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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks during a hearing of the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton retiring after 18 terms

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference to address the proposed continuing resolution and its impacts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton ends reelection campaign for Congress

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference to address the proposed continuing resolution and its impacts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at her home by fake HVAC crew

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., center, is joined by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., far left, and Rep. Jesus Garcia, D-Ill., right, at a new conference opposing President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officers to combat crime on the streets of Chicago, Baltimore, and other American cities, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down

By Gary Fields and Matt Brown and Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

Monumental Sports & Entertainment chief executive Ted Leonsis and D.C. City Council member Brooke Pinto before signing an agreement that would keep the Wizards and Capitals at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. until 2050, March 27, 2024. (Photo by Jack Sabatini)

D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto running to succeed D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Washington Metropolitan Police officers investigate a shooting at Potomac Avenue Metro Station, in Southeast Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. An armed man shot three people, killing one Wednesday, in a morning rampage that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

D.C. crime bill threatened by doubts from Democrats on way to Biden

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference on District of Columbia statehood on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

History As It Happens: The D.C. statehood movement

By Martin Di Caro

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Delegate no longer voice of reason

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

People film a statue of Confederate general Albert Pike in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington early June 20, 2020. At least 63 Confederate statues, monuments or markers have been removed from public land across the country since George Floyd’s death on May 25, making 2020 one of the busiest years yet for removals, according to an Associated Press tally. Most were removed by government officials, though protesters have toppled some. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) **FILE**

Eleanor Holmes Norton revives bill to remove statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind the metal security fencing around the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues to track threats against lawmakers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Plan to erect permanent Capitol fence lambasted

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a news conference on District of Columbia statehood on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Washington, D.C., statehood legislation introduced by Democrats

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (Associated Press)

Norton: Trump committed impeachable offense, but she’d rather ‘throw the idiots out’ in 2020

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eleanor Holmes Norton champions D.C. statehood with recess

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eleanor Holmes Norton to Mitch McConnell: Until Dems can do oversight, ‘this case is still open’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eleanor Holmes Norton: Impeachment would be a ‘road to nowhere’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this June 24, 2008, photo, a customer demonstrates how to smoke a marijuana joint in a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) **FILE**

Marijuana bill seeks protections for public housing residents in legal-pot states

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Fireworks explode over Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol building at the National Mall in Washington, Tuesday, July 4, 2017, during the Fourth of July celebration. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Trumpeting July Fourth along the National Mall

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Congress to fund D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program despite Trump cut

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In city sans vote in Congress, ballot measure repeal angers

By FENIT NIRAPPIL - Associated Press

A wooded area in Rock Creek Park (Image from National Park Service)

Adding ‘national’ to Rock Creek Park

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times