Read more Washington DC stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1158/washington-dc.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73861/dc-catholic-church-in-gay-rights-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has told the District of Columbia it will tear up its social service contracts to help the city's needy if it passes a proposed same-sex marriage bill next month. The bill wouldn't require the church to perform or provide space for gay marriages, but would...http://www.newser.com/story/73861/dc-catholic-church-in-gay-rights-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 3:04:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin has accepted an invitation to speak at the Gridiron Club's winter dinner. She'll address the high-profile journalists' group at its Dec. 5 gathering; Rep. Barney Frank is the Democratic speaker. Though Palin is making a series of appearances to promote her book, Going Rogue, the Gridiron dinner is...http://www.newser.com/story/73520/palin-will-headline-gridiron-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA stuffy DC city council hearing might not be most people’s idea of a romantic place to get engaged, but maybe the chance to be a YouTube celebrity made it all worth it for Andy Hertzberg and Andy Rollman. That, or they were hoping to drum up sympathy for the...http://www.newser.com/story/73451/man-pops-question-during-gay-marriage-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73418/bachmann-health-care-rally-draws-thousands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of health care reform protesters gathered in Washington today as part of Michele Bachmann’s “Super Bowl of Freedom.” Participants wielding signs like “Waterboard Congress” and chanting "kill the bill" congregated outside the Capitol to hear Bachmann, other GOP lawmakers, and even Jon Voight assail the reform legislation as too...http://www.newser.com/story/73418/bachmann-health-care-rally-draws-thousands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71795/rahm-leads-list-of-dc-power-hitters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScratch the names Obama and Biden from the list and it's Rahm Emanuel who carries the most clout in a city packed with power-brokers, according to a GQ poll of Washington insiders. The "ruthlessly pragmatic" White House chief of staff is a lot more than just a gatekeeper to the...http://www.newser.com/story/71795/rahm-leads-list-of-dc-power-hitters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 3:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71093/dc-council-introduces-gay-marriage-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of the City Council in Washington, DC, introduced a measure today to allow gay marriage, and even opponents acknowledged it seems almost unstoppable. Assuming it goes through, DC—which already recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere—will join the ranks of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, and, starting next year, New...http://www.newser.com/story/71093/dc-council-introduces-gay-marriage-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69999/who-leaked-to-woodward-good-luck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe question du jour in Washington is who leaked Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report advocating an increased troop presence in Afghanistan to Bob Woodward, Ben Smith writes on Politico. But the outcome of this tried and true “capital parlor game” is far from certain. Some Beltway insiders think the leak is...http://www.newser.com/story/69999/who-leaked-to-woodward-good-luck.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 11:50:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69553/execution-set-for-dc-sniper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that rocked the Southeast in 2002, will be executed on Nov. 10, the AP reports. The attorney general’s office had requested a Nov. 9 execution, but a Virginia judge chose to set it a day later so that it would fall...http://www.newser.com/story/69553/execution-set-for-dc-sniper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 10:50:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68458/museum-shooter-i-swore-to-defend-my-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames von Brunn planned to die himself when he opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in June, an assault he planned well in advance to spread the word that the Holocaust was a hoax, prosecutors say. Von Brunn, 89, appeared in court for the first time today to answer charges...http://www.newser.com/story/68458/museum-shooter-i-swore-to-defend-my-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 17:01:13 CDT