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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.

Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water, the judges in Washington took another big chomp out of the Affordable Care Act.

JULY 16: In this photo illustration, Hershey's chocolate bars are shown on July 16, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

"My parents hate me slash don't trust me, so they sent me to boarding school 15 minutes from my house," LizaBanks Campagna deadpans on stage at Science Club's open mic night.

Howard University's Board of Trustees has named interim president Wayne A.I. Frederick , a cancer surgeon who holds three Howard degrees, as the school's 17th president.

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.