Category Archives: WMAL News Now

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The race to legalize sports betting is on now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed it in all 50 states, but will it provide enough extra tax revenue to make much of a differen...

SEATTLE - Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that ha...

WASHINGTON (WMAL/AP) - A U.S. Marine who was shot and killed inside of the Marine Barracks in Southeast Washington in the early morning of New Year’s Day was apparently struck by an accidental d...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down and President Do...

HONG KONG — Global stock markets kicked off 2019 with more steep falls triggered by new signs of economic weakness in China. Major stock indexes in Europe and Asia dropped sharply on Wednesday a...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is responding to blistering criticism from Republican Sen.-elect Mitt Romney. Trump says he would “much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so...

SAN DIEGO — US Customs and Border Protection says it is investigating an incident at the California border with Mexico, in which agents used tear gas, pepper spray and smoke as more than 100 mig...

HOUSTON - Investigators in Houston said Monday that they have a surveillance video image of a pickup truck from which a driver fired several shots into a car carrying a family, killing a 7-year-old gi...

BAGHDAD - The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq's stagnating economy, threatening the new government's ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provid...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump invited congressional leaders from each chamber to a White House briefing on border security Wednesday as the partial government shutdown wore on over funding for a...