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The Intercounty Connector could lose three of its existing five commuter bus routes by Aug.

A year ago, The Associated Press discovered a foiled al-Qaida plot. Worried about the safety of an informant in the case, the CIA asked the AP to delay publishing the story until their spy could be secured.

Mainstream media have dismissed recent scandal mongering by sources like Fox News over the initial de-classified talking points used to describe the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, as baseless and a distraction.

Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times .

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of "relationship cartoonist" Nick Galifianakis.

As recently reported in The Washington Post , al-Yamama, a Palestinian delivery company, has been sneaking Kentucky Fried Chicken into the Gaza Strip from Egypt: a three-hour journey and an extra $20-30 for cold chicken, which admittedly can be good.

A number of local art museums will offer free admission in honor of Art Museum Day , according to The Washington Post .

The Sunday morning talk shows will find a lot to talk about in the Washington controversies over the IRS , the Department of Justice and the Benghazi attack.

The Washington Post reported on Friday that federal investigators are looking at whether someone set out to smear the Democratic senator last year, while he was running for reelection in New Jersey.

The Prince George's County Council has delayed a final vote on the county's budget until May 30, The Washington Post reported.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not sure when its controversial 17th Street levee project - designed to prevent floodwaters from surging across the Mall into downtown Washington - will resume, The Washington Post reports.

It's normal for Republicans, many of whom believe the president is evil incarnate, and the press, which loves a good story, to go bonkers over the three "scandals" currently rocking the nation's capital.

Montgomery County has settled out of court with a group of teachers who brought a lawsuit against the county's board of education and Floyd Starnes, the principal at Kemp Mill Elementary School since 2007, The Washington Post reported.

Republican nominee Mitt Romney meets with the Rev. Billy Graham, and his son Franklin Graham in Montreat, N.C. in 2012.

Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to propose a "dramatic simplification" of corporate tax laws when he testifies for the first time before Congress next week, just as lawmakers are eyeing an overhaul of the tax code.

Ken Jeong. You've seen him in The Hangover movies. You've seen him in a Transformer movie.

The Washington Post picked up on the troubles of the Buena Vista school district in a piece by Lyndsey Layton today.

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray 's power line burial task force on Wednesday finally came out with its recommendations, more than three months after it was originally scheduled to finish its work.

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The Washington Post is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed during a press conference today that he has ordered the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe the IRS's targeting of conservative groups .