Confusion over what happened during an ambush of U.S. Special Forces in Niger earlier this month apparently sparked a full Pentagon probe of the incident announced Thursday, which some officials say could have had even worse casualties than four American soldiers killed from the small, “out-matched” team. Officials have described […]
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Security ramped up for white nationalist’s Florida event
Police have geared up for protests expected this afternoon on the University of Florida campus, where self-described white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at an event. Security measures are in place throughout Gainesville, where the school is located. The added precautions stems partly from Gov. Rick Scott’s decision […]
Dem divisions in California complicate party hopes for gains
Democrats are at war with themselves in California, where restless activists are challenging party leaders to resist all things President Donald Trump and move further left on health care, the minimum wage and populist issues. The conflict could complicate Democratic hopes of winning as many as nine congressional seats in […]
Killer clown suspect’s husband insists she’s ‘falsely accused’ of murder
The husband of Sheila Keen Warren, who’s accused of dressing up as a clown and killing his first wife nearly three decades ago, insists his second wife is “falsely accused.” “This is very serious and very unfair,” Michael Warren said, speaking only to ABC News’ “20/20.” Twenty-seven years ago, a […]
Kelly kept tragedy out of politics, but Trump brought it up
Enraged and rattled by the political brawl over military mourning, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly returned this week to the one place he could go clear his head — Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, some of the saddest ground in America. There, amid the memorials to the […]
A timeline of Trump’s battle with the courts to keep his travel ban alive
Since his first week in office, President Donald Trump has tried to put in place extensive restrictions on who can come into the country, fulfilling a campaign promise to implement “extreme vetting” or a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” “I got elected on defense of […]
Families of the fallen share personal stories of past presidents reaching out
As President Donald Trump faces criticism over his comments to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, the families of the fallen say their conversations with past American presidents attempting to offer condolences sometimes drew their grief into sharp relief. Trump called Myeshia Johnson Tuesday in an effort to console […]
The Note: Will Obama stay above the fray amid Trump’s patriotism challenge?
The TAKE with Rick Klein It’s quite a moment for a return to the spotlight – and it’s not clear who’s most eager to see him there. President Barack Obama’s post-presidential political re-emergence, with events in both New Jersey and Virginia today, happens to coincide with a moment where his […]
Alabama seeks to proceed with execution Thursday
Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it execute an inmate convicted of killing a police officer two decades ago. The attorney general’s office plans to ask justices to lift a stay blocking Thursday’s scheduled execution of 40-year-old Torrey Twane McNabb. McNabb was convicted in the 1997 shooting […]
Florida man set to plead guilty to threatening mosque
Court records show a Florida man is scheduled to plead guilty to recording threatening phone messages at a mosque. A Miami federal judge set a change-of-plea hearing Thursday for 35-year-old Gerald Sloane Wallace, who was indicted by a grand jury in June on a charge of making an interstate communication […]