Company owned by Trump donor won $1.7 million no-bid Reflecting Pool contract
The federal government awarded a company owned by a Trump donor $1.7 million to install a new water cleaning system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, records show.
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The federal government awarded a company owned by a Trump donor $1.7 million to install a new water cleaning system for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, records show.
President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.
A statue of Christopher Columbus been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House.
A United Airlines flight from Washington D.C. to San Francisco was diverted to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Monday night, due to an unruly passenger.
Authorities say the FBI has arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
President Trump said Thursday evening that Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries in the Washington, D.C., shooting, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was "fighting for his life."
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House, and an Afghan national who worked previously with the CIA is in custody as a suspect.
President Trump fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in D.C., as he plans a slate of major building projects — including a massive White House ballroom.
Some National Guard members in Washington D.C., likely fewer than 50, had weapons as of Sunday night, a military official told CBS News.
A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District sued over the order Friday.
It will be the third time the two teams play against each other, with Golden State coming away with the wins in the previous games.
President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of Jeanine Pirro, confirming the cable news personality to a top prosecutor post in Washington, D.C.
WorldPride is in D.C. this year, leaving the LGBTQ community conflicted about showing up to the nation's capital amid an administration that has targeted them.
The organizers of prominent Pride celebrations saw huge sponsorship drop-offs this year, a pattern seen as a response to the Trump administration.
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., has been identified as a 30-year-old from Chicago.
The victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were a couple about to become engaged, said Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter.
The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.
Television producer Shonda Rhimes and singer-songwriter Ben Folds have also cut ties with the Kennedy Center after President Trump's takeover of the venue.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers. Here's what we know about the incident so far.
We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided near Washington, D.C.
Team coverage on the latest details to surface about the investigation and recovery from the tragic D.C. collision involving an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter.
