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Senate bill seeks to restore federal workers collective bargaining rights 01/14/2026 03:57pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. Maryland U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is leading a new push to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers as well as workplace protections, which the majority of Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out 01/14/2026 03:38pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Iranian demonstrators' ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran government's strongest attempt ever to preven Left-hander Ranger Su��rez and Boston Red Sox agree to $130 million, 5-year contract, AP source says 01/14/2026 03:33pm • Left-hander Ranger Su��rez and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $130 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. An All-Star in 2024, Su��rez Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney begins landmark 4-day visit to China to mend ties 01/14/2026 03:05pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, beginning a four-day visit designed to repair foundering relations between the two nations as Canada looks to develop ties with countries other than the United States. It���s the first visit of a Canadian le With Potomac View Elementary's looming closure, Prince William schools proposes new redistricting plan 01/14/2026 03:02pm • Prince William County Public Schools officials have presented the division���s recommended redistricting scenario, paving the way for the possible reassignment of over 2,600 students to new schools. Within the recommended proposal ��� ���Scenario 6��� ��� the aging Potomac View Elementary will cl Surprised but not shocked, the Steelers prepare for life after Mike Tomlin 01/14/2026 02:44pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney's office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss he wa DeSantis picks new Florida Supreme Court justice who is his sixth appointee to 7-member court 01/14/2026 02:16pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday named to the Florida Supreme Court a state appellate court judge who pledged his allegiance to a legal theory that a law's meaning doesn't change over time, giving the Republican governor his sixth conservative appointee to the seven-member court Trump pressures Iran with tariffs that could raise prices in the US 01/14/2026 01:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon ��� tariffs, this time to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. Trump said in a social media post on Monday he would impose a 25% tax on imports to the United Stat Miami's Columbus High will have some CFP champions on Monday night, no matter what happens 01/14/2026 01:31pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Tuesday's classes at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami have been canceled. There wouldn't be much learning going on that day. No matter what happens Monday night in the College Football Playoff title game between Indiana and Miami ��� a game that will be played in South Florid One DC Council member believes the city's school system should prepare in wake of declining birth rates 01/14/2026 12:41pm • For the past decade, birth rates have been declining in the District. One D.C. Council member is raising the alarm, urging D.C. public and charter schools to prepare for the coming changes in enrollment. According to the D.C. Policy Center, births have declined significantly from a high of 9,854 Royal Opera sees generation change as Jakub Hr����a and Speranza Scappucci come in 01/14/2026 12:40pm • LONDON (AP) ��� There���s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hr����a took over after Antonio Pappano���s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest conductor in three decades. Hr����a led the company���s first new stag UK government urges police official to quit over ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans 01/14/2026 12:39pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K.'s home secretary on Wednesday urged the head of one of the country's leading police forces to resign following a report on how fans from Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv were banned from a match against Premier League side Aston Villa in Birmingham last year. Shabana Mah Quebec's premier announces his resignation ahead of provincial election this year 01/14/2026 12:11pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� The leader of Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec announced Wednesday he is stepping down because he is unpopular. The Coalition Avenir Qu��bec party will have a short time to choose a new leader to replace Premier Fran��ois Legault ahead of the provincial election schedule Diversity still a major issue at the Winter Olympics. The US is making some strides 01/14/2026 11:49am • LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) ��� When USA Bobsled and Skeleton unveils its Olympic rosters, the most likely scenario is that either eight or nine women will wind up competing for that federation on the ice at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Most of those sliders will almost certainly be women of color. By Smithsonian responds to White House pressure by handing over more plans on its exhibits 01/14/2026 11:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Smithsonian Institution gave the White House new documents on its planned exhibits Tuesday in response to a demand to share precise details of what its museums and other programs are doing for America���s 250th birthday. For months, President Donald Trump has been pressing th