The Architect of the Capitol identified the man as Matthew McClanahan, a pipefitter in the maintenance division of the U.S. Capitol Grounds

About 30 good samaritans lifted the tree off the car to free the driver.

The baby panda ventured outside for the first time last week.

National Geographic has set up livestream of a pair of bald eagles raising their recently hatched chicks in a tree on the grounds of the MPD Academy in Southeast D.C.

You probably didn’t miss this morning’s thunderclap. Well, neither did Cleveland Park residents, where lightning hit a tree and produced a noise loud enough to make them think it was an explosion.

A pro-life protester who climbed a tree and tried to shout down President Obama during Monday’s inaugural festivities has been banned from D.C.

The Chinese visual artist Cai Guo-Qiang “blew up” a tree outside the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery earlier today as part of the museum’s 25th anniversary.c

The lottery for tickets to the December 6 National Christmas Tree Lighting opens today at 10 a.m.

Get rid of that Christmas tree early! From January 3-14, you can leave it on the curb. After that, it’ll have to go out with the trash.

Today is All Saints Day, which, according to the laws of American consumerism, means it’s time for everyone to start thinking about Christmas. (I know, it’s pretty gross.)