Whether its terrorists, anarchists, cyber criminals or nation states, America has a target on its back. WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green investigates the threats facing the U.S., the people behind them, the agencies fighting them and their impact on Americans.
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The top news of the day impacting people living in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Top News from WTOP is produced Monday - Friday and released by 6 a.m. each day. Get the latest news in the DMV from the neighborhood source you trust.
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Top News From WTOP - 090425 9AM UDATE - SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
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16:27The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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494 | Salt Typhoon in the U.S. and Secret Ops in Greenland: The New Frontlines of Influence
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23:05On this episode we’ve got two big stories. First, we continue our Greenland story. Denmark says covert influence operations aren’t just the work of Russia or China anymore—they’re happening inside the Western alliance. Investigators there allege Americans tied to Donald Trump tried to stir separatist sentiment in Greenland. Now we're hearing there …
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Top News from WTOP 9am Update -- September 2nd
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17:29The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: A warning for you from firefighters as the drought of rain continues in the DC region. The death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan is on the rise. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c…
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
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19:00The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 9AM Update - August 1, 2025
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18:26The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include Labor Day festivities, a Germantown stabbing, and device arrest. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM UPDATE - AUGUST 31, 2025
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17:11The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News From WTOP -- 9am UPDATE -- August, 31, 2025
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18:44The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 6 a.m. Update - Aug. 30, 2025
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19:17The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 5PM Update - August 30, 2025
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17:12The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today's top stories include: masked agents in DC, a landmark case in the use of DNA, and AI used in rental properties. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP 8am Update - August 28th, 2025
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17:01The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: The National Guard's use in beautifying DC isn't universally accepted. Questions are being raised about a long-serving DC political figure See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-…
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493 | Denmark Confronts Trump Administration over Greenland
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22:10Denmark has done something almost unheard of: it hauled in the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen to demand answers—after uncovering evidence that people tied directly to Donald Trump have been running secret influence operations in Greenland. The allegation? That these operatives tried to stir up a movement in Greenland—a territory of Denmark—to brea…
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM Update - August 27, 2025
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18:16The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Top stories include: A mass shooting at a school in Minneapolis, Mayor Muriel Bowser meeting with the President, and the White House running Union Station. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in…
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Top News from WTOP 8am Update - August 26th, 2025
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26:57The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: School’s back in session in several Maryland districts—and we’ll have team coverage. The White House says the federal law enforcement surge in D.C. has led to more than 1,000 arrests so far. We’ll talk more about this federal crime initiative with D.C.’…
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Top News from WTOP - 10AM UPDATE - AUGUST 24, 2025
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18:09The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 6 a.m. Update - Aug. 23, 2025
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Top News From WTOP -- 3 PM Update -- August 22, 2025
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16:47The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 7 a.m. Update - Aug. 22, 2025
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17:04The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News From WTOP - 7AM UPDATE - AUGUST 21, 2025
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17:14The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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492 | The Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska: Optics Without Outcomes
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28:34In this episode, the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska—three hours of high-stakes talks that produced no ceasefire, no sanctions relief, and no concrete deal. We hear President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in their own words. Then break down the much-talked-about event with members of Parliament from Ukraine Ivanna Kympush-Tsintsadse and Haly…
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Top News from WTOP- 5PM Update- August 20, 2025
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17:53The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Top stories include: DC crime data, a PG County shooting, and Hurricane Erin. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News From WTOP - 7AM UPDATE - AUGUST 20, 2025
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16:09The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia: Federal prosecutors changing course on rifles and shotguns on DC streets; Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask a judge to dismiss the criminal case against him; What's happening during the federal takeover in areas of DC that have the highest level of crime. See Privacy Policy at…
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Top News from WTOP 8am Update - August 19th, 2025
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17:08The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: Even more National Guard troops from 3 more states are coming to DC. A warning for beachgoers as Hurricane Erin is making waves in our region. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-…
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Top News from WTOP - 7 a.m. Update - August 18, 2025
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18:28The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM UPDATE - AUGUST 17, 2025
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15:51The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP 10a Update - August 16th, 2025
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18:56The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP 7am Update - August 15th, 2025
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18:50The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: The Trump Administration names an "emergency police commissioner" for DC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP 7am Update - August 14th, 2025
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18:39The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: A police checkpoint spawns a protest in part of DC. As federal authorities are expected to clear homeless encampments, we hear from people who could be affected. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar…
