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Lobbyist Bruce Bereano, left, chats inside a tent at the 38th annual J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake this month.

Washington, DC is commonly considered the second largest Ethiopian city in the world, second only to Addis Ababa, and it's estimated that about 250,000 Ethiopians call DC home.

Hundreds of undocumented migrants at a detention centre in Washington state have started a hunger strike, according to supporters, in the run-up to rallies and civil disobedience aimed at forcing through immigration reform.

They've done extraordinary things in service to their country. But on Wednesday, a soldier, sailor, airman, Marine and Coast Guardsman were recognized not just for their military exploits, but as 'everyday heroes' who routinely go the extra mile for their fellow service members and their communities.

If you attack the president repeatedly for law-breaking, executive overreach and deceiving the public and Congress, do you have an obligation to impeach him? This is the logical question Republicans are now trying to duck.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., joined by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, R-Mich., criticizes the efforts of Republicans to muscle legislation through the House authorizing an election-year lawsuit against President Barack Obama that accuses him of exceeding his powers in enforcing his health care law, ... (more)

According to WMATA, a teenager riding on the Green Line Wednesday afternoon is in the hospital after sustaining a puncture wound to the left side of the back.

This Nov. 5, 2013 file photo shows Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington.

People order food from the BBQ Bus food truck during lunch at Farragut Square in Washington, D.C., in August 2013.

Colleges and universities could be more accountable to rape victims under legislation introduced Wednesday by a bipartisan group of senators.

Anna, center, a survivor of sexual assault, with her mother Susan, right, joins Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, to discuss "Campus Accountability and Safety Act" that is before the Senate.

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton 's legislative associate Jason Spear arrived at work Tuesday as usual.

It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America's working poor in front of the cameras -- while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors.

The Obama administration is urging federal employees to stay home during the summit of African leaders being held in Washington, D.C. next week and to monitor local news for announcement of a possible "closing of the federal government" -ostensibly over traffic issues.

As Americans grapple with how to prepare for retirement in the face of rising Social Security concerns , Congress had another moment of bickering on Capitol Hill.

The European Union and US are to impose new economic sanctions against Russia following the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which has been blamed on Moscow-backed rebels in Ukraine.

The 2014-2015 season will be the last for the American Century Theater. The Arlington-based theater company announced last week that two decades is enough time to spend producing lesser-known American plays written in the 1900s.

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

It's that day. That one day a year The Hill publishes its "50 Most Beautiful" list, and you can't help but laugh, just a bit.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to members of the media as House Speaker John Boehner listens after a leadership election at a House Republican Conference meeting on June 19, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking four Kansas City residents out to dinner to chew over the concerns of heartland ... (more)