NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says the government must work with "brilliant people" in Silicon Valley to keep violent extremists offline, even if it means shutting down parts of the Internet. But what he's proposing isn't possible with today's…
(ABC News) -- "Trump Force One" -- you're fired. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump hinted that if he makes it to the White House, he might ditch his Boeing 757 in favor of an even bigger plane: Air Force One,…
(ABC News) -- The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced today that it was raising short-term rates by a quarter point -- the first increase in nine years. The unanimous decision had been widely expected by investors after Federal Reserveofficials,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican presidential debates continue to be a big television draw, with 18 million people tuning in to the confrontation from Las Vegas on Tuesday night. The Nielsen company said on Wednesday this made it the…
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson this morning issued a seven-point plan to defeat ISIS -- which he calls "Seven Steps to a Safer America" -- calling for Congress to issue a formal declaration of war on the Islamic State. “Our…
(ABC News) -- A young Iraqi Christian girl, whose family has been living in a refugee camp after fleeing ISIS threats, says she forgives the terrorist group and shared her hope for the future. “Yes I forgive them,” Myriam told ABC…
Republicans by more than a 20-point margin support Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States – but independents and Democrats oppose the idea by wide margins, producing a broadly negative reaction among Americans overall. All…
(ABC News) -- Throughout his improbable run for the White House, Bernie Sanders has boasted that he “has never run a negative ad.” That seemed to change over the weekend, when a Washington Post report noted a new digital advertisement…
Since Donald Trump and his helicopter descended on the Iowa State Fair back in August, the billionaire businessman has been the steady front-runner in Iowa, surviving attacks from fellow candidates, controversial proposals and a short-lived burst in two polls from…
(ABC News) -- Following a private roundtable meeting with pastors and religious leaders in Chicago, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson addressed the healing that needs to happen in the city following the police-involved shooting death of Laquan McDonald, calling the shooting…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval. White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team to complete a proposal and submit…
House Republicans have nominated Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to become the chamber's next speaker.
Just a day after Ben Carson blew open a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in the state of Iowa in a new Monmouth University poll, a new poll shows the New York real estate mogul's national advantage is slipping away.
Lawyers for a former Republican staffer fired from the House Benghazi committee on Tuesday challenged comments by the panel's GOP chairman, calling them "unequivocally false" in an escalating internal dispute just days before Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies.
Gov. Nikki Haley has suspended Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet after he was indicted Thursday on a misconduct in office charge following an armed confrontation with his neighbor.
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