. But the mega pic is relatively rare in that is uses locations in the DMV — the moniker used to denote the greater metro area of the district…

Thousands of demonstrators fanned out on streets throughout Washington, D.C. for the largest day of protests since the death of George Floyd. The intersection of 16 & H streets near the White House — the site of volatile confrontations earlier this week — instead was peaceful, as a diversity of marchers shouted…

Today was the last day for Newseum, the glassy, modernist museum on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. dedicated to the history and importance of the news media and the First Amendment. There are no shortage of theories as to why the museum couldn’t make a go of it. The nonprofit Freedom Forum, its creator and…

On the eve of the House vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, crowds large and small gathered at rallies across the nation calling for Trump’s removal from office. Organized by MoveOn.Org and Common Cause, the rallies drew adults, children, the elderly, immigrants, veterans, and…

Norah O’Donnell told viewers on Monday that CBS Evening News was starting a “new era” with its first broadcast since officially moving to Washington, D.C., the only broadcast network newscast to originate from the nation’s capital. CBS is hoping that leaving New York distinguishes the broadcast from ABC World News Toni…

Viacom and CBS have appointed Doretha “DeDe” Lea as EVP Global Public Policy and Government Relations of ViacomCBS, a position that will become effective when the pending merger of the companies is closed. As the top lobbyist for the soon-to-be-merged company, Lea will report to CEO Bob Bakish. The $30 billion…

A blackout left thousands of Washington, D.C. residents without power Saturday afternoon as temperatures soared above 90 degrees. The lights went out just before 3 p.m., NBC Washington reported. Potomac Electric Power Company said a problem at one of its substations caused the outages in the northwestern parts of the…

The July 4 “Salute to America” in Washington, D.C., has depleted the city’s fund used to guard against terrorist threats at large events, according to a letter sent to President Donald Trump. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser claims the president’s event, praised for its focus on the nation’s greatness and saluting the armed…

An equipment malfunction at a Cirque du Soleil performance last night in Washington state stopped the show and caused the rest of the program to be cancelled. The show in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Washington ended when a hydraulic system hose broke. Audience members were showered with what the company claimed was…