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WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama encouraged Americans Monday to give President-elect Donald Trump some time to get adjusted to the responsibilities of the presidency. But in his first n...

GEORGIA — (CNN) A jury in Georgia has found Justin Ross Harris guilty of murder in the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. Harris, 35, was accused of intentionally locking Cooper inside a hot...

NORTH CAROLINA — (CNN) Crippling drought conditions are sparking blaze after blaze across five states in the South. More than 30 large wildfires have left a trail of destruction through 80,000 a...

  Joelle Lang-Fredman WMAL.com NEW YORK — (WMAL) Longtime PBS newscaster Gwen Ifill has died at the age 61 due to cancer. Ifill, who co-hosted the show NewsHour, had been absent from the sh...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) For the first time since winning the election, Donald Trump has weighed in on two of the most controversial social issues the Supreme Court has taken on ever: gay marriage, an...

By Euan McKirdyWASHINGTON — (CNN) China’s leader has spoken to US President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his stunning election victory.President Xi Jinping and Trump spoke on ...

By MJ LeeWASHINGTON — (CNN) The country on Tuesday elected for president a man who once proposed “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”Now, the first ...

By Tom LoBianco WASHINGTON — (CNN) Vice President-elect Mike Pence is likely to play a vital role helping President-elect Donald Trump navigate Washington, but it remains to be seen how strong t...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) The sting of defeat is still fresh. But Democrats are embarking on a soul-searching exercise to determine how they ended up in the political wilderness, losing the House, the ...

NEW YORK — (CNN) Megyn Kelly has revealed some of her previously unreported encounters with Donald Trump during his incendiary presidential campaign. The Fox News anchor’s accounts of awkw...