When Representative Brittany Pettersen gave birth to her second son, Sam, earlier this year, she became just the 14th voting member of Congress to give birth while in office. Congressional rules, ...

Having grown up in Del Ray, Alexandria native and real estate agent Allison Goodhart DuShuttle has spent the last 22 years ...

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“A Throne Fit for a King” on the National Mall. Photograph by Heather Diehl/Getty Images. Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office spiced up DC’s public-art game. Protesters are securing First ...

Washington’s Metro, which turns 50 this year, is something of a miracle. In post–World War II America, highways were the name of the transportation game, as decades of car-centric sprawl made new ...

Arlington residents may soon need to find somewhere else to praise the Lord and fill up on their gas in one stop. Last month, developers for the Arlington Temple United Methodist Church—perhaps better ...

On a quiet stretch of street in Georgetown, with the Rosslyn skyline looming in the background, sits DC’s unlikeliest and perhaps most controversial landmark: Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The two ...

Photograph courtesy of Bagel Uprising. The small-batch, locally boiled and baked bagels from Del Ray’s Bagel Uprising are now available at a second location in Ballston. Along with your typical ...

Kathryn, a first-grade teacher, and Jake, an insurance consultant, first met working at the same restaurant one summer in college, and reconnected a few years later online. Two and a half years after ...

Those dreaming of a repeat Taylor Swift Eras Tour may soon have even more reason to wish for one. The DC Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass the Restricting Egregious Scalping Against Live ...

In so many ways, Kate, who was born in 1987, is a perfect reflection of the opportunities and hardships of being young today. She’s smart and motivated and has a degree from an Ivy League school, yet ...

The author known as Zane has published 39 books. She has invented characters like Soror Ride Dick and described them as they partake in weekend-long mega-orgies, have sex at mattress stores, and lick ...