1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (348+ words) With Lonnie Bunch set to retire at the end of the year, the Smithsonian Institution’s next secretary will face difficult challenges, according to a Georgetown University historian. Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian since 2019, announced this week that he will…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (702+ words) Watch a livestream of the ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday. More than 10,000 people pass through the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on its busiest days, but the vast majority likely have no idea the 9/11 attacks had a…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (111+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — An ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has resigned from his post leading a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president. “I did in fact resign,…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (39+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — US Supreme Court again rejects push to use Trump-backed congressional maps in midterms, clearing the way for old maps. - National Grains higher, livestock mixed 1 hour ago - National Tsakos: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 1 hour ago...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (366+ words) Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested earlier this month and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm while committing a crime of violence or dangerous crime — both felonies — in connection with an Aug. 25 incident that occurred when…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (237+ words) (CNN) — Lonnie Bunch III said Tuesday that he will retire as the head of the Smithsonian Institution, a role that placed him at the center of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the world’s largest museum organization. Bunch said in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) Jay Pharoah is bringing his stand-up act to DC Improv this week for six shows over four nights. The return to D.C., he said, feels a bit like a homecoming for the Chesapeake, Virginia, native. “It’s definitely a home show because…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (372+ words) A federal judge got an update Thursday at a hearing on the plan for the Trump administration’s major renovation at East Potomac Golf Course, and the public found out that a lot more trees have been taken down than anyone…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) The Trump administration said Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project that is facing a lawsuit and that critics say will disrupt…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) The latest pieces of President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging Washington makeover are set for an airing Thursday in front of a federal panel that already has blessed other big-ticket plans from the designer-in-chief. The National Capital Planning Commission, which this spring…...