After a raucous Democratic primary, the impending general election may feel a bit anticlimactic in D.C., especially with the rest of the country set to decide control of Congress. But that’s no reason ...

The team plans to ask for an exemption to the city's climate law that would allow it to add a natural gas-burning plant, ...

Since President Donald Trump began his pursuit of a full-scale overhaul of the Kennedy Center, musician Yasmin Williams has ...

As eating out gets more and more expensive in D.C. (from July 2025 to July 2026, local food prices went up 5%), our concept of a “cheap meal” has remained remarkably stable. Washingtonian magazine ...

Every Thursday, we share weekend events happening around the city. Are you planning an event you’d like us to consider for this roundup? Send it to our team at 51st.news/submit-events. Find even more ...

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday passed a slew of bills targeting D.C., ranging from a measure that would allow President Trump to appoint the city’s attorney ...

The recent death of a city official in a scooter collision, alongside riders landing in the ER “every week” has trauma ...

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder, and we’re firmly in the grip of spooky season, with an events lined up to match. There’s a dark and eerie opera at Wonderland, the annual ...

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Replacing gas pipes looks a little bit like digging graves. On a recent weekday afternoon, yellow-vested workers clustered around coffin-sized rectangles carved into the asphalt of 38th Street NW near ...