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WASHINGTON (AP) -House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on compromise GOP immigration legislation until next week, and are planning changes in hopes of salvaging the legislation. GOP lawmakers l...

Setota Hailemariam WMAL.com The Washington Capitals’ 2018-19 season schedule was announced today, as the National Hockey League released the 2018-19 schedule for its 31 clubs. They’ll take...

    UPDATE: The Washington Nationals held a moment of silence in honor of Charles Krauthammer at last night’s game. One of baseball's greatest fans - Charles Krauthammer - passed away ...

DALLAS (AP) – The New York Islanders have hired Barry Trotz as their new head coach.President of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello announced the move Thursday at the NHL draft, two weeks after Tr...

 CHICAGO (AP) - Now that the world's leading public health group says too much Minecraft can be an addiction, could overindulging in chocolate, exercise, even sex, be next?The short answer is pro...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.The...

WASHINGTON- First lady Melania Trump touched down in McAllen, Texas, Thursday making a publicly unannounced and hastily planned trip to get a first-hand look at the crisis affecting immigrant families...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is proposing a major reorganization of the federal government. The plan includes merging the departments of education and labor, moving the federal food sta...

WOODSIDE, Calif. – Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and showed the world what great apes can do, has died. She died Tuesday in her sleep at age 46, The Gorilla Foundation said in a s...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax. The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually u...