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    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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    formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac...
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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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    University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Columbus School of Law (Catholic University of America), Howard University School of Law...
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  • The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) is the law school of the University of the District of Columbia, a public...
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    The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the...
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    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...
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  • The University of South Carolina (USC, South Carolina, or Carolina) is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the flagship of...
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    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 Firebirds (also UDC Firebirds) are the athletic teams that represent the University of the District of Columbia, located in Washington...
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  • in Washington state Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River Columbia Island (New York),...
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    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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    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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  • Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. It was founded in 1858 as the Columbia...
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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local...
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    The United 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...
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    series of occupation protests by pro-Palestinian students occurred at Columbia University in New York City in April 2024, in the context of the broader...
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    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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    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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  • 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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  • The University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC) is an open-enrollment, public community college located in Washington, D.C. It operates...
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    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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    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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    The 2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential...
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    The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States. The court was established...
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    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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  • in the District of Columbia since its founding in 1790. As of February 2020[update], there were approximately 75 newspapers in print in the District. AWOL...
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    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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    by an Act of Congress "to procure a design for a distinctive flag for the District of Columbia". The District Flag Commission was composed of three non-elected...
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  • The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York is the governing board of Columbia University in New York City. Founded in 1754, it is sometimes...
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