WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The city’s latest push to make the District of Columbia the 51st state is a charm offensive, with tax dollars being spent on everything from mobile apps to M&M’s to try and build ...

The House of Representatives have passed a bill Thursday that would grant statehood to Washington, D.C. The measure now faces the Senate, where it is unlikely to get the Republican support needed for ...

WASHINGTON — Eighty percent of D.C. voters approved a referendum calling for statehood, but that doesn’t make the Distract any closer to becoming the nation’s 51st state — but advocates remain hopeful ...

A Maryland House of Representatives Joint Resolution urging Congress to grant Washington, D.C. official statehood is under consideration for the Maryland General Assembly, contributing to both ...

Voters in D.C. voted overwhelmingly in favor of delivering a petition to Congress on inducting Washingon, D.C. as the 51st state. Over 80 percent of the Washington, D.C. electorate voted in favor of D ...

After fumbling the cause of DC statehood, Democrats now appear helpless as Trump sends troops into the city. As the seat of national government, Washington, DC, tends to experience whatever the United ...

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the nation's 51st state, a prospect that advocates call a long-overdue equal-rights milestone and critics decry as a naked power ...