A popular program that allows D.C. public school students to receive tuition for private school education has had its funding cut under President Obama's 2013 budget. more ›

President Obama's sudden support for a measure that would allow the District to spend its own money (and thus avoid future threats of a shutdown) is a big deal, but some D.C. voting rights advocates are stressing that his actions have to speak louder than his words. more ›

President Obama has included language in his 2013 federal budget that would allow the District to spend its own money when and how it wants. more ›

Roseanne Barr wants to be the next U.S. president. So do a lot of other fringe candidates, from one guy with a boot hat to another who bases his campaign platform on the 1611 King James Bible. We review but a small sampling of them. more ›

Tonight President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address, and as usual plenty of roads around the U.S. Capitol will be closed off to traffic as of 7 p.m. and remain blocked until after Obama finishes his 9 p.m. address. more ›

Montgomery Blair Sibley has represented the D.C. Madam and attempted to open a medical marijuana cultivation center in the District. Now the quixotic former lawyer is setting his sights on the White House. more ›

The White House has been fully decked out for the holidays since Thanksgiving, and DCist had an opportunity to take a look. more ›

Oh wait, that's just the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, scheduled to begin this evening at 5 p.m. on the Ellipse. more ›

Looking towards 2012, President Obama might have a tougher time attracting the support in D.C. that he did four years ago -- mostly because his campaign seems to have lopped off Ward 8 altogether. more ›

The man accused of firing a gun at the White House on November 11 and breaking at least one window on the presidential residence appeared for the first time inside a Washington courtroom this afternoon. more ›

Sure, Mount Pleasant may boast the best costumes and a local flavor may be the pumpkin-carving theme of the year. But there's little doubt that the White House has the most professional Halloween operation going inside the District of Columbia. more ›

Not only will he be enjoying a cordial breakfast with members of the D.C. Council -- well, unless two councilmembers let the swear words fly again -- but Mayor Vince Gray will be hamming it up with both New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama today. more ›

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's quest to strike down Barack Obama's health care reform law has flatlined -- today, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a case made by the Cooch arguing that the federal law violated Virginia statutes. more ›

Sure, they might be making life difficult for our local indie rock bands. But to the country's credit, Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is posting adorable cat videos to YouTube. more ›

We reported yesterday that Mayor Vince Gray was going to be missing tomorrow's rally for D.C. voting rights at the White House, leading some in the movement to grumble. Well, Gray seems to have changed his mind. more ›

On June 15, Mayor Vince Gray tweeted: "Would like to see President Obama fight actively for DC autonomy. Door to Wilson Building always open to him." The sentiment, which is loudly echoed by voting rights activists across the city, will be a central theme at a rally set for this Saturday in front of the White House. Gray, however, won't be there. more ›

Via TechCrunch, word is the President is going to start penning his own tweets. more ›

President Barack Obama, fresh off fielding the questions of Northern Virginians, will hold a Facebook town hall event this afternoon from California -- and he wants your questions! The theme of the event is “Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity” -- hmm, shared prosperity, eh? Sounds like the perfect opportunity to ask him why he felt the need to sell out the District on abortion funding, even though more income taxes go to our city than to his home/office. more ›

If the Federal government had shut down, monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial would have been shuttered. To clear up any confusion, President Obama visited the Lincoln yesterday afternoon to assure visitors that yes, indeed, the National Mall, its monuments and museums, are indeed open. more ›

A bill that would revive a school voucher program in the District will likely come to a vote in the House of Representatives today, where it is expected to pass. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which would provide $7,500 to qualifying students to put towards private-school tuition and has been pushed by Speaker of the House John Boehner, was passed by a House panel earlier this month. It's chances in the Senate, where the Democratic leadership opposes the program, are less clear. more ›

Are you in possession of tickets for Thursday's Opening Day at Nationals Park and holding out hope that you'd get a chance to see President Barack Obama toss out the first pitch like he did last year? Well, you'll have to settle for simply enjoying some baseball during the middle of the day and a free cap -- Obama won't be uncorking his lefty curve this year like he did in 2010. more ›

Given that it's Presidents Day, we thought we'd pass along this neat little maplet from the Scripps Howard Foundation, which aims to track locations inside the District of Columbia frequented throughout the years by American Presidents. Sure, a couple are big copouts (Presidents have frequented the White House? You don't say!), but the more humanizing entries -- like the Potomac River, where John Quincy Adams "was caught swimming nude on more than one occasion throughout his presidency," or the National Press Club, where Harry Truman played piano as "actress Lauren Becall seductively perched on top" -- make it worth the gander. more ›

In July 2009, Ward 1 D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham introduced a resolution to rename the then-recently renovated community space at 14th and Girard Streets NW as "Barack Hussein Obama Park." DCist commenters immediately took umbrage, dubbing such a dedication as a "smidge too soon" and suggesting, as y'all are wont to do, your own suggestions about what the little park should be called. more ›

A win for Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in his quest to strike down Barack Obama's health care reform law -- U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled in Richmond this afternoon that the law's requirement for Americans to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. more ›

Ouch. The President was playing some post-Turkey day basketball at Fort McNair yesterday when a player hit him with an elbow to the face. more ›

This morning, President Barack Obama, standing alongside his daughters, Sasha and Malia, delivered the traditional pardon to National Thanksgiving turkeys "Apple" and "Cider." Of course, the turkeys have been living the life of late -- even though the fowl won't get the traditional trip to Disneyland. more ›

President Barack Obama, who is no doubt hurting after Republicans grabbed control of the House of Representatives last night, will apparently grab lunch with D.C. Mayor-elect Vince Gray on December 1. Obama remained mum on the District's mayoral election throughout the heated campaign, refusing to endorse Mayor Adrian Fenty. Some pundits had been curious as to what kind of relationship the President would have with Gray -- the Mayor-elect reached out to Obama shortly after he won the Democratic primary. Let the speculation over whether Gray will be able to coax support for D.C. voting rights out of the Commander-in-Chief begin! more ›

Here I am, preparing myself to cover tonight's D.C./Chicago tilt at RFK Stadium, when I notice that President Barack Obama has already taken in a soccer game this afternoon in the District. NBCWashington.com has images of Obama enjoying some quality time watching his oldest daughter Malia play the beautiful game at Rudolph Field on Hamilton Street NW between 2nd and 3rd Streets. (The motorbiker who ran into a police car at the end of the Obama motorcade on Gallatin Street NW likely didn't enjoy his afternoon as much as the Commander-in-Chief did.) But considering Obama's obvious love of soccer, it begs the question: exactly when will the President be sauntering over to RFK Stadium for a match, anyway? I mean, based on today's images, it's obvious that the Prez has already got the all-black digs preferred by serious United home supporters down pat. more ›

U.S. President Barack Obama has been enjoying a surge of popularity after passing health care reform, finalizing a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, and maintaining a 55% brackets approval rating. But that good will evaporated for some D.C. residents today when President Obama, taking the mound to throw out the first pitch to mark Opening Day, donned a White Sox cap. more ›