Michael Brice-Saddler

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Lottery officials said Thursday they were seeking to replace its gambling platform, which has generally underperformed and is marred with repetitional issues.

• D.C. Politics

The boost follows a months-long disagreement between the D.C. mayor and council on whether implementing the boost was viable.

• D.C.

Facing an imminent legal challenge, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration reversed course late Wednesday and said it would administer the D.C. Council’s policy.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The numbers underscore the troubled state of health outcomes for Black residents in the nation’s capital, who for decades have been disproportionately affected by illness.

• D.C.

The council has asserted that the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has ignored city law by declining to boost SNAP benefits.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Though little is changing in the District, lawmakers in Maryland and Virginia passed more than a dozen new laws that take effect Monday.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

Officers were called to a Northwest Washington hospital where the male teenager had arrived with a gunshot wound, police say.

• D.C. Politics

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration says spending constraints will prevent budget-mandated SNAP boost, but an opinion from the attorney general raises legal questions.

• D.C. Politics

Gray told The Washington Post that he made the decision with his wife, in part after reflecting on his health, which declined after a stroke in December 2021.