Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process, resuming a project begun under the Obama administration, the White Ho...

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has been suspended for a week without pay after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his r...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of several major U.S. airlines met online Friday with White House officials to press their case against requiring coronavirus tests for passengers on domestic flights, saying...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors at the White House on Friday as part of his push to give financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic to sta...

Three Fox News hosts - Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro - are seeking the dismissal of claims against them and their employer as part of a $2.7 billion libel lawsuit brought by the voting ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Burt Reynolds finally reached his final resting place Thursday at a storied Hollywood cemetery.A small, private ceremony, with relatives taking part remotely via Zoom, was held Thur...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A plane with 77 people on board slid off a taxiway before takeoff at Pittsburgh International Airport, but no injuries were reported.Delta Air Lines Flight 2231 was about to depart w...

NEW YORK (AP) - Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79....

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Congressional Budget Office says the federal government is on track for a $2.3 trillion deficit this year, down roughly $900 billion from last year when the coronavirus pandemic l...

Facing criticism that President Joe Biden has not acted aggressively enough on reopening schools, the White House on Thursday said it's aiming for a full reopening but will defer to science experts on...