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In a historic vote, every member of a D.C. Council committee voted Tuesday to recommend the expulsion of Council Member Jack Evans, who repeatedly has been accused of ethics violations.

The chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council has urged a member saddled with allegations of wrongdoing to resign before a formal vote to expel him from office.

The majority of D.C. Council members say they will vote to remove Jack Evans from office. If the final vote goes the same way, it will be the first time that the D.C. Council has voted to remove one if its own. Mark Segraves reports.

A Washington, D.C., council member is asking for the U.S. Park Police to clarify why teenagers were handcuffed on Thursday for selling bottled water on the National Mall. According to Sgt. Anna Rose of the U.S. Park Police, shortly after 5 p.m., officers detained the three teens at 12th Street and Jefferson Drive, Northwest, for illegally vending. A witness took...

One of the most powerful elected officials in Washington, D.C., used government email for personal business, the Washington Post reports, raising questions whether he violated ethics or broke the law.

Questions are mounting over whether D.C.’s longest-serving elected official violated ethics rules or even broke the law. News4’s Mark Segraves talked to other lawmakers about the growing troubles for D.C. Councilman Jack Evans.

Maryland lawmakers are pointing out issues with the work zone speed camera program. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss combed through a new report that sheds light on the problem.

News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to a woman who tried to save a man who was shot after leaving an anti-violence meeting in Southeast D.C.

Activists hand delivered thousands of signatures to the D.C. Board of Elections Monday afternoon seeking to recall Councilman Jack Evans. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A majority of members of the D.C. Council are now calling for embattled Council Member Jack Evans to resign after a third-party investigation found that he violated the council’s ethics rules 11 times since 2014.

For the first time, a majority of D.C. Council members are calling for embattled councilmember Jack Evans to step down. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke to Mayor Muriel Bowser who is also calling for some changes.

A 97-page report says D.C. Council member Jack Evans repeatedly violated the council’s code of conduct and accepted outside income from 10 companies.

For years, the Prince George’s County Police Department has considered using body cameras. But they’re still not mandatory, and some community activists want to know why. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.

D.C. Public Schools confirmed a student at Burrville Elementary School in Northeast D.C. tested positive for meningococcal meningitis.

Over 50 organizations will provide school supplies along with health and wellness services at the Ward 8 Back to School Bash Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. News4’s Molette Green has a preview of the event at the National Children’s Center.

President Donald Trump says the U.S.-Taliban talks on ending the fighting in Afghanistan are “dead,” deeply unfortunate wording for the Afghan civilians who have been killed by the tens of thousands over almost 18 years. Many fear his cancellation of negotiations will bring more carnage as the U.S. and Taliban, as well as Afghan forces, step up their offensives and...

D.C. is eliminating the sales tax on disposable diapers beginning Oct. 1.