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Just south of the National Mall and a short distance from Nationals Park, the Southwest Waterfront, referred to as simply "The Wharf," offers a mini-escape from the heat and congestion of city life.

United States President Barack Obama has commended Jamaican-born Jacqueline Motherselle Payne-Borden for her 28 years of sterling service to the US Air Force Reserve Nurses Corps.

This April 30, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Sen. John Walsh, right, and his son Michael leave the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, after a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Joe Biden.

Cady's Alley is on a roll lately. The retail development owned by Eastbanc Inc. and Jamestown has lured Italian furniture store Calligaris away from Friendship Heights, according to an announcement from the landlords.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi , along with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, right, and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Capitol Hill .

There are questions this morning about the arrest of a South Carolina pork-and-poultry executive who allegedly tried to enter a congressional office building in Washington with a handgun in his bag.

Earlier this week, Snoop Dogg said that he smoked weed last year in a White House bathroom .

ACORN 8 will host and Drum Major's for Truth will co-host this year's Whistleblower Summit for Civil & Human Rights in Washington, DC.

When NBC News White House reporter Chuck Todd conducts background interviews with government officials these days, he and his source usually aren't the only ones in the room or on the call.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said a woman in her twenties was arrested Wednesday afternoon for her disorderly conduct on a Metro bus in front of Southern Ave station.

Failed Delivery : The Washington area currently ranks as the worst region in the nation for late mail service, according to a report from the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General.

A MD woman has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a 2010 hit-and-run that killed a woman near Dupont Circle.

Arrests made in DC child sex abuse case Two men have been arrested in connection with a DC child sex abuse case.

In Washington, DC, undercover police are concocting elaborate fake robbery plots, and then arresting anyone they can convince to say they will join in.

By Kate Winkle - The man dressed as a Union soldier seemed a bit out of place amidst the blare of car horns in downtown Washington.

Traffic is seen where I-395 and Route 1 merge into the 14th Street bridge into Washington.

On Tuesday night at the Newseum a packed theater learned that James Brown, the "godfather of soul" who famously crooned, "Stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine," was, in fact, pretty conservative.

Inspired by the famous relationship rule of thumb coined by sex columnist Dan Savage , The Campsite Rule charts the course of career woman Susan and college freshman Lincoln's unlikely romance.

U.S. Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service Lois Lerner is sworn in to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on alleged targeting of political groups seeking tax-exempt status from by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington May 22, 2013.