Washington D.C. Travel News

The Obama administration is urging federal employees to stay home during the summit of African leaders being held in Washington, D.C. next week and to monitor local news for announcement of a possible "closing of the federal government" -ostensibly over traffic issues.

Michelle Chavez, a rising sophomore at the University of Maryland, College Park, is interning at C-SPAN in Washington, D.C., this summer.

US President Barack Obama chats with muscian Linda Ronstadt after presenting her with the National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2014.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to members of the media as House Speaker John Boehner listens after a leadership election at a House Republican Conference meeting on June 19, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking four Kansas City residents out to dinner to chew over the concerns of heartland ... (more)

July 29, Washington, DC: Although Sri Lanka's Constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom, there was an overall decrease in societal respect for religious freedom, as Buddhist nationalist groups led campaigns targeting Muslims and Christians, International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 released by the United States ... (more)

Carl LeVan thanks American University for an International Faculty Travel Award, and discloses that he made financial donations to one of the HTAs mentioned here.

Red light cameras are pulling in big dollars for local governments in the Washington, D.C., area, according to new data from AAA Mid-Atlantic.

RESTON, Va.-Monday morning offered a smooth first commute for Silver Line riders following the rail line's kickoff on Saturday, with nearly 10,000 entries or exits at Northern Virginia's five new stations as of 10 a.m. Commuters widely praised the new rail line, the first for the D.C. region in 23 years.

The nation's oldest living female World War II veteran has finally made it to Washington to see the monuments and memorials.

Here are Ingar Grev 's favorite smartphone apps. Grev is the founder of The Strategy Tank, a think tank for CEOs, and owner of the Washington, D.C.-area franchise of The Growth Coach.

Boston is one of the more walkable major cities in the United States and is on its way to becoming the most-walkable, according to a new report from a Washington D.C.-based research group and George Washington University.

This is not a political diary, so my apologies for that, but many are familiar with the DC area, so that's why I wrote this diary.

Ryan Russell never thought he would come back to Pittsburgh. He wanted to pursue a career in international affairs, something he felt wasn't possible to do here.

Leave it to the National Bureau of Economic Research to throw a thick, wet blanket on Pittsburgh's positive rankings parade.

You'd think that in the 21st Century, we could do things better than we did in the 1930's.

Speaking of Washington D.C. today, we happened to stumble across these special amenities for women offered at the Four Seasons Washington, D.C. .

Even with a big walk-in closet all to himself, one of Suzette Smith's clients, whom she calls "The Bachelor," needs a lot of help.

Bars at the top hotels used to be the place to grab a cocktail. After falling out of style, they're back and ready to compete with speakeasies from New Orleans to NYC.

On July 23, 2014 a section of Ghanaians living in the east coast of the United States of America gathered at the embassy of Ghana in Washington DC to demonstrate against what they say is bad governance that has brought economic woes to the people of Ghana.

Saturday is a historic day for mass transit in the United States: it marks the opening of a $3 billion, 11.7 mile-stretch of rail called the Silver Line which will serve the nation's capital and its suburbs, the first new stations in the 106-mile Metro system since 2004.