Ingmar Guandique is escorted from the Violent Crimes Unit by police in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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Conservative groups have spent more than $1.1 million against Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., ahead of her GOP primary on Tuesday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
UConn's Breanna Stewart (left) celebrates with her teammates after winning last year's national championship. Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks Monday at the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be a Trump International Hotel. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
The Metrorail system in the nation's capital will reopen after being shut down for a full day for an emergency safety investigation. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A worker photographs a tree that fell on power and fiberoptic lines and blocked a highway in Washington state on Tuesday. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Adidas has pledged to help high school teams that want to change their mascots from Native American imagery. President Obama praised the effort, while the Washington football team shot back, calling the company's move hypocritical. Christof Stache/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner takes the gavel from Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Jan. 6 at the start of the 114th Congress. Mark Wilson/Getty hide caption
Congress tries every year to plug a loophole that would otherwise result in a 21 percent cut in Medicare doctors' pay. But it doesn't exactly always tighten its belt in the process. Key Wilde/Getty Images hide caption
Customers browse the pot products at Cannabis City in Seattle. In Washington, the 2012 initiative to legalize pot was sold as a way to decrease expenses for local governments. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Italian military police officers stand in front of anti-Olympics demonstrators in February 2006 in Turin, Italy, on the eve of the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Games. Paco Serinelli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Washington, D.C., Councilman and former Mayor Marion Barry was famously re-elected after going to jail for crack cocaine possession, but started out as a champion for the city's disenfranchised. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
The amount of money spent on Capitol Hill is way more than small change — but the impact of that money is a little murky. Here, the U.S. Capitol is reflected in a fountain full of coins on Election Day this year. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
People walk arm-in-arm Thursday past a memorial for victims outside a school following a deadly shooting there nearly a week earlier in Marysville, Wash. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Rian, 26, tells the rappers about the low-cost health plan she bought on the exchange in this TV ad. waplanfinder/YouTube hide caption