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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called on conservatives Saturday to strengthen their limited government ranks in the midterm election - even if it means replacing GOP lawmakers that have been reluctant to take a more aggressive stance against the Obama administration.

A 17-piece swing band was cranking out some hot tunes, but the revelers gathered in a crowded Capitol Hill townhouse on Saturday for Breitbart News' speakeasy party weren't there to dance.

Researchers with a Caribbean trade bloc have found that decriminalizing marijuana and exploring its use for medicinal purposes could help boost the region's sluggish economy.

From left, Mayors Tim Sbranti of Dublin, Jerry Thorne of Pleasanton and John Marchand of Livermore, who are also the board of directors of Tri-Valley Community Television.

"You wonder what's happening when you don't see anything changing," Shallal said.

The New York Times had a classic trend piece this week about a questionable fashion item that is so gratuitously impractical that it can only be described as "hipster chic": the monocle.

St. Ann's Academy, a private Catholic elementary and middle school that has been part of its Northwest Washington community for decades, will close at the end of this academic year because of declining enrollment and a large budget gap.

Too drunk to gamble? That's the claim of a California man suing a Las Vegas casino he says continued to serve him drinks and loan him money after he was so drunk he suffered a blackout.

D.C. Water officials lifted an advisory Friday for businesses and homes in part of the District's upper Northwest neighborhoods to boil their water after a pumping station lost power, leaving hundreds in the area with low water pressure.

A silver car went airborne and crashed into a tree early Friday morning in Southeast Washington, leaving a mangled mess.

LANHAM, Md. - The best part of the weekend may come Friday morning for thousands of commuters in the Washington area as the District Department of Transportation adds a third lane for traffic coming off the 11th Street Bridge and onto the Southeast-Southwest Freeway.

The City of Woodland announced Thursday that the President's Federal 2015 budget proposal, released this past Tuesday, includes $800,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to advance their feasibility study of a Lower Cache Creek flood solution.

Police have identified the victim of a fatal crash that happened Wednesday night in Brentwood, Md.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers an uncharacteristically low-key speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference this afternoon, aiming to reconnect with the Republican base amid a traffic scandal that has dented his 2016 ambitions Humbled by a scandal that has hampered his rise on the national stage, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ... (more)

In this Jan. 21, 2014, photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel , is interviewed by The Associated Press about her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the military, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington.

When he returned from deployment overseas, Air Force Master Sgt. Samoris Hall wanted a special night out, so he bought a bottle of Dom Perignon and took his wife out to Ben's Chili Bowl.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., speaks with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, before the committee's hearing on American foreign policy toward Ukraine.

A Thrilled Cheese sandwich, chips, a Tipsy Kids Shot and a Nehi Orange Soda chaser at Thomas Foolery.

A House panel on Thursday was preparing to vote on a resolution that condemns Russia for its occupation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and called on the Obama administration to enact tough Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.

A man who was found mortally wounded inside a car that crashed on a residential street in Northwest Washington Wednesday night had been shot three blocks away, according to D.C. police.