Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Biden Insists Banking System is Safe After 2 Bank Collapses
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden insisted Monday that the nation's banking system was safe, seeking to project calm after the collapse of two banks stirred fears of a broader upheaval and prompted ...
Syndicated Author Mar 13, 2023

Cohen to Testify Before Grand Jury in Trump Hush Money Probe
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is poised to testify Monday before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments he arranged and made on the f...
Syndicated Author Mar 13, 2023

US Turns to New Ways to Punish Russian Oligarchs for the War
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia's economy and specifically its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.From the T...
Syndicated Author Mar 13, 2023

Thousands of Pro-Trump Bots are Attacking DeSantis, Haley
WASHINGTON (AP) - Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts - perhaps hundreds of thousands of them - to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.Besides ...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2023

Army Boss’ Mission: Persuade Schools to Welcome Recruiters
CHICAGO (AP) - Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. But they received a...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2023

Biden Expected to Tighten Rules on US Investment in China
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Biden administration is close to tightening rules on some overseas investments by U.S. companies in an effort to limit China's ability to acquire technologies tha...
Syndicated Author Mar 06, 2023

Legal Fight Over Student Debt a Prelude to Political Battle
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing the possibility that the Supreme Court will reject President Joe Biden's plan for student loan forgiveness, the White House is aiming to turn the political heat toward Re...
Syndicated Author Mar 02, 2023

N. Korea Wants More Control Over Farming Amid Food Shortage
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen state control over agriculture and take a spate of other steps to increase grain production, state media reported Thursday...
Syndicated Author Mar 02, 2023

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Ousted, Frontrunners Face Off in April
CHICAGO (AP) - Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on Tuesday denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke t...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2023

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Reject Student Loan Forgiveness
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative justices holding the Supreme Court's majority seem ready to sink President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of ...
Syndicated Author Mar 01, 2023
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