Top News from WTOP – 9AM Update – April, 7th, 2026

By pwenzel
April 7, 2026 | 6:29 PM

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

Today’s top news stories: President Trump says QUOTE..a “whole civilization will die tonight” end QUOTE if his 8 PM deadline to open the Straight of Hormuz isn’t met.

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Hail to the chief: Take our presidential trivia quiz

By Rick Massimo
February 15, 2021 | 1:46 PM

EDITOR'S NOTE: WTOP first brought you this quiz in 2019. Presidents Day is coming. How well do you know the less-important facts about the nation's leaders? Take WTOP's quiz — with any luck, it won't take you all Presidents Day to finish it.

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