1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (405+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III said he will step down as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (393+ words) A former U.S. Olympian accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool returned to court Friday to argue why that previously dismissed case should never be brought against him again. News4’s Paul Wagner explains. At a motions hearing in D.C. Superior Court, the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (406+ words) The Trump administration said Thursday excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project facing a lawsuit and which critics say will disrupt historic sightlines in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) Community members are coming together for a rally at Hains Point to protect the public space around East Potomac Park amid swirling rumors that redevelopment could take over. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. A federal judge in D.C. said she is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (405+ words) A President Trump-appointed review panel indicated support for a permanent fence around Lafayette Square, with some tweaks to the design. News4’s Aimee Cho reports officials have refused to say how much the fence will cost and who’s paying for it....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (243+ words) A complaint filed in federal court says Melissa Farris recorded herself vandalizing the World War II Memorial and saying she would wait to be arrested. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a man who says he’s Farris’ cousin. A Kentucky woman…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (178+ words) A federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday that Melissa L. Farris, the woman facing felony charges in connection with damage done to the World War II Memorial, will remain free, but under strict conditions, while her case proceeds. The Aug. 13 vandalism…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) The woman who was arrested last week for allegedly vandalizing the World War II Memorial has been released from jail in Alexandria, Virginia. The memorial was found defaced by spray-paint, with bubbles overflowing from a fountain Thursday afternoon. Melissa L. Farris,…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (260+ words) President Donald Trump on Sunday said vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial — in the same spot where Trump had a stage built and hosted crowds for…...