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    August 17, 2017
    The U.S. Botanic Garden expects three corpse flowers to bloom this week. Photo by Adrian Higgins for The Washington Post.play button
    Something stinky is happening in Washington, and it has nothing to do with politics
    Let the stench frenzy begin. A year after the U.S. Botanic Garden produced a goliath-size titan arum, or corpse flower, the conservatory on the...
    NewsAugust 17, 2017 - 9:05am
    August 10, 2017
    The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
    Russian surveillance plane soars over Washington D.C. as part of international treaty
    WASHINGTON - A Russian surveillance plane soared through secure airspace over Washington on Wednesday, presumably collecting intelligence as...
    NewsAugust 10, 2017 - 6:59am
    July 26, 2017
    A screen grab of the doughy mess from Trooper Brooke Bova's Twitter feed.
    Dough-in' in the wind: Hot truck makes yeasty mess on Washington highway
    Mile after mile, drivers on the freeway in Tacoma, Washington, noticed the sticky, beige substance oozing out of the large truck. To some, it...
    NewsJuly 26, 2017 - 11:08am
    July 18, 2017
    A display of Faribault-made products at the White House from the Faribault Woolen Mill on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Faribault Woolen Mill)
    Faribault Woolen Mill represents Minnesota manufacturers at White House showcase
    WASHINGTON — Before 10 a.m. Friday, July 14, Faribault Woolen Mill Chairman Paul Mooty never thought he'd receive a call from the White...
    NewsJuly 18, 2017 - 7:21pm
    June 27, 2017
    WOTUS withdrawal proposed, farm groups happy
    News/nationJune 27, 2017 - 9:42pm
    June 19, 2017
    Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleaned and refilled after duckling deaths
    WASHINGTON - The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool along the National Mall has been refilled after a deep cleaning, officials said.
    NewsJune 19, 2017 - 3:06pm
    June 15, 2017
    Visitors walk by an United States Capitol police officer outside the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on June 15, 2017 in Washington. Photo by Matt McClain-The Washington Post
    Following shootout in Virginia, members of Congress push for greater security
    WASHINGTON - A violent shootout on a Virginia baseball field that wounded House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and several others exposed simmering...
    NewsJune 15, 2017 - 12:49pm
    May 14, 2017
    Members of the WDAY Honor Flight tour the Iwo Jima Memorial on Sunday, May 14, 2017, in Washington D.C. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    22 family members greet Pelican Rapids World War II veteran after Honor Flight arrives in D.C.
    ­­WASHINGTON --- When World War II Army veteran Merle Grossman boarded the Honor Flight plane out of Fargo on Sunday, May 14, he wondered...
    NewsMay 14, 2017 - 8:41pm
    May 11, 2017
    U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan exits a hunting stand manufactured by Rotomolding of Little Falls during a visit to their facility May 11. Zach Kayser/Forum News Serviceplay button
    Nolan: Russia scandal worse than Watergate and GOP health care bill worse than it appears
    BRAINERD, Minn.—U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., talked about the firing of FBI director James Comey as well as the Obamacare repeal bill...
    NewsMay 11, 2017 - 9:23pm
    May 9, 2017
    The Purex (Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant) separations facility at the Hanford Works is seen in an undated aerial photo. The building has been vacant for nearly twenty years but remains highly contaminated, according to the Department of Energy. DOE/Handout via REUTERS
    Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released
    SEATTLE - A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, but there...
    NewsMay 9, 2017 - 12:26pm
    April 30, 2017
    Rick Mercil of Grand Forks mans a drift boat during a recent steelhead fishing trip to the Pacific Northwest. Special to Forum News Service
    Fishing trip delivers steelhead serenity
    FORKS, Wash.—A few years ago, I wrote a story for a Northland Outdoors section about a trip to Alaska's Kodiak Island, where I was in search...
    sportsApril 30, 2017 - 8:11am
    March 18, 2017
    Security fencing is seen at the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
    Another person tries to jump White House fence
    WASHINGTON - A person jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House on Saturday while President Trump was in Florida,...
    NewsMarch 18, 2017 - 1:10pm
    March 12, 2017
    U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson's winning entry, the "Right to Bear Arms Hotdish," included actual bear meat. It was one of 10 entries in this year's Hotdish Competition hosted by Sen. Al Franken. Special to Forum News Service
    Peterson's staff cooks up a winner in senator's hotdish competition
    WASHINGTON—He may not have come up with the recipe himself, but U.S. Congressman Collin Peterson now has the right to brag that his staff...
    NewsMarch 12, 2017 - 10:30am
    March 7, 2017
    Flags from the dozens of tribes that have offered support to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe line the main entrance to an encampment in Cannon Ball, N.D., in this file photo. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Native nations plan march on Washington this week
    WASHINGTON — Tribal nations are joining the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in a march on Washington, D.C., this week, calling attention to indigenous...
    NewsMarch 7, 2017 - 5:58pm
    February 24, 2017
    Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), a candidate for Democratic National Committee Chairman, speaks to a supporter after a Democratic National Committee forum in Baltimore, Md., February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
    Today, Keith Ellison may become DNC leader
    WASHINGTON — Days after the nation elected Donald Trump president, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison launched a campaign to run the Democratic National...
    NewsFebruary 24, 2017 - 9:52pm
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