A Walter Reed checkup framed as routine has reignited questions about the president’s health as he nears his 80th birthday. Sparse disclosures and past tests have kept doctors and reporters watching closely.

A Southeast D.C. row‑home fire sent a firefighter to the hospital and displaced three adults, two children and a cat.

A Dec. 5 HHS review classified seven pediatric deaths as possibly or probably linked to cardiac complications after COVID‑19 vaccination, but agencies say VAERS alone can’t prove causation.

A House highway reauthorization would add a $130 federal registration fee for EVs and $35 for plug‑in hybrids, a change that could stack on top of state EV charges. Passage is not guaranteed.

Shots were reported near the White House Saturday evening, sending press into the briefing room while the FBI and Secret Service responded and investigators secured nearby streets.

Wet, foggy morning in D.C.; showers and thunderstorms likely through Memorial Day with spotty heavy downpours and commute impacts.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in India for a four‑day tour ahead of a Quad meeting, mixing high‑stakes energy and trade talks with symbolic stops. Washington is pressing for practical cooperation to steady frayed ties.

HUD's internal memo would narrow who counts as an assistance animal in public housing, excluding many emotional support animals and prompting urgent warnings from advocates.

A former MPD and Arlington officer who worked at Rivermont Schools' Lorton campus was arrested May 21 after an undercover online investigation and faces solicitation charges.

The Federal Reserve and FDIC said the eight largest U.S. banks and 56 foreign banking organizations filed credible resolution plans and corrected prior derivatives weaknesses. Regulators published feedback letters saying no shortcomings were found in the 2025 submissions.

Virginia forensics found human hairs and fragments on a reciprocating saw recovered from the Manassas home linked to the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt. Prosecutors say the traces add to a no‑body case against her husband.

At a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Helsingborg on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed allies on defense spending and warned Iran’s plan to 'toll' the Strait of Hormuz 'can't happen'.

A Sumerduck man was arrested after deputies say he tried to sell a captured juvenile fox; police say a firearm was seized and commercialization charges were filed.