Top News From WTOP – 7AM UPDATE – AUGUST 20, 2025

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia:

Federal prosecutors changing course on rifles and shotguns on DC streets;

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask a judge to dismiss the criminal case against him;

What’s happening during the federal takeover in areas of DC that have the highest level of crime.

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