DC releases body camera footage showing fatal police-involved incidents
One week after signing the District’s police reform bill following protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department released body camera footage from deadly incidents involving police in the city on Friday.
DC mayor advises businesses to call the police if customers aren't following mask mandate
Call the police if you see someone not wearing a mask. That’s the advice from Mayor Muriel Bowser to businesses and residents in the District.
DC mayor orders quarantine for visitors from high-risk areas
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Friday that – starting Monday – visitors from high-risk areas must self quarantine for two weeks.
DC mayor's office says mask violators could be fined $1,000
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says a general mask order in the nation’s capital will be expanded to anyone venturing outside.
DC mayor broadens mask order
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says a general mask order in the nation’s capital will be expanded to anyone venturing outside.
Bowser urges DC Council to reject advertising tax bill
Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging the D.C. Council to reject a new tax she says makes it “much tougher” for businesses to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
DC activates heat emergency through Wednesday as temperatures rise
Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a heat emergency plan Saturday as dangerously hot temperatures are expected to impact the District.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to announce hybrid in-person, virtual learning for District schools: sources
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce that schools will re-open with both in-person and virtual learning this year.
Paul Wagner reports for final time on FOX 5
Veteran crime journalist Paul Wagner reported for WTTG for the last time Tuesday.
DC launches World Cup 2026 bid
Although the fate of most large sports events remains in limbo in the era of COVID-19, the District is looking to the future.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser caught between activists, police in funding battle
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation's capital into the 51st state. Now Washington's mayor must pull off a public juggling act as the city budget becomes a battleground for the country's debate on overhauling law enforcement.
DC to enter phase 2 of reopening on June 22
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the District will enter phase 2 of reopening on Monday, June 22.
DC could enter phase two of reopening process on Monday, mayor says
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Wednesday that the nation's capital can enter phase two of its reopening process on Monday if current trends continue.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ‘shocked’ by Northeast shootout video; says it highlights gun access problem
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed shock on Monday after watching Ring video on FOX 5 showing an alarming shootout in a resident street in the city’s Northeast neighborhood.
DC mayor sued over 'Black Lives Matter' street painting
A lawsuit is challenging Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s move to paint “Black Lives Matter” in giant yellow letters down the city’s 16th Street near the White House, alleging she is violating the First Amendment’s establishment clause by showing a preference to what it calls a “cult orthodoxy.”
DC police chief tells officers the city council has "completely abandoned" them
In a video address to the D.C. Police force this week, Chief Peter Newsham said the District's City Council “forgot about our 20 years of reform....
DC mayor tested for COVID-19 after demonstrations
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was tested for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday – several days after she spent time in the streets with hundreds of protesters, often without a mask.
Protesters pour into DC for city's largest demonstration yet
Thousands of protesters streamed into the nation’s capital Saturday for what is believed to be the city’s largest demonstration yet against police brutality
Trump blasts Bowser after mayor requests federal law enforcement, military be removed from DC
President Donald Trump blasted D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Twitter Friday after she requested the withdrawal of all federal law enforcement and military personnel in the District after days of protests following the death of George Floyd.
Mayor Muriel Bowser wants federal law enforcement, soldiers out of DC
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had a message for federal troops and police that are patrolling the District’s streets amid George Floyd protests – “Get out.”