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ABC News Kurt Kreuger attended a presidential campaign event for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday — not that he felt it would make much of a difference. Kreuger, [Read More…]

If Trump is GOP nominee, 2024 race will be focused on his legal troubles: DeSantis

ABC News If former President Donald Trump is the Republican nominee in the 2024 election, the race will be overshadowed by the legal issues and other controversies he’s facing, creating a potent advantage for Democrats, [Read More…]

Pritzker downplays Biden’s poor polling, says 2024 will be race against ‘MAGA Republicans’

ABC News Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, one of President Joe Biden’s top surrogates, on Sunday downplayed Biden’s continued poor polling ahead of a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race. Pritzker’s [Read More…]

Trump tops his opponents while Biden hits a new low in approval ahead of Iowa caucus: POLL

ABC News The 2024 primary season begins with Donald Trump well ahead of his Republican opponents on key measures of popularity, while Joe Biden’s job approval rating has dropped to a low for any president [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: War between Israel and Hamas reaches the 100th day mark

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]

NTSB investigating after 3 killed in 2 high-speed train collisions at same rail crossing this week

THEPALMER/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after three people were killed in two separate vehicle-train collisions at the same high-speed rail crossing in Florida this week. On Friday, two people [Read More…]

Almost every US state is under a weather alert as storms sweep across the country

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Almost every single U.S. state is under some form of weather alert ranging from flood watches in the east to blizzard warnings in Iowa to wind chill warnings for over [Read More…]

Gilgo Beach murder suspect expected to be charged in death of 4th woman: Sources

seng kui Lim / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alleged serial killer Rex Heuermann returns to court next week on Long Island where he is expected to be charged in the death of a fourth [Read More…]

Multiple earthquakes hit Oklahoma City metro area, including 2 of 4.4 magnitude

Charles O’Rear/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA) — A series of earthquakes struck Oklahoma Friday evening into Saturday morning, including at least two of 4.4 magnitude. A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 9:37 p.m. CT near Arcadia, [Read More…]

Former President Donald Trump cancels 3 of his 4 weekend campaign events

Grafton Marshall Smith/Getty Images (IOWA) — Weather continues to impact the schedule of presidential candidates heading into the Iowa caucuses as former President Donald Trump has now canceled three out of his four in-person commit [Read More…]

2 Navy SEALs missing off Somalia coast were on a nighttime boarding mission: US officials

shaunl/Getty Images (SOMALIA) — Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. officials. The officials [Read More…]

Biden says Austin showed lapse in judgment regarding hospitalization

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday publicly faulted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for not informing him earlier that he was hospitalized for complications from cancer treatment. When a reporter asked Biden [Read More…]

A partial government shutdown could happen next week. Here’s what you need to know

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The next week in Congress will be consumed by efforts to keep the lights on as Congress — for the third time in the past year — is running up [Read More…]

Who are the Houthis and why did the US attack them?

KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel have riled commercial shipping and threatened to dangerously escalate heightened tensions in the Middle East. [Read More…]

COVID hospitalizations increase for 9th straight week: CDC

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory virus activity continues to remain elevated across the United States but there may be some signs that a peak has been reached for at least one virus, newly [Read More…]

Emmys saluting 75 Most Impactful TV Moments, will highlight classic shows

Television Academy/Fox The Television Academy on Friday revealed its list of the 75 Most Impactful TV Moments to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Emmy Awards. Included in the list, which was compiled by industry [Read More…]

Drew Barrymore gets emotional rewatching ‘The Wedding Singer’ in sweet video

Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Netflix Drew Barrymore is clearly still a fan of The Wedding Singer. The talk show host and actress took to social media this week to share a video of her rewatching [Read More…]

Winter storm updates: Over 2,000 flights canceled nationwide, Chicago airports hit the hardest

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Over 2,000 flights have been canceled nationwide Friday as the Midwest is pummeled by snow and the South and Northeast brace for rough weather of their own. The Midwest and [Read More…]

Trump ordered to pay New York Times’ legal fees for failed lawsuit

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times $392,638 in legal fees Friday following the former president’s failed lawsuit against the newspaper. In 2021, [Read More…]

Biden defends strikes on Houthis, vows to respond again