Trump: 'I don’t want to say the election is over' - Friday, July 22, 2022 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | July 22, 2022 [Web version](   [Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides' pleas to call off Capitol mob]( Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies and family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, instead "pouring gasoline on the fire" by aggressively tweeting his false claims of a stolen election and celebrating his crowd of supporters. [READ MORE](   [Summer's hottest weekend arrives]( The hottest weekend of the summer is here, and no rain is in the forecast. Friday will be the coolest of the days, with highs reaching 96. 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