Six students from area universities were arrested yesterday on Capitol Hill during a protest for D.C. budget autonomy and statehood. more ›

According to a nationwide survey commissioned by DC Vote, 72 percent of Americans believe that D.C. should be able to spend its money when and how it wants. more ›

The BlackBerry has long been associated with Capitol Hill staffers and legislators, but the device's dominance is slowly falling as more Hill types switch over to iPhones. more ›

Moby may be the world's best-known mild-mannered electronica star, but his friendly disposition and strict vegan diet couldn't possibly save him from what some Capitol Hill residents wanted to inflict upon him after a weekend concert at RFK. more ›

On Saturday, a stately building on Pennsylvania Avenue SE that had fallen into disrepair was given a second lease on life, as members of the community gathered to celebrate its re-opening after significant and long overdue renovations. more ›

Los Angeles-based Hollywood gossip site TMZ has always had an eye on the District, but after a trip here this week by producer Harvey Levin, it looks like TMZ D.C. is closer to becoming a reality. more ›

If you want a chance to replicate your best memories of long nights spent boozing at the Hawk 'n' Dove at home, you've got 15 minutes to mosey on over to the online auction and pick up your favorite piece of Stuart Long's legacy. Go, go, go! more ›

The short-term booze outlook along Pennsylvania Avenue SE keeps getting darker, at least in the short term: Hill Rag brings news that Capitol Hill institution Hawk 'n' Dove will close down this fall, bringing an end to Stuart Long's 44 years of ownership. more ›

The Tune Inn, the venerable pub which was forced to close after a fire broke out inside its kitchen on June 22, has no shortage of supporters. It's no surprise, then, to hear that a fundraiser for the bar's wait staff has materialized. more ›

National Journal's "Hill People" issue, which is all about the lives of congressional staffers, is out. While most of the survey's findings aren't too surprising -- sadly, Congressmembers mostly employ white, married men who are wealthy to boot -- one infographic caught our eye. more ›

Members of Capitol Hill Baptist Church, along with other Hill residents, are searching for Matt Hill, who went missing on Tuesday morning, May 24. more ›

Yes, there will be a cow milked on the Hill this morning. more ›

Reliable Source provides this gem of a story about oil magnate and occasional "environmentalist" T. Boone Pickens, who, after dining on Capitol Hill last night, was apparently was locked out of his car. By his wife's dog. more ›

As things stand, the federal government will run out of money on Friday night. Reports are that tonight is the drop dead point for Senate and House leaders to get something on paper to avert a federal shutdown. Obviously, such an event would have a sizable effect on the District of Columbia -- not only because the government is housed here, but also because so much of the city's financial processes are tied up with Congress. more ›

Perhaps you've walked by the stately building, on Pennsylvania Ave SE right near Eastern Market and wondered what it was. I know I have, often. You've probably also noticed that there has been a lot of work done on the building - a full restoration is in the works. Turns out the building is the Old Naval Hospital, and it houses a long history of medicine in our nation's capital. more ›

What exactly caused D.C. lobbyist and former Hill staffer Ashley Turton's BMW to catch fire in January, leading to her death? That was a question many had been asking, especially after the city's medical examiner ruled last month that acute alcohol intoxication played a role in Turton's death inside a rowhouse garage on the 800 block of A Street SE. Authorities are now confirming that a minor collision led to the blaze that killed Turton, and that the incident was accidental. more ›

About 25 D.C. voting rights advocates protested outside House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) Capitol Hill basement apartment early this morning, angrily decrying his "hypocrisy" for siding with the Tea Party while introducing measures that would prohibit the District from using local funds for abortion and needle-exchange programs. more ›

Well, CENSORED girl was nowhere to be found, but here it is, DCist's traditional Valentine's Day gift to the lot of you: people running around the Hill in nothing but their undies during the Cupid's Undie Run. Enjoy! more ›

