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Conan O’Brien is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where the backstage drama of the host institution may hang over the celebration.

University of Kansas center and DMV native Hunter Dickinson talks hoops, history and March Madness.

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown University scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule.

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.

Nine other members of the Democratic Caucus — a contingent of mostly swing-state and retiring senators — eventually joined Schumer in voting to advance the Republican funding proposal

The Federal Aviation Administration says helicopters will be permanently banned from flying near Washington, D.C.’s airport on the route where an airliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair.

The National Transportation Safety Board today will give another update on the fatal midair crash that happened in January in Washington, D.C.

“You can erase this, but you cannot erase our history,” a Kappa Alpha Psi member said while bidding goodbye to Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters ventured out of labs, hospitals and offices Friday to stand up to what they call a blitz on life-saving science by the Trump administration.

Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and one of the most powerful aides on Capitol Hill, was arrested early Wednesday morning for drunken driving after his car struck a Capitol vehicle, two law enforcement sources told NBC News. The incident was also confirmed by Johnson’s office.

A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to NBC Washington that the Black Lives Matter Plaza will be rennamed. There’s no timeline yet for the change.

U.S. Agency for International Development workers, some in tears, are carting away belongings from a final visit to their now-closed headquarters. The Trump administration’s rapid dismantling of the congressionally authorized agency is moving into its final stages. Notices sent out in mass mailings this week are terminating over 90% of USAID’s contracts for humanitarian and development work around the world....

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested Friday by U.S. Capitol Police for allegedly assaulting a counterprotester following a news conference with the far-right extremist group in Washington D.C.

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was arrested Friday outside the U.S. Capitol, police say.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting a woman during a protest in Washington, D.C. 

D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.

Less than 24 hours after the announcement that President Donald Trump had been voted as chair of the board of trustees, the Kennedy Center is seeing fallout from featured performers and some of the remaining board members.

Nearly 17,000 federal workers are expected to return to the office at Washington Navy Yard on Monday, according to base officials.

Crews were seen Friday removing USAID signage from the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

Residents and elected officials gathered Wednesday night to remember the people lost in the mid-air collision outside Reagan National Airport just over a week ago.