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Trump administration might host a military parade in Washington on the president's birthday

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Federal prosecutors dismiss criminal charge against Prince William County man dubbed top MS-13 gang leader

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Alex Ovechkin has the NHL career goals record. Now the Capitals want to get ready for the playoffs

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Single-engine plane crash injures 2 in Spotsylvania Co.

Frontier flight at Dulles cleared after investigation into beeping noise in plane's cargo hold

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4 teenagers charged in Spotsylvania Co. mass shooting

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US Postal Service seeks to hike cost of a first-class stamp to 78 cents

'We stand shoulder to shoulder': Maryland Task Force 1 responds to Kentucky after deadly storms

IRS will bring fired probationary employees back to work by mid-April

Trump disrupts global economic order even though the US is dominant

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Wall Street's euphoria sends US stocks to historic gains after Trump pauses most of his tariffs

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EU imposes new tariffs on $23 billion in US goods in retaliation for Trump's steel, aluminum tariffs

US Canada Border Tariffs

Who actually pays tariffs? The answer might surprise you

China Trump Tariffs

Trump hits back with a 125% tariff in escalating trade war with China

Democrats Whitmer

Trump offers rare praise for Michigan Gov. Whitmer as she appears with him in Oval Office

Mexico US Tariffs

Trump's tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here's a timeline of how we got here

Delta Air Lines had been expecting a record year. Then a trade war broke out

Falling Oil Prices

Oil prices fall, then recover, after Trump announces 90-day tariff pause -- excluding China

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Maryland Task Force 1 responds to Kentucky after deadly storms

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Prince George’s Co. breaks ground on new event and community space

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DC Council seeks to crack down on ticket brokers and scalpers

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The best ways to save on your grocery bill

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Federal real estate footprint shrinking in DC

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Here’s why Va. students are celebrating getting ‘written up’ for behavior

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DC high school basketball coach reacts to former player winning NCAA title

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DC-area officials unveil new program to lower pedestrian and bicyclist traffic deaths

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Advocates push to build commuter rail to western Loudoun Co. along W&OD trail

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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Md. man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

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Safety upgrades coming to problematic Arlington intersection

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Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th

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Prince George’s Co. breaks ground on new event and community space

Immigration Scholars Detained

3 weeks after being detained, lawyers describe conditions for Georgetown scholar

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Va. research colleges poised to face ‘devastating’ consequences from federal cuts, experts say

Germany Stabbing

The Hunt: Russian agents suspected of involvement in a terror attack in Germany

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Appeals court clears the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of probationary workers

FILE - Lydia Winters shows off Microsoft's "Minecraft" built specifically for HoloLens at the Xbox E3 2015 briefing before Electronic Entertainment Expo, June 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. Security experts around the world raced Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, to patch one of the worst computer vulnerabilities discovered in years, a critical flaw in open-source code widely used across industry and government in cloud services and enterprise software. Cybersecurity experts say users of the online game Minecraft have already exploited it to breach other users by pasting a short message into in a chat box. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Insight by University of Maryland Capital Region Health

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A warning for Metro about expanding automated train service

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New ways of dealing with stress in the workplace

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Loudoun Credit Union returns to historic downtown Leesburg

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Near-collision investigation reveals Reagan National Airport controllers failed to stop flights during military flyover

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The DC skyline is puncture by the US Capitol.

‘A fire sale’: Federal real estate footprint shrinking in DC

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'It’s been an honor': Longtime anchor Leon Harris leaves NBC Washington

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Trump helps plant replacement for a historic White House tree that was removed over safety concerns

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing this morning to explore whether the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster has stifled competition and harmed the consumer marketplace. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DC Council seeks to crack down on ticket brokers and scalpers

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Federal workers and supporters rally for reinstatement for those put on leave or fired

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Frontier flight at Dulles cleared after investigation into beeping noise in plane’s cargo hold

Fairfax Co. moms seek accountability, say their kids were assaulted on special needs school bus

‘We stand shoulder to shoulder’: Maryland Task Force 1 responds to Kentucky after deadly storms

Federal prosecutors dismiss criminal charge against Dale City man dubbed top MS-13 gang leader

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Hundreds of Fairfax Co. middle schoolers 'written up' for their behavior. Here’s why they’re celebrating

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The cost of living in the DC area: The pain and the gains you can make

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NATIONAL

Tax-Scam Explainer

IRS acting commissioner resigns over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE, report says

VIRGINIA

Trump Espionage Fears

Northern Virginia braces for more job losses amid Trump administration uncertainty

ART

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Climate protester found guilty of smearing paint on sculpture at DC's National Gallery of Art

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