An armed man was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation on Sunday, authorities said.

DDOT has announced plans to reconstruct Black Lives Matter Plaza, a move that will temporarily close sections of 16th Street ...

The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states has been falling on average 1.3% a year since the turn of the century, with ...

The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the ...

The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing senior staff to submit spending items greater than ...

Crews began clearing out homeless encampments in Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump directed the mayor to clean ...

An annual art contest for middle and high school students is set to begin. The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide ...

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican ...

You know warmer weather is on the way when cherry trees start to bloom. Here are 15 places to view cherry blossoms in the U.S ...

A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ...

A pair of rulings have exposed deep divisions on the Supreme Court about just how much power the federal judiciary has to ...