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Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Israeli invasion of Rafah appears imminent
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and "reiterated his clear position on Rafah," according to the White House.The two men spoke as a major Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city appears imminent, despite opposition from the United States and other…
Johnson, Greene to meet as Greene vows to force vote this week on ousting the speaker
(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will meet privately on Monday, sources told ABC News, amid Greene's looming threat to try to oust him.The one-on-one meeting, slated for 3:30 p.m. ET, comes as Greene has said she will force a vote to remove Johnson…
Six months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
(NEW YORK) -- Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes -- leaving wide open the question of who'll prevail come Election Day, now six…
RFK Jr.’s ‘clever move’ to help earn ballot access nationwide: Allying with little-known parties
(NEW YORK) -- One Saturday last month, several dozen members of the Alaskan Independence Party, a small, largely unknown political group whose primary goal is to put Alaskan secession from the United States to a vote, gathered in Fairbanks for their biennial convention.Among the topics of conversation: whether to nominate…
Mayor Eric Adams defends NYPD response to campus protests
(NEW YORK) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended the police crackdown on campus protests there, which have become the epicenter of demonstrations around the country against the Israel-Hamas war."We want to ensure we protect democracy and the right to protest," Adams told ABC News "This Week"…
Tom Cotton attacks campus protests, argues police should have gone in ‘on the very first day’
(WASHINGTON) -- Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the demonstrations against Israel's military campaign in its war with Hamas in Gaza.Speaking to ABC News "This Week"…
FTC is ‘just getting started’ as it takes on Amazon, Meta and more, Chair Lina Khan says
(WASHINGTON) -- In the nearly three years since President Joe Biden appointed Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, the government agency has taken on some of America's largest corporations, filing lawsuits or taking other actions to challenge Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Business."The FTC has been…
6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
(WASHINGTON) -- Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on key personal attributes -- leaving wide open the question of who'll prevail come Election Day, now six months…
Jurors hear secret recording of Trump and Michael Cohen allegedly discussing hush money payment
(NEW YORK) -- Jurors in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday were played a recording found on Michael Cohen's phone, in which the two appeared to be discussing the alleged plan to pay off a former Playboy model who claimed to have had an extramarital affair with…
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, wife indicted on charges of bribes tied to Azerbaijan
(TEXAS) -- Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy and accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities, the Justice Department announced.Prosecutors allege Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, began accepting the roughly $600,000 in bribes beginning as early as December of…
