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NEW YORK — Wall Street just suffered the worst day of the Trump presidency.The Dow closed down 666 points, or 2.5%, its biggest percentage decline since the Brexit turmoil in June 2016 and steep...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to be US ambassador to Singapore, KT McFarland, has asked the President to withdraw her nomination, a White House official said Friday.In Decembe...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans, with the approval of President Donald Trump, on Friday released a disputed GOP intelligence memo that alleges FBI abuses of its surveillance authority.The memo fr...

Phoenix, AZ. — An Arizona man who says he sold ammunition to Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock — and reportedly was described in police records as a person of interest in the case ...

Seattle, WA. — A warehouse worker reaches for a high shelf, a wristband wrapped around each arm. The company-issued wearables track the location of every product the employee handles while occas...

Los Angeles, Ca. — A 12-year-old girl has been booked on a charge of negligent discharge of a firearm after a shooting in a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School in the Westlake district on Thur...

NEW YORK — Janet Yellen has a new job. After she leaves the Federal Reserve on Saturday, Yellen will join the Brookings Institution as a distinguished fellow in residence with the economic studi...

Punxsutawney, Pa. — The groundhog hath spoken! Welcome to six more weeks of winter.On Friday morning, Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole saw his shadow. This omen indicates...

John MatthewsWMAL.comWASHINGTON — The world is waiting for President Trump to give his official blessing to have the GOP House Intelligence Committee memo on alleged FBI misdeeds released to the...

MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning Thursday, saying that US intelligence services are on a “hunt” to detain Russian citizens traveling abroad. In the state...