Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)

Hot, humid air and lots of sunshine will set us up for more showers and thunderstorms late today. Forecasters out at the NWS Sterling forecast office there's a 30 percent chance of storms this afternoon, rising to 50 percent tonight.......

HGTV’s fourth season of Design Star premiered July 19, and of the 11 designers featured, only one was from the East Coast. Tashica Morgan, a 29-year-old from Bowie, Md., entered the show on a whim, after the prodding of her......

by Mark Silva When all the pushing and shoving over healthcare is finished, when a bill of some kind is enacted - and count on the Democrats to pass a bill of some kind, with or without Republican support -......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama today called a newly enacted GI Bill offering college tuition assistance for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "an investment in our own country.'' The new bill, the most comprehensive education benefit........

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by Mark Silva It's a rite of passage for politicians in Washington: Making fun of oneself. And sometimes politicians do it on purpose - particularly when it's a matter of performing for the Gridiron Club. That's what Sarah Palin, the......

by Christi Parsons and Mark Silva President Barack Obama promised swift delivery of rescue assistance and humanitarian aid to the island nation of Haiti this morning in the wake of a devastating earthquake that has left hundreds dead and many......

by Mark Silva With hundreds of American firefighters involved in a fervent search and rescue effort in Haiti working against the clock, the U.S. government was flying medical teams, food and water into the earthquake-stricken nation for a relief effort......

I finally caught up with one of the owners of Tangier's Bistro Bar and Martini Lounge, which opened Wednesday in Canton, in the spot where Meridian 54 used to be. Alain Suissa, who worked for Washington's Ritz-Carlton for many years......

John-John Williams IV hit Artscape at his lunch hour and sampled some of the newer food options, including that fish-dog. Here's his take:Funnel cake, pad Thai, kabobs, frozen tropical-themed drinks and lemonade.Let’s face it. Food at festivals...

by Michael Muskal Part of the ceremony surrounding any presidential speech to Congress is who gets to be singled out and who gets invited to sit with the first family. First Lady Michelle Obama is bringing quite a crowd. This......

by Michael Muskal and Noam N. Levey The Congressional Budget Office today estimated the cost of the proposed healthcare overhaul at $940 billion over 10 years, a scoring that clears the way for a House vote as soon as Sunday.......