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Top News from WTOP - 2PM Update - August 14, 2025
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23:17The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today's stories include: team coverage -- and reaction from Maryland Governor Wes Moore -- to the Trump administration's federal takeover of D.C. police, deployment of the national guard and federal officers' clearing of homeless encampments in Washington D.C. See Privacy Policy …
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491 | Showdown in Alaska: War, Peace, and the Stakes for Ukraine
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17:28A major geopolitical summit is coming up in Alaska this week between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with top European leaders to send a strong message to them—Ukraine's map will not be redrawn at a meeting that doesn't include them. On this episode, Trump explains his thinkin…
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Top News from WTOP - 5PM Update - August 13, 2025
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17:34The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Top stories include: a Baltimore ICE facility, federalizing DC Police, and President Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Russia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News From WTOP - 2PM UPDATE - AUGUST 11, 2025
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16:52The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. President Trump moves to allow the federal government to take over the DC Police Department. WTOP's Kate Ryan kicks off our team coverage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News from WTOP - 7PM Update - August 10, 2025
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17:15The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP – 9 a.m. update – Aug. 9, 2025
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18:19The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP – 6PM Update – August 8, 2025
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17:20The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: President Trump increases the amount of federal officers on District streets and a D.C. council member facing a federal bribery charge is sworn back in. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri…
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Top News From WTOP 7am Update - August 8th, 2025
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18:36The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: We have new details about plans for increased federal law enforcement in DC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News From WTOP 7am Update - August 7th, 2025
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18:42The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: More federal law enforcers may hit the streets of DC...as soon as today.New and higher U-S tariffs on goods from DOZENS of countries. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-…
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490 | Putin’s War, Western Delusion, and the Erosion of NATO
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31:44Former Latvian Defense Minister Dr. Artis Pabriks joins us with a stark warning: the West still misunderstands Russia’s long-term ambitions—and its slow, fragmented response to the war in Ukraine is already reshaping Europe’s future. From Belarus’s silent absorption to NATO’s fragile cohesion, Pabriks argues the stakes couldn’t be higher. See Priva…
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Top News from WTOP - 7AM Update - August 6, 2025
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18:21The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Top stories include President Trump calling for the federal government to seize control of D.C., new developments involving the man who allegedly shot and killed two Israeli Embassy workers in May, and Initiative 82. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California …
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Top News from WTOP – 6PM Update – August 5, 2025
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17:22The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: President Trump once again threatens to seize control of the District if local leaders don't address crime issues, and a bond hearing over a Maryland mother accused of killing her two children. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi…
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Top News From WTOP 6am Update - August 5th, 2025
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18:16The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: A fire in Prince George's County this morning claimed the life of a 9-year-old child. We'll get the latest in a live report. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM UPDATE - AUGSUT , 2025
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17:04The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP - 7AM Update - August 3, 2025
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17:51The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Top stories include: The Smithsonian's Museum of American History, a Prince George's County arrest, and Maryland heat deaths. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News from WTOP – 7 a.m. update – Aug. 2, 2025
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18:01The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.By [email protected]
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Top News from WTOP – 5PM Update – August 1, 2025
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17:46The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today’s stories include: a new Commanders stadium in the District gets initial approval from the D.C. Council and the final day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings on the deadly January mid-air collision over the Potomac Rover near Reagan National Airport. See Privac…
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Top News From WTOP 8AM Update - July 31st, 2025
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18:20The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: Morning commutes are disrupted after a fire at a downtown Metro station. The N-T-S-B will hold more hearings today concerning January's deadly mid-air crash near Reagan National. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not…
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489 | Gabbard Says Obama Led a Coup Against Trump. Truth or Fiction?
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24:04In a seismic allegation, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claims former President Barack Obama “led a coup attempt” against Donald Trump—accusing him of directing the intelligence community to fabricate the Russia collusion narrative to overturn the 2016 election. In this episode, we scrutinize Gabbard’s charge against the historical…
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM Update - July 30, 2025
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12:17The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today's top stories include: Hearings on the new Commanders stadium in DC, Gilbert Arenas arrest, and Kamala Harris's political future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News From WTOP - 5PM Update - July 29, 2025
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17:38The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Today's top stories include: The RFK stadium hearings, Montgomery County housing, and the leaf blower laws. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Top News from WTOP - 7am Update - July 29th, 2025
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17:10The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Today's top news stories: It's the first of two days of public hearings on the proposed new DC stadium for the Commanders. Five people are dead after a shooting in Midtown Manhattan, including a police officer AND the shooter. The rankings for the best hospitals in the DC area a…
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