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Law enforcement leaders from Capitol and Metro police and Homeland Security issued warnings on Friday ahead of the Sept. 18 protest planned at the U.S. Capitol: “Our mission tomorrow is as our mission everyday, and that is to protect everyone’s rights to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate… [but] we’re not going to tolerate violence and we...

A new report found that two Seattle police officers who were in Washington, DC.

In season three of NBC’s Rebound, we gave three business owners cameras to document their journey as small Black-owned businesses in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The owners of Chicago’s Lingua Nigra jewelry company, Miami’s hair care brand Kazmaleje and DC’s Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats joined NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo to talk about the importance of supporting Black...

Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats, a Black-owned dessert truck in the D.C. area, created a loyal following by focusing on its signature flavor: vanilla custard. As cities begin to open back up from pandemic shutdowns, owner Brandon Byrd is hoping that loyalty follows his business to the new Goodies brick and mortar store.

Authorities have made a series of arrests following Wednesday’s chaos at the Capitol. The U.S. Department of Justice announced several cases Friday with some deeply disturbing allegations.

Madness and mayhem was the scene in Washington, D.C. Wednesday afternoon as pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The day after, many are wondering just how they were able to accomplish some of their efforts and the double standard in policing tactics. How does this compare to the events of the…

Thousands of Trump supporters descended upon Washington, D.C., and began rioting on Wednesday, forcibly breaching the Capitol building as the House and Senate met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The nation’s capitol is on high alert as thousands of pro-Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. At least 13 Republican senators and dozens in the House plan to object. This, as both parties continue to fight over Georgia’s runoff elections, with the fate of the Senate in the balance.

Hundreds of protesters who massed in the nation’s capital to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to evacuate parts of the complex as some demonstrators breached barricades on the building’s steps. The chaotic scene came after Trump spoke to a large crowd in front of the White House,...

Many participants paid tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and said they were against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg’s seat.

A shooting in Southeast D.C. early Sunday left a young father dead and 20 others injured, including an off-duty police officer, after multiple people opened gunfire on a large gathering, police say. Police Chief Peter Newsham said in a press conference that “hundreds” of people were gathered at 33rd Street and Dubois Place SE for an unsanctioned block party after…

A “living statue” titled “The Poser” was put up in D.C.’s Freedom Plaza on Friday in protest to President Donald Trump’s response to demonstrations over racial injustice. The display was created by the Trump Statue Initiative, which says it aims to allow artists to “share their point of view on our 45th President’s most notoriously self-serving, narcissistic and racist...

A historic vote is set for D.C. statehood Friday. For the first time ever, the House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill making “Washington Douglass Commonwealth” the 51st state.

After artists painted a street leading to the White House with “Black Lives Matter,” other cities have followed with their own street art.

NBC LX Storyteller Chase Cain was there when Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Browser had “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street that leads to the White House and later announced the area had been renamed “Black Lives Matter Plaza.”

News4’s Justin Finch talks to a Northwest D.C. resident who took in protesters after a confrontation with police.

A D.C. man opened his doors to dozens of protesters overnight Tuesday after he said officers physically attacked and pepper-sprayed a group of over 200 demonstrators. Protesters emerged from the three-story rowhome a few minutes after a citywide curfew expired at 6 a.m. and clapped for the man who housed them overnight, Rahul Dubey. Dubey said that he acted on…