Ashraf Khalil

Thousands gather across U.S. to march for gun control and spark activism

March 24, 2018 at 10:51 a.m.

Summoned by high school students swept up in school violence, thousands swarmed into the nation's capital and cities across America on Saturday to march for gun control and ignite political...

Former President Barack Obama, left, speaks ...

National Portrait Gallery unveils Obama portraits

February 12, 2018 at 1:55 p.m.

The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, both painted by African-American artists who were personally chosen by the Obamas.

Down and out in D.C.: What can be done about diplomatic dumps?

October 24, 2017 at 10:44 p.m.

The large building at the corner of 22nd and R streets in downtown Washington, D.C., sticks out like a wart in the otherwise upscale neighborhood. Plywood covers the windows, sleeping...

David Letterman honored with Mark Twain Prize

October 22, 2017 at 11:13 p.m.

David Letterman was celebrated at the Kennedy Center Sunday night for his record run on late-night TV, innovative comedy routines and for helping the nation start to heal by reassuring...

An employee shows a customer cannabis ...

The strange pseudo-legal weed gift economy in the “District of Cannabis”

September 28, 2017 at 11:30 a.m.

A 2014 ballot initiative in Washington D.C. legalized recreational use, but it is still illegal to buy or sell marijuana, so a grey "gift economy" has emerged.

Pro-Trump rally draws hundreds, not thousands to Washington

September 16, 2017 at 10:05 p.m.

Organizers had dubbed it the Mother of All Rallies and hoped to bring out thousands to pack the National Mall on Saturday in support of President Donald Trump. In the...

Fonz Tobin, 25, from Albuquerque, N.M., ...

Trump skips town, but still focus of competing rallies in D.C.

September 16, 2017 at 12:54 p.m.

President Donald Trump skipped town for the weekend, but that didn't stop demonstrators from making him the focus of competing rallies in the nation's capital that highlighted the stark political...

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