Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats' most conservative and contrarian members, declined on Sunday to endorse Joe Biden if the president seeks a second term in 2024 and refused to ...

MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin warned Thursday that a possible prisoner swap with the United States involving American basketball star Brittney Griner needs to be negotiated quietly without fanfa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a "sweeping review" of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren't behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has managed to do nearly the unthinkable - unite the democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and the fiscally...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is proposing to spend roughly $37 billion for fighting and preventing crime, including $13 billion to help communities hire and train 100,000 polic...

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump.The two will hold dueling events in Arizona on Friday as th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court, whose conservative majority in overturning Roe v. Wade abortion acce...

BATON ROUGE (AP) - With access to abortion flickering in Louisiana, the legal battle over the statewide ban continues with a court hearing scheduled to begin Monday morning.State District Judge Donald...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Before stepping foot in Saudi Arabia, President Joe Biden knew there would be trouble.Biden was risking criticism by visiting a country he had vowed to make a "pariah" for ...