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The United Nations adopts the ""Pact for the Future"", aiming for multilateral cooperative work towards peace and security, global governance, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, and more.
2024-09-22

Anti-war activists gather at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., calling for a ceasefire. Over 300 people are arrested following the protest.
2023-10-18

James N. Miller, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, announces his resignation from the Defense Science Board, citing disagreement with the Trump administration's actions against protestors in Washington, D.C.
2020-06-2

A group of United States mayors forms ""Mayors Against Discrimination"" in the wake of recent discriminatory laws enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi against LBGT individuals. The founding members are city leaders from Honolulu, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.
2016-04-8

North Korea says that it will respond "very strongly" to a conference held in Washington, D.C. about human rights abuses.
2015-02-17

The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consolidate and hear four appellate rulings whether there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. It is currently allowed in Washington, D.C. and 36 states. Oral arguments will take place in April and a ruling may occur by June.
2015-01-16

Voters in the US states of Maryland and Wisconsin as well as Washington, D.C. go to the polls for Republican primaries with Mitt Romney projected as the winner in all three contests.
2012-04-3

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opens in the Mexican resort city of Cancún.
2010-11-30

A large gathering of people attend Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
2010-08-28