Maybe it was the crack. Or perhaps it was the political whiplash of returning to power in Washington, D.C. after serving a prison term. But whatever the reason, former Washington mayor and current Ward 8 city councilman Marion Barry can’t seem to get his apologies straight. (more)
The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is now the first major American police department to adopt a uniform policy allowing Sikhs to wear beards and turbans while serving in uniform as law enforcement officers. (more)
Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s administration has fired 61 city employees for collecting unemployment benefits while working for the District government, city officials said Tuesday. (more)
Claws came out this week during nearly back-to-back speeches from President Barack Obama and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney. (more)
WASHINGTON — As the national average price for a gallon of gas climbs past $3.58, one gas station in Washington, D.C. is charging drivers $5.00. (more)
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)
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