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Any president of the United States has enormous power when it comes to D.C., because it’s not a state. Trump has threatened to “take over” the city many times on the campaign trail. Here’s what that would mean for the District.

University of Maryland government and politics professor Breanna Gray spoke with News4’s Molette Green about what took President-elect Donald Trump over the edge to win the presidency again. She pointed to the gender divide, the rural/urban divide and the composition of voters racially.

After heightened security and fears of possible violence, the Metropolitan Police Department told News4 they made no arrests overnight.

A Michigan man who showed up to the visitors’ center of the U.S. Capitol on Election Day smelling like fuel and carrying a torch and a flare gun also brought an apparent manifesto about war in the Middle East, police say.

A 53-year-old woman from Germantown, Maryland, and a 40-year-old woman from Philadelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the 53-year-old’s ex-boyfriend, according to police.

We’re following the latest election results in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, plus former President Donald Trump’s win. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak to supporters at Howard University at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Follow live updates below.

Vice President Kamala Harris chose not to address voters gathered at Howard University in D.C. on election night. As former President Donald Trump took a commanding lead, the mood changed and the crowd thinned.

The amendment says the state may not interfere with that right “unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

Never in the Senate have two Black women served at the same time. Kamala Harris was only the second Black woman and first South Asian woman to serve in the Senate, before she was elected vice president.

Tim Kaine has won reelection to his third term as the junior U.S. senator from Virginia. The Democrat defeated Republican challenger Hung Cao in Tuesday’s election. Cao is a 25-year Navy veteran who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Political observers said Cao faced an uphill battle. That’s because of Virginia’s moderate electo...

Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday to become the first Black candidate to be elected senator in Maryland, as the Democrat prevailed in a blue state against popular Republican, former Gov. Larry Hogan, NBC News and the Associated Press project.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks won Maryland’s open seat in the U.S. Senate, beating former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, the Associated Press projected.

News4’s Shawn Yancy spoke with Lita Rosario, a friend of Kamala Harris, about their time together at Howard University. Rosario said she immediately noticed Harris’ debating skills.