D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and city officials detailed the public safety preparations in place for this year’s Fourth of July celebrations and America’s 250th anniversary events.

Crews worked overnight to repair signaling issues caused by a "water intrusion." ...

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: July 2, 2026 | Last updated: July 2, 2026 This year, Metro is using reflective white paint on rails to prevent them from overheating and bending. Illegal immigrant ...

On June 29, 2025, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority radically revamped its Metrobus system. The agency’s “Better Bus Network” reduced the number of routes from 225 to 125 and ...

Red Line riders are facing significant delays Wednesday morning after water got into a train control room, affecting signals ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Extreme heat caused a Metrorail train to derail near College Park, Maryland, on the Fourth of July, forcing the evacuation of 11 passengers and sending one person to a ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Commuters in and out of Montgomery County are facing a major change to their daily travel as Metro begins a two-month closure on parts of the Red Line that will shut ...

Metro will spend tens of millions of dollars to replace its old fare machines to make it easier for riders to understand how much money they actually need on their SmarTrip card. Most Metro fare ...

Long lines of Metro riders seen Monday in Friendship Heights were replaced during Tuesday’s afternoon commute by buses stretching down Wisconsin Avenue. Metro employees were everywhere, guiding ...

Members of the Patriot Front marched around D.C. on July 4 and rode the Metro, at times in close proximity to people of color riding the train alone. The Anti-Defamation League defines them as a white ...

On July 4, 2026, hundreds of masked members of the Patriot Front white nationalist group marched through Washington, D.C. A photograph spread online claiming to show a lone Black woman seated in the D ...