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WASHINGTON -- Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty lost the Democratic primary, but the city's Republicans want him as their candidate. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics announced Friday that Fenty won the Republican primary as a write-in, but Fenty has said repeatedly that he has no interest in being the GOP candidate in November. The Republican party was not running any candidate in the mayor's race, but a total of 822 Republicans wrote in Fenty's name. If Fenty did want to run as a Republican he would have register with the party and tell election officials Friday that he is willing to accept the nomination. Fenty lost the Democratic primary to Vincent Gray, the chairman of the D.C. Council....
Image is everything in American politics. With a relentless 24 hour news cycle and an Internet full of bloggers ready to jump on every gaffe or goofy photo op, we lo...
With Washington, D.C.'s local government staggering under the weight of one scandal after the next, fears are growing that the nation's capital has returned to the p...
An assistant treasurer for the 2010 campaign of the District of Columbia mayor has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors on charges of making straw donations ...
Murder and violent crime rates were supposed to soar after the Supreme Court struck down gun control laws in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Politicians predicted disas...
For the second time in three days, a former campaign staffer to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has pleaded guilty to a federal offense arising from Gray's 2...
A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 campaign and intends to plead g...
In a case that revealed underhanded tactics used to get Vincent Gray elected mayor of Washington, a former Gray campaign aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling cam...
WASHINGTON -- A gunman opened fire inside the Holocaust Memorial Museum in the nation's capital Wednesday, shooting and killing a security guard before other officer...
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two bikes were stolen from the Washington, D.C., mayor's home, a police officer was reportedly investigated for neglect of duty, but the mayo...
WASHINGTON - A crowd sprayed with bullets in a drive-by that killed four and wounded five had just returned from the funeral of man slain nearby and a 20-year-old is...
The cost of the capital-region snowstorms keep piling up. Not only are the two blizzards estimated to cost taxpayers about $100 million in lost productivity every da...
Local lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Tuesday put the final stamp of approval on the use of legalized marijuana after agreeing to allow qualified patients with chronic...
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty gives update on deadly train collision
The top Democrat on the House Oversight subcommittee that oversees the District of Columbia expressed dismay about the mounting corruption scandals shrouding the cap...
As pressure mounts on District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray to explain criminal activity that occurred during his 2010 campaign, an Associated Press review has fou...
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was elected in 2010 with the aid of $650,000 in illicit funds from a city businessman, a Gray campaign consultant acknowledge...
One District of Columbia councilmember member pleaded guilty to stealing funds earmarked for youth sports programs. Another was accused of lying about his income on ...
The former chairman of the District of Columbia Council pleaded guilty Friday to lying about his income on bank loan applications, the latest blow to a city governme...
The former chairman of the District of Columbia Council pleaded guilty Friday to lying about his income on bank loan applications, the latest blow to a city governme...