A day after a U.S. Park Police raid on the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square, inspections and clean-up continued into Sunday morning. more ›

On a day in which U.S. Park Police methodically inspected the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square for violations of no-camping rules, tension could often be felt between police and protesters. But for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the day evolved better than could have been expected. more ›

At some point in the near future, you'll be able to find a Capitol Bikeshare station on the National Mall and ride wherever you please. But if you pay someone to take you in a pedicab, well, that's more complicated. more ›

If the U.S. Park Police wants to get rid of Occupy D.C. campers, it will have to tell them ahead of time. more ›

Not seemingly content with just living in tents over the last two months, Occupy D.C. protesters erected a wooden barn-like structure in McPherson Square early Sunday morning, provoking a nine-hour standoff with U.S. Park Police that ended in the arrest of 31 people. more ›

UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): The AP reports now that the accused is a man, but that the U.S. Attorney’s office is not planning on filing charges against him at this time. 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 ›

What have all the additional police, sanitation and traffic enforcement officers used in connection with Occupy DC cost the District? Almost $1 million, so far. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House last Friday, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the President. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House and was subsequently arrested at a Pennsylvania hotel yesterday, has told authorities that he "hates the president, he hates Washington, he hates society." more ›

Authorities have reportedly taken the man who hit the White House with a gunshot last Friday into custody. more ›

As the search for Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- the man suspected of firing a gun in the proximity of the White House and striking a window on the presidential residence -- continues, federal officials have announced that a task force has been established to bring him into custody. more ›

First, a buck got his antlers caught in a fence in Mount Pleasant this morning. Then, another buck actually fell into the Tidal Basin and had to be rescued by the U.S. Park Police. What's next? more ›

No one is really quite sure what's going to happen this afternoon when the permit for the October 2011/Stop the Machine protest that's spawned a tent city inside Freedom Plaza expires, but if some protesters are to be believed, many will be heading back up to McPherson Square to join up with Occupy DC. more ›

Last November, James Patock, seen at right, was arrested after the Park Police searched of his vehicle, parked on the Mall. Now, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Patock is seeking retractions, "return of property," and $20 million in damages. more ›

Local cycling blog TheWashCycle reported yesterday that at least one person had been told that they wouldn't be able to walk a bicycle under the steely gaze of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. more ›

FC Barcelona plays the best football on the face of the planet. And given their deep focus on the beautiful game, we can forgive Xavi and company from not keeping up with the recent spats involving the Park Police in the District. The Park Police, of course, was happy to bring them up to speed. more ›

When two journalists were arrested at a D.C. Taxicab Commission hearing yesterday, many residents, officials and open government advocates were quick to express disgust and question how exactly such heavy-handed actions could take place at a meeting that was otherwise open to the press and public. The questions were even more pressing because it was just two months ago that a strengthened open meetings law went into effect in the District. more ›

If there's any place that probably needs as much sunshine as it can get, it's the D.C. Taxicab Commission. But during a hearing today, two journalists were ejected, handcuffed and detained for a number of hours for doing little more than reporting on the proceedings. more ›

The United States Park Police are asking for public assistance in determining the whereabouts of a man who went missing at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday afternoon. more ›

Eleanor Holmes Norton, in her time as D.C. Delegate, has always been one of the National Mall's most strident supporters. So it's hardly surprising that Norton wants to use the recent dancing demonstrations at the Jefferson Memorial as a leaping point to promote public use of the grounds. more ›

It might not be quite as dramatic, image-wise, as the last time the lights went out on along the National Mall, but a power disruption near the Lincoln Memorial is causing some real headaches for commuters this morning. more ›

Earlier this month, we reported on a dustup between food trucks and U.S. Park Police officers in Farragut Square which resulted in several vendors around the park being temporarily shut down and threatened with arrest until the Metropolitan Police Department got involved. Well, it sounds like the Park Police was at it again yesterday, hassling the District of Pi pizza truck as it served around noon outside the Square. more ›

According to sources, a group of food truck vendors around Farragut Square were temporarily shut down and threatened with arrest by U.S. Park Police before a Metropolitan Police Department officer intervened this afternoon. more ›

A Park Police officer riding a motorcycle was reportedly involved in a collision on the eastbound side of the Southwest Freeway this morning. The officer was helicoptered away from the scene of the incident, located near 7th Street SW -- ARLnow reports that police shut down the northbound lanes of the 14th Street Bridge in order to create for an impromptu Medivac landing space. (UPDATE: The 14th Street Bridge has reopened.) Traffic is understandably stalled on the Freeway as police investigate the incident. more ›

James Patock, a 66-year-old from Arizona, was arrested on Wednesday after a search of his vehicle, parked on Jefferson Drive, yielded four guns. A U.S. Park Police officer initially saw something suspicious about a camper Patock had parked in front of the Air and Space Museum, which led to a temporary closure of the Mall and surrounding streets, as well as at least one evacuation of a nearby museum. Charging documents reveal that the officer's suspicions were piqued when he noticed propane tanks hooked up to four car batteries and a generator on the rear of Patock's camper. Patock also had parked in a handicapped space, which raised eyebrows. more ›

The Post reports this morning that the shooting of 24-year-old Trey Joyner -- an incredibly messy incident, which saw hundreds of residents pour on to the streets of Trinidad in protest and the placement of six Park Police officers on administrative leave -- isn't much closer to being hashed out, although community activists are certainly leaving their mark. Joyner was shot to death by Park Police on June 8, after officers had received a tip that there was a man with a gun in the area -- though how the Police got from the tip to discharging a weapon is still very much in contention. With yesterday's ruling that Trinidad's checkpoints violated resident's constitutional rights, this story will most certainly become much more visible as details about what actually happened are revealed. more ›

The United States Park Police, DDOT and MPD have released the following road closure advisories for Saturday's Veterans Day Parade. All closures should be re-opened by 5 p.m. Saturday. more ›

>> Still unable to identify the oily substance that was found on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial earlier this month, the U.S. Park Police today said that it was in fact vandalism that put it there. Clean-up is expected to be slow in an effort to avoid permanent damage to the memorial. [WaPo] >> Senate Minority Leader McConnell: "My opposition to this bill rests instead on a single all-important fact: it is clearly and unambiguously... more ›

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