President Obama announced the end of years of hostilities between the U.S. and Cuba, and the agreement for the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana on Wednesday. Obama also told reporters and the nation that Secretary of State John Kerry will raise the flag above the U.S. embassy when it opens this summer. The […]
A 61-year-old postal worker from Florida, Doug Hughes, is in Capitol police custody after piloting his homemade gyro copter over the nation’s capitol and landing it on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol just after 1 pm on Wednesday. Hughes, who has been planning his flight over a period of months, flew into the restricted airspace, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Monday joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, philanthropist David Rubenstein, and Trust for the National Mall President Caroline Cunningham to re-open the Washington Monument nearly three years after an earthquake significantly damaged its marble and granite structure. “Thanks to the generosity and patriotism of David […]