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DONATE NOW: WMAL and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Partner to Recognize National Police Week

DONATE NOW: WMAL and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Partner to Recognize National Police Week

This National Police Week, WMAL will honor the sacrifices of law enforcement officers through a series of impactful interviews with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). From May 12 to May 17, 2025, WMAL’s Fallen Officers Tribute Week programming will highlight the stories of fallen heroes, the grief of their families, and the…Read more

Trump Shifts U.S. Foreign Policy in Gulf Region

Trump Shifts U.S. Foreign Policy in Gulf Region

President Trump kicked off his Middle East trip Tuesday by burnishing his reputation as a dealmaker and establishing a U.S. policy for the region built on economic and investment ties. The three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is focused on bolstering economic ties. It included a Saudi economic summit with executives…Read more

Trump Issues Stern Warning to Iran

Trump Issues Stern Warning to Iran

President Trump offered a stern warning to Iran on Tuesday, telling the Middle Eastern country it was “time to choose” how it wants to proceed in negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program. Mr. Trump vowed that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon”…Read more

New Pope Raises Concern About AI Overhaul of Life on Earth

New Pope Raises Concern About AI Overhaul of Life on Earth

The pope told the College of Cardinals that he selected the papal name Leo XIV “mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic encyclical, ‘Rerum Novarum,’ addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution”…Read more

U.S. and China to Pause Sky-High Tariffs for 90 Days

U.S. and China to Pause Sky-High Tariffs for 90 Days

The White House on Monday released more details of the trade deal the United States had reached with China over the weekend. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%…Read more

Pope Leo Offers First Sunday Blessing

Pope Leo Offers First Sunday Blessing

Pope Leo XIV offered his first Sunday blessing in the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and peace in Ukraine before addressing the Vatican’s financial woes. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo told the estimated 100,000 worshippers in the square at the Vatican…Read more

FDA Chief Warns About ‘Gas Station Heroin’

FDA Chief Warns About ‘Gas Station Heroin’

The Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner, Marty Makary, sent out a warning Thursday about tianeptine, also called “gas station heroin.” The substance, licensed in some countries as an antidepressant, isn’t listed under the Controlled Substances Act and isn’t approved by the FDA. as a medicine or for use in food…Read more

Trump Rips Up Biden’s Climate Change Crackdown on Home Appliances

Trump Rips Up Biden’s Climate Change Crackdown on Home Appliances

President Trump overturned four Biden-era efficiency regulations on tankless water heaters, gas stoves, freezers and refrigerators. “It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump said Friday in the Oval Office. President Biden signed the regulations into law just days before he left office…Read more

VIDEO: DHS Says Congresswoman Assaulted ICE Officer

VIDEO: DHS Says Congresswoman Assaulted ICE Officer

Homeland Security released a video Saturday it said showed a congresswoman assaulting a federal officer during a scuffle when lawmakers “stormed” into an ICE detention facility on Friday. The department, on social media, identified the congresswoman as Rep. LaMonica McIver…Read more

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Fed Workforce Cuts

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Fed Workforce Cuts

A federal judge issued a restraining order blocking President Trump’s plans for major personnel cuts across the government, saying he must ask Congress for permission before he tries such a broad rewrite of the bureaucracy. Mr. Trump ordered agencies to pursue major reductions in force, or RIFs, as part of his modernization efforts…Read more

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DONATE NOW: WMAL and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Partner to Recognize National Police Week

DONATE NOW: WMAL and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Partner to Recognize National Police Week

This National Police Week, WMAL will honor the sacrifices of law enforcement officers through a series of impactful interviews with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF). From May 12 to May 17, 2025, WMAL’s Fallen Officers Tribute Week programming will highlight the stories of fallen heroes, the grief of their families, and the…Continue Reading

Trump Shifts U.S. Foreign Policy in Gulf Region

Trump Shifts U.S. Foreign Policy in Gulf Region

President Trump kicked off his Middle East trip Tuesday by burnishing his reputation as a dealmaker and establishing a U.S. policy for the region built on economic and investment ties. The three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is focused on bolstering economic ties. It included a Saudi economic summit with executives…Continue Reading

Trump Issues Stern Warning to Iran

Trump Issues Stern Warning to Iran

President Trump offered a stern warning to Iran on Tuesday, telling the Middle Eastern country it was “time to choose” how it wants to proceed in negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program. Mr. Trump vowed that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon”…Continue Reading

U.S. and China to Pause Sky-High Tariffs for 90 Days

U.S. and China to Pause Sky-High Tariffs for 90 Days

The White House on Monday released more details of the trade deal the United States had reached with China over the weekend. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%…Continue Reading

Pope Leo Offers First Sunday Blessing

Pope Leo Offers First Sunday Blessing

Pope Leo XIV offered his first Sunday blessing in the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and peace in Ukraine before addressing the Vatican’s financial woes. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo told the estimated 100,000 worshippers in the square at the Vatican…Continue Reading

FDA Chief Warns About ‘Gas Station Heroin’

FDA Chief Warns About ‘Gas Station Heroin’

The Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner, Marty Makary, sent out a warning Thursday about tianeptine, also called “gas station heroin.” The substance, licensed in some countries as an antidepressant, isn’t listed under the Controlled Substances Act and isn’t approved by the FDA. as a medicine or for use in food…Continue Reading

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Fed Workforce Cuts

Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Fed Workforce Cuts

A federal judge issued a restraining order blocking President Trump’s plans for major personnel cuts across the government, saying he must ask Congress for permission before he tries such a broad rewrite of the bureaucracy. Mr. Trump ordered agencies to pursue major reductions in force, or RIFs, as part of his modernization efforts…Continue Reading

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