Memorials

The entrance of the U.S. Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas.

Donations pour in to help vandalized Border Patrol museum

Anna Giaritelli · February 22, 2019 6:48 pm

George H.W. Bush's casket arrives at the Capitol: Watch

Susan Ferrechio · December 3, 2018 10:01 pm

Activists march past the White House to protest the Trump administration's approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents, Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

New National Park regulations would limit protests — here’s what’s at stake

Erin Dunne · October 17, 2018 9:07 pm

This Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, photo shows a pickup truck of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission that commission officer Michael Neal used to stop the van of two men who killed police officers in 2010, displayed at the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C. Neal, now the Monroe County Sheriff, who risked death by ramming his truck in the van of a father and son who killed two West Memphis police officers in 2010, is featured in the museum, which opens this weekend in Washington.

Rifle used by DC snipers, Capone’s bulletprooof vest go on display in new museum

Anna Giaritelli · October 14, 2018 8:33 pm

Survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting filed a permit application for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., which specified the "March For Our Lives" rally will be on March 24, with up to 500,000 attendees expected. The National Park Service, however, found a permit conflict, so they are now seeking a new location. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Search is on for site honoring war on terrorism service members

Anna Giaritelli · September 20, 2018 4:00 am

Senator John McCain lying in State, Friday, August 31, 2018

Thousands flock to US Capitol to honor John McCain: ‘One of the few statesmen that we have left’

Anna Giaritelli · September 1, 2018 1:42 am

The Logan Circle statue in Washington, D.C. is shown.

Beltway Confidential

The man who started Memorial Day

John Kartch · May 28, 2018 4:00 am

A Marine salutes as motorcycles drive past during the annual Rolling Thunder parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 27, 2012.

Bikers roar into DC by the hundreds of thousands for Rolling Thunder tribute to POWs, MIAs

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 8:39 pm

Saving President Lincoln

Andrew Ferguson · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

The 17-year-old girl was killed by an illegal immigrant on Sunday following a road rage incident. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Washington memorial for Nabra Hassanen set on fire

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2017 5:45 pm

Nearly 80 ducklings have been found dead in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Examinations by federal clinicians showed that the cause of death was "high levels of parasites that develop and grow in snails that live in the pool." (Steve/Wikipedia)

Energy and Environment

Duck-killing parasites infest Lincoln Memorial’s iconic pool

John Siciliano · June 9, 2017 5:53 pm

He called for more bipartisanship in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump honors ‘angels sent to us from God’ in Memorial Day speech

Anna Giaritelli · May 29, 2017 4:04 pm