Washington state’s U.S. senators have cosponsored legislation that would grant statehood to the District of Columbia.
As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.
The casket bearing the remains of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is carried into Washington National Cathedral for his state funeral on Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden ...
D.C., on Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA) Sipa USA USA TODAY NETWORK Washington became the 42nd state in 1889. Now, both of its U.S. senators want to see the other Washington — D ...