About 25,000 National Guard troops are guarding the Capitol, White House and National Mall:
Metro train stations near the Capitol, Pennsylvania Ave, the National Mall and the White House have been shut down already.
Latest on DC street closures: News4 checked out the inaugural perimeter downtown and found extensive closures around the White House, Capitol, Supreme Court and National Mall. More:
There is a cordon sanitaire around the White House far more extensive than anything last year, extending many blocks from the Capitol and Mall as well.
They will be assisting with crowd management, traffic control in and around the Capitol, National Mall, and White House.
Washington, D.C. is ramping up security around the U.S. Capitol, White House, and National Mall, in case of potential violence in the days leading up to Inauguration Day.
The bill would shrink the federal capital to an area around the White House, Capitol building, Supreme Court and other federal buildings along the National Mall. The rest of the city would become the 51st state, named the Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.
12) However, the legislation would carve out a capital district, a special political subdivision, around the White House, government buildings, the national mall and U.S. Capitol. That would be all that was left of the “District of Columbia.”
Loading
#FlyLikeIke features seven destinations around Washington, D.C.: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Capitol, National Mall, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial/Tidal Basin, Lincoln Memorial, and (our favorite!) the White House.
Iconic Washington sites, such as the White House, Capitol, National Mall and Treasury are covered in snow on the 23rd day of the US government shutdown
Honoring McCain, flags remain at half staff along the National Mall, around the Washington Monument and at the Capitol But not at the White House, reports
Loading