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Conservative activist Ed Martin, who has supported baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and has defended U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by President Trump to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington on a permanent basis. News4’s Ted Oberg explains.

D.C. protesters voiced concerns about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s mass layoffs and the elimination of DEI.

Two men are dead and another is injured after a shooting in Northeast D.C. on Sunday, police say. Shots broke out at a residential building on Minnesota Avenue just after 1 p.m. D’andre Williams, 29, died at the scene, D.C. police said. He was from Waldorf, Maryland. First responders took two other people who were shot to a hospital,......

Author Courtney Duke Foster talks about how her new novel “Results Will Vary” where the book follows a musician who uncovers a family secret. Foster spoke to News4’s Jummy Olabanji about discovering yourself later in life as part of her 4 Your Reading series. 

Events, free things to do, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia the week of Feb. 17 to 23.

Conservative activist Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioters, was nominated by the president on Monday to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington on a permanent basis.

Two dance companies are staging a dance protest at the Kennedy Center in response to President Donald Trump taking over as chair of the board of trustees. News4’s Jessica Albert talks to a member of UpRooted Dance about why they are protesting. 

Thousands are without power Monday morning as strong winds took down trees throughout the D.C. region. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a fatal midair collision near Washington. Probationary workers were targeted in late-night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired. That’s according to David Spero, pres...

Thousands of people were left in the dark after several power outages happened across the region because of the strong wind gusts on Sunday. News4’s Joseph Olmo shows downed trees on cars in Silver Spring, Maryland. 

A candlelight vigil was held Sunday night to mark one year since 45-year-old Trevor Brown of the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company was killed in a home explosion. The vigil happened on the same spot where Brown was killed and 13 others were injured. “I was one of the firefighters that picked up Trevor’s body that night and bring him down…...

The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend. Three FDA staffers who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the layoffs publicly say probationary employees received notices Saturday evening that they wer...

The economy lot at Reagan National Airport is getting an upgrade: a new, three-story parking garage. “Parking should be better,” traveler Pearl Butt said. News4 spoke to travelers who say the upgrade is long overdue. “It’s difficult,” a traveler named Mike said. “There’s no indication of where a free space may be, so you fin...

Arlington County police are investigating a shooting that happened inside an apartment complex that left two people injured, including an underage boy.