WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than a half-billion dollars in homebuyer tax credits to people who probably didn’t qualify, a government investigator said Friday. Most of the money — about $326 million — went to ...

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Taxpayers get an extra three days to file their federal tax returns this year, and they can thank the nation’s capital for the extra time. The filing deadline is delayed until midnight Monday because the District of Columbia will observe ...

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WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, trying to raise millions of dollars from the habits of online poker buffs and acting ahead of traditional gambling meccas like New Jersey and ...

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WASHINGTON — Jose Andres is moving from small plates to big ideas. The Washington chef best known for popularizing tapas — the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared dishes — has been not so quietly refocusing, keeping one eye ...

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WASHINGTON — Even before the government potentially shuts down, hotels in Washington are feeling the pain. Elliott Ferguson, CEO of the tourism bureau Destination DC, says any hotel contracts associated with government business are being canceled. That includes federal workers ...

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NEWARK, N.J. — A former Washington, D.C., lawyer and a stock trader were arrested Wednesday and charged with running an insider trading scheme straight out of the movie “Wall Street” that brought in so much money the suspects spoke at ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland, 23 other states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak are vying for $2.4 billion in federal aid that became available when Florida’s governor canceled a high-speed rail project in his state, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday. ...

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Brackets, shmackets — Give me a good half-court shot with five figures on the line any day. From Georgetown Law comes this video of student Aladdin Jaloudi sinking it during Home Court 24, the annual fundraiser that pits Georgetown law ...

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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received an $8 million gift to create an education center and says it will expand its reach to more U.S. classrooms. The museum said Wednesday that it will create the 2,300-square-foot facility ...

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WASHINGTON — The flowering trees that symbolize friendship between the United States and Japan are blooming for the 99th time in Washington in the wake of one of the world’s worst natural disasters. Before the two-week National Cherry Blossom Festival ...

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