“This is the little we can do,” said one Capitol Hill resident.

On his final full day in office, he also encourages Americans to throw themselves into “the joyous work of citizenship… over the full span of a lifetime.”

It was taken from the Smithsonian Institution Archives and returned last week.

Animal rights group PETA has accused the National Zoo of using animals as props for a recent fundraising cocktail party, saying that it subjected a cheetah, penguin and wallaby to conditions that they are not used to.

A gun-rights group has sent letters to small Maryland towns asking that they change specific anti-gun ordinances.

In a letter to D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson yesterday, Police Chief Cathy Lanier argued that with more people moving into D.C. and the city becoming a hub of culture and cuisine, more police officers will be required to keep residents and visitors safe.

Christie’s is auctioning off a 1792 letter in which George Washington discussed the replacement of Pierre L’Enfant to finish the design and construction of the new capital city.

President Barack Obama won re-election yesterday, and he did so with the help of 91 percent of D.C.’s voters. Maybe now he can do something about D.C. voting rights, huh?

Former D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown said in a letter today that he was truly remorseful for having lied on personal bank loan applications.

Relocating the Corcoran Gallery of Art from its longtime home on 17th Street and New York Avenue NW would violate District law, according to a letter from a group trying to keep the museum where it is.