The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics today gave the OK to two recall petitions, one targeted at Mayor Vince Gray and the other at D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown. more ›

For anyone just waiting to sign those petitions to get a recall of Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown on the ballot, you'll have to wait two more weeks to do so. more ›

Recalling an elected official in the District, especially one elected citywide, takes organization and money. The money might be coming for an effort top recall Mayor Vince Gray -- and from a man that supported him in the 2010 mayoral race. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown have responded to recall petitions that will begin circulating this week. more ›

As we reported earlier today, the paperwork seeking a recall of Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown was filed this morning. Below you can see the paperwork for yourself, including the reasons for the recall, located on the last page of each filing. more ›

In the wake of Harry Thomas, Jr.'s resignation from the D.C. Council, paperwork was filed this morning seeking the recall of Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown. more ›

Given how badly 2011 went, Mayor Vince Gray better believe in symbolic new beginnings. But no number of attempts to reset his administration can mollify his most fervent opponents, who will seek to recall him from office this year. more ›

You know that saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"? That seems to have been lost on one local group trying to recall Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) from office next year. more ›

With multiple scandals affecting the city's elected officials, everyone from Mayor Vince Gray to Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) have started hearing one of the two dreaded r-words in local politics -- resign or recall. more ›

In case you missed it over the weekend, Whole Foods Market announced a ground beef recall that affects D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The beef has been recalled due to concerns about E. coli contamination. If you have ground beef in your freezer from Whole Foods that was purchased between June 2 and Aug. 6, you should chuck it and bring a receipt or just the packaging to a store for a refund. more ›

MONDAY: Peter Behrens will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, The Law of Dreams. Maybe Behrens can analyze our reoccurring dream where we keep getting lost while driving down some featureless freeway. Wait ... His book is about a young man roaming the Irish countryside in 1847? Good thing we read that before we asked about the part where we're naked. 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY: The one and only Dave Eggers will... more ›

'Tis two days before Christmas, when all through D.C., not a creature is stirring, except maybe Marion Barry. And who knows what he's stirring anyway? Whatever it is, it's probably not Splenda or non-dairy creamer. By the way, did you know that Marion Barry's middle name is Shepilov? I read that Marion's father Julian named his son after Dmitri Shepilov, the Soviet foreign minister under Khrushchev. But unless Julian Barry knew Shepilov personally, that can't... more ›

The Post has long pushed its online boundaries, putting more stock in their website than most of their competitors and launching blogs for pretty much everything. Now they're taking the next step -- they're allowing comments on articles. more ›

D.C. Auditor Releases Report Critical of Mayor: In a 17-page report detailing three instances in which no-bid contracts were awarded to consultants for different city projects, D.C. Auditor Deborah K. Nichols chastised City Administrator Robert Bobb, at right, and D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams for "management behaviors that did not conform to the high ethical and professional standards expected of government officials and employees in the performance of their official duties." more ›