Today on Capitol Hill, a number of D.C. voting rights activists protested a hearing on legislation that would ban the use of local D.C. taxpayer funds on abortions. The ban, which was lifted by Democrats in 2009, specifically applies to federal taxpayer funding of abortion, but also includes local D.C. funds because of the city's standing as something of a federal colony. more ›

According to numerous media sources, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is suing several companies involved in the day-to-day operation of the cafeteria inside the Longworth House Office Building for damages of $150,000. Kucinich claims that a "sandwich wrap" he purchased from the cafeteria in April 2008 was "unwholesome and unfit for human consumption" because it contained an unpitted olive, which Kucinich did not "visually detect prior to consumption" and caused "serious and permanent dental and oral injuries requiring multiple surgical and dental procedures" as well as "loss of enjoyment." more ›

The woman found dead inside a Capitol Hill rowhouse garage early this morning has now been identified as Ashley Turton, the wife of White House deputy director of legislative affairs Dan Turton. Roll Call reports that Turton, who had been working as a lobbyist for North Carolina utility conglomerate Progress Energy, was identified as the deceased earlier this morning. Turton had also previously served as an aide to Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) and as Rep. Rosa DeLauro's (D-CT) chief of staff. more ›

Pound Coffee, 621 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, is celebrating its impending opening by offering free coffee from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. today outside of its shop. Stop by on your way to Eastern Market or brunch in the Capitol Hill area. They won't be serving average joe either: kickapoo coffee won Roast Magazine’s 2010 Micro-Roaster of the Year. They will also have their in-house baked goods, like banana and pumpkin bread, for free. Pound will be opening in February 2011. more ›

Washington is no stranger to unique, strange and/or experimental neighborhood names: Swampoodle, Burleith, Foggy Bottom, Stronghold and Civic Betterment have always tickled my fancy for one reason or another. Point being: it's hardly surprising when somebody comes along with a suggestion to carve out a new neighborhood from one or several larger hoods and then brands it with a silly-sounding name. more ›

Last week, we reported that in the wake of the Republican Party's takeover of the House, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) would likely be elevated to the post of the District's official minder and overlord on the Hill. Chaffetz is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia after all, so his ascendancy to the chairmanship would make sense. But today, Talking Points Memo confirms an intriguing rumor that has been making the rounds -- Chaffetz may be put in charge of another subcommittee, leaving the lordship over the District to someone else. more ›

According to the TBD Commute twitter feed, the Capitol Police more ›

You'd think after a year of White House gatecrashers and Pentagon shooters, congressional staffers would have a healthy amount of respect for the security process at the U.S. Capitol. But you'd of course be wrong. Jordy Yager over at The Hill newspaper reports that Capitol Police officers are sick and tired of being bullied by entitled staffers who insist the rules don't apply to them.

Several officers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Hill that without a written directive of the policy, they’re left to face bullying staffers and intimidating lawmakers who have been known to file complaints against the officers. The staffers have accused them of discourteous treatment after being stopped and directed to the magnetometers. more ›

A 46-year-old delivery man was stabbed Saturday night in the eastern part of Capitol Hill, WJLA reports. The incident took place in the 200 block of 15th Street SE, several blocks from the Stadium-Armory Metro station. more ›

D.C. police obtained a warrant to search a house in the Capitol Hill neighborhood last May. They brought a battering ram with them, and started trying to break through the iron bars in the rear of the house. The only problem? The family of the suspect they were investigating hadn't lived there for about 18 months. The current owners of the home, Allyson and David Kitchel, told WJLA/ABC7 all about it.

Kitchel explained just days before the raid, a 19-year-old man was arrested on gun charges. more ›

WTOP was the first to take to Twitter with the news that the Capitol was put on lockdown following a report of a man carrying a gun on a bus heading down Independence Avenue. WTOP was also the first to report that the news was a false alarm and that the man on the bus was a Metropolitan Police Department officer. more ›