WMAL Political News

Vaccinated lawmakers get to take off their masks in House

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., tweeted Friday in a dig at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “PELOSI CAVES. FREEDOM PREVAILS.… MORE

Newspaper gunman weighed ‘Timothy McVeigh-style’ attack

Jarrod Ramos also studied books on mass shootings and police response times, according to court testimony.… MORE

Keystone pipeline canceled after Biden had blocked permit

Construction on the 1,200-mile pipeline began last year when former President Donald Trump revived the long-delayed project… MORE

Gov’t probe: Protest not broken up because of Trump photo op

The report released by the Interior Department’s inspector general concludes that the protesters were cleared by U.S. Park Police last June 1 so that a contractor could get started installing new fencing.… MORE

Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden’s press plane was not

Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom for President Joe Biden’s first overseas trip were delayed seven hours after their chartered plane was overrun by cicadas.… MORE

GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

The Senate vote was 54-35 — short of the 60 votes needed… MORE

Justice Dept. refocuses long-standing anti-violence program

It comes as a number of cities are seeing increases in violent crime — though such spikes are common in the summer months — and as the number of mass shootings in the nation continues to rise… MORE

Biden asks US intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin

Biden directed U.S. national laboratories to assist with the investigation and called on China to cooperate with international probes into the origins of the pandemic.… MORE

New grand jury seated for next stage of Trump investigation

The development signals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office was moving toward seeking charges as a result of its two-year investigation, which included a lengthy legal battle to obtain Trump’s tax records.… MORE