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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...

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...

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 for...

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the...

The District of Columbia is a U.S. federal district which contains the national capital of the City of Washington. District of Columbia, Columbia District...

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...

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...

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...

The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the National Guard of the United States based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the...

Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound Columbia City (disambiguation) Columbia...

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. The...

An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia, 37th Cong., Sess. 2, ch. 54, 12 Stat. 376, known colloquially...

The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district encompassing all of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United...

added to the numbering plan area of the District of Columbia. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia approved a plan to phase in the...

District of Columbia (USADC) is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia....

boat will be named USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), because there currently exists an attack submarine named USS Columbia (SSN-771). The Navy has...

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United...

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...

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...

the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University;...

District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States. The court was established...

The Council of the District of Columbia (shortly as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...

In the District of Columbia, the slave trade was legal from its creation until it was outlawed as part of the Compromise of 1850. That restrictions on...

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...

passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the District was brought under the direct political control of Congress. The Board of Commissioners...

The Miss District of Columbia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss America Pageant. The...

region. Earthquake activity in the District of Columbia is low. No earthquakes have been centered within the District, nor are there any faults. However...

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...

The Canadian province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts as a means to better enable municipalities and rural areas to work together...