Category Archives: WMAL News Now Headlines

Biden budget to run $1.8T deficit to finance spending plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of new tax increases on corporations and high-inco...
Syndicated Author May 27, 2021

Summer travel forecast calls for longer waits, fewer choices
After a year of coronavirus lockdowns, the start of summer beckons with vacation plans made possible by relaxed COVID-19 restrictions. But a severe worker shortage brings a warning for travelers: Expe...
Syndicated Author May 27, 2021

US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and e...
Syndicated Author May 27, 2021

GOP offers $928B on infrastructure, funded with COVID aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal Thursday that would tap unused coronavirus aid, a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's more sweeping plan as the ...
Syndicated Author May 27, 2021

Justice Dept. refocuses long-standing anti-violence program
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is refocusing a long-standing violent crime initiative amid a string of violence and mass shootings across the U.S. that includes embedding federal agents with...
Syndicated Author May 26, 2021

Still flying at 97: Autobiography recounts WWII pilot’s life
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - If he's not airborne, there's a good chance you will find 97-year-old John Billings at his home airport in Luray, Virginia.A recent heart attack prevents him, for now, from pi...
Syndicated Author May 26, 2021

Divided US Catholic bishops will debate Communion policy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to devote part of its national meeting next month to the sensitive issue of which Catholics are worthy of receiving Communion, despite calls for a delay. ...
Syndicated Author May 26, 2021

Official: Multiple deaths in shooting at San Jose railyard
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Gunfire erupted Wednesday at a railyard in San Jose, and a sheriff's spokesman said multiple people were killed and wounded and that the suspect was dead. Santa Clara County sh...
Syndicated Author May 26, 2021

Biden asks US intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility...
Syndicated Author May 26, 2021

New grand jury seated for next stage of Trump investigation
NEW YORK (AP) - New York prosecutors have convened a special grand jury to consider evidence in a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business dealings, a person familiar with ...
Syndicated Author May 25, 2021
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