Washington, D.C.

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1. The capital of the United States. Located in the District of Columbia.

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Known for its historical monuments, museums, and buildings, including the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian Institution, the Vietnam Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the White House.

Location of the headquarters for the major branches of the government of the United States, including the departments of the executive branch, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

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And that set the biggest car market in the nation on a collision course, with Detroit, and with Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times

Times staff writers Ana Ceballos, in Washington, D.C., and Nabih Bulos, in Beirut, contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times

“There frankly aren’t enough American resources to go around for us to be having a day-to-day presence in the South Pacific,” said Wilson Beaver, a senior policy adviser at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is hope that Americans soon won’t have to deal with long lines at many airports around the country, as senators in Washington, D.C., are sounding upbeat about a funding plan that would end a long-running partial government shutdown and restart paychecks for Transportation Security Administration agents.

From MarketWatch

Cabinet members have traditionally lived in the wealthy enclaves of Washington, D.C., or Northern Virginia.

From Salon