Muriel Bowser
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: What will the end of the eviction ban mean in DC?

By Ashraf Khalil Jun. 25, 2021 04:54 PM EDT

General view of Citizens Bank Park during the third inning of a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Brewers, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
Twins, Phillies, Brewers set plans for 100% fan capacity

By Ronald Blum May. 13, 2021 07:24 PM EDT

Charity Struthers with Signature Tours brings a group of students into Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, as it reopens in a limited capacity in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2021. Fencing remains in place around the park which will allow the Secret Service to temporarily close the park as they deem necessary. With COVID-19 numbers trending positive, officials in the nation’s capital have announced a pandemic reopening timeline that would see all indoor capacity limits eliminated by early June, but with mask requirements still in place. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
DC aims for full reopening, with masks, by June 11

By Ashraf Khalil May. 10, 2021 03:58 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 15, 2021, file photo, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser takes a question during a coronavirus update at a news conference in Washington. Bowser announced April 26, that she is relaxing a number of COVID-19 restrictions after more than a year of virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Washington, DC, to loosen virus restrictions this weekend

By Ashraf Khalil Apr. 26, 2021 05:21 PM EDT

A person photographs Yoshino cherry trees that are in full bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington in 1912. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
It's cherry blossom season, but DC isn't ready to open up

By Ashraf Khalil And Nathan Ellgren Apr. 01, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

A man carries his empty oxygen tank to be filled after arriving at the head of the line, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, early Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021. A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 02:54 AM EST

Dorothy Colegrove of Anchorage, Alaska, tries to see President-elect Joe Biden as he leaves an early morning church service, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

By Calvin Woodward Jan. 20, 2021 11:39 AM EST

A view down Pennsylvania Avenue shows the security around the Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Between the still-raging pandemic and suddenly very real threat of violence from supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, Jan. 20 promises to be one of the most unusual presidential inaugurations in American history. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take the oath of office outside the Capitol. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
INAUGURATION EXPLAINER: Biden's event will be very different

By Ashraf Khalil Jan. 16, 2021 12:39 AM EST

Members of the National Guard walk past the Dome of the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Guard troops flooding in as Washington locks down

By Ashraf Khalil And Lolita C. Baldor Jan. 14, 2021 12:07 AM EST

Security officials survey the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, ahead of the scheduled presidential inauguration. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is calling for congressional action to rein in President Donald Trump after inciting last week's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Latest: No public access to Capitol grounds Jan. 20

Jan. 11, 2021 01:38 PM EST

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

By Colleen Long, Lolita Baldor, Michael Balsamo, And Nomaan Merchant Jan. 08, 2021 01:31 AM EST

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

By Colleen Long, Lolita Baldor, Michael Balsamo, And Nomaan Merchant Jan. 07, 2021 04:49 PM EST

Joseph Baker of Cape May, N.J., cheers as he waits for speakers Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump called the "Save America Rally." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Thousands cheer Trump at rally protesting election results

By Ben Fox, Ashraf Khalil And Michael Balsamo Jan. 06, 2021 10:46 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2020 file photo, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during a news conference in Chicago. In Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and even smaller Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Milwaukee, 2020 has been deadly not only because of the pandemic, but because gun violence is spiking. "The COVID crisis and the economic shutdown is forcing people into their homes, creating conditions where people are more volatile," said Foxx. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
As COVID-19 ravages US, shootings, killings are also up

By Corey Williams Dec. 28, 2020 11:09 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot from Dr. Brian Monahan, the Capitol physician, in Washington. On Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that the doctor never removed a cap from the syringe, so she never actually received the shot. Photos and news reports clearly document every step of the process of her successfully receiving the injection. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson, Arijeta Lajka And Jude Joffe-Block Dec. 24, 2020 01:53 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo Army Gen. Gustave Perna, who is leading Operation Warp Speed, speaks during at an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologized on Saturday, Dec. 19, for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution. "I failed. I'm adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there," Perna told reporters in telephone briefing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The Latest: Texas virus death toll rises above 25,000

The Associated Press Dec. 19, 2020 01:01 AM EST

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference about the COVID-19 vaccine with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Surgeon General Jerome Adams at George Washington University Hospital, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Maryland, Virginia donate vaccine doses to Washington, DC

By Ashraf Khalil Dec. 18, 2020 05:47 PM EST

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference about the COVID-19 vaccine with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Surgeon General Jerome Adams at George Washington University Hospital, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
DC schools reach deal with teachers on return to classroom

By Ashraf Khalil Dec. 18, 2020 02:05 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden to take oath outside Capitol amid virus restrictions

By Ashraf Khalil Dec. 15, 2020 01:02 PM EST

The Cross Hall leading to the East Room of the White House is decorated during the 2020 Christmas preview, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
'Tis the pandemic season: White House parties on amid virus

By Ashraf Khalil Dec. 10, 2020 04:43 PM EST