Ashraf Khalil

Activists seek to decriminalize “magic” mushrooms in DC

July 13, 2020 at 7:20 a.m.

The posters started blanketing light posts just a few weeks after the city entered what would be a monthslong stay-at-home order. Vividly colored and bearing a three-headed mushroom, they asked...

Demonstrators protest the death of George ...

Unrest overshadows peaceful U.S. protests for another night

May 31, 2020 at 11:05 p.m.

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged parts of...

Demonstrators stand in front of police in riot gear as they gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Protesters converge on White House for second straight day

May 30, 2020 at 10:25 p.m.

Police fired pepper spray at demonstrators near the White House and the D.C. National Guard was called in as pockets of violence erupted during a second straight night of protests...

Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Paul Gosar say they met man with coronavirus

March 8, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

Two members of Congress, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar, said Sunday they are isolating themselves after determining they had contact at a political conference with a man who...

Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

February 20, 2020 at 12:08 p.m.

Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's...

Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

November 15, 2019 at 10:42 a.m.

Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress and witness tampering.

An Ivanka Trump lookalike vacuums crumbs ...

Art exhibit shows Ivanka Trump lookalike vacuuming up crumbs

February 5, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

A new art exhibit at a Washington museum shows an Ivanka Trump lookalike pushing a vacuum cleaner and invites spectators to toss crumbs for her to clean up.

The empty entrance of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington. Smithsonian’s National Zoo is closed due to the partial government shutdown. President Donald Trump is convening a border security briefing Wednesday for Democratic and Republican congressional leaders as a partial government shutdown over his demand for border wall funding entered its 12th day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Zoo animals still need to be fed despite government shutdown

January 3, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

Hungry pandas don't particularly care whether there's a partial government shutdown.

George H.W. Bush saluted with praise, humor, cannons at capital farewell

December 5, 2018 at 1:17 p.m.

George H.W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America's 41st president and the last to fight...

Former President George W. Bush, Laura ...

At Capitol, George H.W. Bush saluted as “gentle soul,” “great man”

December 3, 2018 at 4:41 p.m.

The nation's capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death Monday with solemn ceremony and high tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their...

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