Eleanor Holmes Norton

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

House GOP eyes tighter DC control

Kate Scanlon · September 22, 2022 11:00 pm

Immigrants hold Red Cross blankets after arriving at Union Station near the U.S. Capitol from Texas on buses.

$50 million emergency bill introduced to aid migrants bused to DC

Anna Giaritelli and Cami Mondeaux · August 26, 2022 2:00 pm

Flags fly at sunset with 51 instead of the usual 50 stars, along Pennsylvania Ave., part of a display in support of statehood for the District of Columbia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Washington.

Stuck in shadows, DC fighters for statehood confident victory ‘inevitable’

Cami Mondeaux · March 28, 2022 9:45 am

Thomas Massie resurrects Eleanor Holmes Norton parking video in escalating social media feud

Kate Scanlon · January 18, 2022 9:00 pm

House OK’s hiring illegal migrants on staff, fattens budget 21%

Paul Bedard · July 29, 2021 6:24 pm

(Statehood hearing for DC unlikely to spur change)

House Oversight Committee votes to advance DC statehood bill

Jeremy Beaman · April 14, 2021 10:18 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

‘Archaic security strategy’: DC delegate introduces bill banning permanent Capitol fencing

Zach Halaschak · February 12, 2021 1:31 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

National Security

Capitol Police predict no swift end in sight for fences

Nicholas Rowan · February 12, 2021 1:06 am

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on statehood for the District of Columbia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

‘Problematic’: DC congressional delegate to introduce legislation removing Lincoln statue

Zach Halaschak · June 23, 2020 10:58 pm

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. District of Columbia voters will decide whether they want the nation's capital to become its 51st state.

WATCH: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and DC delegate accosted on the street

Dominick Mastrangelo · June 23, 2020 9:29 pm

‘Make it a double’: House Democrat advocates for DC statehood on House floor in Nationals shirt

John Gage · October 31, 2019 5:50 pm

President Trump speaks during a visit to the Department of Health and Human Services in D.C. HHS Secretary Alex Azar listens at left.

Trump’s plan to end HIV transmission requires gaining the trust of the people he’s trying to help

Kimberly Leonard · March 24, 2019 4:00 am