District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly told reporters in a news briefing Thursday morning that 27 bodies had been recovered from the plane and one from the helicopter.

The DC Court of Appeals will hear a case that has potential nationwide influence on the legal doctrine of “ecclesial abstention.”

An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. Officials have not provided a death toll but said all passengers and crew on both flights were feared dead.

A judge in Washington, D.C., sided with plaintiffs who claimed the White House’s freezing of billions of dollars in congressionally-approved funding violated the law.

The District of Columbia Public Schools community is mourning the loss of one of its high school students who was shot and killed in Southwest over the weekend. In a letter sent to the Roosevelt High School community,

Lawsuit alleges the Office of Personnel Management is using a server to send emails to employees without conducting the required privacy assessments.

Multiple 911 callers reported the crash near the river just before 8:55 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia Fire and EMS.

The acting U.S. attorney said he wants to "get to the bottom" of why an obstruction charge was used against some of the Capitol riot defendants Trump pardoned.

Top Democrats on House and Senate appropriations committees wrote to OMB's acting head questioning the legality of the freeze.

Trump’s installed top prosecutor in the District of Columbia is investigating the use of an obstruction charge in Jan. 6 cases. The president had faced that charge, too.

Hundreds of responders have removed at least 28 bodies from the icy waters of the Potomac River after a deadly plane crash, according to officials as of Thursday morning.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that “several members of the skating community” and their family members were aboard the plane.