 hours of work a week for that to be affordable. DC's $17.50 minimum wage would mean 90 hours of work per week. Read more about the report at WTOP.com. Liz Anderson, WTOP News. And some of the best amateur taekwondo athletes were in Fort Lauderdale over the last week competing at the AAU National Championships. WTOP's Jimmy Alexander tells us about a local woman that grabbed herself a national title with only three years of training.