District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly told reporters in a news briefing Thursday morning that 27 bodies had been recovered from the plane and one from the helicopter.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. Officials have not provided a death toll but said all passengers and crew on both flights were feared dead.

The DC Court of Appeals will hear a case that has potential nationwide influence on the legal doctrine of “ecclesial abstention.”

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

The District of Columbia Public Schools community is mourning the loss of one of its high school students who was shot and killed in Southwest over the weekend. In a letter sent to the Roosevelt High School community,

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

WASHINGTON — For years, conservative activist Ed Martin has promoted Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen 2020 election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol and represented some of them in court.

The acting U.S. attorney said he wants to "get to the bottom" of why an obstruction charge was used against some of the Capitol riot defendants Trump pardoned.

Lawsuit alleges the Office of Personnel Management is using a server to send emails to employees without conducting the required privacy assessments.

Top Democrats on House and Senate appropriations committees wrote to OMB's acting head questioning the legality of the freeze.

Trump’s installed top prosecutor in the District of Columbia is investigating the use of an obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases. The president had faced that charge, too.

"January 20 was an inauguration—not a coronation," said one attorney general suing the Trump administration for its federal spending freeze.