Topic: Washington, DC
Determined to avoid ending their days in a retirement center, elderly Washingtonians living in the shadow of Capitol Hill are working together in a village-like community to stay in their homes."I wouldn't want to be in a nursing home. I love my ...
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At the National Press Club in Washington D.C., televangelist Pat Robertson announced his support for Republican presidential nominee Rudy Giuliani .
On February 12 , 2008 , Washington, D.C. , Maryland and Virginia held their Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. Named after the Potomac River that flows between the two states and the district, the "Potomac Primaries" were important contests in the Democratic ...
For years, many residents of Washington, DC have been protesting their lack of representation in the U.S. Congress. A vote on the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives was delayed on March 3 , 2009, after a firearms provision was added ...
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Joe Biden is believed to have had his biggest gaffe yet while attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington D.C. in President Obama's place. Believed to be classified information, this is considered to be the location where Dick Cheney hid out after ...
Conflicts in Washington, D.C., continued to dominate environmental news during the year. The U.S. Department of the Interior reneged on a 1993 decision to sell federal Mojave Desert land to California to be used as a low-level nuclear-waste facility.
The district is on the east bank of the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. In addition, the district's financial affairs are under the control of a review board appointed by the President. As the result of a compromise between Alexander Hamilton ...
WASHINGTON- The Obama administration Tuesday denied Endangered Species Act protection to 251 plants and animals that government scientists have said need those protections to avoid extinction. So far, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Obama administration has provided Endangered Species ...
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