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Republican proposal could extend federal law enforcement surge in DC for 6 months 08/28/2025 02:02pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Republican members of Congress are proposing several bills that back President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge, including a measure that would extend it for six m Swiss prosecutors end 10-year FIFA case against Blatter and Platini 08/28/2025 12:37pm • BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors finally ended their case against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini on Thursday after 10 years and acquittals after two trials. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general said it would not appeal agains Floods displace nearly 250,000 people and affect 1.2 million in eastern Pakistan 08/28/2025 11:37am • NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India. The floods displaced nearly Website forced to close as Italian women fight back against unauthorized online image sharing 08/28/2025 11:28am • ROME (AP) — An internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Thursday after a backlash. The site, which featured prominent women, including Premier Giorgia Meloni and European Parliament PHOTO ESSAY: 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, these then-and-now photos show the power of place 08/28/2025 10:58am • The power of place is real. In an increasingly virtual world, the physical spots where momentous things happened remain potent — and able to evoke some of our deepest-cutting moments. That was the thinking behind these photos from New Orleans on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. By proje Labor Day 2025: What's open, what's closed around the DC area 08/28/2025 09:55am • Summer is nearly over, folks. Even though some area school districts have only been back in session for a week, all public schools in the D.C. area will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1. Here’s what else you need to know about schools, transportation, trash collection, libraries an US applications for jobless benefits fell last week as layoffs remain low 08/28/2025 08:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as employers appear to be holding onto their workers even as the economy has slowed. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 23 dropped 5,000 to 229,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Measure CDC Director Susan Monarez refuses to step down, arguing only Trump can fire her 08/28/2025 08:57am • ▶ Watch Video: CDC director Susan Monarez ousted less than one month after being confirmed by Senate Washington — Susan Monarez, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is being ousted from her role less than a month afte Takeaways: Gambia's fishermen are caught in a 'sea war' with foreign vessels 08/28/2025 08:41am • BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in West African waters. Local fishermen, angered by what they call illegal encroachment and sabotage by t Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims 08/28/2025 07:39am • CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decreased and saying sending in the National New dorm-style housing project for DC's homeless set to open next month 08/28/2025 05:32am • The federal emergency on crime and homelessness established by President Donald Trump continues, and as homeless encampments are being cleared in D.C., the city will be opening a new facility for people experiencing homelessness next month. “We want to use this facility as a way to make it easi What's crime actually like in DC? You can check the numbers yourself 08/28/2025 05:02am • Crime figures in D.C. continue to fall, but debate has grown over President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge and whether it should be expanded to other major cities. The president's GOP supporters in Congress back his declaration of a crime emergency in the District. If the federal su US hosts talks on post-war Gaza as Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’ 08/27/2025 11:23pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli and U.S. officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel's military called the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead of a new offensive and no sign of a ceasefire was in sight. The meeting took place amid mounting outrage CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign 08/27/2025 10:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the nation's top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned. Susan Monarez isn't “aligned with” President Donald Trump's agenda and refused to resign, so the White House terminated her, The Latest: Trump effort to control US capital expands to Union Station 08/27/2025 10:02pm • As President Donald Trump asserts his power to control the nation’s capital, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department will manage Union Station, taking control away from Amtrak. Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, now the face of Trump’s hardline immigration agen