May 2, 2024 NY v. Trump: Witness says Cohen dreamed of White House job despite denying ambitions in House testimony A witness in the NY v. Trump case, attorney Keith Davidson, testified that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen had hoped for a job in the White House following the 2016 election.
May 2, 2024 Bride-to-be shot at DC nightclub days before wedding vows to 'never return' to city A Washington, D.C., shooting at a popular nightclub left a bride-to-be injured just two weeks before her wedding. Suspect Rennwel Mantock has been charged.
May 1, 2024 The White House has a new curator. Donna Hayashi Smith is the first Asian American to hold the post Donna Hayashi Smith, originally from Hawaii, has been appointed as the new curator of the White House; she is the first Asian American to hold the position.
May 1, 2024 Over 40% of Americans see China as an enemy, a Pew report shows. That's a five-year high A Pew Research Center survey of a sample of 3,600 U.S. adults shows more than 40% of Americans label China as an enemy, reaching the highest level in 5 years; only 6% consider China a partner.
May 1, 2024 Dem mayor boasts about violent crime going 'down' for a week, lashes out at media for not covering Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the media for more positive coverage of “one week" with lower violent crime in the city, just days after a mass shooting.
May 1, 2024 New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power The U.S. has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of individuals and companies linked to Russia's weapons development program, 16 Chinese entities, and individuals tied to Alexei Navalny's death.
April 30, 2024 On this day in history, April 30, 1789, George Washington inaugurated as first US president President George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States on this day in history, April 30, 1789, at New York City's Federal Hall.
April 29, 2024 Climate activist who defaced National Gallery of Art exhibit sentenced A climate activist who smeared paint on the protective case of Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged.
April 29, 2024 GWU says 'hateful language being displayed has no place' on campus amid anti-Israel protests George Washington University reiterated after days of anti-Israel protests at the university that "hateful language being displayed has no place on our campus."
April 29, 2024 On this day in history, April 29, 2004, World War II Memorial opens in Washington, D.C.: 'Stirs memories' The World War II Memorial opened to the public on this day in history, April 29, 2004, after more than two years of work on its construction. It honors the lives lost in WWII.