Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship into a beacon of democracy, Iraq’s Parliament, amid shouts of “Death to America!” voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country.

A little freedom goes a long way, especially when it comes to reducing poverty.

Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.”

A woman who was shot in the head in Northeast D.C. on Monday is in critical condition, police and fire officials say.

Animal rights organization PETA is offering a $5,000 reward to find the person responsible for mowing down and killing a flock of seagulls outside a shopping center in Laurel, Maryland, over the weekend.

Hundreds of parents, homeowners and students have submitted comments to Montgomery County Public Schools about the district’s controversial review of school boundaries. The assessment was ordered amid growing concern about overcrowding in some buildings and a push to diversify the county’s schools.   Montgomery County Public Schools has scheduled a Tuesday evening public meeting at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda to…

The death of a grandmother shot inside her home in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on New Year’s Day was the result of a dispute over a car, police said. Filomena Vasquez, 56, was shot and killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the home in the 7400 block of Varnum Street in an unincorporated portion of Hyattsville, police said. She suffered…