Washington, D.C
Washington DC weather: When is extreme cold expected to end?
Washington D.C residents have been experiencing extreme cold in recent days, but forecasters say they can expect temperatures to warm up in the very near future.
Why It Matters
Millions of people are facing frigid temperatures through this week. Subzero wind chills hit the Northern U.S. over the weekend and have since spread further into the U.S. The dangerous cold caused President Donald Trump to move his inauguration inside in Washington, D.C.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has warned that bitterly cold wind chills in the region could result in hypothermia or frostbite and advised people in the U.S. capital to wear appropriate clothing, including multiple layers.
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What To Know
According to the NWS, arctic air encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the United States will persist with a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week.
This comes after the NWS previously issued a cold weather advisory until 10:00 AM EST on Thursday for the D.C area.
The NWS forecast for the next few days offers a mix of frigid lows and gradual temperature improvement. On Wednesday, morning temperatures dipped into the single digits, with wind chills amplifying the bitter cold.
However, conditions are expected to improve slightly as the week progresses. Highs may reach the mid-30s by Friday, with a stronger warming trend over the weekend when temperatures could approach the 40s.
According to the local CBS News affiliate WUSA, while the cold is expected to persist through Saturday, a milder seasonable weather returns Sunday in the mid 40s, right around average for the end of January, with mostly cloudy skies.
In addition, WUSA notes that once the 40s return on Sunday, the warmer temperatures will stick around through much of next week.
What People Are Saying
WUSA Meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath said: “We will stay nice and clear throughout the remainder of the week, we are really in for a nice stretch of weather and we deserve it after the really cold temperatures we’ve been dealing with over the past several days. And again it’s still cold all the way through Saturday…but by the time we get to Sunday into Monday temperatures are closer to where they should be.”
Fox News weather anchor Tucker Barnes said in a Wednesday post on X (formerly Twitter): “One more very cold day before a gradual warm-up gets going for the weekend, Highs in the teens and low 20’s this afternoon.”
AccuWeather meteorologist Brandon Buckingham previously told Newsweek: “Aside from the cold and windy conditions, mostly sunny skies are expected.”
What Happens Next
While the cold snap will persist through Thursday, a southwesterly wind shift by Friday should begin to moderate temperatures. The forecast calls for highs in the mid-40s by Sunday, a welcome reprieve from the current chill.
Washington, D.C
Man in critical condition after water rescue in Southwest DC
WASHINGTON – A man is in critical condition after falling into the Anacostia River in Southwestern Washington, D.C., Friday night.
What we know:
D.C. Fire and EMS reported the rescue effort shortly after 10 p.m. at James Creek Marina in Buzzard Point.
Crews believe a man fell from the dock into the water.
By 10:30 p.m., crews were able to pull the man out of the water.
Paramedics took him to the hospital in critical condition.
What we don’t know:
Officials did not identify the man who was rescued. No other information was immediately available.
The Source: Information in this story is from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department.
Washington, D.C
DC’s baseball team faces potential DOJ probe after exec allegedly admitted to religious discrimination
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FIRST ON FOX — Washington, D.C.’s professional baseball franchise could come under Justice Department scrutiny after a viral video showed a team executive appearing to admit to his religious discrimination against a Christian player.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon to investigate alleged religious discrimination against players for the Washington Nationals, according to a letter sent Thursday to and first obtained by Fox News Digital.
The letter comes after Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe published a secretly recorded video of Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson saying the team does not include pitcher Trevor Williams in certain social media promotion.
He cited the player’s public criticism of another Major League Baseball franchise for hosting a drag group mocking Catholics.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., is urging the Department of Justice to investigate alleged religious discrimination within the Washington Nationals organization and across Major League Baseball. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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“According to the reporting by James O’Keefe, it appears the Washington Nationals are engaged in unlawful religious discrimination,” Boebert told Fox News Digital in a written statement. “I urge the DOJ to take immediate and decisive action.”
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said they received Boebert’s letter.
“The Department is reviewing the matter and will evaluate all appropriate next steps. As always, we remain committed to enforcing federal law and protecting civil rights,” they told Fox News Digital.
A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Hudson, in the clandestine recording, pointed to Williams’ public objections to the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that dresses as nuns — during the team’s 2023 “Pride Night.
The event also drew condemnation from multiple Catholic bishops, who described it as “blasphemous.”
Trevor Williams of the Washington Nationals sits in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on May 28, 2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
Williams said he found the group’s anti-Catholic demonstration featuring vulgar caricatures of the crucifixion and sacred rituals to be “deeply offensive,” in an interview with Bishop Robert Barron last year. The professional baseball player said he made the decision with his wife to speak out even though it would put “a target on our back.”
“Baseball stadiums should be a place where everyone feels welcomed, like 100%,” Williams said in the interview. “We should all feel welcomed there. But that was clearly against one certain religion. If you don’t draw the line in the sand, who’s gonna do it?”
According to Hudson, that public criticism of the drag group’s performance later affected Williams’ opportunities at the Nationals franchise.
“Because of that we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson told an undercover journalist in the video. “When they’re like ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ and the players come up, we don’t ask him.”
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Boebert said she is concerned that Hudson’s admission could mean the franchise violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on religion and other protected classes.
“Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions,” the Colorado Republican said in the letter. “MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices.”
“Sister Unity” and “Sister Dominia” of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence were honored on Pride Night before the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16, 2023. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
Hudson, in the video, described himself as “far-left leaning” and nonreligious. Meanwhile, he called Williams “super Catholic.”
The Washington Nationals executive also boasted about a Communist Party poster in his office and mused about pushing redistribution of wealth and other leftist agendas during baseball games at Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C.
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“What a cool opportunity for us [Nationals] to also, be a little bit of like, the voice of reason,” Hudson said. “And a lot of people will tell you when I come to a baseball game, I don’t want to think about that s–t.”
“If you’re a sports fan and we piss you off, where else are you gonna go,” he went on. “I don’t give a sh–t.”
Washington, D.C
‘Gateway to our city’: $465M grant to renovate Union Station
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday hundreds of millions of dollars to help with what he says are critical structural repairs and upgrades for D.C.’s Union Station.
“It was built in 1908, over a hundred years ago, and it was the largest train station in the world when it was built,” Duffy said. “And over the course of decades, it’s become run-down,” Duffy said.
A $465 million grant aims to ensure the overall experience for those coming and going remains up to par and on track at the transit hub. It will help fast-track repairs like roof upgrades and passenger concourses, Duffy said.
The project includes the Amtrak lounge and the ticket experience.
For some travelers, alternatives to fast food are a must.
Retail, parking and office spaces will be priorities of the project to maximize the station’s revenue, as will public safety.
Already, Columbus Fountain is flowing again after being broken and dry for almost two decades.
“Now when you come out of Union Station, the gateway to our city, you’ll be met with a fountain that is beautiful and a fountain that actually works,” Duffy said.
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