Washington, DC

Washington, DC, formally known as the District of Columbia, and also known as either Washington or the District, is the capital of the United States of America, as well as the country's seat of power, holding the White House, the Capitol Building, and the Pentagon. It is also a land of historical significance for America, holding the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.

Devastation of the Southwestern United States
In June of 2009, when Rock Monsters burrowed up from the sub-levels of the Earth and attacked several cities in the Southwestern United States, US Department of Energy scientist and official John "Brains" Branson met with then-incumbent President John Davidson to discuss the country's next course of action following this devastation. Shortly after, US-AEF-01, also known as the Power Miners, was commissioned to go underground and investigate what was going on.

Hypaxxus Invasion
In June of 2011, when the Hypaxxus Invasion of Earth commenced, Washington DC was one of the many American cities to be attacked and left in ruin by the invading forces. However, the Alien Defense Unit was brought together by the American government and stopped the threat. By the time the invasion was halted in November of the same year, reconstruction began of the city.

Brattongate
In mid-2015, United States Senator for Missouri, James Bratton, began a corrupt money-laundering scheme in order to succeed in his bid for the 2016 US Presidential elections. However, when one of his aides, Michael Frederick, threatened to leak information to the public, Bratton had a few of his underlings attach explosives to Frederick's car before he departed for a trip to Lego City, Wyoming. On June 5th, 2015, the vehicle exploded, attracting the attention of LCPD officer Will Martin, who began an investigation into Bratton's corruption that eventually led to a Senate hearing.

Bratton, however, deployed an assassin to kill Martin, which failed, leading to a car chase down the DC Beltway between Martin, his best friend Greg Hughes, and one of Bratton's FBI agents, Morris. It resulted in the permanent disappearance of Morris, as well as Bratton, until he later returned to Will and Greg's room at the Watergate Hotel that night to kill Will personally and end all of this. Will got the best of Bratton, leading to the Senator tumbling out of a top-floor window, killing him.

The next day, President John Davidson awarded Will Martin at the White House with a medal for his bravery during the Bratton scandal, also known as Brattongate. It was here that Will also met his future girlfriend, an aide named Anne Finch.

Hunt for Martin, Thunder, and Myers
In September of 2017, a meeting was held at the Pentagon between several US generals and commanders regarding CIA agent Patrick Arnold's overzealous use of government resources during his international manhunt for Will Martin, Johnny Thunder, and Christopher Myers.