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Washington's oldest saloon dates itself to 1856 and has moved premises more than once, ending up a block from the White House. Its oyster bar and dark wood booths have fed enough administrations that the taxidermy over the bar is said to have been shot by Theodore Roosevelt.

An earthquake at 8:32 a.m. local time dropped the volcano's weakened north face away in the largest subaerial landslide on record, uncorking a lateral blast toward Spirit Lake. Fifty-seven people were killed.

At a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announce GW150914, a signal from the merger of two black holes recorded by both LIGO detectors on 14 September 2015 - the first direct observation of gravitational waves.

Michael Rafidi opens Albi in Southeast Washington, cooking over a wood hearth; after a 2025 renovation the menu leans further into his Palestinian heritage.

Jon Sybert and Jill Tyler replace Tail Up Goat with a counter-service New American restaurant in the same space.

NVIDIA's GTC returns to Washington from 30 November to 3 December 2026, centred on the Ronald Reagan Building, with Jensen Huang's keynote on 1 December at 2 p.m. ET.