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By Barbara Starr WASHINGTON — (CNN) The US and Iraq have agreed on a plan that could send 500 or more additional US troops to Iraq in the coming days to assist Iraqi forces in the battle to reta...

By Dan Merica WASHINGTON — (CNN) Hillary Clinton has no plans to go to Israel for Shimon Peres’ funeral later this week, an aide said Wednesday after some earlier reports indicated that sh...

By Tim Hume and Lindsay Isaac WASHINGTON — (CNN) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by a Buk missile brought into a pro-Russian area of eastern Ukraine by Russia, the he...

By Kevin Liptak WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama on Tuesday tapped the highest-ranking US diplomat in Cuba as the first ambassador to the island in more than 50 years. But deep oppositi...

By Jacqueline Howard WASHINGTON — (CNN) Almost everyone on Earth now breathes polluted air, according to an air quality map released Tuesday by the World Health Organization. The interactive map...

By Emanuella GrinbergWASHINGTON — (CNN) As demonstrators took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, last week over the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, residents of the northe...

By Debra Goldschmidt WASHINGTON — (CNN) Tyson Foods is voluntarily recalling more than 130,000 pounds of cooked chicken nuggets because they may contain hard plastic, the US Department of Agricu...

By Ryan Browne WASHINGTON — (CNN) The American-led military coalition against ISIS said Tuesday that a final laboratory test of the weapon ISIS fired at a US-Iraqi base in northern Iraq last wee...

By Max BlauIOWA — (CNN) Thousands of Iowans are taking no chances in advance of what could be one of the worst floods in the state’s history.For days, the rising waters of rivers and creek...

Steve BurnsWMAL.com https://www.wmal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2016/09/tue-am-stv-dc-const.wav WASHINGTON – (WMAL) The first of two public hearings is scheduled for today on wha...