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Gaza cease-fire talks at ‘critical stage,’ US says, after Hamas claims it accepted proposal
(WASHINGTON) -- An unexpected announcement from Hamas claiming it had accepted the terms of a cease-fire deal temporarily raised hopes for an extended truce in Gaza and the release of scores of hostages still held in the enclave, but U.S. and Israeli officials say an agreement has not yet been…
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll meet with Speaker Mike Johnson again Tuesday amid threat to oust him
(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie met privately on Monday, amid Greene's looming threat to try to oust him.Emerging from a nearly two-hour meeting inside the speaker's office, Greene said on camera they will have another meeting with Johnson on Tuesday…
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…
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…