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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...
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  • USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) will be the lead boat of the United States Navy's Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the Navy's first...
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  • Sound Columbia City (disambiguation) Columbia County (disambiguation) District of Columbia (disambiguation), including "Columbia District" Columbia Township...
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  • District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...
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  • Thumbnail for University of the District of Columbia
    The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia federal voting rights
    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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  • The District of Columbia is a U.S. federal district which contains the national capital of the City of Washington. District of Columbia, Columbia District...
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  • Thumbnail for United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia retrocession
    District of Columbia retrocession is the act of returning some or all of the land that had been ceded to the federal government of the United States for...
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  • Thumbnail for United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia's at-large congressional district
    The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district encompassing all of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia National Guard
    The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the National Guard of the United States based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the...
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  • Thumbnail for Columbia-class submarine
    lead boat of her class will be named USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), because there is already an attack submarine named USS Columbia (SSN-771)....
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  • Thumbnail for Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.
    improvement districts (BIDs); these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted...
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    the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University;...
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  • Thumbnail for Columbia District
    The Columbia District was a fur trading district in the Pacific Northwest region of British North America in the 19th century. Much of its territory overlapped...
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  • Thumbnail for Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
    portion is part of the larger Shirley Highway that continues southward on I-95 beyond the terminus of I-395. In the District of Columbia, it is known as...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia home rule
    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...
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  • Thumbnail for United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
    District of Columbia (USADC) is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia....
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  • Thumbnail for Superior Court of the District of Columbia
    Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United...
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  • Thumbnail for Government of the District of Columbia
    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home...
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    added to the numbering plan area of the District of Columbia. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia approved a plan to phase in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Woodrow Wilson Bridge
    portion of the bridge crosses the tip of the southernmost corner of the District of Columbia. It is the only bridge in the US that crosses the borders of three...
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  • Thumbnail for List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
    passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the District was brought under the direct political control of Congress. The Board of Commissioners...
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    region. Earthquake activity in the District of Columbia is low. No earthquakes have been centered within the District, nor are there any faults. However...
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  • District of Columbia United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia, the legislature for the District...
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  • Thumbnail for Warren v. District of Columbia
    Warren v. District of Columbia (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe...
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  • Thumbnail for List of District of Columbia symbols
    of symbols of the District of Columbia. Outline of the District of Columbia District of Columbia. "DC Symbols". Retrieved December 28, 2019. Code of the...
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  • Thumbnail for District of Columbia statehood movement
    The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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  • Thumbnail for Council of the District of Columbia
    The Council of the District of Columbia (shortly as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...
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