Nikki Schwab

Updated: 22 hr ago

Bartender Sambonn Lek was something of a fixture at the Mayflower Hotel's Town & Country bar. He poured strong drinks and did magic tricks for his patrons. But then, in January 2011, Town & Country closed its doors, and it wasn't until this March that another bar, Edgar Bar &...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: 22 hr ago

"It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington." - What Carol Burnett had to say upon hearing the news that she was to be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center. Burnett will be feted Oct. 20 in Washington, with the gala performance being...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: 22 hr ago

According to "SNL's" Jay Pharoah, Arlington residents aren't "too sensitive" to enjoy his kind of comedy. "People in Arlington don't have sticks up their butts. It's great," the comedian told The Washingtonian. He is returning for his third time to the Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse for three...

Lisa Ruhl

Updated: 23 hr ago

Roughly 100 Tea Party Patriots gathered outside the IRS building to protest the IRS targeting conservative organizations.

Gabriella Morrongiello

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

An estimated 75 Tea Partiers gave up lunch Tuesday afternoon to instead participate in a “flash rally” to protest the Internal Revenue Services’s targeting of conservatives and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns. “We called it a flash...

Brian Hughes

Updated: 23 hr ago

Amid revelations that the Justice Department monitored both Associated Press journalists and Fox News’ James Rosen, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, a former reporter, was asked Tuesday if he had ever received classified information when writing about the inner workings of government.

Charlie Spiering

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Tea Party groups from around the country gathered at IRS office buildings to protest the government for targeting their organizations. Photos below:

Timothy P. Carney

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

AirBnB is a service that allows you to rent out a spare room in your apartment or home. In other words, it’s a startup competitor to established hotels. So, naturally, the hotel industry has supported the government in cracking down on AirBnB. And industry has won.

Conn Carroll

Yesterday

McClatchy Newspapers has an excellent story on immigration Tuesday, reporting on how farmers are framing the debate to their representatives: Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or...

Joel Gehrke

Yesterday

President Obama’s spokesman, to the irritation of the White House press corps, accounted for the shifting narrative about the White House team’s knowledge of the IRS scandal by pointing the finger back at the media for failing ask the right questions to get more information.