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Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday looking to shore up support as he fends off new allegations of misconduct and sexual impropriety. The allegations were top of mind for Republican senators, one of whom called recent reports “very disturbing.” Several GOP […]
Andre D. Wagner Kendrick Lamar is taking his latest album, GNX, to the big stage. The rapper’s announced the Grand National Tour, heading to 19 stadiums across North America in spring 2025. Starting April 19 at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium, the trek will also feature K. Dot’s collaborator and former TDE label mate SZA. Cities on the tour […]
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (LUANDA, Angola) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America’s “original sin” of slavery and the slave trade that once connected the United States and the African nation. “I’ve learned that while history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased,” Biden […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress’s December to-do list includes an unusual item this year: a bill that could determine the home of the NFL’s Washington Commanders. Since 1997, the team has played home games in nearby Maryland, and the former home of the team, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadum, has fallen into disrepair. But there […]
Matt Cardy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was declared over on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In total, 104 people reported falling ill across 14 states with about one-third of them being hospitalized, according to the CDC. The true number of people who got […]
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are ticking up across the United States even as overall respiratory virus activity remains low. Flu activity is increasing slightly among children while RSV activity is elevated in the southern, central and eastern U.S., according to data updated Monday from the Centers […]
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions. ABC News spoke to more than a half dozen longtime and new African […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans senators returned to Washington after Thanksgiving recess to a renewed peppering of questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, a familiar refrain emerged: trust the confirmation process. “That’s why we’re going to take the normal process, vet all the nominees, and give everybody a chance to ask those […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ever since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he has been vocal about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again.” Kennedy has vowed to crack down on dyes in the food industry and to reduce pesticides in […]
Chair of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison bangs the gavel on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee is hoping to highlight down-ballot successes last month as it hosts a key post-election […]