Top News from WTOP – 6PM Update – August 8, 2025

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: President Trump increases the amount of federal officers on District streets and a D.C. council member facing a federal bribery charge is sworn back in.

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