The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...

the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...

The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government...

territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to...

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...

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 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 Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...

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...

Commissioners of the Federal City as listed below. With the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the District was brought under the direct...

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

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...

District of Columbia to local government, furthering District of Columbia home rule. In particular, it includes the District Charter (also called the...

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 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...

in 1964. The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is enacted by Congress, creating a single, unified government of the District of Columbia. From 1874...

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...

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 District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters were a series of six quarters minted by the United States Mint in 2009 to honor the District...

The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland 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...

vote by the residents on a 2014 ballot initiative. The United States Congress exercises oversight over the government of the District of Columbia, preventing...

British Columbia is the third-most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 residents as of 2021, and is the second-largest in land area, at 920,687 km2...

The Secretary of the District of Columbia is one of the officers of the Government of the District of Columbia. The position of Secretary of the District...

by an Act of Congress "to procure a design for a distinctive flag for the District of Columbia". The District Flag Commission was composed of three non-elected...

The boundary markers of the original District of Columbia are the 40 milestones that marked the four lines forming the boundaries between the states of...

emergency medical service for the District of Columbia, in the United States. An organ of the devolved district government, Fire & EMS is responsible for...

The District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) is the public library system for Washington, D.C. The system includes 26 individual libraries including...

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) provides drinking water, sewage collection, and sewage treatment for Washington, D.C. The...