Donald Trump will be converting a historic building on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue into a 250-room luxury hotel. (more)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray will likely face hard questions about his city’s speed-camera ticketing program, after a Daily Caller investigation found that the city turned a $12.1 million profit in 2011 by fining lead-footed drivers. (more)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray told The Daily Caller that his city has “tried to respect what the Occupy DC movement stands for” but he is “increasingly concerned” about the health conditions at their McPherson Square site. Gray also said that the district can relate to Occupy since it “often times” feels “aggrieved” over the “disenfranchisement” it experiences. (more)
Mayor Vincent C. Gray called on the National Park Service today to remove protesters from McPherson Square to “allow for elimination of the rat infestation, clean up, and restoration” of the downtown park. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A D.C. councilmember charged with stealing more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns announced his resignation Thursday and plans to plead guilty, bringing an end to one of several recent scandals that have plagued District of Columbia government. (more)
Adrian Parsons is hungry. (more)
Washington, D.C. drivers have the need for speed: More than 500,000 speeding tickets were issued by traffic cameras last year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesman John Townsend II. (more)
Police have made arrests after members of the “Occupy DC” protest group constructed a wooden structure without a permit in McPherson Square overnight. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — At one Department of Motor Vehicles’ office in the nation’s capital, motorists can get a driver’s license, temporary tags and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test. (more)
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Occupy DC supporters took over the Francis Scott Key Bridge linking Washington D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood with the Rosslyn area of Arlington, Va. on Thursday during the evening rush hour. The Key Bridge is the same structure President Obama used recently as the backdrop for a speech promoting his jobs bill. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating a report that gunshots were fired in the vicinity of The White House. (more)
President Barack Obama has declared Washington, D.C. a major disaster zone, but it’s not because of the red ink flooding from his pen. It’s not due to the president’s collapsing approval ratings. And it has nothing to do with the mud-slides and verbal infernos that he has loosed on his political rivals. (more)
The lemonade three are free. (more)
After violating National Public Radio’s ethics code by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy DC protesters, Lisa Simeone was fired Wednesday evening from one of the two public radio programs she hosts, the Associated Press reports. (more)
The top 10 ZIP codes for Democratic donors include a narrow set of four D.C. locations, two New York neighborhoods and two L.A. locations. (more)
WASHINGTON — The sport utility vehicle that struck and killed a 64-year-old pedestrian in Northwest D.C. last week is registered to the Swiss embassy, and the driver may have been on his cellphone at the time of the accident, WTOP has learned. (more)
If you missed out on last weekend’s National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., you can check out the highlights and memorable snapshots in our photo gallery below. (more)
Everyone knows Washington, D.C. is home to a large population of “rats.” But so far, the city’s pest-control authorities have only received reports about the furry rodent variety. (more)
The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority is suspending all its services in preparation for Hurricane Irene. But 200 miles to the south, the Washington, D.C. public transit system will operate its normal weekend service as the giant storm passes near the U.S. capital region. (more)
The D.C. Taxicab Commission likes to keep people in the dark. Literally. (more)

























