Topic: U.S. Capitol

Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day: Celebrate spring with free ice cream (+video)

Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day means free ice cream for every customer, just in time for warmer weather. Ben & Jerry's also teams up with local charities to raise money and awareness on Free Cone Day. 

Inauguration 2013: 10 highlights from previous second-term addresses

Barack Obama will be the 17th American president to deliver two inaugural addresses. Here are 10 highlights from such speeches by previous two-term presidents, including the shortest one ever.

Obama's State of the Union speech to be Feb. 12, as more 'fiscal cliffs' loom

House Speaker John Boehner issued the formal invitation to President Obama on Friday for the State of the Union address, expressing a hope for cooperation in the new year.

Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media

When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.

In Gear Washington goes green? Three senators who drive plug-in cars.

Plug-in cars are now DC approved – President Obama recently signed a bill allowing the installation of electric car-charging stations in US Capitol parking garages. Will this prompt more lawmakers to go electric?

Model plane plot: Physics grad intent on attacking US 'snake' to plead guilty (+video)

The Massachusetts resident, who planned to use explosive-laden model planes to attack the US Capitol and Pentagon, told undercover FBI agents he hoped to 'severely disrupt … the head and heart of the snake.'

Mass. man to plead in remote-controlled plane Pentagon bomb plot

Rezwan Ferdaus, a Muslim-American from Ashland with a physics degree from Boston's Northeastern University, was arrested in September after federal employees posing as al-Qaida members delivered weapons he had allegedly requested.

Moroccan pleads guilty to suicide bomb plot on US Capitol

Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco, admitted Friday to planning a suicide-bomb mission aimed at the US Capitol Building. He believed the operation was sponsored by Al Qaeda, but the FBI was linked in all along.

Free Cone Day: Get a free scoop at Ben and Jerry's

Free Cone Day is today, April 3, from 12 to 8 p.m. at Ben and Jerry's locations. Free Cone Day is to celebrate the ice cream maker's 34th birthday.

Change Agent She helps save a memory in stone of a 200-year-old forgotten US war

Betty Oderwald has led an effort to restore the Powder House, one of Connecticut's few buildings connected to the War of 1812, now celebrating its bicentennial.

US Capitol suicide bomb plot foiled: How to catch a 'lone wolf'

The arrest of Amine El Khalifi, a Moroccan man suspected of plotting to blow himself up inside the US Capitol, shows how law enforcement has fine-tuned techniques to stop lone wolf terrorists.

Foiled suicide bombing of US Capitol: plot is both familiar and strange

Since 9/11, a series of would-be attackers – many of them 'lone wolves' – have been thwarted by undercover agents posing as collaborators. But an attempted suicide bombing is unusual.

Model plane bomb plot tests US antiterrorism strategy at home

Rezwan Ferdaus, a US citizen and would-be jihadist, is indicted Thursday in connection with a model plane bomb plot to attack the Pentagon and the Capitol. His arrest is the latest example of what authorities warn is home-grown violent extremism.
09/29/2011 05:37 pm

In Pictures Fourth of July traditions

Editorial Board Blog Federal spending on homeland security: Too much, just right, or not enough?

07/19/2010 09:25 pm

Unlike 9/11, partisanship has worsened after Christmas attack

Wounded by their losses on healthcare, Republicans have gone on the offensive after the Christmas attack, amplifying partisanship by criticizing President Obama's national-security credentials.
12/30/2009 08:08 pm

The Vote To help combat recession, US Mint releases four new pennies

02/12/2009 12:00 am

Global News Blog Iceland's leaders fall (on yogurt?) and its government spoils

01/25/2009 12:00 am

The Vote Palin: Obama "palling around with terrorists"

10/05/2008 01:00 am

In US, historical revision challenges memorials to South's heroes

Recent moves seek to modify statues and plaques to reflect racist past.
01/29/2008 12:00 am