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(NEW YORK) — About 265 million Americans, or nearly 80% of the population, are under cold weather alerts on Tuesday, as dangerous temperatures are felt in at least 43 states. About 45 million Americans in the South are under winter storm alerts as the largest winter storm in decades slams the Gulf states today from […]
Julia Stiles makes her feature directorial debut with Wish You Were Here, now playing in movie theaters. The journey to making her first film was long, but the actress-turned-director told ABC Audio it was something she always dreamed of. “It’s been a career-long dream of mine to direct a movie,” Stiles said. “I spent so […]
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Chance the Rapper is out with a new song, “Quiet Storm.” The track, released Monday, is described as “an ode to the iconic radio format pioneered by Black DJs in Washington, D.C., during the late 1970s.” The lyrics tell the story of a complicated personal relationship which then broadens […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee. “Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy,” Biden said […]
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, a long list of political leaders, tech CEOs, celebrities and others were in attendance in the U.S. Capitol. Former Vice President Mike Pence was seen in the Rotunda, as well as former President Barack Obama, […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics,” Biden wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately, I have no reason […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday. Peltier, 80, has spent nearly 50 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of two FBI agents on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. He also escaped from federal […]
(WASHINGTON) — At noon today, Donald Trump took the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. As he did on the campaign trail, Trump painted a dark picture of America and took aim at President Joe Biden’s leadership as his predecessor sat just steps away. “My recent […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Bible as he took the oath of office during his inauguration on Monday. First lady Melania Trump stood next to the president holding two Bibles, but the 47th president of the United States didn’t place his hand on either as he raised his […]
(WASHINGTON) — On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump announced some energy and environmental policy priorities that represent a stark departure from U.S. climate policy under former President Joe Biden. His professed policies include a declaration of a “national energy emergency,” a rollback of the previous administration’s vehicle emissions standards — […]
