This story is part of WTOP’s series “Five stories that defined the DC-area in 2025.” You can hear it on air all this week and read it online.
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As 2025 ends, there’s a lot to unpack when it comes to sifting through the D.C. region’s top stories.
From the year’s first month, during which President Donald Trump was inaugurated and a plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport, to its penultimate month, which saw the election of a new governor in Virginia and the shooting of National Guard members in D.C., the nation’s capital has found itself at the center of America’s news cycle even more than usual.
That’s not even to mention a record-long government shutdown…