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The Jesuit-run Georgetown University has become the first Catholic college to hire a Hindu priest as chaplain, with Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan leading his first worship service for students on Sunday.

Seddique Mateen, father of the Islamist terrorist responsible for the slaughter of 49 people at the gay night club Pulse on Sunday, made several trips to the nation’s capital, at least one this year, according to NewsMax.

After President Obama leaves the White House, his family has plans to move to a $5 million mansion in Washington D.C.

A report by NBC Washington says that a security guard at a Giant grocery store in Washington D.C. has been charged with simple assault after a transgender woman said he forced her out of the women’s restroom. According to Ebony Belcher, 32, she was at Giant to

Late last week, and just in time for School Choice Week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a universal education savings account (ESA) bill for all of the District of Columbia’s children. The program allows parents, regardless of income or background, to take control of the dollars the District spends on their children’s educations and create customized educational plans to suit the needs and strengths of the individual student.

Former Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk came to Washington D.C. for the March for Life – delivering a speech at the rally near the Washington Monument before the march to the Supreme Court.

The first major storm of 2016 hit the East Coast on Friday and Washington DC is at the center of the storm’s path. The deadly storm has shut down government services and could bury residents in over two feet of snow.

The Washington Post headline screams, “District leaders furious Walmart breaking promise to build stores in poor neighborhoods.” So you would think that the primary reason behind the so-called broken promise would be near the top of the story, correct? Well,

Despite an overall drop in crime, Washington D.C. has nonetheless experienced a whopping 54 percent increase in its murder rate for 2015, the city reports.

I served as the Technology Policy Manager at Hewlett-Packard while Carly was the CEO. While I have held several positions both before working at HP and after leaving, including with Intel Corporation and as a staffer on Capitol Hill, my job working with Carly Fiorina was by far the most gratifying. At the time I was there, Carly and HP were at the forefront of efforts by New Economy companies to create a global marketplace that was safe for consumers, open for business, and beneficial for everyone involved.

WASHINGTON— In the wake of a radical Islamic terror attack in San Bernardino, California, that saw 14 people dead and a dozen others wounded, three Democratic Congressman will show “solidarity” with the American Muslim community by visiting a mosque once led by Anwar al-Awlaki, the deceased chief recruiter for Al Qaeda.

According to a report from Reuters, ISIS allegedly released a new video Monday warning countries participating in Syrian air strikes should expect terrorist attacks similar to those carried out in Paris last week. The video then names Washington D.C. as a potential

On September 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that four of Washington DC’s gun registration requirements are unconstitutional.

A Washington Post article about the relocation of Planned Parenthood’s new flagship abortion clinic next door to Two Rivers Public Charter School indicates the school’s executive director appears concerned about the images of aborted babies her students could see on the signs of pro-life protesters. But no mention is made about concerns of the abortions going on inside.

Ali Shukri Amin, 17, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for “conspiring to provide material support and resources” to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) terror group, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced.

The Washington Post reports that after a recent spike in murders, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser will ask the D.C. Council “to expand law enforcement powers to make it easier for officers to search individuals on parole or probation and immediately detain anyone found in violation of the terms of release.”

Washington, D.C., has gun control–lots and lots of gun control–and execution-style shootings are taking place in public.

Once again the U.S. air traffic control system had a widespread outage that caused flights to be canceled and stranded passengers across the country, leaving authorities scrambling to find answers as to what happened.

WASHINGTON — She was denounced as a “degenerate” and a “pervert,” accused of lying for money and shamed for waging a “diabolical” campaign of falsehoods against the president’s family that tore away at his legacy.

Moses Weisberg was walking his bicycle through the National Arboretum in Northeast Washington when he stopped at a mushroom-shaped tree. The first thing he noticed was the thickness of the trunk, estimated at almost a foot and a half in diameter. And then there was the abundance of spindly leaves, a healthy head of hair for a botanical relic 390 years old.

To date, some 60 cities are confirmed as holding #WomenBetrayed rallies – all of which have been coordinated by the nation’s largest organization of pro-life millennials, Students for Life of America (SFLA) and its partner organization Pro-Life Future. The rallies urge citizens across the nation to demand their states investigate, prosecute and defund Planned Parenthood.

The DC Republican Party held an event Monday evening with keynote speaker GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. The event featured a presidential straw poll where Carson was the winner.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 6 (UPI) — A giant sculpture of a human rear-end spotted in Virginia is on a cross-country tour to bring “randomness” to this “tough” world.

World War I has received increased attention since its centennial commemoration in 2014, and that attention has led to a push for the Great War to finally have a proper memorial in Washington D.C.

In July, Breitbart News reported that federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., ruled that DC’s ban on carrying firearms in public for self-defense was unconstitutional. Scullin then gave the city a 90-day stay in which to figure out how to respond to the ruling.

Taylor Swift is taking her 1989 World Tour to Washington, D.C. this summer, and if you have the cash to avoid the nosebleed section, now you have the option to enjoy the show with a member of congress–for $2,500.

Last week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) put forth legislation to restore and protect the exercise of Second Amendment rights for Washington D.C. residents.

Possession of marijuana will become legal in the nation’s capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser reiterated Wednesday, defying a threat from Congress that she and other city leaders could face prison time for implementing a voter-approved initiative.

Politico’s new editor, Susan Glasser, is coming in with a management style that results in a steady stream of editors and writes headed for the door, a report says.