Plans for the project include formal gardens, reflecting pools and plazas alongside the statues of 250 notable Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times.
Organizers have billed the events as a nationwide day of action to demand policies that put the interests of working people over those of the ultrawealthy.
The F.B.I. and prosecutors shared an annotated video showing the suspect sprinting through a checkpoint and raising a gun. A frame-by-frame analysis suggests that he may have fired.
Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart and others greeted the royal couple at the King’s Trust Gala, during their official state visit to the United States.
Thomasz Szabdo, 27, had pleaded guilty in connection with dozens of reports of false crimes involving politicians, election officials and others.
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which the president vows to top in Washington, offers a lesson in the complicated history of monuments.
The Times created a 3-D model of the 250-foot monument to show how it would affect a symbolic sightline.
After attending a ceremony at the memorial in Lower Manhattan, the royal couple is scheduled to visit a Harlem nonprofit, the New York Public Library’s main branch and Christie’s.
Charles III’s address at a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday sprinkled well-crafted jokes among carefully chosen references to the United States and Britain’s shared history.
The actor, who was honored at Film at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award Gala, denounced political violence after the attempted assassination of President Trump.
Federal authorities are looking into whether Cole Tomas Allen posted on Bluesky as “coldforce,” who wrote and promoted liberal views that did not stand out on the left-leaning platform.
Antes de embarcarse en un viaje a través de EE. UU., el sospechoso del ataque dejó una serie de explicaciones sobre su ausencia en unos escritos, según las autoridades.
Michael Glantz, uno de los principales agentes de la Agencia de Artistas Creativos, comió tranquilamente su aperitivo durante la conmoción de la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca. Tenía sus razones.
A man who has worked as a tutor and graduated from the California Institute of Technology is being held by authorities in connection with the armed attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
Not since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, traveled to Washington after the Suez Crisis has a visit by the British monarch come at such a fraught time in Anglo-American relations.
Guests dived to the floor and took cover as Secret Service agents climbed over tables to protect some of the country’s most high-ranking officials, including President Trump.
The gunman had written a “manifesto,” the president said, before trying to enter a dinner in Washington for the White House press corps.
The Washington Hilton was the site of an assassination attempt against the 40th president.
Hosts in the nation’s capital decided to carry on in the wake of a violent incident at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
Un hombre que portaba varias armas intentó irrumpir en la cena a la que asistía el presidente Trump. La policía detuvo a un sospechoso.
We have the latest on the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
A gunman carrying multiple weapons attempted to break into the dinner that President Trump was attending. Police have taken a suspect into custody.
Shots were fired at the hotel hosting the White House correspondents’ dinner. Authorities said the attack was carried out by a lone gunman who was brought down by the Secret Service.
President Trump gives a news conference after he was rushed from the stage after gunfire broke out in the hotel where the White House correspondents’ dinner was being held on Saturday night
The National Park Service increased the value of the contract several times over and then awarded it to Maryland-based Clark Construction, in a process that experts said was highly unusual.
The pool, which is more than 2,000 feet long, was the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and other events.
The Trump administration and D.C. officials, normally at odds over the city’s strict gun laws, had both asked the court to reconsider the case.
The annual black-tie event attracts Hollywood stars, reporters and politicians for an irreverent night celebrating press freedom.
Though river monitoring shows bacteria levels have declined, scientists and environmentalists said a full recovery isn’t yet assured.
Ms. Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, was at a restaurant in Washington with her family when her bag was taken with $3,000 and her security badge inside.
In separate lawsuits, environmental regulators said D.C. Water failed to prevent and contain a massive spill of raw sewage upstream of Washington.
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan is returning to the museum as its leader after previously serving as its chief curator.
Central Park and other spots around the region set record-high temperatures last week. Freeze watches were in place on Monday. What’s going on?
A longtime journalist at The Washington Post, he used his unexpected fund-raising talents to greatly expand the radio organization’s coverage.
The Washington publication is rebranding as it expands its local news and sports coverage in the wake of substantial layoffs at The Washington Post.
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The structure proposed for President Trump’s arch would be 250 feet, more than twice the height of the Lincoln Memorial. It would sit near Arlington National Cemetery. A commission filled with Trump appointees is to review plans on Thursday.
Neither side confirmed a meeting. Israeli and Lebanese officials have said a cease-fire in the war against Hezbollah is under consideration.
See how the 250-foot structure would dwarf other monumental arches, including the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Remember those grimy snow piles that just wouldn’t melt? They’re gone now.
The planned four-day state visit comes at a fraught time in the U.S.-U.K. relationship, following President Trump’s frequent belittling of the British prime minister.
The president has proposed the arch, which would rise on a Washington roundabout across from the Lincoln Memorial, as a way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
The terms of two governing members have expired, but their replacements have yet to be named as the institution faces President Trump’s effort to play a role in the selections.
The board had been expected to vote to approve the project last month, but it was delayed after about 32,000 mostly negative comments rolled in from across the country.
The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.
Reflections on social cohesion and law enforcement can help policymakers reduce crime even further.
The woman, 29, was struck by her own vehicle after the suspects began driving away, the police said.
Workers in Washington have returned to the office slowly, with a pervasive and pronounced effect on the local economy.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.
The president has promised a veto, but Republicans scored another win in their campaign to put Congress on record against White House policies.
Many of the nation’s major cities face a daunting future.
In cities, especially, monuments have become not just an artistic genre unto themselves but evanescent, ever-evolving tributes to those we lost — and continue to lose.
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Plus Russia prepares for show trials and Taiwan does not rise to China’s provocations.
As remote work persists and business deals are sealed online, many upscale restaurants that catered to the nation’s downtown office crowd are canceling the meal.
President Biden also visited a vaccination site in Washington, D.C. ahead of his remarks.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was among the attendees reporting coronavirus infections on Wednesday.
Cases are not uncommon in Washington these days, and there is no certainty that those who tested positive were infected at the dinner.