Beyonce's new nickname in FOIA'd inauguration docs: ‘(B)(6)’

Beyonce's new nickname in FOIA'd inauguration docs: ‘(B)(6)’

You know her as Beyonce, BK or simply Queen Bey, but it seems the feds have their own special name for her, according to just-released documents from her inauguration lip-sync controversy.

George Mason rolls out a new vision

George Mason rolls out a new vision

GMU President Cabrera says the school aims to become not the best in the world, but the best for the world.

Venezuela swears in new president

Venezuela swears in new president

Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration comes a day after electoral council says an audit of disputed vote can proceed.

6 pics in p-Op culture

6 pics in p-Op culture

Beyonce, immigration, Cookie Monster, guns, Vladimir Putin, Cuba, Rand Paul, Jay-Z and the Naked Cowboy. They all made their way into the national discourse this week. But how?

Kenya celebrates new president

Kenya celebrates new president

Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenya’s founding president, ascended to the country’s top office Tuesday.

A hunger strike for justice

A hunger strike for justice

Get serious about closing Guantanamo.

The end of the Obama honeymoon?

The end of the Obama honeymoon?

The national conversation has taken a negative turn for President Obama of late.

Catholic Church inaugurates Pope Francis in huge, open-air Mass

Catholic Church inaugurates Pope Francis in huge, open-air Mass

More than 150,000 gather in St. Peter’s Square to watch the new pope take the cloak, ring and staff.

Look for Comet Panstarrs in March — but look hard

This will peek above the western horizon any day from March 6-8 but is best spotted mid-month.

Protester is free to roam

Protester is free to roam

Rives Miller Grogan, who protested the recent presidential inauguration from a tree, is now free to roam the greater portion of the District of Columbia without fear of incarceration.

On homosexuality, many Christians get the Bible wrong

Christians don’t need to bind themselves to the way homosexuality was understood 2,000 years ago.

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Michelle Obama to attend inauguration performer's funeral

Michelle Obama to attend inauguration performer's funeral

First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the funeral of a Chicago girl who was shot and killed just one week after performing at an event celebrating President Obama's second inauguration.

Obama’s second political honeymoon — how long will it last?

Obama’s second political honeymoon — how long will it last?

The question is not whether Obama is in the midst of a second honeymoon (he is) but rather how long it will last -- and what the president can get done between now and when the good times (for him, at least) stop rolling.

Making black history for gay rights

No other community of people has worked for change, especially related to civil rights, than African Americans.

On the killing of a star student in Chicago

On the killing of a star student in Chicago

Here is a moving statement from Chicago Teachers Union President Karen GJ Lewis, t on the shooting death of King College Prep student Hadiya Pendleton, a star student who was gunned down a little more than a week after she participated in President Obama's inauguration as part of her school's band.

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Beyonce admits to inauguration lip-syncing

Beyonce admits to inauguration lip-syncing

Beyonce admits to inauguration lip-syncing