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In this Dec. 11, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

District police on Monday arrested Corey Saxton, 20, in connection with last week's shooting of a man who was found dead in the back seat of a car that had crashed on a residential street in Northwest Washington's Brightwood Park.

The New York Times has an extensive report about how, after staking $1 billion on the collapse of the nutritional supplement company, Bill Ackman's activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has been aggressively lobbying to bring the company down.

Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez said he and other parish officials had some success in pressing Ascension 's case in Washington, D.C. for a federal grant to build a key road to Lamar-Dixon Expo Center .

JANUARY 29: Attorney General Eric Holder testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capotil Hill, on January 29, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised not to evacuate West Bank settlements, even as he acknowledged that some of them would not be within Israel's permanent borders if a final-status agreement was reached with the Palestinians.

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In this Feb. 4, 2014, file photo, Peter Swire, of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

FEBRUARY 14: U.S. Sen. John McCain gestures as he walks into a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, February 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.

On this date through the 13th, a blizzard struck southern England and Wales with gale force winds.

Have you heard the one about the roomful of elite Washington journalists rubbing shoulders with the city's power players? Of course you have.

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.