“Washington D.C.” on The Daily Caller

February 7th, 2012

Donald Trump will be converting a historic building on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue into a 250-room luxury hotel. (more)

February 5th, 2012

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)

January 24th, 2012

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)

January 12th, 2012

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)

January 5th, 2012

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)

December 29th, 2011

Adrian Parsons is hungry. (more)

December 6th, 2011

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)

December 4th, 2011

Police have made arrests after members of the “Occupy DC” protest group constructed a wooden structure without a permit in McPherson Square overnight. (more)

November 22nd, 2011

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)

November 18th, 2011

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)

November 11th, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating a report that gunshots were fired in the vicinity of The White House. (more)

November 8th, 2011

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)

October 24th, 2011

The lemonade three are free. (more)

October 20th, 2011

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)

October 14th, 2011

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)

October 12th, 2011

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)

September 28th, 2011

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)

September 27th, 2011

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)

August 26th, 2011

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)

June 24th, 2011

The D.C. Taxicab Commission likes to keep people in the dark. Literally. (more)

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