Adding to the continued drama over whether past presidents have called the families of fallen soldiers, a senior White House official told ABC News today that then-President Obama did not call John Kelly, now the White House chief of staff, after the death of his son in 2010. The retired […]
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US indicts two Chinese nationals, accused of contributing to national opioid crisis
The U.S. government has indicted two Chinese nationals for allegedly manufacturing and shipping illegal cocktails of the drug fentanyl into the United States, which authorities said has contributed to a national crisis with an “extraordinary death toll.” Xiaobing Yan, 40, and Jian Zhang, 38, both of China, were indicted in […]
Amazon Studios president resigns amid harassment allegation
Amazon Studios President Roy Price has resigned, ABC News has confirmed. Price was put on leave last week, following an allegation of sexual harassment involving Isa Hackett, an executive producer on the network’s series “The Man in the High Castle.” Hackett told The Hollywood Reporter last week that in 2015, […]
Latest version of travel ban blocked by federal judge
The Trump administration’s most recent attempt to bar immigration to the United States from certain foreign countries was put on hold Tuesday by a federal judge in Hawaii. U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson, responsible for blocking President Donald Trump‘s second travel ban in March, authored the ruling again Tuesday, […]
Biden says President Trump’s behavior ‘absolutely bizarre’
The topic was bipartisanship. The speakers: former Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich. And as their conversation got going at the University of Delaware on Tuesday, both men lamented the Trump administration and the current culture in Washington. Biden said 14 heads of state from around […]
Harvey Weinstein resigns from board of his film company
Harvey Weinstein resigned from the board of the Weinstein Co. during a conference call with the remaining board members, ABC News has confirmed. He is still pursuing a claim he was wrongfully fired from the company. The company has been under pressure since sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein […]
Senators reach deal to continue Obamacare health insurance subsidy payments
Less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to halt government payments that subsidize insurance plans for low-income Americans, Senate leaders agreed “in principle” to a bill that would cover the payments for two years. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, […]
Vegas guard shot by Paddock vanishes before TV interviews
A union official representing the Las Vegas hotel security guard shot by Stephen Paddock before he rained gunfire on a music festival says the guard disappeared last week before he was scheduled for TV interviews. Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America leader David Hickey said Tuesday he last heard […]
WATCH: Colliding neutron stars create ripples in space-time, NASA says
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US military says IS ‘capital’ of Raqqa 90 percent freed
The U.S. military says the Syrian city of Raqqa is about 90 percent cleared of Islamic State fighters. After the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced that Raqqa was fully liberated on Tuesday, a spokesman for the coalition, Col. Ryan Dillon, told reporters at the Pentagon that more fighting remained. Dillion, […]