WAMU’s Week Ahead: Shutdown impact on local economy, the future of ‘DNA Alley,’ the 411 on Spotted Lanternflies

Patricia Lockwood on the absurdity of sickness

The flow of humanitarian aid begins in Gaza

If You Can Keep It: The ICE crackdowns in Chicago and Portland

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

5 things to know about the health care fight behind the shutdown

Hot Jazz Saturday Night: October 11 , 2025

Get Out There: D.C.’s Best Stadium Eats

The News Roundup – International

The News Roundup – Domestic

The Politics Hour: Why a candidate’s text messages are shaking up Virginia’s elections

Government shutdown, text message scandal could reshape Virginia’s gubernatorial race

Many remain unhoused on D.C. streets, months after the Trump administration ordered sweeping encampment clearings

The end of the International Space Station

The first phase of the peace plan between Israel and Hamas

Ben Stiller and John Turturro on identity and memory in ‘Severance’ (Rebroadcast)

New film ‘Cracked Shells’ explores gentrification’s impact on D.C.’s Black residents

Hot Jazz Saturday Night: October 4 , 2025

Green burial practices are on the rise in Maryland: here’s what you should know

What the shutdown means for the Women, Infants and Children program