Skip to content

Reliable Reporting. The Right Opinion.

Give a gift

Sign In

Sign In Today's E-Edition Manage Newsletters Subscribe

Sign Out Today's E-Edition Manage Newsletters My Account Subscribe

News
Policy
Commentary
Sports
- Sports Main
- Washington NFL Team
- Football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- NCAA
- Thom Loverro
- Tennis
- Golf
- Hockey
- Soccer
- Horse Racing
- NASCAR & Racing
Special Reports
Podcasts
Games
Subscribe
Sign In

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

Listen to the Front Page Podcast with George Gerbo Wednesday, April 14, 2021

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

LISTEN: The fight over voting rights in America Are we really on the verge of Jim Crow 2.0?

obj.photo.0.content_object.caption

NEW EPISODE: The Bold & Blunt Podcast Border in crisis, Texas in trouble

TRENDING:

Johnson & Johnson

Home
News
Local

Photos: A Christmas tree comes to the Capitol

Follow Us

Search Search Keyword:

Sign Up For Our Daily Newsletters

Breaking News Alerts Enter your email address:

Manage Newsletters

Front Page Podcast

Recommended

Democrats and Republicans have been arguing about voter ID laws for more than a decade. The laws are still being hotly debated. (Associated Press)

Conservatives, liberals spar over value of voter ID laws, studies examining them

obj.0.content_object.caption

Quiz: Who played these historical figures in biographical films?

Biden puts China on notice by proposing electric car cash windfall for the communist state

obj.0.content_object.caption

Quiz: How well do you know your guns?

Blinken

Antony Blinken warns China against attacking Taiwan

SPONSORED CONTENT

Vietnam 2021

Vietnam 2021

SPONSORED CONTENT

Commentary

staff

Tammy Bruce

Going grifting via Black Lives Matter

staff

Joseph Curl

How did top U.S. scientists get so much wrong about COVID-19?

Brooke Rollins

Brooke Rollins

The ‘America First’ solution to the Biden border crisis

View all

Question of the Day

Should the US boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing?

Question of the Day

Yes

No

Not Sure

View results

Story TOpics

Environment

The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is seen after being lit by House Speaker John Boehner and Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient Aaron Urban, 10, from Linthicum, Md., on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is an 88-foot white spruce from the Chippewea National Forest in Cass Lake, Minn. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) — The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is seen after being lit by House Speaker John Boehner and Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient Aaron Urban, 10, from Linthicum, Md., on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. The 2014 ... more >

Print

By Andrew Harnik - The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas was lit on Tuesday. The tree arrived by flatbed truck from Chippewa National Forest in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on Nov. 21 and was set in the ground on the West Lawn. (Click on photo below to open gallery)

Sign up for Daily Newsletters

Manage Newsletters

Copyright © 2021 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.

Please read our comment policy before commenting.

Click to Read More and View Comments

Click to Hide

Top Stories

President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In — and out — like Flynn

In this May 1, 2017, file photo, people wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington. After a firestorm of controversy, the museum has removed a "whiteness" graphic that ascribed traits such as "hard work," "self-reliance," "delayed gratification," being on time, and politeness to "white culture." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Smithsonian African American museum removes ‘whiteness’ chart slammed as racist

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder walks the sidelines before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Tampa, Fla. (Jeff Haynes/AP Photo, File) **FILE**

Redskins’ Dan Snyder takes a quantum leap. Will D.C. schools?

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testified on Capitol Hill in May before a House Oversight Government Operations subcommittee hearing on whether the District of Columbia government truly has the power to spend local tax dollars without approval by Congress. (Associated Press/File)

Trade groups blast proposed D.C. sales tax on advertising: ‘Taxing the effort to sell’

obj.0.content_object.caption

Quiz: Can you name these famous dogs?

In this May 24, 2019, file photo a vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles. Despite pandemic conditions that made normal signature-gathering almost impossible, activists in the nation's capital say they have enough signatures for a November ballot initiative that would decriminalize natural psychedelics such as mescaline and psilocybin mushrooms. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Activists seek to decriminalize ‘magic’ mushrooms in D.C.

In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

D.C.-area officials weigh in on Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan

President Joe Biden pays respects to slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans as he lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden eulogizes slain officer as Capitol Police mourn again

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, police keep a watch on demonstrators who tried to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. A blistering internal report by the U.S. Capitol Police describes a multitude of missteps that left the force unprepared for the Jan. 6 insurrection riot shields that shattered upon impact, expired weapons that couldn't be used, inadequate training and an intelligence division that had few set standards. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Watchdog lays bare Capitol Police’s riot security failures

This Monday, March 15, 2021, photo shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia church continues legal battle against Northam over COVID-19 restrictions

(Associated Press)

Maryland trooper shoots, kills teenager who had airsoft gun

In this image made from Windsor, (Va.) Police video, A police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him as he was dressed in uniform. Caron Nazario says his constitutional rights were violated by the traffic stop in the town of Windsor in December. (Windsor Police via AP)

One officer accused in pepper-spraying of Black Army officer during traffic stop fired

In this image made from Windsor, (Va.) Police video, a police officer speaks with Caron Nazario during a traffic stop on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him as he was dressed in uniform. Caron Nazario says his constitutional rights were violated by the traffic stop in the town of Windsor in December. (Windsor Police via AP).

Northam calls for probe in ‘disturbing’ traffic stop of Black Army officer

Virginia has enacted legislation that will allow adults who are 21 and older to possess and grow a limited supply of marijuana starting July 1. However, critics fear that further decriminialization of cannabis may worse the nation's drug crisis. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Advocates hail legalized pot in Virginia; critics see problems ahead

John Hinckley arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan say he plans to ask a federal court to allow him to live without conditions in a home with his mother and brother in Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Atrocity’: Reagan biographer slams John Hinckley’s push for unconditional release

Photo via Shutterstock

D.C. church wins default judgment against Proud Boys for torched ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign

In this image made from Windsor, (Va.) Police video, a police officer speaks with Caron Nazario during a traffic stop on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him as he was dressed in uniform. Caron Nazario says his constitutional rights were violated by the traffic stop in the town of Windsor in December. (Windsor Police via AP).

Lawsuit: Virginia police officers threatened man during stop

In this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, file photo, a Baltimore police cruiser is seen parked near a building while officers check on a call. A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, including repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Maryland lawmakers override vetoes on sweeping police reform

Newsletters

Breaking News
Tammy Bruce
Daily
Jennifer Harper
Weekly
Bill Gertz
Today's Opinion
Front Page Podcast
Charles Hurt

Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Manage Newsletters

Find us on Facebook

The Washington Times
Opinion
Local
Sports

Find us on Twitter

The Washington Times
Opinion
Local
Sports

Subscribe
Classifieds
E-edition
Customer Service
Careers
Terms
Privacy
RSS
Advertise
FAQ
About
Contact

All site contents © Copyright 2021 The Washington Times, LLC | 3600 New York Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002 | 202-636-3000