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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Can a governor be forced to live in the state capital? A persistent lawsuit seeking to do just that with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was back in a courtroom Wednesday. The Repub...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Escalating an international spat, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a "nasty" statement when she rejected his ...

HELSINKI - Russian President Vladimir Putin says the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty has raised new threats to Russia and will warrant a response. The Pentagon said i...

Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– D.C. has a new sports franchise. The “D.C. Defenders” have been announced as one of eight teams for the XFL. That’s the league owned by the WWE&...

Juan Herrera WMAL.com WASHINGTON - “Dancing With the Stars” host Tom Bergeron issued a statement on Wednesday, detailing his disagreement with the show’s executive producer over the ...

ATLANTA - Georgia has asked a federal judge not to block the state's restrictive abortion law from taking effect and to dismiss a challenge to the constitutionality of the measure.The law bans abortio...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his administration is a looking at tax cut proposals but not as a response to a potential recession. He says, "I'm looking at that all the time anyway." Trump ...

LAS VEGAS - Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team res...

DALLAS - Airlines expect record crowds over the week-long Labor Day period, continuing a rise in travel that has boosted the airlines' profits all year. The trade group Airlines for America forecast T...

CHICAGO - A federal judge hearing the city of Chicago's lawsuit against Jussie Smollett says she'll rule on the actor's request to toss the suit in October. The 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was th...