Two separate shootings in Washington, D.C., Thursday night have left one person dead and eight others wounded, police said.
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First lady Melania Trump kicked off the Washington Monument’s reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Jeff Reinbold and fourth-graders from Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Southwest Washington, among others.
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The D.C. Council on Tuesday enacted emergency legislation to allow students to receive medical marijuana at their elementary or high school and approved a bill to ban e-cigarettes amid ever-increasing reports of vaping-related illnesses and deaths around the country.
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Two House Republicans are accusing Democratic committee chairmen of breaking House rules for refusing their request to interview Metro Inspector General Geoffrey Cherrington about his job’s challenges during a hearing on reforms for the inspector general position.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser rode a bus and led a rally Monday to spotlight D.C. statehood, a topic a House committee will discuss Thursday for the first time in 30 years.
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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said Monday that the investigation into council member Jack Evans won’t be complete for another month because some witnesses have refused to comply with subpoenas.
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