Category Archives: WMAL News Now

WASHINGTON — Black unemployment is at its lowest point on record, yet it’s still well above the jobless rate for white, Hispanic or Asian Americans. The unemployment rate for black America...

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are actively investigating allegations of corruption related to the Clinton Foundation, the charity of Bill and Hillary Clinton, according to a US official brief...

NEW YORK — JetBlue said it’s handing out $21 million worth of bonuses to employees because of the corporate tax cut. All 21,000 of the airline’s employees will get $1,000 bonuses, ex...

WASHINGTON — Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair denied a report that he had floated to White House adviser Jared Kushner the possibility that British intelligence could have had Trump campaign ...

Culver City, CA. — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek is taking a medical leave after undergoing surgery to remove blood clots from his brain, Trebek and his production team said Thursday....

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday rescinded Obama-era protections for marijuana businesses and cast a dark cloud over a booming industry.The news sent marijuana-related sto...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has stepped up attacks against a new book by Michael Wolff about his campaign and the early days of his presidency, calling it “full of lies.”Trum...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted that a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower was about adoption policy — after knowledge of the confab became public — even though it was likely th...

SEOUL — North Korea has accepted South Korea’s proposal for official talks, in what will be the first high-level contact to take place between the two countries in more than two years. Sou...

NEW YORK — The good news: the major storm that gripped the East Coast is moving away. The bad news: the Northeast is not out of the woods. A one-two punch of powerful winds and bitter cold are e...