Top News From WTOP – 4PM Update – January 7, 20226

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January 7, 2026 | 9:00 PM

The latest local news impacting D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Including: disturbing developments out of Minneapolis – where an ICE agent shot and killed a woman during an immigration-related operation and new labor data shows job loss in Maryland.

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Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers killed in Iranian attacks

July 22, 2026 | 7:48 PM

▶ Watch Video: Trump attends dignified transfer for 4 dead U.S. soldiers, 12th night of strikes launched Washington — President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday honoring the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Middle East in recent days during the ongoing war with Iran. The Trump administration is investigating attacks at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that led to the deaths of two of the soldiers, and the presumed death of one other who was initially described as missing. The dignified transfer also included an Army sergeant killed at a base in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone. The service members who were killed were:Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of HawaiiPvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of TexasSgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New YorkSgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North CarolinaThe White House said the president met with each of the soldiers' families. President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute during a dignified transfer for Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 22, 2026. SAUL LOEB /AFP via Getty Images

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