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In addition to holiday closures, there will be additional schedule changes to services across the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. Stores and business The U.S. Postal Service is not delivering mail and ne US Supreme Court upholds ban on TikTok 01/17/2025 01:01pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on TikTok, which is set to go into effect Sunday, unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company. There was no disse Final charge dropped against fired LCPS superintendent; says Va. AG probe was 'politically motivated' 01/17/2025 05:07am • Fired Loudoun County public schools superintendent Scott Ziegler said he "was subjected to politically motivated prosecution, one that disregarded the facts," shortly after attorneys in Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares's office asked a judge to drop the final charge against Ziegler. 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