Washington D.C. Travel News

US President Barack Obama makes his way across the South Lawn upon return to the White House on July 10, 2014 in Washington, DC.

The days of summer are slowly melting away. With school supply racks in the stores, this is the perfect time to plan a last blast summer vacation with your family .

Jessica Bakas, 12, of Moltonborough, created a winning recipe that got her invited to the third annual Kids' State Dinner in Washington, DC.

As a surge of cool air expands over the Midwest early next week, there is the potential for an outbreak of severe weather in the Northeast spanning multiple days.

JUNE 20: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' Policy Conference at the Omni Shoreham hotel June 20, 2014 in Washington, DC.

A record number of young people from electric cooperative service areas across the United States, including Tri-County Electric, experienced an in-depth look at our nation's capital during the electric cooperative's 2014 Washington Youth Tour.

Citizenship Washington Focus participants from Region 19, including Jefferson County 4-H member and Van Buren High School student Sam Dickinson, left, touch the geographical center of Washington, D.C., which is located in the capital building.

House Speaker John Boehner answers questions during his weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 10, 2014 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - Congressional Republican leaders on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama's emergency spending request for the border crisis, saying Obama caused the problem and now wants Congress to sign off on ... (more)

Harrisburg city restaurants are giving more attention to the mid-day Sunday meal.

"I invent a little stage in the mirror," Meldahl said in an interview with Mashable .

Showers and drenching, locally gusty thunderstorms will focus in the South, central Plains and Southwest into Wednesday night, while a few storms will also ignite in the Northeast.

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Craig Fugate testifies during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 9, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - Top Obama administration officials told senators Wednesday they're struggling to keep up with the surge of immigrants ... (more)

Everyone knows the basics when it comes to visiting the nation's capital-see the White House, the Capitol, Supreme Court, the monuments-but the locals know there's a lot more that is worth checking out.

President Barack Obama makes his way to board Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on July 8, 2014 at the White House in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON - A White House official says that the humanitarian crisis taking place at the U.S.-Mexico border is not President Barack Obama's "Katrina moment."

The United States of America lost more than 57,000 soldiers in the Vietnam War. Hundreds of thousands of our soldiers returned home to a vile hatred by our citizens because of the public's negative attitude against the war.

Police Chief Walt Tibbet, Solano County Chief Probation Officer Chris Hanson and Fairfield-Suisun School District Superintendent Kris Corey will attend a Sept.

James Madison University graduate Nandi Alexander, 22, from Washington D.C., celebrates after the Conferring of Degrees at the College of Arts and Letters ceremony during the spring commencement, May 4, 2013, in Harrisonburg, Va.

Sarah Ganser, 12, was one of several winners in the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge.

While new technology and mobile applications have made old-fashion road trips easier, the thrill of spontaneity and surprise still remains.

Depiction of a "bolt from the blue" that occurred at 9:35 pm on June 25, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The lightning photograph captures only a small portion of a much larger flash as observed by the Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array .