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Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump's inauguration 01/21/2025 05:46am • The crowded dais in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, tech titans and business moguls, and two foreign leaders with prime spots. President Donald Trump welcomed a mix of traditional, unprecedented and unorthodox guest Expect periods of 'heavy' snow Sunday with freezing conditions overnight 01/19/2025 06:04pm • Listen live to WTOP online and on 103.5 FM for traffic and weather updates on the 8s.  It's snow joke: White stuff coated parts of the D.C. area Sunday. A couple of flurries are expected to fall inside the beltway Sunday night. The issue is that the wet weather could freeze on roadways ove Widespread road closures for Trump's 2025 presidential inauguration in DC 01/19/2025 08:45am • Editor's Note: Last-minute plans to move some inauguration events indoors due to weather has caused changes and updates to these road closures. This story will be updated as WTOP gets more information.  Drivers heading to Downtown D.C. should prepare for extensive road closures around Donald Tru Celebrations, volunteer events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the DC area 01/17/2025 06:02pm • Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, which happens to also be the same day as Inauguration Day. The federal holiday honoring the Rev. 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Click here to qualify for a game-changin 'You're going to feel it': Windy and bone-chilling temperatures consume DC region 01/07/2025 12:13pm • While the first storm of 2025 set the stage for a fun-filled snow day Monday, that same level of excitement hasn't carried into Tuesday as D.C.-area residents endure bone-chilling temperatures and traverse slick roadways. With the snowfall wrapped, it's going to be all about the below-freezin Neil Young back on at the Glastonbury music festival, citing ‘an error in the information received’ 01/05/2025 07:15am • (CNN) — Neil Young is setting the record straight about his upcoming appearance at Glastonbury 2025. The legendary musician took to his personal blog on Friday to say he will in fact be playing at the celebrated UK-based fest, after previously announcing he had pulled out of the commitment. 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