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After an Arab American group called for a boycott of the White House's annual Iftar dinner due to the escalating situation in Gaza, Congressman Keith Ellison joined HuffPost Live to discuss why he opposed the group's action.

A man wanted in connection with a recent robbery in Point Pleasant Beach and a double murder in Washington was arrested in West Orange last Friday, according to officials.

There are things worse than being small, electric and self-balancing in Washington.

A passenger who did not want pay the fare on a Metrobus slashed the driver across the face Monday afternoon near the Tenleytown Metro station in Northwest Washington, according to Metro Transit Police.

Surrounded by LGBT supporters, including Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, third from right, President Barack Obama signs executive orders to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House Monday, July 21, 2014, in Washington.

According to the WMATA's public information officer, a bus driver was attacked around 1 p.m. Monday close to the Tenelytown/American University Metro stop.

Dennis was able to take 10 weeks of paid paternity leave, a luxury not offered to every Hill staffer.

Fifteen minutes after the rally's scheduled start and here's what we have outside the Russell Senate building: one pink fedora, one pink sunhat and a half dozen pink T-shirts.

Kevin Martin becomes emotional while talking to reporters after leaving the D.C. Superior courthouse on July 21st after being exonerated for a crime he didn't commit.

It's sandal season, which means that nail salons are busy clipping, buffing and polishing toes galore.

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy does not officially step into his new job as majority leader until August, but for all intents and purposes, the California Republican has already assumed the visible duties of his next leadership role.

Check out this story on WUSA9.com: http://on.wusa9.com/1mvIDyR It happened around 9:40 p.m. Sunday in the area of 48th St. and Minnesota Ave., NW.

Dutch try to reach plane crash site By Radio Free Europe A team of Dutch experts is hoping to travel to the crash site of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine on July 21. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, whose country lost 192 citizens in the July 17 tragedy, said the Dutch team will help identify victims.

Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi talk during an event on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Investigators are still far from an official judgment of what brought down a Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine , killing all 298 passengers and crew onboard.

A Civil War battle took place in the heart of Washington, D.C., 150 years ago. From Federal Triangle to a popular Chinatown restaurant, here are four landmarks in the District with Civil War significance that might surprise you.

Sometimes, accents speak louder than words. Just ask the Georgetown University researchers who have been studying the way people here in Washington speak.

This July 18, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking about the situation in Ukraine in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, second left, and Representative George Miller visit a Sweetgreen restaurant to discuss minimum wage, June 16, 2014 at Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.

Nicolas Come, child inventor of kids healthy eating mobile app, Nicolas' Garden, attended the first lady's Kids' State Dinner at the White House yesterday.