Trump's memorial arch faces new lawsuit from Arlington County, Virginia

NBC DC (Local) 10/9 1:42A Gary Fields | The Associated Pre

The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday opposing the construction of the Triumphal Arch, becoming the first governmental body to take legal action against President Donald...

Replica Oval Office near White House gets Trump makeover with gold flourishes

NBC DC (Local) 10/5 9:06A Will Weissert | The Associated P

It’s glitzier. And there’s way more gold. The People’s House museum exhibit has overhauled its replica Oval Office for visitors to experience President Donald Trump s second-term design choices....

Amazon to pay residents of 2 DC ZIP codes $7.25M over ‘delivery exclusions'

NBC DC (Local) 10/1 6:55A Ted Oberg and Andrea Swalec

Amazon will refund residents of two D.C. ZIP codes in Ward 7 and Ward 8 $7.25 million after the District’s attorney general says the company secretly excluded Amazon Prime customers from the expedited...

Veterans, lawmakers protest Trump's triumphal arch in Memorial Circle

NBC DC (Local) 10/1 6:24A Megan McGrath

President Donald Trump s proposed Triumphal Arch has been a source of controversy and lawsuits since he announced his desire to build it on Memorial Circle. Now the arch is the source of another...

The Weekend Scene: Glow Block Party, Oktoberfests & more, Oct. 2-4

NBC DC (Local) 10/1 5:33A Tommy McFly, Haleigh Hoffman, Ca

Subscribe to The Weekend Scene newsletter to get our picks delivered straight to your inbox — every Wednesday Fall festivals are BACK, and spooky season is right around the (terrifying) corner. Fall...

3 dead in I-395 stolen vehicle crash believed to involve young people

NBC DC (Local) 9/28 5:51A Maggie More

Three people died and a fourth is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after an overnight crash on I-395 in Arlington, police say. All four are believed to be young people who were in a...

Four people shot at Arlington house party

NBC DC (Local) 9/26 2:18A Lori Rampani

Four people were injured after a shooting at a house party in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday morning, Arlington County police said. Officers were dispatched to a neighborhood of townhomes at the 1600 block of 10th Street S, near Washington...

Fairfax County School Board bans all Flock-style cameras on school property

NBC DC (Local) 9/25 8:59A Maggie More and Drew Wilder

The Fairfax County School Board voted Thursday night to ban Flock-style license plate cameras on school property. During the board s regular meeting, Vice Chairman and at-large board member Kyle...

9/11 motivated many Americans to serve. 25 years later, what did it cost them?

NBC DC (Local) 9/11 9:15A Ted Oberg, Rick Yarborough, Stev

“When the second plane hit, that’s when I knew that the world had changed,” said Johnny Jones, a former restaurant worker who joined the Transportation Security Administration shortly after 9/11 . The...

2 dead, charges pending in fiery I-81 tractor-trailer crash

NBC DC (Local) 9/11 8:46A Jessica Albert

Two people died after a tractor-trailer and a truck collided into each other Thursday night on I-81 in Frederick County, according to Virginia State Police. At about 8 p.m., the driver of a car was...

American flag unfurled at Pentagon as DC marks 25 years since 9/11

NBC DC (Local) 9/11 8:00A NBC Washington Staff

This year marks 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and leaders will gather at the Pentagon to remember the tragedy that Washingtonians grieved and still remember vividly. Nearly...

Looking back at 9/11: How Washington grieved and how we remember

NBC DC (Local) 9/11 2:43A NBC Washington Staff, The Associ

Stories of sacrifice and grief engulfed a nation in the wake of Sept. 11, and the impact is still felt close to home. A quarter-century later, there are entire generations who were not alive yet. For...

Retired FBI special agent, 9/11 first responder shares memories from Pentagon

NBC DC (Local) 9/9 1:36P Mark Segraves

The FBI special agent who oversaw the investigation at the Pentagon in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks visited the memorial there for the first time Wednesday morning. “It certainly...

Trump honors 9/11 victims at the Ellipse, pledging to ‘never forget'

NBC DC (Local) 9/8 10:15A Seung Min Kim | The Associated P

Nearly a quarter century after a day “etched forever into the memories of Americans,” President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to “never forget.”...

Excavation work on Trump's arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says

NBC DC (Local) 9/3 9:35P Jesse Bedayn | The Associated Pr

The Trump administration said Thursday that excavation work will start over the next two weeks on the site where it plans to build a towering, gilded arch, a project that is facing a lawsuit and that critics say will disrupt historic sightlines...