Politics

Gov’t Finds ‘Top Secret’ Info in Clinton Emails

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is confirming for the first time that Hillary Clinton’s unsecured home server contained some closely guarded secrets, including material requiring one of the highest levels of classification. The revelation comes just three days before the Iowa presidential nominating caucuses in which Clinton is a candidate. The State Department will release more emails from Clinton’s…

Timeline: How the Republican Debate and Trump Event Unfolded Side-By-Side

(ABC News) — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump decided to skip tonight’s GOP presidential debate hosted by Fox News and hold a separate event elsewhere in Des Moines, Iowa to benefit veterans. The dueling events made for an interesting split screen for viewers trying to take in both events. Here’s what unfolded at the GOP debate and the Trump event…

Head of NSA’s Elite Hacking Unit: How We Hack

A computer hard drive with the logo of the National Security Agency (NSA) is seen Dec. 12, 2014 in Bonn, Germany. Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images (ABC News) — Inside the notoriously secretive National Security Agency is an elite unit made up of some of the best hackers on the planet, charged with breaking into computer networks around the world. Exactly how…

Watch: Trump Says He ‘Was Pushed Away’ From Debate

ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos (ABC News) — Republican presidential candidate and frontrunner, Donald Trump, said Wednesday night that he was “pushed away” from participating in the next GOP debate. Trump, who withdrew from the contest, made the remarks on Fox News. He has been feuding with the network over what he says was mistreatment in the first GOP…

Republican Presidential Debate: 5 Things to Watch

(ABC News) — We’re just hours away from the final Republican presidential debate before next Monday’s Iowa caucuses. But there’s one major difference: Donald Trump won’t be on the stage. The Republican front-runner is waging war with Fox News and decided this week to boycott tonight’s debate. Seven other candidates will take to the main stage in Des Moines, Iowa,…

Former Providence Mayor Vincent Buddy Cianci dies at 74

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former Providence mayor who dominated Rhode Island politics for parts of four decades before serving time for corruption has died. Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr., was 74. Cianci’s employer, WLNE-TV, and a friend, Artin Coloian, both confirmed his death. Coloian said he died Thursday morning. Cianci presided over the resurrection of Providence from a decaying, Industrial-age…

WATCH: 5 Ways Sanders’ Campaign Differs From Obama’s in 2008

(ABC News) — With the Iowa caucuses nearly upon us, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are trying to embrace President Obama and identify as the rightful heir to his legacy. On Wednesday, the president and Sanders are set to meet “informally” in the Oval Office, according to the White House. The Sanders campaign has repeatedly compared their grassroots and…

GOPers Call Trump the Likely Winner; His Lead Stays Big, With Cruz Behind (POLL)

(ABC News) — Donald Trump holds his lead for the GOP nomination and has soared in expectations: 64 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now expect him to be the party’s nominee, up sharply in the last two months. Expectations that Trump will win the nomination have jumped by 25 percentage points since November among Republican-leaning voters in a new…

Democrats Woo Iowa’s Remaining Undecided

DES MOINES, IA (ABC News) — Exactly one week before the Iowa caucuses, all three Democratic presidential candidates participated in forum hosted in the state by CNN. They mostly faced questions from ‘leaning’ or undecided voters, and both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had to respond to each others’ ads. Clinton said after the sweeping montage of Sanders’ fans, “You campaign…