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Federal law enforcement officers patrol The Wharf, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Federal becomes local: The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom

August 11, 2025

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has responded to President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard. Bowser emphasized that crime has been dropping and Trump’s state of emergency doesn’t match the numbers. She acknowledged that the city has little choice but to comply. Bowser linked the takeover to the larger issue of D.C. statehood, stating that limited autonomy makes the city vulnerable. Trump’s decision fits a pattern of using emergency declarations to rule by executive order. Bowser maintains that violent crime has decreased, a claim supported by Trump’s former U.S. attorney nominee.

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FILE - People film a statue of Confederate general Albert Pike in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington early June 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced in line with Trump’s executive order

August 5, 2025

Two Washington, D.C.-area statues commemorating the Confederacy will be restored and replaced, in line with President Donald Trump’s pushback on recent efforts to reframe America’s historical narrative. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a statue commemorating the Confederacy would be returned to Arlington National Cemetery. The statue, which Hegseth referred to as “The Reconciliation Monument,” was removed in 2023. The National Park Service announced Monday that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure among Freemasons, would resume its previous position in Washington’s Judiciary Square, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

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District of Columbia councilmember elect Trayon White, left, shakes hands with a supporter as he arrives to his Ward 8 special election watch party, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Despite scandal and a looming corruption trial, Trayon White wins vote to return to the DC Council

July 15, 2025

A former Washington, D.C., Council member is returning to his seat, five months after he was kicked out for his involvement in a federal bribery investigation. Trayon White defeated three challengers in a special election Tuesday to fill the Ward 8 council seat that has been vacant since his expulsion in February. White, 41, was arrested by the FBI last August. After an internal investigation, the remaining 12 D.C. Council members voted unanimously to oust him from the council. However, White was free to enter the special election because he had not been convicted of a felony. He won reelection just a few months later in an indication of a scandal-proof popularity that echoes his political mentor: former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.

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Rayceen Pendarvis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse — and better — times swirl

June 7, 2025

As World Pride wraps up this weekend in Washington D.C. the older LGBTQ+ generation can sometimes find a hard time fitting in among the after-parties and DJ sets. Advocates warn of a quiet crisis among retirement-age LGBTQ+ people and a community at risk of becoming marginalized inside their own community. The older LGBTQ+ population can often suffer from chronic loneliness and isolation; they’re less likely to be in contact with their families and less likely to have children to help care for them. And the national debate over transgender protections and drag shows can also break down along generational lines inside the community.

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