Darryl Fears

Those with a fear of insects dread the coming swarm known as Brood II.

John Christoffersen

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage.

Philip Rucker and Peter Wallsten

Controversies over the IRS and AP show a sometimes-bold, sometimes-timid approach to executive clout.

Allen G. Breed, Michael Biesecker and Martha Waggoner

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated.

Phil Galewitz

A delay in issuing federal rules for the increase means that only a handful of states have implemented it.

Michelle Boorstein

Although she's known around the world, the Buddhist meditation teacher has a special D.C. niche.

Michelle Boorstein

Although she’s known around the world, the Buddhist meditation teacher has a special D.C. niche.

Roundup of news from across the nation.

Jenna Johnson

Reveley, the third generation in his family to lead a Virginia university, has a lot of constituencies to please.

Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz

When lawmakers cross the NRA, they can expect to face negative ads and aggressive campaigns.

Neil Irwin

The Fed chairman argues that you've got to admit it's getting better, it's getting better everyday.

Sheila Weller

You can trash life-saving, medically necessary surgery, yet can't express worry, much less doubt or judgment, about "top surgery" -- or the direr "bottom surgery" for even the youngest male to female transgenders without being called hideously reactionary and cruel. Actually, I'm already ducking.

Valerie Strauss

Karen Lewis wins a new three-year term overwhelmingly.

Mike Konczal

Sheila bair, the hard-charging former chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, walks us through Dodd-Frank.

Dan Balz

The president said he would make government smarter, but current controversies say otherwise.

Dylan Matthews

The CBO finds Obama's budget would reduce the deficit by $1.1 trillion over ten years. But how does it do that?

Aaron Blake

We don't know for sure yet, but it's quite possible that nobody will ever be convicted of breaking the law in the IRS scandal.