Tom Liddy
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'Miraculous': No casualties reported in devastating Colorado wildfires
Hundreds of homes were destroyed in Superior, Colorado. → Read More
Sound heard in search for missing Argentine sub consistent with explosion: Officials
Argentine officials say a sound detected during the search for the ARA San Juan is consistent with an explosion. → Read More
House Republicans introduce changes to health care legislation
House Republicans introduced a number of changes to their controversial health care legislation -- which has sparked criticism from both conservatives and liberals. The American Health Care Act, designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature legislation,... → Read More
VP Mike Pence used private email for state business as governor
Vice President Mike Pence used private email to conduct state business while he was the governor of Indiana, his spokesman said Thursday night. The revelation came after the Trump campaign railed against former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for using private email and a private server to... → Read More
Kim Jong Nam was exposed to nerve agent: police
Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, had been exposed to nerve agent, police in Malaysia said Thursday. According to the police, a preliminary analysis found VX nerve agent on the face of the victim, who was killed on Feb. 13. The Centers for Disease Control... → Read More
Elizabeth Warren Silenced in Senate After Reading Quote Calling Jeff Sessions 'Disgrace'
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced on the Senate floor Tuesday night for surfacing critical comments about Senator Jeff Sessions, who is Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general. Warren, D-Massachusetts, was quoting the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's remarks from Sessions' 1986 hearing... → Read More
Judge Issues Nationwide Restraining Order on Trump Immigration Action
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a nationwide restraining order halting parts of the executive action signed by President Donald Trump that temporarily bars some immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries -- a move that the Washington state attorney general called... → Read More
How a President Can Use Orders and Memos and Who Can Stop Them
During his inauguration, Donald Trump painted a bleak picture of life in America and said the buck stops with him. "The time for empty talk is over," he told the crowd assembled at the Capitol. "Now arrives the hour of action." In the days since taking office, Trump, who has long cast himself a... → Read More
Donald Trump Promise Tracker: Where His Pledges Stand
Throughout the long presidential campaign and after the election, Donald Trump made many promises to the American people. Now ABC News is looking at some of the promises that he made to the American people before his inauguration and how those statements have changed since he declared his... → Read More
Trump Repeats Unsubstantiated Claim About Voter Fraud During Election
Donald Trump has repeated the unsubstantiated claim that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election, a claim that he used after the election to justify his loss of the popular vote, Democratic and Republican sources told ABC News. "Serious" voter fraud and a "rigged" system were themes... → Read More
Orlando Police Capture Alleged Cop Killer Markeith Loyd
Orlando police say that have alleged cop killer Markeith Loyd, who was also wanted for killing a pregnant woman, in custody. On Dec. 9, Orlando Master Sgt. Debra Clayton was on duty by herself near a Walmart around 7 a.m. when a citizen approached her, telling her that a murder suspect was... → Read More
At Least 4 Dead in Alabama Tornado, Officials Say
At least four people were killed when a tornado touched down in Alabama Monday night, officials said. The people who died were all in one structure in the Rehobeth area, near the Florida border, according to Alabama's governor, Robert Bentley. Officials in Houston County said they were not sure... → Read More
Trump Agrees With Putin's Assessment of Hillary Clinton's Loss
President-elect Donald Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin's assessment of the Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election in a Friday night tweet. The Russian president said Democrats were "losing on all fronts and looking elsewhere for things to blame" and said that the loss "degrades... → Read More
Suspect Arrested After 2 Officers Shot During Traffic Stop in Georgia
Two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in Georgia on Monday night, the third time in less than two weeks that police officers in that state have been shot in the line of duty. Two officers from the Lavonia Police Department conducted the stop off I-85 on Monday night, according to the... → Read More
Five Children Killed in Chattanooga School Bus Crash
A school bus driver has been arrested after a fatal crash claimed the lives of five young schoolchildren in Tennessee on Monday. Some 35 children from Woodmore Elementary School in Chattanooga -- ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade -- were on board when the bus hit a tree before 3:30 p.m.,... → Read More
Sanders Says He's Willing to Work With Trump
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the maverick independent who almost denied Hillary Clinton the Democratic nomination, said today that he was willing to work with Donald Trump on some issues. "To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this... → Read More
1 NYPD Sergeant Killed, 1 Wounded in the Bronx
A veteran NYPD sergeant -- and father of two -- has died after he and a fellow sergeant were shot in the Bronx during a confrontation Friday with a robbery suspect, a city official confirmed. The suspect had allegedly been harassing and attempting to rob a woman he knew and opened fire on one of... → Read More
How Donald Trump's Remarks About Renewed Clinton Email Probe Mirror Birtherism
Trump has said that's what's in the new emails is "absolutely devastating." → Read More
Trump Taunts 'Tough Guy' Vice President Joe Biden Over 'Behind the Gym' Comments
It's on! Donald Trump taunted Joe Biden during a rally in Florida tonight, saying that he would "love" if the "tough guy" vice president "wants to take me to the back of the barn." "Did you see where Biden wants to take me to the back of the barn," Trump told the crowd in Tallahassee. "I'd love... → Read More
Charges Upgraded to Murder in South Carolina School Shooting After 6-Year-Old's Death
Charges were upgraded to murder in the case of a South Carolina elementary school shooting after one of the victims -- a 6-year-old boy -- died, authorities said. The boy, Jacob Hall, died on Saturday after being shot, allegedly by a 14-year-old, outside Townville Elementary School, in Anderson... → Read More