Category Archives: WMAL News Now

CINCINNATI — Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization. Known as an avid cigarette smoker, the Ohio Repub...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment in Chile’s sex abuse scandal and invited the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their f...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Drug Enforcement Administration says meth hidden inside wax Disney figurines has been confiscated near Atlanta and is worth roughly $2 million. The DEA tells WSB-TV it i...

SYRIA — About 500 people may have been affected by a suspected chemical attack on Syria’s rebel-held town of Douma, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It remains difficult t...

By Phil Mattingly, Maegan Vazquez and Lauren Fox CNN WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan is not seeking re-election and will retire from Congress after this year, the Wisconsin Republican annou...

 Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg follows up Tuesday’s testimony before a joint Senate panel with more scrutiny from the House Energy and Commerce Committee:WASHINGTON — Congr...

By Jennifer HanslerCNNWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday that it should “get ready” for a missile strike on Syria, vowing to thwart any missile defenses.&...

HONG KONG — Escalating tensions are putting the global trading system at risk, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday. Calling on countries to steer clear of protectionism,...

STARR COUNTY, TX — They have rifles and pistols but the Texas National Guard troops on the Rio Grande are on the border with Mexico only as physical deterrents and observers, a soldier told CNN ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was so incensed by the FBI's raid of his personal attorney's office and hotel room that he's privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein a...