D.C. mayoral candidate Tommy Wells joins Kojo and Tom, along with Robert Sarvis, the Libertarian candidate for governor in Virginia.

While most of the country is likely to send pithy tweets about twerking, denizens in Washington, D.C. use their 140 characters to talk about Syria.

Mayor Vince Gray will once again try and pass a bill reforming D.C.'s campaign finance laws, including putting new limits on the bundling of campaign contributions through multiple affiliated corporations.

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region announced today that it has created two funds in the wake of Monday's Navy Yard massacre that left 12 people and the gunman dead.

A bill that would both legalize the possession of marijuana and establish a system for its regulation and sale has been formally introduced to the D.C. Council.

Using plastic to pay for that credit card ride will finally be a reality in most of D.C.'s taxicabs by Oct. 1, according to the city's top cab regulator.

D.C. Council member Marion Barry was censured for accepting cash payments from city contractors, the second such admonition in three years.

Kojo talks with experts about how government background checks work and discusses how the suspected Washington Navy Yard shooter's checkered history passed the test.

The District's minimum wage won't be going up in the immediate short-term, after the D.C. Council failed to override the Mayor's veto, but the debate won't end there.