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Some 20,000 people are expected to attend the rally on the Ellipse and the National Mall.

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But “Robonaut 2,” the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station, is something special. The robot is now on display at the Udvar-Hazy center in Virginia.

The piece is apparently named The Resolute Desk, according to a public gathering permit provided to NBC News by the National Park Service.

A new memorial has been placed on the National Mall a few blocks west of the Capitol that depicts what can only be described as a bronze poop emoji atop former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington, D.C., Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.

The White House Historical Association introduces a new museum titled “The People’s House.”

Lawmakers hammered a handful of the roughly 500,000 nails that will hold the stage together.

The White House’s executive chef has retired after nearly three decades of serving meals and state dinners to five different presidents and their families.

Try to put on your best smize at Tyra Banks’ new Smize and Dream ice cream shop located in Woodley Park in D.C.

A shooting took place at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, late on Saturday morning, police said.

The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was under lockdown Wednesday morning after someone sent vials of blood to the building, three sources familiar with the situation told NBC News.

A man has died after crashing into a White House exterior barrier on Saturday evening, according to the Secret Service.

Kevin Hart rose from the open mics and comedy clubs of his native Philadelphia to become one of his country’s most recognizable performers. Now Hart has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, accepting the award Sunday night at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Hart has honed a signature style that combines his diminutive height,...

An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force has died after setting himself on fire Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while shouting “free Palestine,” NBC News reports.

A man is critically injured after he was on fire in Northwest D.C. Sunday afternoon, authorities say.

A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment was sentenced to more than two years behind bars Thursday.

A man with a gun was arrested Tuesday across from Union Station on Capitol Hill, U.S. Capitol Police say.

The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in December with no public signs the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue.

A congressman was the victim of an armed carjacking in Navy Yard in Southeast D.C. on Monday night, two law enforcement sources told News4. 

A government shutdown could postpone fan-favorite Fat Bear Week, set to begin just days after the funding deadline for Congress.