Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON — (CNN) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday announced he would leave the campaign trail and return to his home state amid a historic blizzard, after facing criticism for putting ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Democrats in Washington and Kentucky, eager to seize on Sen. Rand Paul’s stumbles in the Republican presidential race, are increasingly setting their sights on what once...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The next government shutdown is coming soon compliments of a snowstorm. Around noon, federal agencies will shutter ahead of a blizzard headed for Washington. But that’s ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, quietly traveled to Germany this week to personally escort Post reporter Jason Rezaian home to the United States. Reza...

DES MOINES — (CNN) With a little over a week until the Iowa caucus, 2016 presidential candidates are taking their messages to the airwaves, as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio and Jeb ...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) As the East Coast — especially Washington — prepares for a potentially record-breaking blizzard to hit Friday, local and state officials are preparing to respond t...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch tells CNN that “we’re at a point now similar to 50 years ago with the civil rights movement,” owing to the rising visibil...

NEW YORK — (CNN) At the end of a brutal week, oil prices surged Friday morning — jumping back above $31 a barrel. Prices rose 4.2% Thursday to settle at $29.53 a barrel. That was the bigge...

RIYADH — (CNN) It shouldn’t be difficult for the White House to pick between Saudi Arabia and Iran. After all, the desert kingdom, now locked in an escalating showdown with Tehran that thr...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump on Thursday ripped Texas Sen. Cruz as a strident and unlikeable figure lacking the skills to negotiate and lead on behalf of the United States, soon after a new C...