• 2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea

    2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea

    Aug 23, 2023 02:36 PM EST

    ... Thomas Shoal. The dangerous encounter is the latest flare-up from the long-seething territorial disputes in the busy sea that involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. It's regarded as an Asian flashpoint and has become a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry ...

  • Why 1 million dead from COVID is so hard for our brains to understand

    Why 1 million dead from COVID is so hard for our brains to understand

    May 12, 2022 09:24 PM EST

    ... one against questions implying that they somehow invited their own sickness and death. Since the death of Charonda Johnson’s father, Kevin Taylor, a Vietnam War-era veteran and church leader in Dover, Delaware, she has lost count of how many times people have asked her about his age ...

  • Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention

    Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention

    Feb 14, 2022 11:24 PM EST

    ... they must pass legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers. The U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center studied school attacks nationwide from 2006-18 and reported that most attackers were bullied and that ...

  • Memorial Day even more poignant as veterans die from virus

    Memorial Day even more poignant as veterans die from virus

    May 24, 2020 07:20 PM EST

    ... planning a specific observance to mark the death of his step-grandfather. Ben Davis Jr. was the first of 11 brothers to enlist in the U.S. military when he joined the Navy in 1944 during World War II. Combined, the brothers would go on to serve 158 years in ...

  • Michael Cohen to testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday

    Michael Cohen to testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday

    Feb 28, 2019 02:50 PM EST

    ... that "within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign," Cohen said. Damaging emails U.S. officials say were hacked by Russia were later released by WikiLeaks. Trump responded by saying "wouldn't that be great," Cohen said. Stone ...

  • WATCH: Michael Cohen testifies before Congress

    WATCH: Michael Cohen testifies before Congress

    Feb 27, 2019 12:48 AM EST

    ... a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign," according to Cohen. Damaging emails that U.S. officials say were hacked by Russia were later released by WikiLeaks. Trump responded by saying "wouldn't that be great," Cohen said. Stone ...

  • Briefing papers warned Trump: 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Putin

    Briefing papers warned Trump: 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Putin

    Mar 21, 2018 03:56 PM EST

    ... arms race and other matters. What they didn't discuss on Tuesday was noteworthy as well: Trump did not raise Russia's meddling in the U.S. elections or its suspected involvement in the recent poisoning of a former spy in Britain. "An American president does not lead the free ...

  • Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead

    Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead

    Oct 18, 2017 01:41 PM EST

    ... painstaking steps to write, call or meet bereaved military families. The subject arose because nearly two weeks passed before Trump called the families of four U.S. soldiers who were killed in Niger nearly two weeks ago. He made the calls Tuesday. READ MORE: Trump ignites furor with claim past ...

  • How Sinclair Broadcasting puts a partisan tilt on trusted local news

    How Sinclair Broadcasting puts a partisan tilt on trusted local news

    Oct 10, 2017 11:33 PM EST

    ... faces of the fallen tell their own story. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In 2004, when ABC News' "Nightline" devoted an entire show to reading the names of U.S. service members who'd died in Iraq, Sinclair, which owned seven ABC affiliates at the time, barred those stations from showing the broadcast ...

  • Trump taps military strategist as national security adviser

    Trump taps military strategist as national security adviser

    Feb 20, 2017 08:23 PM EST

    ... for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The position of national security adviser does not require Senate confirmation. Trump pushed out Flynn a week ago after revelations that the adviser had misled Pence about discussing sanctions with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential transition. Trump said in ...