President Donald Trump is suggesting that the United States military will hit the terrorist group ISIS “10 times harder” after a driver Tuesday drove into a bike path in lower Manhattan, killing eight people. The suspect identified in Tuesday’s terrorist attack was allegedly inspired by ISIS videos, according to the […]
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Trump say American public ‘deserves’ Clinton investigation
President Donald Trump said Friday the American public “deserves” a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee over a joint fundraising agreement they signed in August 2015. Trump launched a multi-part Twitter attack criticizing his former 2016 rival. Trump writes: “Crooked Hillary bought the DNC & then […]
US considering returning N. Korea to list of terror sponsors
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says North Korea could be returned to the list of countries the U.S. believes sponsor terrorism, as part of Trump’s strategy to counter the North’s growing nuclear threat. “You’ll hear more about that soon, I think,” the adviser, H.R. McMaster, said at a briefing […]
The Note: Will Trump be Santa or the Grinch with Christmas tax cut?
The TAKE with Rick Klein “A giant tax cut for Christmas,” President Donald Trump promised the American people. What’s not clear yet is whether the public wants this gift as much as Republican representatives. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, conducted Sunday through Wednesday, hints at the sales job ahead. […]
60 percent of Americans say Trump tax plan will benefit wealthy
Americans oppose Donald Trump’s emerging tax plan by broad a 17-point margin, with 60 percent saying it favors the wealthy -– including six in 10 of the wealthy themselves. As details –- albeit still scarce -– have emerged, support and opposition have grown essentially in tandem. Fifty percent in this […]
ISIS claims responsibility for NYC attack, calls driver ‘soldier of the Caliphate’
The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for the deadly Halloween day terror attack in New York City in the group’s weekly newsletter, al-Naba. “On Tuesday, 11 Safar, one of the soldiers of the Islamic State attacked a number of crusaders on a street in New York City, close to […]
NYC terror suspect called a friend just before attack, official says
The man accused of ramming a truck into people on a New York City bike path placed a call immediately before he carried out the attack on Tuesday afternoon, a law enforcement official told ABC News. The call was placed to Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, who is described by sources as a […]
Actress Paz de la Huerta claims Harvey Weinstein raped her twice
New York Police Department detectives and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office are investigating rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein brought by actress Paz de la Huerta, police sources told ABC News. The NYPD had two active cases involving Weinstein and women whose accusations were not subject to the statute of limitations, […]
Rick Perry suggests fossil fuels could reduce sexual assault in Africa
The social media backlash was swift and brutal after Energy Secretary Rick Perry today suggested that fossil fuels would play a “positive role” in preventing sexual assault in Africa. Perry, who last month traveled to Cape Town, South Africa to discuss oil and gas partnerships in Africa, today tied the […]
Trump’s Twitter account briefly ‘inadvertently deactivated’ by Twitter employee
The Twittersphere lit up Thursday night when President Donald Trump‘s Twitter account was briefly deactivated — an action “inadvertently” caused by a Twitter employee, the social media company said. “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!” was the message that greeted visitors to Trump’s Twitter page, @RealDonaldTrump, for eleven minutes around 7 […]