Chris Christie: Trump campaign needs to be 'more optimistic and less dire' starting with Republican National Convention
ABC NewsBY: TERRANCE SMITH, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former New Jersey Governor and ABC News Contributor Chris Christie told the hosts of ABC News’ “Powerhouse Politics” podcast on Monday that he hopes that President Donald Trump lays
Fresh peaches recalled for possible multistate Salmonella outbreak, FDA says
iStock/Lubo IvankoBY: KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Peaches may be a perfect stone fruit for summer, but one California-based purveyor has pulled its products due to a multistate Salmonella outbreak. Prima Wawona issued a voluntary recall
American to spray some planes with EPA-approved 'long-lasting' COVID-19 disinfectant
ABC NewsBY: STEPHANIE EBBS and MINA KAJI, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — American Airlines is preparing to spray planes flying in and out of Texas with the first “long-lasting” disinfectant product approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
5 takeaways from postmaster general's grilling on mail-in voting
iStock/Andrei StanescuBY: LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a combative hearing Monday that frequently veered into partisan bickering, embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy continued to defend his handling of the postal agency despite evidence of service
Trump steamrolls norms with White House convention speech, raising ethics concerns
iStock/bboserupBY: JORDYN PHELPS and BEN GITTLESON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the Republican National Convention gets underway this week, President Donald Trump has set the stage for a norms-busting political event that has transformed the White House
North Carolina to be a crucial battleground state in 2020
ABC NewsBY: KELSEY WALSH (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina, home of the upcoming business sessions of the Republican National Convention and once a GOP stronghold, is considered a robust battleground state in the election. In 2016, President
Former Trump staffer who penned tell-all book and sued the president, back working on Republican Convention
ABC NewsBY: JONATHAN KARL, WILL STEAKIN, and TERRANCE SMITH (WASHINGTON) — Cliff Sims, a former aide to President Donald Trump, who sued the president after writing a brutal tell-all book about his time in the Trump White
TikTok sues Trump administration over US ban
iStock/WachiwitBY: CATHERINE THORBECKE and LUKE BARR (WASHINGTON) — TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the government’s pending ban of the popular video-sharing app, the company announced Monday. The company said in a statement
No audience, no red carpet, and 140 live feeds: producers prep this year's remote Emmys telecast
ABC/Jeff Lipsky(LOS ANGELES) — Like millions of Americans in COVID-19 lockdown, it seems celebrities will be ordering in — when it comes to the Emmy Awards, that is. Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart, the executive producers of September’s 72nd Emmy Awards,
Pompeo to speak at RNC in unprecedented move critics call inappropriate
ABC NewsBY: CONOR FINNEGAN (WASHINGTON) — While he is overseas on an official trip, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo will address the Republican National Convention in his “personal” capacity, the State Department said Sunday, blurring the lines