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Maine's moderate US House member will face a Democratic primary challenge during reelection fight 10/06/2025 12:52pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's state auditor and former secretary of state said Monday he will challenge four-term Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in a primary in advance of one of the most closely watched congressional races in the upcoming midterms. Golden is a moderate Democrat who represents Maine Judge denies government's request to delay Abrego Gargia's legal proceedings 10/06/2025 12:21pm • (NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing the Maryland deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Monday denied the government's request to delay proceedings because of the government shutdown. The ruling came Monday during a status conference held in the case of Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man de Dowdle's big running game may help Panthers forge identity they can hang their hat on moving forward 10/06/2025 11:29am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young called Sunday's 27-24 come-from-behind victory over the Miami Dolphins a huge boost for the Carolina Panthers in terms of finding their identity. And he may be right. It wasn't only that the Panthers proved they could overcome adversity by erasing a 17-point firs UK prime minister condemns suspected arson attack on mosque in English coastal town 10/06/2025 10:18am • LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned a suspected arson attack on a mosque in an English coastal town, which police were investigating as a hate crime. No one was injured. The fire on Saturday night came two days after two men were killed when a knife-wielding assailan Unions ask judge to block immediate firings of federal workers, which White House said could begin Monday 10/06/2025 10:02am • We want to know your thoughts on the government shutdown. How are you and your family affected? Share your story — Send us a message or a voice note through the WTOP News app on Apple or Android. Click the “Feedback” button in the app’s navigation bar. A federal judge in San Francisco cou Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon 10/06/2025 07:19am • A federal judge late Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon at all, after a legal whirlwind that began hours earlier when the president mobilized California troops for Portland after the same judge blocked him from using Oregon's Nationa Surge of service — one lineman’s mission to keep the lights on 10/06/2025 04:55am • In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s “Working Capital” series profiles the people whose jobs make the D.C. region run. In Upper Marlboro, James Wells and fellow lineman Jennings Buckeler moved with quiet precision, like surgeons of the gri How Trump and Infantino's friendship is shaping the World Cup 10/06/2025 12:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The plan started coming together inside a luxury box at MetLife Stadium. As the Premier League's Chelsea was on its way to a shutout victory at the Club World Cup final in July, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were deep in discussion at the New Jersey s Trump and Infantino: How a friendship is shaping the World Cup 10/06/2025 12:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The plan started coming together inside a luxury box at MetLife Stadium. As the Premier League's Chelsea was on its way to a shutout victory at the Club World Cup final in July, President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were deep in discussion at the New Jersey s Joey Logano clinches final playoff spot in dramatic Charlotte finish 10/05/2025 09:14pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Joey Logano, winner of two of the last three Cup Series championships, was never part of the conversation of potential elimination from NASCAR playoffs. At least not until Sunday's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where the Team Penske driver found himself struggling most of Protesters rally for and against Ecuador's president as emergency takes effect in 10 provinces 10/05/2025 08:25pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Protesters both for and against Ecuador ’s President Daniel Noboa rallied in the capital Quito on Sunday after a state of emergency took effect in 10 provinces. Anti-government demonstrations began two weeks ago, organized by the country’s largest Indigenous group, in res Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse 10/05/2025 07:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown — with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked AP reader question: Do federal workers get paid during the government shutdown 10/05/2025 02:36pm • Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, John P.: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown? When it comes to federal employees, everybody is supposed to get paid eventually, but only a few get their paychecks while the government shutdown is still happening. Th Kids in New York keep dying while 'subway surfing' on top of trains. Can they be stopped? 10/05/2025 02:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed to the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell Somali government forces end a 6-hour siege at a major prison, killing all 7 attackers 10/05/2025 01:07pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali government forces successfully ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison located near the president’s office in the capital, Mogadishu, killing all seven attackers, the government said Sunday. The government said no civilian or security officers were