The letter tested “weakly positive” for ricin, according to the email sent to an employee who works in the HRC building.

A pro-gun control advertisement paid for by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg aired only in the Washington television market during the Super Bowl last night.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is joining a chorus of other Democratic governors in seeking a tightening of his state’s gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting last month at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

With Maryland’s same-sex marriage law going into effect next January 1, wedding-related businesses are expecting a healthy boost.

A bit less than 18 months from now, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg will be a 71-year-old former big-city executive sitting on a $22 billion fortune. Reuters’ Jack Shafer says he should buy The Washington Post.

A former Coca-Cola executive told a roomful of advocates for healthier living that after 10 years with the beverage giant, he is trying to repay a “karmic debt” incurred by the unhealthy effects of soda consumption.