Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy appears to be slowing after an initial burst of recovery and called for the Fed to take aggressive steps to bol...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan Tuesday aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America's energy industry, with a proposal to ach...

NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited girls and women for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago. British socialite Ghis...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Seeking to reclaim his old Senate seat from Alabama, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces former college football coach Tommy Tuberville - a political newcomer endorsed ...

WASHINGTON - A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to "find something new." The opening ad in the "Find Something New" ca...

WASHINGTON - A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that "none of us lie" to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot...

NEW YORK - One or more victims of Jeffrey Epstein will tell a judge Tuesday that his ex-girlfriend should be denied bail on charges that she recruited teenage girls for him to sexually abuse in the 19...

LOS ANGELES - The body of "Glee" star Naya Rivera was found Monday near the surface of a Southern California lake, authorities said. Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said at a news conference that the...

WASHINGTON - The federal government incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June as spending on programs to combat the coronavirus recession exploded while millions of job losses cut...