Washington, DC News

ZenGo Fitness is coming to Logan Circle. The indoor cycling studio, whose flagship location is in Bethesda, will open its second Washington-area site on the terrace level of 1508 14th St.

The Justice Department leaks documents to attack a whistleblower on the Fast and Furious case.

Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller testifies on Capitol Hill at a hearing on Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups, May 17, 2013 in Washington, DC.

The Lyndhurst -based law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck has recently opened a Washington office, headed by Moises "Moe" Vela, a former senior White House adviser.

In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The Alley of Russian Poets is the brainchild of Uli Zislin, a Russian-born poetry collector and songwriter whose idea fell on receptive ears in 2003.

Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew weeks ago about a watchdog report on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, a spokesman said on Monday, shifting the focus to the White House in a fast-moving controversy.

Taiwan and the Philippines are embroiled in a major diplomatic dispute after the Philippines coast guard fatally shot a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters earlier this month.

There is no dispute that Christopher Martin stabbed his mother in the face, chest and neck in May 2010.

Tomorrow from 4:30 p.m to 8 p.m., Adams Morgan restaurants like Mellow Mushroom, La Fourchette , and Town Tavern will participate in "A Taste of Adams Morgan," benefiting Mary's Center.

President Obama's transportation budget proposal can give you a contact high if you stand too close.

The work of close to 50 DC-area writers is featured in a new anthology- District Lines -published by well-known Chevy Chase, DC, independent bookstore, Politics & Prose .

Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.

Born in Hanover , Germany in 1851, Berliner migrated to the United States of America in 1870, where he lived in Washington, D.C. After some time working in a livery stable, he became interested in the new audio technology of the telephone and phonograph , and invented an improved telephone transmitter .

The "Scandal" star and 1998 GWU grad sweetly attempted the usual rite of self-deprecation expected of all commencement speakers: "Year after year, GW sends its graduates into the world on the wings of advice from esteemed leaders and thinkers.

Thousands of unmarked graves are buried beneath a local park, and one group wants to make sure they aren't forgotten.

The City of Alexandria is hosting its host 36th annual Memorial Day Jazz Festival May 27, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Waterfront Park at the foot of Prince Street.

SUNDAY, MAY 12 Aggravated Robbery Stanley L. Donahue, 28, of the 9000 block of S. Brandon St., went into a store on the 500 block of Lake St.

A Washington, D.C., man convicted this year of using a gun while trying to steal three dirt bikes in Olney was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for the crime.

Jay Devereaux hadn't paid much attention to the daily drumbeat of partisan politics in D.C. He wasn't a Washington nerd, and didn't know who said what during congressional hearings -- nor did he care.