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'While y’all were sleeping ... We are about to take the District of Columbia back!' D.C.'s new self-ascribed 'pistol-packin’ preacher' takes over a police force in a city struggling with killings, carjackings and other crime. With paul schwartzman washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Under pressure to enhance the city’s response to an escalating opioid crisis, the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser is preparing to open the first of two sobering centers designed to divert drug users from emergency rooms and jail cells. wapo.st/3Yw0fFZ

“Can I still run for reelection?” Rep. Jennifer Wexton recalled asking her doctor, as they looked at the distinctive hummingbird shape on her brain scan that changed everything — again. “Why would you want to?” the doctor replied. Jenna Portnoy wapo.st/3Lu8lcR

A look back at the history of "anti-loitering drug-free zones" in D.C. -- and legal concerns -- as Bowser seeks to resurrect them now, w/ Michael Brice-Saddler washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

The D.C. Council today will hold a confirmation vote for police chief nominee Pamela Smith, would become the first Black woman to permanently head the force since 1861 - Emily Davies washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Happy Election Day, Virginia! Polls are open until 7 pm. If you’re just tuning in, here’s a guide to key races and issues and where to vote. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Starting today, you can get a free COVID-19 rapid test kit DC Public Library. Check your desired location or dclibrary.org for hours of operation.

A child loved cinnamon applesauce. Then he got lead poisoning. With Laura Reiley⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Needy D.C. families expected a SNAP boost. But the city isn’t delivering. “The budget for the Department of Human Services, to put it mildly, is underwater at this point,” Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage said in an interview. Meagan Flynn reports washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Nearly half of Black D.C. residents live in medically underserved areas, a Washington Post analysis of federal data shows. Revelatory, crucial reporting by Michael Brice-Saddler Jenna Portnoy James Harden Janice Kai Chen 陳凱靖 washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Nearly half of Black D.C. residents live in medically underserved areas — neighborhoods with a shortage of primary care services where the rates of heart disease, hypertension and other serious chronic conditions are more prevalent than in the rest of the city, a Post analysis of

Breaking/exclusive: U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., plans to file for reelection Tuesday, seeking a 23rd term and squashing speculation he may retire. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

The Post spoke to several mothers throughout the first year. Some used the funds to set up their first bank account or buy baby formula. Others used it to live the lives they had always dreamed for their families. Here is how their lives were changed. wapo.st/47Z2QeG

Great inside look from Jenna Portnoy on D.C.'s first sobering center -- an effort to get people addiction treatment instead of bringing them to emergency rooms as D.C.'s opioid crisis worsens washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

D.C.'s first sobering center, which opened last year in response to the worsening opioid crisis, has exceeded 1,000 admissions in just over three months. Great read from Jenna Portnoy explains how: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

D.C. opioid overdose deaths surge past 500 in worst year on record, via Jenna Portnoy washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Top of the homepage: "Fentanyl is fueling a record number of youth drug deaths" by Jenna Portnoy D Keating washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

For us, the D.C. area is home. We want to help make living here a little bit easier and a little bit better. Sign up for Post Local, our new daily newsletter that covers everything you need to know about what’s happening in the D.C. area. wapo.st/4cMn1iT

We're hiring! The Washington Post is seeking a reporter to cover local higher education and youth culture in the D.C. region. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…

Plea deal with 3 terrorist suspects brings renewed heartache, resignation, anger for families of Americans killed on Sept. 11, 2001. “We’ve been fighting for justice for 23 years," says one man. "Only to have it end with a whimper.” Danielle Paquette Joe Heim wapo.st/3Ww2Sa9