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WASHINGTON - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted a letter of resignation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper. That's according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to d...

He was a by-the-book, buttoned-up conservative whose opinions could be quick and blunt. She was a free-thinking, authority-snubbing liberal who would draw stories out in meandering conversation.In the...

Anna Fortunato, a 90-year-old survivor of COVID-19, has a message for the rest of us:Do not be afraid. Do not despair."Keep on fighting, have that positive attitude, and pray," she says. "And get out ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he had a "really wonderful, warm conversation" with Joe Biden on Monday about the coronavirus outbreak."He gave me his point of view, and I fully understood th...

NEW YORK - New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.The state's death toll since the beginning of th...

WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post after never holding a single formal press briefing.Grisham will be assuming a new role as chief of staff to first lady Me...

NEW YORK - Stocks climbed in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday as markets around the world piled on even more gains following their huge rally a day earlier.The S&P 500 was up about 1.5% in mor...

Heather Curtis WMAL.com MARYLAND (WMAL) – The District of Columbia's being hit hard financially by the Coronavirus pandemic. Friday Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an order that freezes hiring, salar...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday moved to postpone the state's presidential primary for two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting a court challenge and adding to con...

The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn't severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment. The Centers for Disease Control...