Jan 21 Taking the Oath: Officers Vow to Keep Inauguration Safe By Extra DA Officers from across the country take an oath to protect those coming for the Inauguration. Continue reading
Jan 21 Art of Compromise: First MLK Holiday Was Result of 15-Year Effort EmbedVideo(5508, 482, 304); In this video from the NewsHour archives, Ronald Reagan's signs into law a bill granting a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Watch Congressional veterans Bob Dole and the late Ted Kennedy --… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Changing Expectations for Inauguration 2013 Changing Expectations for Inauguration 2013… Continue watching
Jan 21 Politics and Poses: Yoga Ball 2013 By Extra DA The D.C. yoga community will host its first inauguration ball on January 20, 2013. Continue reading
Jan 21 Obama Looks to Bridge Political Divide With Second Inaugural By Christina Bellantoni President Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday. Pool Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Reuters. Nearly one day into the official start of his second term, President Obama Monday will stand again before the nation to… Continue reading
Jan 20 Club of 16: If You Thought Getting Elected the First Time Was Hard... By Meena Ganesan When he retakes the oath of office Monday, President Barack Obama will join an exclusive club. Obama becomes the 16th of the nation's 44 presidents who've been re-elected to serve as commander-in-chief for two consecutive terms. Continue reading
Jan 20 Ben's Chili Bowl: Half-Smokes, Whole Moments By Extra DA Hungry visitors wait patiently to eat at Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington D.C.'s historic landmark for half-smokes and chili. Legends like Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby and President Obama have all frequented Bens. Continue reading
Jan 20 Voices from the National Mall By Extra DA Photographer Patrick Record documents voices of people gathering in Washington days before the inauguration. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Retreats, Te'O and Armstrong Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Retreats, Te'O and Armstrong… Continue watching
Jan 18 Shields and Brooks on Political Retreats, Manti Te'o and Lance Armstrong By Hari Sreenivasan The politics of sport and the sport of politics -- this is the Doubleheader with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Tonight we chew over news that Republican members of the House will… Continue reading