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9/11 Pentagon first responder hosting anniversary film screening 09/10/2016 06:09am • WASHINGTON — Ahead of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, a special film screening Saturday aims to honor victims and share an important message for first responders. "I was a first responder to the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001." It was a day retired Arlington County Battalion Chief Bob Gray will Sunday events lead to road closures, workarounds 09/10/2016 05:47am • WASHINGTON — Sunday, Sept. 11 will be an eventful day with a presidential appearance at the Pentagon and athletic events in the area. At the Pentagon President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend a ceremony at the Pentagon on Sunday morning to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Flags Across Rosslyn marks 15th anniversary of 9/11 09/09/2016 02:08pm • WASHINGTON — Twenty-five buildings in Rosslyn have draped the American flag on their exteriors this week to remember the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. This is the 14th year building owners in the Arlington County business community have come together to mark the anniversary with the flag disp President Obama Declares Days of Remembrance for 9/11 09/08/2016 08:00pm • President Barack Obama on Friday called for several days of prayer and remembrance in honor of the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Here is his proclamation, as issued by the White House. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On September 11, 2001, The Hajj: The Politicization of Religion Reaches the Heart of Islam 09/08/2016 08:00pm • LONDON -- In the run-up to the world's largest annual gathering of people, Saudi Arabia and Iran have stepped up their verbal attacks, highlighting the increased resentment between the two countries. While Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, implied the Saudi government was not competent House Passes Bill Allowing Victims' Families to Sue Saudi Arabia Over 9/11 09/08/2016 08:00pm • Sunday marks the 15-year-anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and on Friday -- despite objections from the White House -- the House passed bipartisan legislation by a voice vote allowing families of victims of the attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. The Senate passed similar legislation in May, setting Congres How to Teach 9/11 to Students With No Memory of It 09/08/2016 08:00pm • Sept. 11, 2001, was supposed to be Sari Rosenberg's first day teaching in New York City public schools. Instead, she spent the day watching in horror as the World Trade Center in Manhattan collapsed in a terrorist attack. "It was pretty remarkable," says Rosenberg, now a 15-year education veteran a Now adults, children of 9/11 draw inspiration from tragedy 09/08/2016 01:24am • NEW YORK (AP) — They were kids, or not even born yet, when America's heart broke for them. More than 3,000 children and young adults lost a parent in the deadliest terror attack on American soil, instantly becoming known as the children of 9/11. As the 15th anniversary of the attacks approaches, t 'Huge security gap' lets dangerous packages enter US through postal system 09/07/2016 05:51am • WASHINGTON — Every day, about a million packages are shipped into the U.S.  through the U.S. Postal Service from China, Russia, India and other countries. Many packages are not checked for dangerous and illegal contents, posing what the co-leader of a new national security project calls a “huge Hillary Clinton Plays Defense, Donald Trump Dodges at Commander-in-Chief Forum 09/06/2016 08:00pm • Hillary Clinton was forced to defend her dubious handling of classified information on her private email server, her ill-fated vote authorizing the war in Iraq and her hawkish instinct to support intervention in Libya. Donald Trump dodged specifics on how he'd destroy the Islamic State group, deliv Smithsonian hosts special exhibit for 15th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks 09/04/2016 04:14pm • WASHINGTON — This coming Sunday will be the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, one of the darkest days in U.S. history. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History will host a special one-day exhibit from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11,  to commemorate the anniversary of Dulles TSA staff unveil 9/11 artifact with solemn ceremony 09/01/2016 05:46pm • DULLES, Va. — In anticipation of the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States later this month, a relic recovered from the Pentagon was unveiled Thursday at Dulles International Airport. The limestone tablet shows damage from the attack. It's 31 inches long, 14 in Rescuers who responded to Pentagon on 9/11 return 15 years later 08/27/2016 04:00pm • ARLINGTON, Va. — The nation will soon mark the 15th anniversary of one of the darkest days in its history — Sept. 11, 2001. But on Saturday, a group of firefighters returned to the Pentagon, where they responded after a plane slammed into the building and killed 184 people 15 years ago. Ins The Year of Donald Trump 06/07/2016 08:00pm • When Donald Trump began his improbable campaign for the White House almost a year ago, it's safe to believe almost no one, including himself, envisioned he'd be where he is today. The second line of the U.S. News story covering Trump's June 16, 2015, entry into the 2016 contest stated that he began Michael Bay explores Benghazi attack in action film '13 Hours' 01/29/2016 02:16am • WASHINGTON -- It's become one of the biggest political footballs of the past four years, pitting Congressional Republicans against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a controversy that has undoubtedly shaped our political conversation heading into this weekend's Iowa Caucuses. B