Nearly two months after Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico, approximately 3,000 people are still in shelters on the island. Now, FEMA is offering to airlift these Hurricane Maria victims from Puerto Rico to the United States to reach temporary housing. Under this plan, Puerto Rican residents who were displaced by […]
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Trump sees ‘great chemistry’ with Xi as key to North Korea, trade balance
President Donald Trump expressed optimism after a meeting Thursday morning with Chinese President Xi Jingping that warm personal ties with the leader of a country he’s frequently disparaged will translate to progress on North Korea and trade. “Our meeting this morning was excellent discussing North Korea,” Trump said, seated across […]
Kevin Spacey being replaced by Christopher Plummer in upcoming film
Kevin Spacey will be replaced by Christopher Plummer in the upcoming film “All the Money in the World,” a representative for Sony confirmed to ABC News. The rep added that Sony supports the decision, which was made by the film’s director, Ridley Scott. News of the replacement comes on the […]
Trump: ‘I don’t blame China’ for US-China trade imbalances
President Donald Trump has long decried the trade imbalances between the United States and China, even going so far as a presidential candidate to say it amounted to economic “rape.” But as he complained about those inequities on Chinese turf on Thursday, the president offered a surprising qualifier: “I don’t […]
Pomp and pageantry greet Trump ahead of talks with Xi
Prior to kicking off talks with his Chinese counterpart Thursday morning, President Donald Trump was given a grand red carpet welcome — complete with military marching bands and throngs of Chinese school children excitedly waved flags of both countries — outside the Great Hall of the People at the western […]
New efforts emerge on Capitol Hill to tackle gun control
In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting, this time in Southerland Springs, Texas, members of Congress are once again proposing legislation aimed at overhauling and enforcing stricter gun laws. Twenty-six people were left dead on Sunday, according to police, who have included an unborn child in the death count, […]
Steyer claims Democratic establishment sweeping Trump offenses ‘under the rug’
Billionaire activist Tom Steyer won’t call it a litmus test. But he says Democrats in Congress and those running for office should pay attention to his petition advocating President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “The American people are supposed to be running this country…If that’s inconvenient, if that disturbs people’s plans, then […]
Controversy erupts over alleged push to spin off CNN in media mega-merger
Amid antitrust concerns over a potential merger between AT&T and Time Warner, a controversy has erupted over whether AT&T would have to sell off CNN to sidestep those concerns. According to U.S. Department of Justice officials, AT&T offered just days ago to divest from CNN and later sell the news […]
TSA fails most tests in latest undercover operation at US airports
In recent undercover tests of multiple airport security checkpoints by the Department of Homeland Security, inspectors said screeners, their equipment or their procedures failed more than half of the time, according to a source familiar with the classified report. When ABC News asked the source familiar with the report if […]
Husband who lost pregnant wife in Texas shooting says couple had named unborn baby
A man who lost eight family members in Sunday’s mass shooting in Texas said he and his now-deceased wife already had names picked out for their unborn child. John Holcombe wrote in a statement on Facebook that while it was too early to determine the sex of the baby, he […]