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Topic: District of Columbia

After the Department of Education strips sex-ed curriculum, it recently threatened 46 states who they feel didn't comply. Now 16 of them are pushing back. (SimpleImages / Getty Images)

16 states sue over sex-ed crackdown

CK Smith
Tables and chairs in empty restaurant (Mint Images / Getty Images )

D.C. diners vanish after Trump takeover

Joy Saha
The exterior of a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Chipotle to pay D.C. more than $300K

Joy Saha
Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office (Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Court rejects Trump's Jan. 6 argument

Brad Reed - Raw Story
US Senator Martha McSally (R) (R-AZ) speaks next to US President Donald Trump at a Keep America Great Rally in Phoenix, AZ, on February 19, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

McSally: Rights for D.C., P.R. hurt GOP

Igor Derysh
Mitch McConnell on "Face the Nation" (YouTube/Face the Nation)

Mitch says P.R. statehood is "socialism"

Igor Derysh
Old Post Office Pavilion (Getty/zrfphoto)

Who's paying for Old Post Office?

Igor Derysh
(Getty/Kena Betancur)

Can public funding save democracy?

Matthew Sheffield

How to abolish the Electoral College

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(Simon Maloy)

Trump's bizarre D.C. launch

Simon Maloy
Andy Harris (AP/Cliff Owen/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-156268p1.html'>aastock</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Photo collage by Salon)

Congress hates the reefer

Jim Newell

Janet Allon - Alternet

Elizabeth Hines - Alternet
(Reuters/Yuri Gripas/Baz Ratner)

GOP's pot stunt in trouble

Jim Newell