Bowser's recent months have been centered on a delicate dance with President Donald Trump over the federal law enforcement presence in the city.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday that she is not running for reelection in 2026, giving the green light to district councilmembers waiting in the wings to launch their own mayoral runs.

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the U.S. capital have been shot blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor characterized as a targeted attack

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announces she won't seek a fourth term, kicking off the 2026 mayoral race. Who will step up to lead the District?

President Trump said the suspected shooter came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021. The administration plans to send 500 more Guard personnel to the nation's capital in response to the attack.

A pro-business group is nudging Mayor Muriel Bowser into running for reelection. Why it matters: Will she, won't she? The push suggests Bowser's allies expect her to run for a fourth term, after earlier signs said the opposite.

After a tumultuous year in which her city became ground zero for President Donald Trump’s draconian military crackdown on crime and immigration, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced that she will not seek a second term.