Veterans Day in Arlington

Tomorrow the nation will honor our military veterans, and Arlington will be the hub of the country's Veterans Day commemorations. Arlington National Cemetery will hold its annual National Veterans...

Key Bridge Traffic Heavy Due to Presidential Speech

Two of three northbound lanes are closed on the Key Bridge due to a presidential speech in Georgetown. The lane closures are causing traffic to back up in Rosslyn, before the...

Morning Notes

Obama to Visit Key Bridge -- President Obama will make an appearance on the D.C. side of the Key Bridge tomorrow to "highlight the need for infrastructure investments." The Key Bridge, the...

APS Students Trick-or-Treat at the White House

Over the weekend, 300 lucky Arlington elementary school students got a chance to trick-or-treat at an address that most kids could only dream of visiting some day: 1600 Pennsylvania...

President Obama Dines in Clarendon

(Updated at 10:20 p.m.) Clarendon buzzed even more than usual this evening, thanks to a presidential visit. President Obama dined at Liberty Tavern (3195 Wilson Blvd.) tonight with four...

Morning Notes

Happy Birthday, Mr. President -- Last night's Arlington County Democratic Committee meeting included a special birthday tribute to President Barack Obama, who turns 50 today. ACDC members sang a...

Route 110 to Close for Gates Retirement Ceremony

Route 110 will be closed near the Pentagon tomorrow morning due to an "Armed Forces Farewell Tribute" to retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates. President Obama will be among the dignitaries in...

Obama Motorcade Passes Through Arlington

President Obama's motorcade sped through Arlington this morning, en route to an appearance at Northern Virginia Community College's Alexandria campus. There, the president will announce a series...

Morning Notes

Last American WWI Vet Buried in Arlington -- Army Cpl. Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday. Earlier in the day,...

President Obama Visits Kenmore Middle School

(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) President Obama chose Kenmore Middle School as the venue for a major speech on education and the future of the No Child Left Behind program this morning. Speaking in the...

Morning Notes

Arlington's Highway Bottlenecks -- An annual report on traffic congestion is out and Arlington has claimed two of the three worst traffic bottlenecks in the region. Westbound I-66 in Arlington,...

Obama, Australian PM Visit Wakefield High School

(Updated at 1:15 p.m.) President Obama, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Wakefield High School today. Obama and Gillard "discussed...

Moran Facing Criticism For Remarks to Arab TV Channel

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) is once again facing scrutiny for something he said. Moran told Alhurra, U.S. government-sponsored Arab TV network, that Democrats suffered in the 2010 elections because...

President Obama Visits Long Branch Elementary School

(Originally published at 11:20 a.m.) President Obama made an unannounced visit to Long Branch Elementary School in Lyon Park this morning. During the visit, the president posed for photo ops...

Moran Blasts Federal Pay Freeze

Presiding over a congressional district with one of the highest concentrations of federal workers in the country, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) has consistently been an unabashed supporter of federal...