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Special election day in Virginia: Fairfax voters decide next member of Congress 09/09/2025 04:20pm • Check back with WTOP for special election results on Tuesday night. WTOP will have��election analysis and team coverage��on air, online and on our social media platforms. Voters in the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County, Virginia, are lining up Tuesday to cast their ballots and decide who will be This Virginia county tops visitor spending in the state 09/09/2025 02:41pm • Loudoun County leads Virginia visitor spending, according to a new report that also included Dulles airport traffic in that count. Last year was a strong year for tourism spending in Virginia, with a total of $35.1 billion spent by 114.5 million visitors, up 5.4% from 2023, Tourism Economics��� r 'Block Everything' protests and pigs' heads roil France as Macron installs new PM 09/09/2025 02:40pm • PARIS (AP) ��� French authorities say they're bracing for possible acts of sabotage and other violence when tens of thousands of protesters are expected to respond to online calls to disrupt the country on Wednesday, potentially compounding France's latest political crisis triggered by the governmen California Gov. Newsom says Trump has a 'relentless, unhinged' obsession with the state 09/09/2025 02:30pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom used his State of the State address Tuesday to blast President Donald Trump administration for a ���relentless, unhinged California obsession��� while also touting the state's achievements on its 175th anniversary of statehood. The Democratic Maryland governor criticizes Trump in reelection campaign announcement 09/09/2025 02:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for president in 2028, officially announced his reelection campaign for governor on Tuesday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump in a video announcement. The governor said that while h US household income rose slightly last year, roughly matching 2019 level 09/09/2025 01:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The income for the typical U.S. household barely rose last year and essentially matched its 2019 peak, the Census Bureau said Tuesday, a stark illustration of the impact that the pandemic inflation spike had on Americans' finances. The report also showed that the highest-earning AP finds major disaster declarations are taking longer under Trump 09/09/2025 01:25pm • TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) ��� As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony's new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport. Seconds later, a tornado tore apart the one-story brick house and damaged the truck while lifting it partly in the air. Anthony emerged unhurt. B France's prime minister is ousted as the nation drifts into turmoil 09/09/2025 01:02pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Another prime minister gone. Another crisis unfolding. In France, what once shocked is now routine. Prime Minister Fran��ois Bayrou submitted his resignation Tuesday after losing a crushing confidence vote in parliament. The third toppling of a head of government in 14 months leaves P New data shows the US job market was much weaker than thought in 2024, and this year as well 09/09/2025 12:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. job market was much weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation's economy. Employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the year that ended in March 2025, the Labor Department reported T Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, a new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds 09/09/2025 10:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, according to a new poll, while fewer blame a lack of government support. However, just over half also think the government spends too little on those in need, the new poll from the University Takeaways from an AP analysis about longer delays in approving US disaster aid 09/09/2025 08:05am • TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) ��� Survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took less than two weeks for a governor���s request for a major disaster decla What I���ve done right with my portfolio 09/09/2025 06:00am • There are definitely things I get wrong in my investment portfolio. I hold too much company stock and cash, and I don���t have the recommended allowance of bonds for a person my age. My record on curbing taxes hasn���t been perfect. I���ve held tax-inefficient funds in a taxable account and have bee Maryland Gov. Moore makes re-election bid official, adds staff; Hale is now officially a Republican; more notes 09/09/2025 05:56am • Gov. Wes Moore (D) makes it official Tuesday, announcing his plans to seek re-election in 2026. The announcement, which was widely expected, was made in a campaign video in which Moore recounts his historic 2022 campaign, which made him the first Black governor in state history, as well as his ef DC's marijuana market is changing. Some cultivators are seizing the moment 09/09/2025 04:45am • Taking the advice of the old adage to stop and smell the flowers really takes on a new meaning at this D.C. medical marijuana growing operation. In today���s episode of ���Matt About Town,��� WTOP visits the headquarters of Alternative Solutions, or Alt Sol, a cannabis cultivator in D.C., to lear Utah Olympic organizers announce 9-figure fundraising effort for 2034 Winter Games 09/08/2025 09:13pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games announced a fundraising effort on Monday that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history. The initiative, branded as Podium34, has raised more than $200 million and