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It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had... It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors ... (more)

As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away.

Where the Nationals could afford to make change, though, is the structure of their bullpen.

Will Venable, Kyle Blanks and Yonder Alonso all hit homers and drove in two runs apiece as the San Diego Padres outslugged the Washington Nationals, 13-4, in the finale of a four-game set at Petco Park.

The Washington Nationals come to Los Angeles Monday and the team that many prognosticators placed first in the NL East find themselves in second place with a 20-17 record, but trailing the Atlanta Braves by only one game in their division.

At the hairiest junctures of a Washington Nationals game, pitching coach Steve McCatty emerges from the dugout and trudges to the mound.

But because of the excellence of the starting pitching, one group of the team has been largely ignored: the bullpen.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 4: Luke Scott drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the 10th inning to give Tampa Bay a victory.

Ryan Mattheus, Drew Storen and Rafael Soriano combined for shutout relief after Dan Haren nearly squandered a four-run lead, and the Washington Nationals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 Thursday to complete a two-game sweep of the AL champions.

Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth has started taking antibiotics to treat a stomach illness that may be contributing indirectly to his ailing right hamstring, manager Davey Johnson said on Thursday.

If the battle surrounding The Wave and its place at Nationals Park were a movie, we've got our big plot twist: A group of Washington Nationals offensive players, including Bryce Harper, have voiced support for fans doing The Wave.

The Nationals had a difficult time against Reds left-hander Tony Cingrani, who pitched six solid innings in a 5-2 victory at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.

The 2013 season has not begun the way the Washington Nationals envisioned it would.

Washington Nationals' right-hander Stephen Strasburg will try to help the Nats snap their five-game losing streak in Nationals Park when he takes the mound against the St.

Monday night , the Nationals trailed by one run in the sixth inning, and the bases were loaded with no outs.

A year ago, Nationals pitcher Ryan Mattheus met a man at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.