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The Obama administration is hosting a major summit the first week of August with leaders of African nations in Washington, D.C. as the Ebola outbreak in Africa is spinning out of control.

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, shakes hands with House Veterans' Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a news conference as they outlined their agreement on a compromise plan to fix the vast health care system responsible for treating ... (more)

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan deal to improve veterans' health care would authorize at least $17 billion to fix the health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up delays, the bill's chief supporters said Monday.

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan deal to improve veterans' health care would authorize at least $17 billion to fix the health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up delays, the bill's chief supporters said Monday.

OCTOBER 13: Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin speaks at a rally supported by military veterans, tea party activists and Republicans, regarding the government shutdown on October 13, 2013 in Washington, DC.

North Carolina Mayor Adam O'Neal is walking from North Carolina to Washington DC to fight for Medicaid expansion and rural hospitals.

Evolving plans for The Wharf neighborhood in Southwest Washington now include the redevelopment of the St. Augustine Church site and a 108-unit condominium building adjacent to a 3.5-acre waterfront park overlooking the river.

The Duke of Westminster is used to developing properties. As one of Britain's wealthiest men, he owns swathes of central London through his company, Grosvenor Estates, as well as hotels, office blocks and flats across the country.

The Obama administration is hosting a major summit the first week of August with leaders of African nations in Washington, D.C. as the Ebola outbreak in Africa is spinning out of control.

This is not a political diary, so my apologies for that, but many are familiar with the DC area, so that's why I wrote this diary.

Stephen L. Carter , the author of this fictionalized account of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, is both a law professor at Yale and a prolific writer.

When Johnathon Carrington makes a trip home to visit his mother or get what he considers a decent haircut, the Georgetown University student takes a G2 Metrobus that carries him four miles east across a divide that separates the city where he goes to school from the city where he grew up.

The focus in the Congress this week is on getting a few things done before the annual summer break for lawmakers, as after this Friday, the House and Senate won't be in legislative session again until after Labor Day, what's known in Washington, D.C. as the August Recess.

Making your way to the entrance of 7900 Tysons One Place - the 22-story office tower where satellite communications company Intelsat relocated two weeks ago - involves a maze of orange cones, tall construction fences and men in hard hats working on adjacent buildings.

Read David McCullough's wonderful book "1776" and watch the classic "All the President's Men" about President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal or the Netflix series "House of Cards."

District of Columbia police say detectives have arrested a man after a woman reported an Uber car service driver had sexually assaulted her.

A federal judge on Saturday overturned Washington D.C.'s ban on carrying handguns outside the home, saying it was unconstitutional.

While the country has become more liberal in some ways, the Republican Party has moved to the extreme right, and the Democratic Party has filled in the vacuum in the middle by also moving to the right on many issues.

This July 24, 2014, file photo shows Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House Speaker John Boehner speaks before signing the bipartisan legislation Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the U.S. Capitol July 11, 2014 in Washington, DC.