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In this April 23, 2021, photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Metro executive apologizes after manspreading tweet

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Senator withdraws budget amendment over Metro station name

Associated Press

In this file photo, a Washington, D.C., man rides the escalator up at the Metro subway Congress Heights train station in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Metro prepares to lay off more than 1,000 workers

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Washington, D.C., man rides the escalator up at the Metro subway Congress Heights train station in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

D.C.-area officials say coronavirus relief bill must fund public transit

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 4, 2019, file photo fireworks go off over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Government watchdogs say President Trump’s 2019 Fourth of July gala in the nation’s capital cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Metro to run more trains for Fourth of July

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Metro to reopen 15 subway stations, add buses to busiest routes

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Washington, D.C., man rides the escalator up at the Metro subway Congress Heights train station in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Paul Wiedefeld: Metro riders required to wear masks

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a man wears a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he sits on a Metro train, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Metro station in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Metro to close 9 Va. stations this summer for construction

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Andre of Washington, D.C., rides the Metro subway Green Line train in Washington, Friday, March, 13, 2020. He wears two face masks and gloves to protect his children and grandchildren from the coronavirus. He doesn't want to bring it home. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

D.C. Metro to operate on reduced schedule this weekend

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Washington, D.C., man rides the escalator up at the Metro subway Congress Heights train station in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

D.C. Metro to continue reduced service

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

A commuter has her clothing pulled up to cover her mouth and nose as she rides the Green Line of the Metro subway train in Washington, Friday, March, 13, 2020. Commuter numbers are down because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Metro announces major reductions in service to combat coronavirus

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In a Monday, April 5, 2004, file photo, riders wait to board an arriving train at the D.C. Metro Center, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) **FILE**

Metro riders speak out against route cuts, fare hikes

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Man killed hours after service resumes on LA’s Metro A Line

Associated Press

FILE - Metrorail customers exit the station. Credit: WMATA Photograph by Larry Levine

6 things riders might like to know from Metro’s update

By AYANA ARCHIE and Capital News Service - Associated Press

Washington Nationals fans flood the Navy Yard metro station on their way to see the Washington Nationals play the the Miami Marlins on opening day, in Washington, DC., Monday, April 1, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Metro changes course, says trains will operate later after playoff games

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

The headquarters for the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority is shown here in this undated file photo.

House Republicans call out Democrats on disinviting Metro IG from hearing

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

DA: No charges against clerk who killed robbery suspect

Associated Press

Maryland withholds $50M from DC Transit amid funding dispute

Associated Press

D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, said privatization of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act would drastically cut costs.
(The Washington Times/File) **FILE**

Democrats should sign on to Evans probe on Capitol Hill

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

In this May 31, 2019, photo, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Chair and D.C. Council Member Jack Evans joins D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, at the podium during a news conference announcing a dedicated bus lane in downtown Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows probe Jack Evans ethics scandal

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times