The number of new claims for unemployment benefits​ jumped unexpectedly last week as heavy snows​ caused layoffs to rise.

Washington, D.C. residents and columnists have​ rushed to Mayor Adrian Fenty's defense after​ the MSNBC host slammed the city government for its​ re...

Not only is the blizzard estimated to cost​ taxpayers about $100 million in lost productivity​ every day the federal government is closed, but​ Maryland,...

In a town where everything takes on political​ freight, this week's historic snows have​ dumped a shovelful of mixed metaphors on the​ federal gover...

Lucky President Obama. As Washington hunkers down​ in its worst snowfall in decades, he gets to work​ at home. And having his office a flight of stairs​ ...

The Office of Personnel Management estimates that​ the shuttering of the federal government due to​ the snowstorms in Washington, D.C., is costing​ taxpa...

Too Dangerous to Plow, D.C., Area Governments Halt​ Snow Removal

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was​ caught on video Friday pushing his stranded car in​ the monster snowstorm pummeling the Mid-Atlantic

Congressional aides fled Capitol Hill Friday as​ the second major snow storm in less than two​ months arrived in Washington and the rest of the​ Mid-Atla...