Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believes the reaction to the allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh makes it “a ve...

WHOUSTON - A spokeswoman for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says a package addressed to Cruz's Houston campaign headquarters caused a lockdown. Authorities later lifted an evacuation order after saying two ...

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats on Tuesday of opening "the flood gates of mud and muck" against Brett Kavanaugh as Republicans sought to portray efforts to derail...

ACCRA, Ghana - Melania Trump opened her first big solo international trip as U.S. first lady on Tuesday with a wave, a smile and a baby in her arms, aiming to promote child welfare during a five-day t...

WASHINGTON- A piece of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility has initially tested positive for ricin, according to two US defense officials. The mail facility is in a separate building on the g...

NEW YORK — Amazon says it is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour for all US employees effective November 1. The change applies to full-time, part-time and temporary workers. Amazon says t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Please, Mr. President, just wait. Donald Trump's advisers have been sounding that nervous refrain in the lead-up to the midterm elections, hoping the president will hold off on a ser...

John Matthews WMAL.com ROCKVILLE, MD — (WMAL) A man and a woman riding on a motorcycle were struck by a vehicle on eastbound Viers Mill Road in Rockville late Monday night, closing that stretch ...

PALU, INDONESIA — Desperation is growing in the stricken Indonesian city of Palu, as residents faced a fifth day without adequate supplies of food and clean drinking water, amid a sharp rise in ...

AUSTIN — Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke apologized Monday for once writing a critical review of a Broadway musical in his college newspaper that said the actresses’ “only...