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Trump's Tariffs World Cup Olympics

Trump announces sweeping tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

Trump Tarrifs

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

Facade of Anne Arundel County police cruiser

Anne Arundel Co. police officer indicted on vehicular manslaughter charges in fatal 2024 crash

Former president Barrack Obama photobomb

Fmr. President Barack Obama accidentally photobombs family photoshoot at the Tidal Basin

APTOPIX El Salvador Deportees

Outrage grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump's DOGE

Feds promise to take back education grants could put PGCPS in bigger hole

15-year sentence handed down for woman who slammed 7-year-old onto concrete in Waldorf

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Career in Sports Day offers DC students insight into jobs they didn’t know existed

Not just car prices: Car and home insurance likely to go up with US tariffs

Collective bargaining may be on the way in Manassas City Public Schools

News Alert

IRS will bring fired probationary employees back to work by mid-April

Fired employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) take personal belongings with them as they leave HHS Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in D.C. on April 01, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

'It felt like Squid Game': HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated

Airplanes-Diverted

FAA announces more measures to improve safety at Reagan Airport in wake of midair crash

a group of people stand in front of a podium in Maryland

Maryland lawmakers plan to study reparations for slavery

Trump Mass Firings

Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC

Montgomery County Public Schools is recruiting new hires in an old bus it has turned into a mobile HR department.

‘We’ll come straight to you’: Montgomery Co. schools turns bus into mobile HR department to recruit employees

Prince George's County police car

Woman dead in Prince George's Co. crash that shuttered part of MD-202 for hours

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WTOP’s Neal Augenstein records a video message for impression challenge winner

Winners in Neal Augenstein Impression Challenge tour WTOP

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Here are the finalists for the Neal Augenstein Impression Challenge

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Biking event aims to keep wounded veterans active and connected

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Layoffs begin at US Dept. of Health and Human Services

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Tourist hot spots in DC plagued by unlicensed food trucks

Learning the history of the DMV, one obscure building at a time

Hundreds turn out near the Capitol for Trans Day of Visibility rally

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Employees returning to work at the NIH are met with songs of support

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A crime spree centered on beauty busted by Fairfax Co. police

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Biographer says the US already had an acting woman president

child sleeping in bed

'Nappuccino' can recharge, help prevent afternoon slump

dog behind crate

$3,500 reward offered in search for person dragging, kicking dog on social media post

man holds six pack near capitol

Tariff impact: Nearly $20 for a 6-pack of beer?

Duke University’s hybrid executive Master of Public Affairs program advances leadership for the common good

Insight by Duke University

Georgetown developer EastBanc will build a 26,000-square-foot apartment building, scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.

Long-planned redevelopment of former Georgetown gas station breaks ground

Agencies need to operationalize data where it lives

Insight by Elastic

Flyers Capitals Hockey

Mic'ing up for Ovechkin's milestone: 2 DC announcers prepare for historic call

FILE - This Wednesday, April 29, 2015, file photo, shows Dominion Energy's coal fired power plant along the James River in Chester, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Dominion Energy proposes rate increases in Va.; seeks separate class for data centers and other heavy users

Naval Academy Affirmative Action

Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth's office

Obit Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

US NYC Mayor Investigations

Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June with new Mario Kart World game

Maryland Juvenile Detention Abuse

Maryland Senate OKs budget to address a $3B deficit with concerns about Trump administration cuts

apartment for rent sign

Montgomery Co. gets new tool in forcing landlords to address code violations

Police Shooting-Virginia

Democrats likely to reject 'the vast bulk' of Youngkin's budget amendments

An American Airlines airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on January 11, 2023.

Air traffic controller arrested after ‘incident’ at Washington DC area control tower

US Health Department Layoffs

WATCH: Tariffs, federal workers and more Top Local Headlines

County News

Anne Arundel Co. police officer indicted on vehicular manslaughter charges in fatal 2024 crash

DC family gets surprise snapshot during cherry blossom portraits

Maryland lawmakers plan to study reparations for slavery

Career in Sports Day offers DC students insight into jobs they didn’t know existed

‘It felt like Squid Game’: HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated

Neal Augenstein with the finalists of the "Neal’s Signature Sound: The Augenstein Impression Challenge."

Winners in Neal Augenstein impression challenge tour WTOP: 'I had to get that voicemail recording'

A man in a suit sits in a boat

Meet DC's best-dressed realtor, history buff and internet personality

There will be several occasions in April when Earthshine could be seen on the Moon.

What’s Up In the sky for April 2025? Venus, Lyrids Meteor Shower and more

VIDEOS

Trump Kennedy Center

What is the future of the Kennedy Center?

Trump Cabinet Bessent

Sen. Mark Warner on ‘Face the Nation'

DC police boat

Good Samaritans reportedly pull driver who crashed into Potomac River to safety

PHOTO GALLERIES

Obit Val Kilmer

2025 celebrity deaths

2025 Pet of the Week

Visitors walks along the Tidal Basin as cherry trees enter peak bloom this week in Washington

DC's cherry blossoms in peak bloom

Around the region

Closeup woman checking the price of foods on the bill after meal in the restaurant

DC restaurant association calls on city council to repeal Initiative 82

National

Congress Tariffs

Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting

Lifestyle

Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC) construction site

DC museum visitors react to Trump administration plan to remove some exhibits from Smithsonians

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Navigating federal retirement benefits and government downsizing

Navigating federal retirement benefits and government downsizing

Insight by FEBA

Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley

Earthquake

Episode 13 — Strength in Unity: One Woman's Mission to Empower MS Warriors

WTOP's DC Sports Huddle

How the Commanders 'win' NFL free agency

Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America

219 | The State of Race in America in 2025

473 | The White House "Signal" Problem

thERINpy with Erin Washington

Jessica Shepherd, OB/GYN and menopause expert

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