WAMU: Local News

Apr 18 2025 10 ep. 8 mins 364

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News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.

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The Politics Hour: Metro General Manager Randy Clarke lays out Metro’s future

Apr 18 2025 49 mins

Metro General Manager Randy Clarke discussed Metro's future, ridership, federal oversight, and overhauling the bus system. Plus, NBC 4 Washington reporter Mark Segraves breaks down the reported deal between D.C. and the Washington Commanders to build a new stadium at the RFK site.

Judge demands to know if White House is helping return wrongly deported Maryland man

Apr 16 2025 3 mins

The hearing is the first about Abrego Garcia's case since El Salvador's president told reporters he is not going to "smuggle a terrorist into the United States."

Rep. Glenn Ivey on Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘Grabbing people and whisking them out of the country, that’s not the American way’

Apr 15 2025 4 mins

Prince George's County congressman Glenn Ivey talks about the latest developments in the case of his resident who was mistaken deported by the Trump administration.

WAMU’s Week Ahead: A hospital opens in Ward 8, Virginia primaries heat up, outer space at the Kennedy Center

Apr 14 2025 4 mins

This week WAMU will look at the opening of the new Cedar Hill Hospital in Southeast D.C. and a key financial deadline for the Virginia statewide elections.

Trayon White’s decision to run again scrambles the special election prompted by his expulsion

Apr 14 2025 3 mins

The former Ward 8 councilmember may be facing federal bribery charges, but he's still the heavy favorite to win the seat he was just expelled from on the Council.

As Virginia braces for federal cuts, local leaders eye policy solutions

Apr 11 2025 4 mins

Stopgap measures like rent and mortgage assistance could be on the table, but a good deal depends on whether the commonwealth has the ability to pay for them.

Get Out There: Exploring D.C.-area record stores on Record Store Day

Apr 11 2025 4 mins

This week we're looking at some of the record stores in D.C., Maryland and Virginia that will be celebrating Record Store Day on Saturday.

Local public policy expert on how tariffs will impact the D.C. region: ‘Really hard to find adjustments’

Apr 08 2025 3 mins

Over the last several decades, an expert says the region has become very much accustomed to being somewhat insulated from the normal swings of the economy because of the presence of the federal government. This time it's different.

D.C.’s Awesome Con is about being yourself… or your favorite comic book character

Apr 07 2025 1 mins

Awesome Con was back at D.C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention for a weekend-long celebration of nerd culture.

President Trump is hyper-focused on D.C. and local policing. What does it mean for city leaders?

Apr 07 2025 4 mins

The MPD has frequently found itself the subject of unwelcome attention from the White House., while D.C. officials face tricky politics as they try to respond.