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BREAKING NEWS: A ground stop is in effect at all three major D.C.-area airports Friday evening. wtop.com/local/2026/03/…

UPDATE: President Trump signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees. wtop.com/congress/2026/…

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: Artists, journalists and musicians gathered outside the Kennedy Center in support of free speech amid controversy over President Trump's involvement with the performing arts venue. wtop.com/dc/2026/03/big…

SPORTS ALERT: Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash on Friday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office has told media outlets. wtop.com/national/2026/…

NEWS ALERT: House Republicans are rejecting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security. wtop.com/congress/2026/…

LOCAL ALERT: If you have plans to hit D.C. this weekend, prepare for cherry blossom, March Madness and protest crowds. Here's what you need to know. wtop.com/dc/2026/03/che…

What should this "ominous" cherry blossom tree at the Tidal Basin be called?

“Maybe it’s not the tree we want, but it’s the tree we need.” There's a new "sinister" Stumpy in town. An unusual cherry blossom tree stood out at the Tidal Basin during peak bloom. Take a look on WTOP News: wtop.com/dc/2026/03/as-…

There is a new pop-up museum dedicated to the scene of the crime that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency. wtop.com/dc/2026/03/pop…

Since 2015, the Brain Choir at Inova Loudoun Hospital has offered a sense of community for stroke survivors, people with progressive neurological disorders or diseases and those who have acquired traumatic brain injuries. wtop.com/loudoun-county…

The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously on a proposal to direct Superintendent Michelle Reid to draft a plan to explore naming rights for school athletic facilities. wtop.com/fairfax-county…

Secluded amid the nature of Warrenton, Virginia, is the historic Airlie Hotel. A short one-hour drive from D.C. leads vacationers to this peaceful retreat graced with tree-lined pathways and harmonious green spaces. wtop.com/travel/2026/03…

@thoughtsofquod Reconstruction is currently in progress.

@WTOP How about fixing the damn bridge

LOCAL ALERT: Maryland leaders gathered in Dundalk on Thursday to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Key Bridge collapse. wtop.com/maryland/2026/…

NEWS ALERT: The Education Department will relocate from its headquarters to a smaller D.C. office as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency. wtop.com/education/2026…

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump says he will sign an emergency order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to pay Transportation Security Administration workers as Congress struggles to reach a deal. wtop.com/national/2026/…

NEWS ALERT: Montgomery County, Maryland, school board approves plan that will cause some students to be zoned for different schools. wtop.com/montgomery-cou…

SPORTS ALERT: Here's how to watch Nationals games without MASN. wtop.com/washington-nat…

LOCAL ALERT: A North Carolina man eluded police in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, striking a D.C. police officer and crashing into multiple vehicles, including a Virginia State Police car, before being taken into custody. wtop.com/crime/2026/03/…

UPDATE: A professional cornhole player who’s also a quadruple amputee waived his right to an extradition hearing, as authorities seek to move him from Virginia to Maryland, where he faces charges of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving. wtop.com/maryland/2026/…