McCarthy drops out of the speaker’s race

By WTOP Staff
October 8, 2015 | 12:34 PM

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy drops out of the race to be the Speaker of the House.

House GOP officials say they are postponing the election for speaker.

WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled

By Neal Augenstein
August 28, 2020 | 4:55 AM

The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States' first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia.