by Amanda Comak — Published June 18, 2013
The Nationals have spent a lot of time listening to their 2013 team be compared to last year's version. With much of the talent the same, people wonder, why is their record so different. Why is their play so much more inconsistent? One reason may be that they're not playing as relaxed as they were in 2012.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 18, 2013
Two years ago, Drew Storen was the Washington Nationals' closer. He saved 43 games. He pitched full innings, most often the ninth, and he faced left-handed and right-handed batters. He was among the best in the game at what he did. When the Nationals signed Rafael Soriano to a two-year contract this offseason, a move they insisted was independent of their feelings about Storen's abilities to close games, they changed the right-hander's role. He would instead become an elite set-up man, they hoped, joining Tyler Clippard as one of three closers in the bullpen. In the last week that usage has changed again.
by Stephen Dinan — Published June 18, 2013
Rep. Alan Grayson got a look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement the Obama administration has been secretly negotiating and the congressman said Tuesday that it's a scary document that has major implications for the U.S.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 18, 2013
The tarp is on the field here at Citizens Bank Park and it's all but certain the start to Tuesday night's game against the Phillies will be delayed.
by Rich Campbell — Published June 18, 2013
Expanding on my list of reasons the Redskins will--and won't--successfully defend their title.
by Jennifer Harper — Published June 18, 2013
"There are many things I don't believe in anymore, and Washington is one of them. And I despise that city now. Because it has just become a symbol of corruption to me, a symbol of grotesque growth, where the rest of us are suffering in the rest of the country," Mr. Beck said.
by Thomas Floyd — Published June 18, 2013
With voting for this summer's MLS All-Star game open to the fans, I figured I'd reveal the 11 players I believe deserve to start when AS Roma visit Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., on July 31.
by Stephen Dinan — Published June 18, 2013
Immigrant-rights advocates had to be forcibly escorted from the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after they protested a meeting scheduled to consider an immigration bill focused only on tighter border security.
by Jennifer Harper — Published June 18, 2013
"But we live in a big city, not on a farm, and while composting is a great idea in certain circumstances, it doesn't make sense to mandate that all New York residents save their rotting food," says one risk expert. "Consider the increased risks from disease-carrying vermin, a problem the city still hasn't conquered, from all of the pre-compost material sitting around."
by David Sherfinski — Published June 18, 2013
Fifty-one percent of Americans support the comprehensive immigration reform plan being crafted by the so-called "Gang of Eight" in the Senate, compared to 45 percent who oppose it, according to new figures released Tuesday.
by Dave Boyer — Published June 18, 2013
In a TV interview airing Monday night, Mr. Obama defended his administration's surveillance programs as carefully supervised and rejected accusations that he has swung too far toward invasion of privacy.
by David Sherfinski — Published June 18, 2013
The majority of Americans think the unfolding IRS scandal is "very important" for the country, a new poll found. But who they blame appears to be shifting.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 18, 2013
Eighteen minutes after the Washington Nationals had pounded on the dugout railing, raised their fists in the air and practically danced Chad Tracy into the dugout in celebration, they walked off the same field with their heads bowed.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 17, 2013
In six years in the major leagues, Denard Span cannot remember ever fouling a ball square off the top of his foot. He'd venture to say in 25 years of playing baseball at all, he's never really done it flush on the top of it. He has done it on his right foot three times now this season, the latest on Sunday in Cleveland keeping him out of the Nationals' lineup on Monday against the Phillies.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 17, 2013
One week after receiving a cortisone shot and a platelet-rich plasma injection in his left knee, the swelling in his bursa sac had gone down and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was cleared to begin walking, jogging and other weight-bearing activities.
by Jennifer Harper — Published June 17, 2013
Tallying the names of those who think National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is a hero? There's another entry to add to the motley list, which already includes Michael Moore, Glenn Beck and Ron Paul.
by Amanda Comak — Published June 17, 2013
For years, this place was not one that John Lannan really looked forward to pitching in. It was, for the large part of his career in a Nationals uniform, his own personal house of horrors -- starting with his major league debut, from which he was ejected.
by Dave Boyer — Published June 17, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama is sparing no expense on her trip to Ireland, staying at a $3,300-per-night hotel suite in Dublin.
by Jennifer Harper — Published June 17, 2013
It's the Republican Party, future version - minus political glitz, and with a focus on hard work. GOPAC, the political action committee established in 1979 to groom future campaign heavyweights, is hosting an "Emerging Leaders Summit" in New York City through Wednesday.
by David Sherfinski — Published June 17, 2013
An IRS supervisor working out of Washington was personally involved in scrutinizing applications from conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, according to a report by the Associated Press.
By Jay Sekulow
The left's outrage over the IRS turns to a plea to 'move on'
