Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia.

Senator Van Hollen of Maryland is renewing the push for statehood for the Columbia District. He’s co-sponsoring, with 40 of his fellow Democrats, a bill to grant statehood to the district. Yet even if it passes,

An American Airlines regional passenger plane with a seating capacity between 66 and 78 collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

The Court of Appeals for the District ordered a new hearing for D.C. firefighters seeking damages against their department over a 2020 beard mandate.

Nikki Haley wins District of Columbia’s GOP primary ... as Republican governors send migrant buses to Washington Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday ...

A teenage boy was killed in Southwest D.C., leading to the arrest of three teens after a robbery-related shooting.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

The plane collided with a helicopter just before it was scheduled to land. This is a developing story and will be updated.

District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly told reporters in a news briefing Thursday morning that 27 bodies had been recovered from the plane and one from the helicopter.

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skis above Washington.