Category Archives: WMAL News Now

Heather Curtis WMAL.com WASHINGTON (WMAL) A teenager’s disturbing discovery at a Fairfax County Mall landed an Alexandria man in jail. While she was trying on clothes at a forever 21 in Fair Oak...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month as Americans began to worry that economic growth will moderate next year. But consumer spirits are still high by historic standards. The Confer...

BEIJING - China's government said Thursday it has made plans with Washington for talks in January aimed at ending a tariff battle that threatens to depress global trade. The two sides have "made speci...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers Thursday demanded U.S. forces leave the country in the wake of a surprise visit by President Donald Trump that politicians denounced as arrogant and a violation of Iraqi sove...

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve the current parliament and scheduled new elections for April 9. In what was largely a formality, the Knesset voted late Wednesday in favor of...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says he'll do "whatever it takes" to get funding for border security, signaling no end in sight to the partial government shutdown.Trump declined to tell repor...

AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) - President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extre...

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans buoyed by a strong economy pushed holiday sales growth to a six-year high.Retail sales rose 5.1 percent between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to Mastercard Sp...

WASHINGTON - U.S. home price growth slowed in October, a likely consequence of higher mortgage rates having worsened affordability and causing sales to fall.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city ...

HOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the...