National Mall News

Kerry Washington returns to her alma mater to address graduates at the George Washington University's Commencement ceremony on the National Mall on May 19, 2013.

How did a New York nuclear physicist find the right chemistry with a savvy Southern belle? They met in the middle, of course! Kevin Mattern and Nashville native Corinne Hartong met at a "policy event" in the heart of Washington, D.C. The two had both moved to D.C. in the summer of 2009.

Located at the corner of 17th Street and Columbia Road in Washington, DC, the $30 million mixed-use project will feature condominium homes, which will be available in studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom floor plans.

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From playwrights to early readers and from comic book addicts to romance novel afficionados, the writing's on the wall- the Gaithersburg Book Festival will be the place to be seen.

The video, released by the National Park Service, shows the National Mall and surrounding grounds from a high-definition helmet camera worn by some of the contractors repairing the monument.

A city known for its politics, lobbyist and congressional leaders has been over taken by lights, cameras and a super hero.

Have you ever looked through a telescope while the Washington Monument towered over you? If not , you'll have your chance in just over a month.

Anti-fracking activist Jonathan Deal, winner of a 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize, discusses strategy to save the Karoo region of his native South Africa from gas drilling.

Students of social studies teacher Ryan Murray and art teacher Michelle Truskowski have been collaborating throughout the semester to learn how art can bring awareness of an issue, as, for example, the Holocaust.

On this Mother's Day, it is hard not to feel inspired and hopeful by the robust and sophisticated grassroots movement building of moms across America who have organized to fight for safer gun law legislation.

Hundreds of crosses, representing gun deaths since the Newtown, Connecticut elementary shootings, placed on the National Mall Washington, DC last month.

What is famine? What is poverty? What is genocide? Those were some of the weighty questions directed toward the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Munford Elementary School on Friday by members of the organization Students Rebuild.

Will your summer vacation, or job, be affected by sequestration? Memorial Day Weekend, the official start of summer, is fast approaching, and with it are millions of trips across the country to visit one of America's most stunning assets, our national park system.

Last month, a new building joined the Washington Monument and the Capitol building on the National Mall.

Washington, D.C. is one of the most interesting cities one could visit. The capital city of the United States of America was named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first US President.

VATICAN CITY American anti-abortion leaders will be in Rome on Sunday to participate in Italy's third March for Life and lend their expertise to the nation's small anti-abortion movement as it tries to learn from its American counterpart.

May has seen its share of inflatable art projects. The artist Christo completed Big Air Package , designed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude for the gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany.

The District set a new tourism record last year with more than 18.9 million visitors, an increase of 5.5 percent from 2011, according to statistics released Tuesday by the city tourism bureau.

Remember PINK loves CONSENT ? The activists behind the brilliant pank campaign to promote communicative, hot, consensual sex have been building temporary tributes to survivors of sexual violence on the national mall while working to create a permanent national monument.