The Defense Department’s internal watchdog has cleared acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of favoring his former employer, Boeing, while serving at the Pentagon, according to a U.S. official. The Pentagon’s inspector general found that reports of ethics violations were not substantiated, the official said. The results clear the way for […]
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FBI, IRS agents search Baltimore Mayor’s homes, City Hall
Federal agents executed search warrants Thursday morning at two homes belonging to Baltimore’s embattled mayor and at City Hall. Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman out of the agency’s Baltimore office, says agents with the FBI and the IRS criminal division in Washington were “executing court-authorized search warrants” at “both residences […]
WATCH: What to watch as the NFL draft kicks off
Transcript for What to watch as the NFL draft kicks off Now to that big day in Nashville. The NFL draft football fans will be watching every moment on the edge of their seats to see if and when their favorites get robin is hosting the first round of the […]
At Kim-Putin summit, hearty handshakes and manspreading
The ambiance was friendly. Nice, comfy seats. An exchange of polite welcomes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even managed to match Russian President Vladimir Putin’s manspreading — the two sat with knees spread wide apart as they chatted before the start of their first summit, which began Thursday in […]
Sri Lanka bans drones, looks for bombs 4 days after attack
The father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers was arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons on Thursday, according to Sri Lanka’s former navy chief, as investigators continued to comb his Colombo mansion for evidence of the attacks that killed 359 people. Jayanath Colombage, now a counterterrorism expert […]
‘Start Here’: Giuliani slams subpoenas as Kim Jong Un visits Vladimir Putin
It’s Thursday, April 25, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. ‘Any number of grounds’ As congressional Democrats escalate investigative efforts of the president and his administration, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal attorney, says on “Start Here” that the White House “can object to subpoenas on any number of grounds.” “You can […]
Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin share warm greeting at start of historic summit
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un officially kicked off a historic summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday. Putin met Kim at the entrance to the university building where the summit is being held, standing with a Russian honor guard on a red carpet. After Kim exited his limousine the two […]
US measles cases at highest level in nearly 20 years, according to CDC
The number of reported measles cases in the United States have reached their highest level in nearly 20 years, federal health officials said Wednesday. There were 695 reported cases of measles across 22 states as of Wednesday afternoon, the highest since the disease was domestically eradicated in 2000, according to […]
Ex-DHS chief wanted cabinet-level election threat meetings, WH refused: Officials
In recent months before resigning from her position, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was prevented from convening senior cabinet meetings at the White House on potential future Russian interference in the upcoming 2020 U.S. elections, two senior administration officials familiar with the matter told ABC News. Nielsen, whose […]
White supremacist executed for killing black man by dragging him behind truck
White supremacist John William King was executed on Wednesday, more than 20 years after he killed James Byrd Jr. in a horrifying hate crime. King was one of three white men convicted of murdering Byrd, who was black, on June 7, 1998, near Jasper, Texas. Byrd, a 49-year-old father of […]