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An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.

People throughout the D.C. area and across the country reported receiving racist spam text messages the day after the election that told them to report to plantations to pick cotton.

A Michigan man who showed up to the visitors’ center of the U.S. Capitol on Election Day smelling like fuel and carrying a torch and a flare gun also brought an apparent manifesto about war in the Middle East, police say.

A man who smelled like fuel showed up to the visitor center of the U.S. Capitol with a torch and a flare gun on Election Day, prompting police to shut down the building to tours for the rest of the day, police say.

Some 20,000 people are expected to attend the rally on the Ellipse and the National Mall.

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But “Robonaut 2,” the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station, is something special. The robot is now on display at the Udvar-Hazy center in Virginia.

The piece is apparently named The Resolute Desk, according to a public gathering permit provided to NBC News by the National Park Service.

A new memorial has been placed on the National Mall a few blocks west of the Capitol that depicts what can only be described as a bronze poop emoji atop former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

As the Bay State continues to honor the life of Ethel Kennedy, our nation’s leaders paid their respects on Wednesday. A memorial service for the late Kennedy matriarch was held in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden delivered the final eulogy, while former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton also spoke. Other speakers included former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Martin Luther...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C., Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.

The White House Historical Association introduces a new museum titled “The People’s House.”

Lawmakers hammered a handful of the roughly 500,000 nails that will hold the stage together.

The White House’s executive chef has retired after nearly three decades of serving meals and state dinners to five different presidents and their families.

Try to put on your best smize at Tyra Banks’ new Smize and Dream ice cream shop located in Woodley Park in D.C.

A shooting took place at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, late on Saturday morning, police said.

More than 100 Connecticut pizza makers joined community leaders and elected officials in Washington, D.C. this week to make a special proclamation. “We are here to declare that New Haven is the Pizza Capital of the United States,” said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd District), a New Haven native. Rep. DeLauro entered the statement into the congressional record on...

Elm City restaurants are known for their signature slices, and Connecticut’s preponderance for good pizza was shared this week in Washington, D.C.

The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was under lockdown Wednesday morning after someone sent vials of blood to the building, three sources familiar with the situation told NBC News.

A man has died after crashing into a White House exterior barrier on Saturday evening, according to the Secret Service.

Kevin Hart rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphia to become one of his country’s most recognizable performers. Now Hart has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, accepting the award Sunday night at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Hart has honed a signature style that combines his diminutive height,...