The TAKE with Rick Klein The “Trump Bump” went bust. And it happened as President Donald Trump tested out new midterm material – even accusing Democrats of “treason” for not applauding during his State of the Union address. The president is clearly ready for midterm politics. But as the split-screen […]
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Trump’s lawyers oppose special counsel interview, sources say
President Donald Trump’s close advisers and lawyers have cautioned him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with special counsel Robert Mueller and his team, sources tell ABC News. Trump’s two top lawyers — John Dowd and Jay Sekulow — began meeting in December with members of the special counsel’s […]
‘Dancing with the Stars’ tour bus involved in massive pileup that killed 1 driver
Members of the “Dancing with the Stars” tour are on the mend after they were caught up in a massive pileup on I-35 in Ames, Iowa, on Monday. A winter storm snarled traffic and caused dozens of crashes in Iowa, with one of the tour buses used to transport cast […]
Markets Right Now: European markets tumble at the bell
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 5:45 a.m. The turmoil in global stock markets has echoes with what’s been going on with bitcoin, the hugely volatile virtual currency, which rose exponentially to around $20,000 last year before a precipitous slump. Many in the markets think assets […]
Trump slams Democrats for SOTU reaction: ‘treasonous,’ ‘un-American’
President Donald Trump traveled to Ohio Monday to tout the economy and the recently-enacted tax law – in a preview of his message against Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. While the White House insisted the trip was not political – Trump at one point took aim at Democratic lawmakers […]
US troops in Iraq to shift mission
With ISIS nearly defeated on the battlefield, the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition has shifted its focus in Iraq from enabling the Iraqi military’s combat operations to maintaining those gains as ISIS becomes an insurgency. The move will lead to a realignment of some of the 5,600 U.S. forces in Iraq as […]
Bannon expected to skip House Intel testimony, sources say
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is now expected to skip his scheduled appearance Tuesday before the House Intelligence Committee, according to sources familiar with his plans. The move sets the stage for a showdown with lawmakers who had issued a bipartisan subpoena for his testimony. Bannon was ordered […]
Deputy shot and killed on 11-year anniversary of joining sheriff’s office
An El Paso County sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Monday. Deputy Micah Flick, 34, was killed while investigating a motor vehicle theft, Sheriff Bill Elder said at a press conference this evening. The male suspect opened fire, killing Flick and injuring two other sheriff’s deputies […]
2 clammers disappear and die in separate, eerily similar drownings
Two Washington state women who were separately clam digging with their husbands Friday night went missing “four minutes” apart — and eerily drowned in the same waters, authorities said. Each woman had completed digging for razor clams and vanished while attempting to return to their vehicles. Both women washed ashore […]
John Mahoney, who played cranky dad on ‘Frasier,’ dies at 77
John Mahoney, who as the cranky, blue-collar dad in “Frasier” played counterpoint to pompous sons Frasier and Niles, has died. Mahoney was 77. The actor died Sunday in Chicago after a brief hospitalization, Paul Martino, his manager for more than 30 years, said Monday. The cause of death was not […]