President Donald Trump’s plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled Friday, include a towering winged figure ...

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The famous giant pandas at D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo will be getting new neighbors: endangered Arabian leopards.

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The National Capital Planning Commission will discuss the Commanders Stadium plans and the White House ballroom construction ...

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Spring has sprung and love is in the air at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C., where its two giant pandas — Bao Li and Qing Bao — are flirting, a sign that zookeepers said means the two bears ...