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US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is carjacked by three armed attackers about a mile from the Capitol

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The White House gardens will open for one weekend this month

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American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf

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A request from a D.C. church for a "COVID-immune" section for fully vaccinated parishioners that would have allowed more than 300 people to gather without social distancing requirements has been rejected by D.C. health officials.

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On National Custodian Day, Little Run Elementary honors Frank Sarfo for his work every day at the Fairfax County school. (Courtesy Fairfax County Public Schools)

Fairfax Co. school honors custodian who ensures building is 'a safe place for our students'

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JUNE 10: In this handout image provided by NASA, a partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the Capitol Building on June 10, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Northeast states in the U.S. will see a rare eclipsed sunrise, while in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, this annular eclipse will be seen as a visible thin outer ring of the sun's disk that is not completely covered by the smaller dark disk of the moon, a so-called "ring of fire". (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)

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A sign for the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute is seen outside the building that houses the institute, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Seattle. The first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, which was given to the first volunteer in the study by injection, Monday, March 16 in Seattle will take at the institute. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is carjacked by three armed attackers about a mile from the Capitol

Panda Diplomacy: The departure of DC’s beloved pandas may signal a wider Chinese pullback

How much could a new scoreboard at Nats Park cost DC taxpayers?

American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf

The White House gardens will open for one weekend this month

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Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says

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Hunter Biden returns to court in Delaware and is expected to plead not guilty to gun charges

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