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A year after President Trump declared a crime emergency in D.C., the city's courts are overwhelmed with cases. NOTUS reporter Jenny Gathright explains the increased presence and coordination with federal law enforcement is playing a significant role.

This week, Hot Jazz Saturday Night features Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks, Sweet Savannah Sue, and pianist Sugar Underwood and the Ross-Deluxe Syncopators.

Lingering stares, the brushing of hands, and a suggestively positioned water bottle.

It’s been a big season for movies.

What happens when the line between the president’s personal wealth and the interests of the country blurs?

Jack Benny on a date with movie star, Paulette Goddard; a guy claims to be a Martian on X Minus One; and Casablanca-like intrigue on Rocky Fortune.

The Kennedy Center's profile has already shifted. If the shutdown is approved by a federal judge, its primary stages will not reopen until at least 2028 and audiences may decline further.

Bibi walks a tightrope. Friday marks five years since Afghanistan.

Leavitt leaves. Congress relies on AI.

They power your streaming, your email, your cloud storage, and more.

Indecision strikes us in every part of our lives, big and small.

An ancient saga of gods, monsters, and the cost of war.

The DOD is shutting out the free press and even downplaying troop deaths.

This week on Hot Jazz Saturday Night, we've some truly smoking live big band performances from vibraphonist Terry Gibbs in 1959, some rarely heard transcription recordings by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars made for a children's radio show in 1950, and Blossom Seeley breathes fire on "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby" from a record made 101 years ago!

Building a new monument in Washington, D.C. is usually a painstaking process involving layers of review by federal commissions and often requiring congressional approval. The President  is trying to speed that up for the construction of a 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle. But the changes his administration is proposing could reach far beyond this project.  

D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson on House Republicans' latest attempt to limit the city's ability to self-govern. Plus, Virginia Congress James Walkinshaw defends Smithsonian's museums and WAMU's Jenny Abamu on Maryland communities looking to limit data center development .

This week on Get Out There, we're on the hunt for great ice cream.

Ukraine sends a fleet of drones to Moscow. France bans social media for kids.

The new system has set up a complex process for determining the winners of two citywide council races, prompting accusations of voter disenfranchisement. The council is weighing a major change just a few months before the November general election.

Cream of the crop! Edmond Rostand’s classic play, Cyrano de Bergerac; Tallulah Bankhead’s The Big Show; nail-biting episodes of Dragnet and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: the radio noir Broadway Is My Beat, and a dramatization of a classic short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” on Suspense.

How you can stay safe?

It's not just watching paint dry. The twists and turns of the Reflecting Pool repairs, originally a two-week project, have kept bloggers and viewers busy all summer.

Time for a spring clean? Get tips on where to begin.

Hundreds of thousands of students accessing federal student loans will be impacted by new guidelines which restrict how much debt students can take on. The U.S. Department of Education says its to curtail overwhelming debt; students worry about the programs they can pursue.

July 4th marked the official end of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Now, many federal agencies are looking to fill the gaps left by the Elon Musk-led downsizing effort.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

On Tuesday, the late leader was honored in the city of Qom.

This year marks its 15th anniversary.

President Donald Trump is in Turkey.

The team was in the eye of a storm over a controversial phone call from President Trump to FIFA's head about a red card on a U.S. striker. But even with the U.S. at full strength, Belgium easily won.

The importance of U.S. diplomacy and aid overseas.

How can misconceptions about pelvic and vulvar pain delay diagnosis?

Around the time the United States was founded, Americans' diets included Parmesan ice cream and terrapin. But what you ate depended on your social status.

Music scholar Anna Harwell Celenza talks to WAMU about her new book "On The Record: Music that Changed America," which surveys iconic American musical works that shaped the nation's laws.

For our 250th anniversary we'll have fireworks on Our Miss Brooks; a patriotic program from The Cavalcade Of America; and a visit with Thomas Jefferson on American Adventure. Plus Edward R. Murrow leading the legendary CBS Radio News team in a discussion of where the world stood in 1950, and what the future would bring.

This week on Get Out There, we help locals celebrate America 250.

Banner reporters Ben Conarck and Jack Hogan explain an ongoing legal battle between the Prince George's County government and a commission overseeing parks in the D-C-region.

How mayors are navigating their relationship with the state and federal government to make changes at the local level.

1A is marking the 250th taking a look back at this year’s Sounds of America series.

The country's 250th birthday is a chance to "help America be the America of all our dreams," says Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch.

Starting next year hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees in the D.C. region will have to prove they're working, in school, or volunteering to keep their coverage. KFF Health News explains what's changing and how local organizations are helping enrollees prepare.

Moments of reflection at the semiquincentennial.

Some of the court’s lower-profile rulings this term reveal strains among the justices.

“It's an opportunity to think how have we participated in democracy. How are we leading revolution and liberation in our own lives? And what are the stories that we may have ourselves about our role or place in democracy? And what we need to unlearn about that story.”

U.S. Youth Soccer registers over 2.5 million players each year. Why has it become such a popular sport?

Congress lets premium tax credits expire in December and President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill made changes to the Affordable Care Act.

This week WAMU will be looking into how locals are telling D.C.’s story amid the festivities celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA.

"Stars, Stripes, and Summer Nights" is a cozy, whimsical teenage romance full of humor, touching moments, and a genuine love for one's identity.

Mediating country Pakistan says talks will resume Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran on the terms of the interim deal.