Inside the complicated compromise that created the District of Columbia and the City of Washington-which are kind of the same ...

Yes, the District of Columbia is a real place. Yes, it’s in the United States. And yes, D.C. residents can use their D.C. driver’s licenses to travel through airport security.

They call it the District of Columbia. It's got nothing to do with Colombia. It's nowhere near Colombia. From now on, it will be Washington, D.A., District of America.

The confusion first started in 2013, when the district changed its drivers licenses to read ‘District of Columbia’ instead of ‘Washington, D.C.’ Dec. 23, 2017 2 min read ...