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Saturday, May 18, 2013


WTOP’s Kate Ryan reports

The Maryland transportation bill includes a gas-tax increase, but also road improvements and MARC weekend service to Washington.


1:20 p.m. – Rachel Smolkin, deputy managing editor, POLITICO

Have the latest scandals kept actual work from getting done?


12:20 p.m. – Lauren French, tax reporter, POLITICO

The latest on the IRS scandal


8:20 a.m. – Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports and The Week

A another week of scandals – but does the public care?


The Republican response to the president’s address

Rep. Andy Harris, of Maryland, on the red tape in the health-care law


The president’s weekly radio address

Keeping the focus on the middle class and jobs


WTOP’s Del Walters

It seems our brains love music, old and new

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Hail to the chief: Take our presidential trivia quiz

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