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This NICU nurse takes care of infants all while flying hundreds of feet in the air 01/05/2026 05:20am • 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. Many nurses in the D.C. area are responsible for taking care of people struggling with severe illnesses, but only a few are doin US military operation in Venezuela disrupts Caribbean holiday travel, hundreds of flights canceled 01/03/2026 11:38pm • The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela that day, according to FlightRadar24.com. And major airl 'This is about regime change': Officials respond to Trump's military actions against Venezuela 01/03/2026 02:03pm • U.S. military forces captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, Saturday in an overnight raid that capped months of threats by President Donald Trump against the Maduro government. Trump said the couple was being taken to New York to face drug and weapons cha 'Just getting through it': What was your highlight of 2025? 12/31/2025 09:51am • 2026 is only hours away and before it arrives, a lot of people will look in the rearview mirror and ask the question, "What was my favorite part of 2025?" WTOP asked tourists and locals on the National Mall that question and even with the extremely cold weather, people smiled as they looked back Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92 12/30/2025 11:09pm • DENVER (AP) — Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and U.S. representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92. Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter, Shanan Campbell, confirmed to The Associated P Six dead and a family left reeling after Mexican Navy medical flight crashes in Texas 12/24/2025 09:35am • Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast in thick fog, killing at least six people, Mexico's government said Tuesday. The plane was working with a nonprofit Today in History: December 24, World War I ‘Christmas truce’ begins 12/24/2025 04:10am • Today is Wednesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2025. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front, principally between British and German soldiers bu Congressional report critical of military actions in January crash near Reagan National 12/23/2025 12:02pm • A new congressional report is out on the midair collision in January between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial jet at Reagan National Airport. It’s critical of the actions of the military pilots in the crash that killed 67 people. The report from the House Subcommittee on Military How the 2025 passenger jet, chopper crash near Reagan National has changed DC's airspace 12/23/2025 03:55am • This story is part of WTOP’s series “Five stories that defined the DC-area in 2025.” You can hear it on air all this week and read it online. Almost a year after the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, the congested airspace a If you're flying out for the holidays, expect a lot of company 12/19/2025 05:20pm • If you’re flying out for the holidays, you should expect a lot of company. That's because the Federal Aviation Administration said that as many as 52,000 flights will carry millions of people to their holiday destinations on Friday. The FAA says it also expects at least 440,000 flights will US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington 12/18/2025 10:21am • The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation's capital, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in Senate approves bill inspired by DC plane crash to ensure military aircraft will broadcast location 12/17/2025 05:31pm • The Senate moved quickly Wednesday afternoon to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people. Just hours after passing a FAA head vows to maintain safety measures implemented after tragic DC plane crash 12/16/2025 07:19pm • The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday he won't forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January, insisting he won't allow operations in the airspace over the nation's capital to revert back to the way they were b Sen. Cruz wants restrictions on military flights approved soon to prevent another midair collision 12/15/2025 07:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says he wants restrictions on military flights approved before government funding runs out at the end of next month to prevent another midair collision like the one over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people in January. Cruz and Democratic Sen. Maria C Senators seek to change bill that allows military to operate just like before the DC plane crash 12/11/2025 06:30pm • Senators from both parties pushed Thursday for changes to a massive defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned the legislation would undo key safety reforms stemming from a collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. The h