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SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year, exceeding any on record, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. The nation's budgetar...

WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - Tune in to watch President Donald Trump's Coronavirus briefing live. A link to the conference is available below. Copyright 2020 by WMAL.com. All Rights Reserved. Photo: A...

WASHINGTON - At a White House event on reopening schools, President Donald Trump said he has spoken with Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Louisiana State University coach Ed Orgeron about movin...

WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) - Tune in to watch Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, formally introduce Senator Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate. A link to...

Sumner Redstone, who joined his family's drive-in movie chain in the 1950s and used it to build a vast media empire that included CBS and Viacom, has died. He was 97.Under his watch, Viacom became one...

MINNEAPOLIS - Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity, the latest in a strin...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The newly elected district attorney in Portland, Oregon, said Tuesday that under a new policy, his office will not prosecute people who have been arrested since late May on non-violen...

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court in Washington appeared inclined Tuesday to let a judge decide on his own whether to grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss the criminal case against for...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden is on the cusp of announcing the biggest, and possibly most consequential, decision of his political career with the unveiling of his running mate. The staff is in place. ...