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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 3h

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 3h

It's one of those mornings where pronouncing my name's the hardest part of the job.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 21h

Very proud of my colleague @jjgreenjr.bsky.social. He embodies the spirit that makes me proud to be a journalist. "Access isn’t a badge, it’s a responsibility. And that responsibility doesn’t end at the Pentagon’s doors." wtop.com/national-sec...

Commentary: I turned in my Pentagon credential — not my commitment - WTOP News

After 20 years of covering the U.S. military, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green turned in his Pentagon press credential.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 22h

Think back -- did you get up to eat in the middle of the night? Here's 5 tips to tame midnight munchies wtop.com/health-fitne...

5 tips to tame midnight munchies - WTOP News

Think back — did you get up to eat in the middle of the night? A Maryland doctor offers tips to balance hunger hormones and curb cravings.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly three weeks into the government shutdown, the head of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said financial uncertainty is adding a risky distraction to employees. wtop.com/local/2025/1...

Air traffic controllers on shutdown: ‘Do I have to go and drive Uber tonight?’ - WTOP News

During the government shutdown, the head of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said financial uncertainty is adding a distraction to employees.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 2d

Amid relief of Gaza ceasefire, US Muslim, Jewish groups agree on difficulty of achieving lasting peace wtop.com/local/2025/1...

Amid relief of Gaza ceasefire, US Muslim, Jewish groups agree on difficulty of achieving lasting peace - WTOP News

U.S.-based Jewish and Muslim advocacy groups agree a lot of work remains to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 5d

First @WTOP: As trial nears in 2010 death of AU professor, defense says jury shouldn’t hear about flight to Mexico, name change. wtop.com/montgomery-c...

As trial nears in 2010 death of AU professor, defense says jury shouldn’t hear about flight to Mexico, name change - WTOP News

Approximately 15 years after the death of American University professor Sue Ann Marcum, her alleged killer is arguing Montgomery County jurors shouldn’t learn that he spent 12 years in Mexico on the F...

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry, NSCLC stands for non-small cell lung cancer (not sure where I got carcinoma from)

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 6d

Hi, sorry to hear dad's gotta take the journey. My dx was for non-small cell carcinoma, with EGFR mutation, which reacts well to 1-pill-a-day targeted therapy. Here's latest on recent trials for small cell. Wishing you and your dad the best. Keep in touch. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

FDA Approval: Maintenance Lurbinectedin for SCLC

Podcast Episode · Lung Cancer Considered · 10/07/2025 · 38m

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sure a lot of mohels are bris-tling.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 9d

RFK: A look back at a stadium’s ecstatic, disappointing, odd, historic and stomach-turning moments. wtop.com/back-in-the-...

RFK: A look back at a stadium’s ecstatic, disappointing, odd, historic and stomach-turning moments - WTOP News

Trying to choose “the most memorable moment in RFK Stadium history,” is as fruitless as trying to choose the best meal ever. WTOP breaks it down into more manageable chunks.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 9d

Can you see the real me?

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 12d

Today is National College Radio Day. I was thrown off my college radio station at American University for playing punk music and breaking format. But the next year, when new wave happened, I returned to the air. #radioon

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 13d

First @WTOP: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers: Case must move forward during shutdown, or he should be released wtop.com/local/2025/1...

Abrego Garcia’s lawyers: Case must move forward during shutdown, or he should be released - WTOP News

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say the Constitution demands his habeas corpus lawsuit must go on, and that he should be placed on home detention during the government shutdown.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 20d

Me too.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 20d

For those who celebrate New Haven: Modern Apizza, Italian Bomb

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 23d

I'm biased, but 1 of radio's BEST JOBS is open. Co-anchoring AM drive @wtopnews.bsky.social means waking up, collaborating to pull together news EVERYONE in DC-area listens to. You'll toss to me, & work w wonderful producers, mgt at DC's most-trusted news source. myjobs.adp.com/hubbardbroad...

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 26d

Very sad news to learn today about Jeff Clabaugh. He really was beloved by listeners and his friends in the newsroom wtop.com/inside-wtop/...

Business reporter Jeff Clabaugh dies at 63 after delivering DC money news on WTOP for 30 years - WTOP News

WTOP Business reporter Jeff Clabaugh has died at the age of 63 after delivering money news reports to D.C.-area listeners for 30 years.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 28d

WATCH: Artists who fled El Salvador for DC are focus of new documentary showing in Latin American Film Festival wtop.com/dc/2025/09/a...

Artists who fled El Salvador for DC are focus of new documentary showing in Latin American Film Festival - WTOP News

A new documentary tells the story of artists who moved to D.C. after fleeing El Salvador in the 1980s, and have found solace in their art forms.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 29d

‘It’s just a place that they feel welcome’: SimplyBe Coffee in Leesburg is coffee shop with a cause wtop.com/loudoun-coun...

‘It’s just a place that they feel welcome’: SimplyBe Coffee in Leesburg is coffee shop with a cause - WTOP News

If you ask what’s in a “dirty chai latte” at SimplyBe Coffee, in downtown Leesburg, Virginia, Ami would be glad to tell you and prepare your drink for you.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 16

Real-world reminder for journalists: If you’re writing a script someone else will read, AI can be misread as the guy's name or the steak sauce. #journalism

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 15

ICYMI, 2025 Covid vaccines now available in Virginia Harris Teeters without doctors' prescription for people 18 and up. With #lungcancer and a pacemaker, I'm always glad to roll up my sleeve.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 12

I got my size 11.5 Beatle boots bought on Carnaby Street resoled dozens of times here on Mount Pleasant St.

My shoe size is 13.

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 12

That’s incredible!

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Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 12

Surgery for stage 4 #lungcancer used to be unheard of. So happy my team recommended a lobectomy in 4/2023 after 3 months of great response to one pill a day targeted therapy. Been cancer free, ever since. New study shows timing is important 🫁🔬🗓️ www.jtcvs.org/article/S002...

Timing of local consolidative pulmonary resection for oncogene-driven stage IV lung cancer

Although stage IV non−small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has historically had a dismal prognosis, with goals of therapy emphasizing life prolongation and symptom management, recent data demonstrating a fa...

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