Mar 11 2019 — ABC News — A growing list of airline carriers around the world are grounding their fleets of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of a crash of the same model that killed all 157 people on board. A new Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines went down in clear weather on Sunday morning […]
Mar 6 2019 — ABC News — Insurance regulators in New York have issued a subpoena to Aon, the Trump Organization’s insurance broker of choice, the company confirmed to ABC News. The subpoena, issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services, was based in large part on the testimony of Michael Cohen, who answered in the affirmative when asked whether […]
Mar 1 2019 — ABC News — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says the White House has not been cooperative in a growing probe of security clearances given to members of the Trump Administration. The accusation comes on the heels of a stunning report in the New York Times Thursday, citing four sources who claim former chief of staff John […]
Feb 18 2019 — ABC News — A pair of House Democrats are launching a new probe of what they called the “complex web of relationships” between members of the National Rifle Association and Russian individuals with close ties to the Kremlin. In a letter members said they were sending to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, a copy of which was shared with […]
Feb 7 2019 — ABC News — House Democrats will take their first step toward obtaining President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns, convening a hearing Thursday to examine legislative proposals and laws dictating the process to acquire the documents. The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will meet to hear testimony from a slate of experts on tax law, including a 1924 […]
Jan 25 2019 — ABC News — President Donald Trump reacted angrily on Friday to news that his longtime friend and associate, political operative Roger Stone, had been indicted, taking to Twitter to declare “Greatest Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION!” “Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better,” Trump said in the tweet.
Jan 22 2019 — ABC News — Nine days after Donald Trump won the presidency, as scores of supporters clamored for meetings with his transition team, the Hollywood producer of “The Apprentice,” Mark Burnett, reached out to one of Trump’s closest advisers to see if he would sit down with a banker who has long held ties to Russia.
Jan 14 2019 — ABC News — Only one American was a firsthand witness to President Donald Trump’s summit last summer with Russian President Vladimir Putin: veteran State Department translator Marina Gross. Gross’ job is to blend into the background and seamlessly help two leaders communicate. But now there is mounting interest in seeing Gross step into the spotlight, as Democrats on […]
Jan 8 2019 — ABC News — President Donald Trump is holding court front and center tonight to deliver remarks from the Oval Office in the hopes of convincing the American public and skeptical lawmakers that there is a crisis at the southern border. His goal: to secure billions of dollars in funds to build his promised “big, beautiful” wall amid a […]
Dec 24 2018 — ABC News — The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded sharply lower Monday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin shocked investors worldwide over the weekend by tweeting that he had spoken to the CEOs of the six largest U.S. banks to ensure they were liquid.
Dec 19 2018 — ABC News — President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria has drawn the ire of one of his usual allies: Lindsey Graham.
Dec 16 2018 — ABC News — Family members of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody after reaching the U.S.-Mexico border said she did not lack food or water and was in good health when she was detained.
Dec 16 2018 — ABC News — “Saturday Night Live” took us to a world without Donald Trump as president in a send-up of the classic Christmas film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The show started with the classic black-and-white open and Trump on the balcony of the White House. “I don’t think I can do this anymore,” Alec Baldwin, making another cameo […]
Dec 14 2018 — ABC News — Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to arrange hush-money payments with two women because then-candidate Trump “was very concerned about how this would affect the election” if their allegations of affairs became public, the president’s former personal attorney said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. Cohen’s comments are his first since being sentenced earlier this […]
Dec 10 2018 — ABC News — Maria Butina, a 30-year-old Russian gun rights activist who stands accused developing a covert influence operation in the United States, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and cooperate with federal, state and local authorities in any ongoing investigations.