Viral

The Pentagon's top outreach official yesterday called the comments "very uninformed" and said it was an example of why the military needs to better educate the public about its role. (Screenshot)

California teacher put on leave after calling US military a ‘bunch of dumb shits’: Report

Travis J. Tritten · January 30, 2018 5:03 pm

Afternoon Links: Trouble With #Adulting, the Partisan Brain, and Just Stop It With the Viral Sensations

Jim Swift · December 14, 2017 9:12 pm

Keaton Jones, a middle school student from Union County, Tenn., appeared in a video posted by his mother, Kimberly Jones, on Facebook talking about how he was bullied at school. (Screenshot)

Kellyanne Conway on viral anti-bullying video: We need to ‘lead by example for children’

Melissa Quinn · December 11, 2017 4:18 pm

The Internet lit up with criticism of first lady Melania Trump's shoe choice as she left the White House with President Trump to visit Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The first lady wore stilettos when she left the White House, but changed into a pair of sneakers before before getting off Air Force One in Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trevor Noah defends Melania Trump’s shoe choice: ‘Who cares?’

Caitlin Yilek · August 30, 2017 1:04 pm

Despite being trapped in a prison of crimson-colored cotton for the past ten months, Ken Bone confirmed in a Friday interview with the Washington Examiner that his favorite color is actually blue. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

These are a few of Ken Bone’s favorite things

Emily Jashinsky · August 12, 2017 4:01 am

This Sunday, June 26, 2017, photo provided by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shows a TSA agent holding a live lobster that weighs roughly 20 pounds at Boston's Logan International Airport. TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy said Monday, June 26, that the lobster found Sunday in the passenger's checked luggage at the airport's Terminal C is the "largest" he'd ever seen. (Transportation Security Administration via AP)

Georgia man angry his giant lobster was taken out of its package by TSA

Jack O'brien · June 28, 2017 7:27 pm

"One must show that you won't make small concessions, even symbolic ones, but also not overpublicize things either." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Emmanuel Macron on white-knuckled handshake with Trump: ‘It wasn’t innocent’

Kyle Feldscher · May 28, 2017 3:24 pm

Many of Trump's statements on the campaign trail sent the internet into a frenzy, but this particular post stands out as one of the most memorable. (Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s #TacoBowlGate, one year later

Emily Jashinsky · May 5, 2017 7:00 pm

The American Airlines incident follows an altercation on a United Airlines flight earlier this month when a passenger was involuntarily removed from the plane. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

American Airlines employee suspended after allegedly going haywire, almost hurts infant

Ryan Lovelace · April 22, 2017 1:37 pm

An American flag fell during an inopportune moment. (Screengrab/YouTube)

Watch an American flag fall behind DNC chairman Tom Perez as he says Hillary Clinton’s name

Sean Langille · April 18, 2017 8:37 pm

Watch: Boy screams after Trump signs his hat and then throws it into the crowd

Watch: Boy screams after Trump signs his hat and then throws it into the crowd

Kyle Feldscher · April 17, 2017 4:23 pm

"[T]o just randomly say, 'You're getting off the plane,' that was terrible." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Trump says forced removal of United Airlines passenger was ‘horrible’

Sean Langille · April 12, 2017 9:24 pm