LONDON (AP) — For Joe Reeve, the midterm afterglow faded fast. The London startup founder was among the wave around the Trump-weary world awakening to the stunning news that Americans had sharply rejected President Donald Trump’s fist-in-the-eye stewardship of the United States that had started a war with Iran, forged no peace in Ukraine or...

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A hearing, pushed several times over the course of a month, was slated for Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, Tuesday’s elections will chart the course for the final two years of his presidency. If his party loses control of Congress in the midterm elections, the rest of his time in office is likely to be consumed by Democratic-led investigations into his administration and his business dealings, and possibly...

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/after-election-day-trump-stares-down-the-specter-of-democratic-probes-and-the-race-to-succeed-him/

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SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An Alabama man was charged Monday with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-year-old boy. Garrick Rawls faces an arson charge — a federal offense — in connection with a Halloween day fire that damaged the Senatobia...

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Rain was clearing but the risk of flooding remained high on Monday after the latest round of powerful downpours sent a massive amount of water surging through storm-weary parts of the Southwest, forcing hundreds to evacuate as swift-water rescue teams kept busy. Officials said cleanup and repair efforts could take weeks. One person died in...

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/floodwaters-swamp-the-southwest-forcing-evacuations-and-altering-some-election-day-voting/

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President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections. Miller, long a key member of Trump’s inner circle, is a key architect of the administration’s hard-line immigration policies. Wiles, a steely political operator and...

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/the-latest-trump-concedes-iran-war-impact-on-elections-but-insists-hed-do-it-again/

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You’re nearing retirement, but you haven’t saved $1 million. That doesn’t mean you can never retire. Here are 8 financial do’s and don’ts for savers with a six-figure nest egg. 1. Do: Know your number Focus on the amount you’ll need in retirement, rather than how much you’ve accumulated. Realize that your wants may decline...

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Ballots are being tallied in a midterm election that could reshape parts of Virginia’s constitution and influence the makeup of the state’s congressional delegation.

https://wtop.com/elections/2026/11/midterm-results-could-bring-changes-to-virginias-constitution-congressional-delegation/

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Students using Google software in the classroom will not be allowed to access the company’s search engine unless their school system also opts in to using artificial intelligence, the tech giant said Tuesday. The Mountain View, California, company has been facing pushback from educators, child development experts and parents over the use of its technology...

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/students-using-google-search-in-classroom-accounts-will-need-access-to-ai-tools-the-company-says/

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PAYSANDÚ, Uruguay (AP) — Thousands of people poured into a city on the Uruguay River on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV’s first Mass in South America, as the pontiff sought to raise the profile of the Catholic Church in Uruguay, the region’s most secular country. More than 30,000 people — many from Uruguay but also...

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/thousands-pour-into-a-park-in-uruguay-for-pope-leos-first-mass-in-south-america/

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Americans head to the polls Tuesday in midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Democrats are seeking to win the House and Senate, which would give them greater power to challenge President Donald Trump’s agenda after two years of Republican control. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

https://wtop.com/national/2026/11/photos-of-americans-voting-on-midterm-election-day/

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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers’ stocks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7% to 66,104.93, while South Korea’s Kospi jumped 3.3% to 6,907.53. Shares in Samsung Electronics jumped 4.5% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix surged 6.2%. “The...

https://wtop.com/world/2026/09/asian-shares-are-mixed-as-chipmaker-shares-rally-in-tokyo-and-seoul/

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HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — For years, Rep. David Valadao benefited from voting patterns that shifted toward Republicans in his rural, heavily Latino district in Central California, deep in the state’s farm belt where highways crisscross boundless stretches of almond groves, cornfields and dairy feed lots. This time, that could change. Across the country, there are...

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An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress to build his proposed White House ballroom, saying construction must stop.

https://wtop.com/national/2026/08/appeals-court-rules-trump-must-get-approval-from-congress-on-ballroom-ordering-halt-to-construction/

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WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group's Greg Engert to talk about Eggenberg Hopfen König Pilsner for WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners…

https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2026/07/kia-launches-new-recall-for-463000-telluride-suvs-due-to-fire-risk-urges-owners-to-park-outside/

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Western leaders came to Turkey to discuss security in an increasingly perilous world. They each left…

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LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams withdrew from her doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon on Saturday due to a…

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookies are prone to mistakes. Cooper Ingle made a big one he may never forget. Cleveland’s left…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One —…

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The group also says the project runs afoul of a federal law requiring the department to issue an assessment of how the paint job would impact the environment.

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Hackers can often access home Wi-Fi networks with few noticeable signs. Ken Colburn breaks down how to make sure you network is secure in this edition of Data Doctors.

https://wtop.com/cyber-security/2026/05/data-doctors-the-home-device-hackers-love-most/

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding a day after the United States struck…

https://wtop.com/news/2026/05/a-fragile-ceasefire-holds-as-us-awaits-iran-response-bahrain-detains-dozens/

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As civil rights advocates protest, Republican lawmakers in several Southern states are seizing on the opportunity…

https://wtop.com/national/2026/05/tennessee-republicans-will-consider-redrawing-us-house-district-covering-majority-black-memphis/

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U.S. forces launched an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, with the first two ships, both American-flagged merchant vessels, sailing through unscathed.

https://wtop.com/national/2026/05/the-latest-hegseth-and-caine-say-ceasefire-between-the-us-and-iran-is-not-over/

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war risked reigniting after the U.S. tried to force open the Strait…

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