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WTOP's Beer of the Week: Nepenthe Space Jellyfish IPA 01/09/2026 05:58pm • OK, you had your "Rock Lobster." Now, here���s your Space Jellyfish! WTOP���s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Nepenthe Space Jellyfish IPA for the latest edition of WTOP���s Beer of the Week. Trump wears a new 'Happy Trump' lapel pin, but insists he's never happy 01/09/2026 05:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump insists he's never happy. But now he has a lapel pin that is. The president sported a tiny version of himself on his suit's lapel Friday, under the miniature American flag pin he and other presidents have traditionally worn. ���Somebody gave me this. Do y 49ers' Trent Williams and Ricky Pearsall questionable for wild-card game against Eagles 01/09/2026 05:55pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will both officially be questionable for the San Francisco 49ers for their wild-card playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Williams was able to practice on a l Details of Javier Assad's $1.8 million, 1-year contract with the Chicago Cubs 01/09/2026 05:54pm • Details of Javier Assad���s $1.8 million, one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs: 2026 salary: $1.8 million 2027 club option: $3.3 million ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB Trump brushes off early posting of confidential jobs figures 01/09/2026 05:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren���t supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. The monthly Details of Andrew Vaughn���s $7.65 million, 1-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers 01/09/2026 05:51pm • Details of Andrew Vaughn's $7.65 million, one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers: 2026 salary: $7.65 million Award bonuses: MVP: $100,000 (2nd-$75,000, 3rd-$50,000) All-Star, Silver Slugger, World Series MVP, Comeback Player of the Year, Hank Aaron Award: $50,000 Gold Glove, League Championshi Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicol��s Maduro in court 01/09/2026 05:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Days after Nicol��s Maduro���s arraignment on drug trafficking charges, a squabble has erupted over who gets to represent the former Venezuelan president in the high-stakes case. Defense attorney Barry Pollack, who sat with Maduro in court, accused lawyer Bruce Fein of trying to jo Details of Brice Turang's $4.15 million, 1-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers 01/09/2026 05:48pm • Details of Brice Turang���s $4.15 million, one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers: 2026 salary: $4.15 million Award bonuses: MVP: $100,000 (2nd-$75,000, 3rd-$50,000) All-Star, Silver Slugger, World Series MVP, Comeback Player of the Year, Hank Aaron Award: $50,000 Gold Glove, League Championsh American coach Matarazzo gets first win as Real Sociedad sneak late win at Getafe 01/09/2026 05:48pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Brais Mendez scored a goal-of-the-season contender as Real Sociedad won at Getafe 2-1 and gave American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo his first win in charge of the Basque club on Friday. The ball fell kindly for the big midfielder right on the 18-yard line and he struck the sweetest of Bobby Petrino joins North Carolina as offensive coordinator for Bill Belichick 01/09/2026 05:48pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� Bobby Petrino was named North Carolina's new offensive coordinator for coach Bill Belichick on Friday. Petrino joins the Tar Heels after spending the past two seasons as the offensive coordinator at Arkansas, where he was also the interim head coach for the final seven ga Details of Brady Singer's $12.75 million, 1-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds 01/09/2026 05:45pm • Details of Brady Singer���s $12.75 million, one-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds: 2026 salary: $12.75 million Award bonuses ($250,000 maximum): Cy Young: $250,000 (2nd-$150,000, 3rd-10th-$100,000) All-Star: $100,000 World Series and League Championship Series MVP: $50,000 ___ AP MLB: https://a Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report 01/09/2026 05:44pm • The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government ���to save and restore the American family,��� kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues. Among its recommendations? A ���marriage bootcamp,��� designed to prepare cohabitating c Team Canada unveils experienced women's hockey Olympic roster, led by 'Captain Clutch' Poulin 01/09/2026 05:42pm • Led by Marie-Philip Poulin, a.k.a. ���Captain Clutch,��� defending Olympic gold medal-winning Canada is leaning heavily on experience in unveiling its 23-player women���s hockey roster on Friday for the Milan Cortina Games next month. Team Canada returns 16 players from the team that set numerous sc Details of Tony Santillan's $1.8 million, 1-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds 01/09/2026 05:42pm • Details of Tony Santillan���s $1.8 million, one-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds: 2026 salary: $1.8 million Award bonuses ($50,000 maximum): All-Star, BBWAA Reliever of the Year, Rivera/Hoffman Reliever of the Year, All-MLB first or second team, World Series MVP, League Championship Series MVP Supreme Court will take up Cisco's bid to shut down lawsuit by Falun Gong 01/09/2026 05:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up an appeal from tech giant Cisco seeking to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company���s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China. The justices, who will hear arguments in the spring, wil