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Price hikes for Capital Bikeshare bikes starting in August 07/02/2025 11:49pm • Prices, along with your mileage, may vary if you use Capital Bikeshare — but you can definitely expect to pay more next month. Starting on Aug. 1, the cost of most annual memberships and rides on the popular silver e-bikes will increase. What riders pay will depend on what membership categories Record number of Americans to travel July Fourth weekend, but roads may be less congested 07/02/2025 08:47pm • The roads, airports and train stations will be busy Fourth of July holiday weekend, as more than 72 million Americans are forecast to travel, according to AAA. Tuesday was expected to be the busiest day of the holiday period on the nation's roads. The automotive club and insurance agency s What Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could mean for families' budgets 07/02/2025 08:00pm • The tax bill passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 includes some big changes for families. It increases the child tax credit, introduces a new tax-deferred account with government contributions for new babies, expands eligible expenses for health savings accounts and proposes a tax bre Wealthy Loudoun Co. considers what tiny home community would look like 07/02/2025 04:12pm • Virginia's Loudoun County — perpetually dubbed the wealthiest county in the U.S. based on median household income — is exploring how a tiny home community might provide affordable housing. In a Monday Board of Supervisors business meeting, Board Chair Phyllis Randall expressed excitement at t Md. delegation vows to fight FBI's move to new DC location 'with every tool we have' 07/02/2025 03:50pm • President Donald Trump's administration's announcement that the new FBI headquarters will be in D.C. instead of in Greenbelt was a blow to Maryland, which had lobbied to be the bureau's next home. But the state's elected leaders are not giving up and vowed to fight the move "with every tool we have. DC Council extends pretrial detention of young people accused of serious crimes 07/02/2025 02:14pm • The D.C. Council has extended directives on pretrial detention of young people who are arrested for violent crimes in the city. Without the council's approval Tuesday of the emergency legislation, the provision that expanded pretrial detention would have otherwise expired July 15. With her Pea Can the Trump administration shift FBI HQ dollars from Greenbelt to Ronald Reagan Building? 07/02/2025 02:06pm • Congressionally appropriated funding for the construction of a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, can easily be shifted to cover the cost of the Trump administration's new plan to relocate bureau headquarters to the Ronald Reagan Building in D.C., according to a former top General Serv Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code: Secure $300 Bonus for MLB, Wimbledon, USA Soccer 07/02/2025 02:02pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services The latest Fanatics Sportsbook promo code offer will set up players with welcome bonuses. These offers vary by state and each brings so Road closures, Metro changes accompany July Fourth weekend in DC 07/02/2025 11:44am • Watch it live on WTOP.com: "A Capitol Fourth"- the star-spangled concert on the National Mall followed by an Independence Day fireworks show. The dazzling lineup starts 8 p.m. on Friday, July 4.  Ringing in the Fourth of July in D.C. is a lot more fun once you're at your destination, and if Daring to dance: DC Rawhides makes space for movement in LGBTQ+ community 07/02/2025 10:01am • Inside the red brick Eastern Market building on a Saturday in late June, a troupe of foxtrotters and two-steppers encircled a dance floor. They were eagerly waiting for a song to start so they could strut their stuff. But they weren't professional dancers; by day, they were corporate professional Montgomery Co. fire chief says changes to station staffing will be monitored 07/01/2025 11:35pm • Changes are coming to several stations at Maryland's Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. Starting July 13, MCFRS Chief Corey Smedley said career firefighters from the Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department in Clarksburg will shift over to the Rockville-Aspen Hill area to meet increased calls Fairfax Co. inches closer to demolition of old Clifton Elementary School 07/01/2025 08:42pm • A Northern Virginia elementary school that hasn’t been used in over a decade is now closer to being demolished. Clifton Elementary School, which sits on both Fairfax County and Town of Clifton property, hasn’t been open in 15 years. It was deemed uninhabitable when it closed, but “no one di DC Council drops rule change intended to make it easier to expel Trayon White if he wins reelection 07/01/2025 06:19pm • D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson removed a rule change on Tuesday that was aimed at making it easier for the council to expel a council member for a second time. “In my reading of the rules, I think that what we are trying to do can be done anyway, and so that's why that's not part of this, What budget cuts and reduced staffing could mean for the National Park Service 07/01/2025 10:52am • As budget cuts and staff reductions continue across the federal government, some are concerned about the future of national parks, including those in the mid-Atlantic region. Take the C&O Canal: It began the year with 70 employees. The staff has since been reduced to 65. Following critici Pell Grant changes could raise college cost for Virginia students 06/30/2025 06:21pm • Students in Virginia who rely on Pell Grants to help pay for college may soon face higher costs under a sweeping set of federal education reforms being considered by the U.S. Senate. The Pell Grant program is the primary source of federal financial aid for low-income students, supporting degree