Spirit's 4-0 rout of Kansas City plays out before second sellout crowd of the season
Friday's 19,215-fan turnout at Audi Field marks the fastest the NWSL club has reached two sellouts to start a year
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Murakami's 11th HR, Domínguez's 6th save lead White Sox to 5-4 win over the Nationals
Munetaka Murakami hit his 11th homer of the season and reliever Seranthony Domínguez struck out two in the ninth inning as the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Friday night.
Head-on bus crash near a Pentagon stop injures 23 people, including Defense Department workers
Emergency personnel transported 18 of the injured to local hospitals for further medical evaluation.
WMATA Board of Directors adopts FY2027 budget with Alexandria-area service gains, no fare hike
A76 peak service will double between Mark Center and Ballston in June; Blue line upgrades and a new Mark Center commuter route arrive in December; a $3 Abilities-Ride fee takes effect July 1
Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark
Lawmakers say it’s a symptom of a broken Congress that leaders are increasingly forced to govern in the dead of night.
Commanders select Ohio State LB Sonny Styles with the 7th pick in the NFL draft
In Styles, Washington adds one of the most athletic players in the draft. At 6-foot-5 and 244 lbs., Styles ran a 4.46-second 40-yard dash and had a 43 1/2-inch vertical jump at the combine.
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool gets a blue coating as Trump tackles renovation project
President Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering up a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace.
Virginia lawmakers recess special session without a budget deal
Democratic divide over data center incentives and skill games veto leaves $212B spending plan unresolved.
Republican proposes giving Democratic-leaning part of Virginia back to DC after redistricting vote
The area holds the separate municipalities of the City of Alexandria and Arlington County.
Ritchie allows HR on first big league pitch, then leads Braves over Nats 7-2 for 8th win in 9 games
Washington has lost five of seven.
Harris, Baldwin and Olson homer as Braves rally past Nationals 8-6 for 7th win in 8 games
Michael Harris II homered twice, Drake Baldwin and Matt Olson also went deep and the Atlanta Braves rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 on Wednesday night for their seventh win in eight games.
Kalshi fines, suspends Moran for betting on his own U.S. Senate race
The independent challenger to Sen. Mark Warner, a former "FBoy Island" contestant, was fined more than $6,200 and banned from the prediction market for five years after wagering $100 on himself
Asian elephant calf makes her public debut at DC's National Zoo
She is the first elephant calf born at the zoo in 25 years.
Inside the Kennedy Center as it prepares for a 2-year renovation
Matt Floca, the Kennedy Center’s new executive director and chief operating officer, guided a group of journalists through the building on Wednesday.
The US has a long history of changing voting districts for political reasons. Is it legal?
The word has stood the test of time, in part because American politics remain fiercely competitive. And with time and technology, politicians have become even more adept at drafting voting districts that benefit their political party.
A work vehicle hits a stopped Washington Metro train, leaving 11 people with minor injuries
Metro warned riders to expect delays Wednesday.