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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...
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  • USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) will be the lead boat of the United States Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the Navy's first...
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  • Thumbnail for United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in the District of Columbia. It also occasionally...
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    The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and...
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  • District of Columbia is a U.S. federal district which contains the national capital of the City of Washington. District of Columbia or Columbia District...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia federal voting rights
    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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    The District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States...
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    The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the United States National Guard based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the D.C...
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  • Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound Columbia City (disambiguation) Columbia...
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  • District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...
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    The Columbia District was a fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest region of British North America in the 19th century. Much of its territory overlapped...
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    one of the original NANP area codes established in October 1947 by AT&T. After the State of New Jersey with area code 201, the District of Columbia was...
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  • Thumbnail for Government of the District of Columbia
    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home...
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  • Thumbnail for United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia's at-large congressional district
    The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district based entirely of the District of Columbia. According to the U...
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    each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted every ten years. As the capital of the United States, Washington's local...
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    the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University;...
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    boat will be named USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), because there currently exists an attack submarine named USS Columbia (SSN-771). The Navy did...
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    mass cancelation of all unbuilt D.C. freeways in 1977, resulting in the truncation of I-66 at US 29. All exits in the District of Columbia are unnumbered...
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  • Thumbnail for Warren v. District of Columbia
    Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe...
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  • Thumbnail for List of U.S. states and territories by GDP
    a list of U.S. states and territories by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This article presents the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and their...
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    states of Maryland and Virginia, but also crosses briefly (for about 0.11 miles (0.18 km)) through the District of Columbia, near the western end of the...
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  • Thumbnail for List of District of Columbia symbols
    of symbols of the District of Columbia. Outline of the District of Columbia District of Columbia. "DC Symbols". Retrieved December 28, 2019. Code of the...
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    region. Earthquake activity in the District of Columbia is low. No earthquakes have been centered within the District, nor are there any faults. However...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia statehood movement
    The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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  • Thumbnail for 2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia
    The District of Columbia participated in the 2020 United States presidential election with the other 50 states on Tuesday, November 3. District of Columbia...
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  • Thumbnail for Council of the District of Columbia
    Council of the District of Columbia (often abbreviated as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia Court of Appeals
    The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, in the United States. Established in 1970, it is equivalent...
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    The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
    The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and...
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