Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

US Closes Case Against Ex-FBI Boss McCabe With No Charges
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news me...
Syndicated Author Feb 14, 2020

Official Says US, Taliban Reach Truce Agreement in Afghanistan
MUNICH - A senior U.S.official said Friday the United States and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect "very soon" and could lead to withdrawals of American troops from Afgh...
Syndicated Author Feb 14, 2020

Facebook To Allow Paid Political Messages That Aren’t Ads
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network's rules governing political ads. Its policy change comes days after pr...
Syndicated Author Feb 14, 2020

In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt of Microsoft's work on a $10 billion military cloud contract, a win for Amazon, which sued the U.S. government last year for awardi...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

President Trump to transfer $3.8B from military to fund the wall
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon is slashing $3.8 billion in recently passed military funding to finance construction of the president’s long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall. Thursday’s...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it ‘impossible’ to do job
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases "make it im...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

Kaepernick to release memoir through his publishing company
NEW YORK (AP) – Colin Kaepernick can add author and publisher to his resume. The former NFL quarterback who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality said...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

Senate acts to restrain Trump’s military powers against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday limiting President Donald Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran. The measure, authored by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-V...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

McClatchy files for bankruptcy protection
The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers across the country has filed for bankruptcy protection. The newspaper industry has been devastated by changing te...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020

Astros’ Bregman, Altuve apologize for sign-stealing scheme
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Avoiding any specifics about their team's sign-stealing during its 2017 World Series championship season, Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and Jos Altuve apologized Thu...
Syndicated Author Feb 13, 2020
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