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He ruled Rwanda for just nine months before fleeing a revolt and has spent the last half century in exile, powerless to stop the violence that ripped through his country. Now 76 and living on public assistance in Virginia, Kigeli V Ndahindurwa longs to return to the throne—but only if his people want him back.
Capital Comment Blog
There’s also a Facebook page and a hashtag for the Glover Park store.
View CommentsMay 10, 2013 at 04:05 PM | By Carol Ross Joynt
An Adobe film crew visit the Washingtonian offices.
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Snyder spoke to “USA Today” about a proposed resolution to change the football team’s moniker.
View CommentsMay 10, 2013 at 01:30 PM | By Luke Mullins
The Spring Valley deli, founded in 1925, is about to give birth to its 21st-century self.
View CommentsMay 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM | By Carol Ross Joynt

It was one of the worst killing sprees in Washington history. The defendants stood accused of killing five young people and wounding eight. The case against them hinged on the testimony of their accomplice Nathaniel Simms. What made him break the code of the streets and help send his friends to prison?

One year ago, a prostitution scandal rocked the elite secret service and embarrassed the White House. Was that wild night in Cartagena a one-time incident or part of a pattern of agents behaving badly?

Nearly 100 years after the Army buried chemical weapons in DC’s Spring Valley, it’s still finding bombs and lethal chemicals under the homes there. Some residents fear for their children’s safety. Others believe the toxins have already made them sick.

Many of the ambitious young people who flock to Washington toil for years as low-paid interns—and count themselves lucky to do so. Is this what success looks like in 2013?

Features

A wedding photographer sets out to learn what happened to the couples who hired him for their big day.
Bill Paley’s father was a titan, his mother a goddess, and he—a dropout and addict—“a source of dismay,” some said. Now in his sixties, Paley has revived his family’s cigar business and wants to rewrite his personal legacy. He hopes his father would be proud.
He’s hilarious, hugely influential, and beloved by his many powerful friends. But Jeffrey Goldberg’s hotheaded attempts to referee the infighting over Israel make him perhaps the most polarizing journalist in town. Who died and made him Moses?
Everyone’s counting on him to turn around one of the worst teams in the NBA—and he believes he can take them all the way to the NBA Finals. Crazy? Maybe. But before you write him off, consider what he’s overcome to get this far.
With the museum hemorrhaging money, the building in need of massive repairs, and staff and supporters up in arms over a possible move, the institution’s future has never looked more uncertain.
He knows that people loathe him, think his career is in the toilet, and believe that his website, the Daily Caller, marks a new low in journalism. But the truth is that Tucker Carlson couldn’t be happier.