(CNN) -- Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who along with President George W. Bush helped send the United States military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, said in an interview Wednesday the White House has yet to justify potential strikes in Syria.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During a ceremony at the White House on Thursday morning to swear in Todd Jones as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Vice President Joe Biden announced two new executive actions intended to address the problem of gun violence.

Watch LIVE Streaming VIDEO from Washington DC of  the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the March on Washington

Financial disclosure forms released Tuesday show that all seven current members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors have assets worth more than $1 million.

A military jury has begun deliberating whether convicted Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan gets capital punishment for the 2009 massacre on base that left 13 people dead and 32 others wounded.

Washingtonians are paying close attention the quadrennial contest for a major job on the global stage.
But this time it's not the race for the White House -- the nation's capital is in the early stages of an effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and the anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech -- arguably one of the most important speeches of the 20th century -- few are also remembering that the historic civil rights leader was once under heavy surveillance by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.

(CNN) -- Two months after a controversial facial recognition technology program was launched in Ohio without public notice, state Attorney General Mike DeWine conceded Monday he should have let Ohioans know that their images from driver's licenses were being used by law enforcement in criminal investigations.

(CNN) -- A bright red dress. A weathered face. And a gun, almost as large as the shooter's hand.