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WASHINGTON — Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation’s last remaining Occupy sites.
Officers arrived and placed barricades around McPherson Square, a …
By Annie Gowen, Washington Post
Occupy D.C. protesters spent Monday night huddled under the celestial sweep of a blue tarp they had erected in McPherson Square, talking, singing and, yes, sleeping — in defiance of rules that prohibit overnight camping …
By Tom Howell Jr.-The Washington Times
Officials in the District are accustomed to asking Congress for full voting rights on behalf of the city’s 600,000 residents or for greater control of city finances – and getting no satisfaction.
So when members of Congress proposed …
By RYAN TRACY
WASHINGTON—”Occupy DC” protesters prepared to lead a march to the Capitol Tuesday as Congress returns from a winter break, the latest signal that the residents of a tent city here have no plans to go home.
But pressure was …
By Tom Howell Jr. and Andrea Noble-The Washington Times
Kevin B. Chavous, a key challenger for the Ward 7 D.C. Council seat in next year’s elections, was arrested early Friday on accusations he offered money to an undercover officer “for sexual …
Athena Jones, CNN
Washington (CNN) – U.S. Park Police surrounded a wood structure erected Sunday by Occupy DC protesters, with a standoff ensuing and several arrests being made, according to witnesses.
The structure was built overnight in McPherson Square as a place where …
By Luke Rosiak-The Washington Times
D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Wednesday called for the elimination of special funds the city’s lawmakers are supposed to use to help the needy – money critics consider “slush funds” rarely tapped to help residents.
A Washington …
By Allison Klein and Josh White, Washington Post
An armed robber burst into a Northeast Washington market, scuffled with the cashier, and then shot him and the clerk’s father, who also owned the store. The killer sped off in a silver …
By Debbie Siegelbaum – The Hill
Several dozen unemployed Washington residents occupied the D.C. office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Thursday, looking to discuss jobs with the Senate minority leader.
The group, reportedly members of the unemployment advocacy organization Our DC, entered …
By Shaun Waterman-The Washington Times
Federal agents have foiled a plot by elements of the Iranian governmentto recruit a Mexican drug cartel to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S. by bombing a Washington restaurant, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder …
