DC shuts down due to snow as Congress prepares to certify election

Published January 6, 2025 10:53am ET



While Congress is expected to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election, the rest of Washington, D.C., has largely been shut down by a snowstorm that battered much of the mid-Atlantic on Monday.

The first major snowstorm of the winter for Washington dumped several inches of snow overnight and is expected to build up through the rest of the day, totaling roughly 6 to 10 inches of snow during the storm.

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