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These Americans don’t think the economy is getting any better. Welcome to ‘No Buy 2025’ 02/02/2025 09:00am • New York (CNN) — When the world is in turmoil, it’s easy to impulse buy. The sentiment has long been pushed on social media — a quick run to HomeGoods or Target, clicking an Amazon affiliate link, or just keeping up with the latest item drops. Many Americans, especially female content cr 'Always heartwarming': Area restaurants come together to fuel first responder recovery efforts in DC plane crash 02/01/2025 08:00am • While first responders continue in their recovery operation from this week's deadly midair plane crash over the Potomac River, D.C.-area restaurants are stepping up to fuel their efforts. "I knew I had to clear my schedule and figure out how to support," said chef Matthew Adler, who told WTOP tha Advocates urge Maryland lawmakers to protect 'sensitive locations' from immigration raids 01/31/2025 10:12am • With a historic church as a backdrop, advocates for Maryland’s immigrant population Thursday called on lawmakers to protect schools, churches and other community spaces from potential raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The rally at St. Anne’s Parish in Annapolis came a DC family helps raise $50K for LA wildfire victims with upcoming dance-a-thon 01/31/2025 09:51am • As people from all around the country were horrified by the images of the California wildfires, it was extra personal for D.C. resident Ashley Bronczek. "So I'm originally from Southern California, and I was basically getting live updates from friends and family, as the fires were raging," sa Everyone aboard American Airlines jet and Army helicopter feared dead after collision near Reagan National 01/30/2025 11:46am • A regional jet from Kansas crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Virginia's Reagan National Airport, authorities said. John Donnelly, chief of D.C. Fire and EMS, said at a Thursday morning news conference that all 64 pe What to consider before taking the 'deferred resignation' offer 01/30/2025 07:34am • From an offer of "deferred resignations" to promises of cuts to the federal workforce, many of the moves taken and proposed by the Trump administration have left some federal workers feeling uneasy. Thiago Glieger, of RMG Advisors in Rockville, Maryland, specializes in financial planning for fede Trump eyes asylum agreement with El Salvador to deport migrants there 01/29/2025 09:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Trump eyes asylum agreement with El Salvador to deport migrants there Washington — The Trump administration is developing an asylum agreement with El Salvador's government that would allow the U.S. to deport migrants to the small Central American country who are not from th 'It's chaos': Md. Gov. Wes Moore reacts to freeze on funding 01/28/2025 09:13pm • The Trump administration's latest executive order that called for freezing federal grants led to confusion as agencies and nonprofits — that provide everything from day care to assistance for victims of crime — were informed their access to those federal funds would be blocked. On the same da Weekend road closures for Downtown DC Chinese New Year parade 01/28/2025 04:40pm • D.C.'s annual Lunar New Year parade this weekend will be chockful of traditional dances and garb, but will also come with some road closures along the parade route. The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade will march and dance through the streets of D.C.’s Chinatown on Sunday, Feb. 2, sta DC legislation hopes to cut doomscrolling distractions in classrooms 01/28/2025 11:54am • Less TikTok and texting, and more history and geometry could be coming for D.C. students as legislation is proposing a ban on cellphones for D.C. public and charter schools. Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto introduced the "Heads Up! Distraction-Free Learning Amendment Act of 2025" on Monday. DC Fire and EMS 'returns to the scene' of back-to-back deadly fires 01/27/2025 06:15pm • D.C. firefighters and emergency responders on Monday returned to the scene of two deadly fires that occurred within nine hours of each other and barely a half mile apart over the weekend. The first fire happened at about 9:30 p.m. Friday and resulted in the death of a man in his 50s. The cause o Anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose distinctive warm voice led WTOP's evening news, dies at 55 01/27/2025 05:00pm • WTOP evening anchor Dimitri Sotis, whose deep, warm voice informed and kept listeners in the D.C. region company during storms, elections and breaking news, has died at the age of 55. "It is with the utmost sadness and shock that I write this email to let you all know our friend and coworker, FedEx driver hospitalized after truck catches fire on I-270 in Montgomery Co. 01/25/2025 11:01pm • A FedEx driver is in the hospital after a major crash on Saturday on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, caused the delivery truck to flip onto its side and catch on fire. Montgomery County Fire & Rescue were called to the scene around 7:30 p.m. to the southbound I-270 spur under W What local health experts make of Trump's freeze on federal agencies' communications 01/24/2025 07:25am • The Trump administration's direction to federal health agencies will freeze external communications including health advisories, regulations, guidance, announcements and press releases, at least through the end of the month. A memo obtained by The Associated Press stated that "pause," which inclu Road closures for 2025 March for Life in DC 01/23/2025 05:28pm • Anti-abortion rights demonstrators will gather on Friday for the 52nd annual March for Life, prompting road closures and parking changes in D.C. The march was first held to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which established a women's right to have an abo