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When Emperor Claudius crossed the English Channel to take command of his legions in Britannia, he brought a massive host that included war elephants.

People in the Washington, D.C. area often travel across time zones for business or vacation, especially during the summer.

This recipe is perfect for a last-minute meal, especially if you already have some cooked shrimp in the freezer.

The Kilpatrick scandal defendants Kwame Kilpatrick Serving a 28-year prison sentence in El Reno, Okla.

Theater critic and novelist, Tim Treanor, debuts Dracula. A Love Story. at the Capital Fringe Festival, to be held today, July 10-27.

I did not know that, Whynot. Still, the bins should be marked honestly for what they are.

A little more than a year after a Howard University student was fatally shot last year, his accused killer has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the murder.

A former Republican member of Congress sentenced to eight years in federal prison over bribery charges said this week that one of the reasons the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't gotten a lot of attention or oversight is that there's not much money in it for politicians .

I am 11 years old and in the fifth grade. While watching my brother play baseball at Lafayette Park in Chevy Chase earlier this month, I noticed that some of the trees had silver metal tags nailed onto them.

This combination image of President Barack Obama shows him, left, talking about the economy during a visit to Denver on July 9, 2014, and right, talking at the White House in Washington about the situation in Iraq on June 19, 2014.

This combination image of President Barack Obama shows him, left, talking about the economy during a visit to Denver on July 9, 2014, and right, talking at the White House in Washington about the situation in Iraq on June 19, 2014.

Members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar.

When David Wilson was 12 years old, he become friends with Howard Venable Jr., a then 62-year-old District man who worked as a security guard.

That was President Obama's answer in Dallas this week to critics who said he should have gone to the border to see firsthand the mass immigration of unaccompanied minors that has suddenly seized Washington's attention.

In a move rumored for months, President Obama on Thursday named Anne Rung, currently a senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget, to be administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

Charla Nash speaks to Congress about chimp attack WASHINGTON -- Charla Nash met with members of Congress on Capitol Hill to advocate the Captive Primate Safety Act on Thursday.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has been crisscrossing the country this week to drum up local support for the renewal of a conservation fund set to expire at the end of September.

Contributed photoMikal and Aerial Spooner, on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, took part in a June 18 rally in support of a bill to strengthen a nationwide ban on horse soring.

Transgender Lobby Day is July 14-15. It's an opportunity for transgender people and advocates from across the country to educate their members of Congress and lobby for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act passage in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield spoke on Capitol Hill Thursday about the importance of GMO labeling for food products.