US inching closer to conspiracy or espionage indictment Julian Assange, founder of secrets outlet WikiLeaks, insisted during a Friday morning interview that he’s never met or even spoken to Pvt. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of sending his site troves of secret files. This comes as lawyers presented the House…
The commanding general of the war in Afghanistan says US victory in the region may not be a “sure thing” after all. “I don’t think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor,” Gen. David Petraeus told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview published Monday morning. “And I…
In an interview set to air Friday, ABC’s Barbara Walters tried and failed to pull President Barack Obama into a debate with Sarah Palin. “You may have heard that Sarah Palin told me just last week that she could beat you if she ran,” Walters told Obama. “Could she?” “You…
This isn’t going to help the view of those TSA pat-downs, as one ABC producer put it, ‘worse than the gynecologist,’ at all. A Georgia TSA (Transportation Security Administration) behavior detection officer was left in critical condition when he attempted suicide Tuesday evening after allegedly abducting, and sexually assaulting a…
Pat-down ‘worse than the gynecologist,’ producer says As the busiest travel days of the year approach, more and more passengers are accusing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of going too far with their screenings. Earlier this month, the TSA began new security procedures in many airports including scans that produce…
For all the Republicans’ bluster during the Bush administration about national security-hating “Defeatocrats,” it seems the cards have finally turned. President Obama has in recent days demanded that Congress ratify the START nuclear treaty with Russia, which would enhance America’s commitment to nonproliferation and strengthen ties with former nuclear arch-rival.…
Developer tycoon Donald Trump has his eyes on the United States’ ultimate real estate: the White House. Trump, the brash billionaire star of his own reality show, “The Apprentice,” told ABC news he is seriously considering a run as a Republican in 2012 and could “easily” spend more than 200…
It’s looking less and less likely that a serious troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will happen in 2011. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday that 2014 was the more realistic date for a drawdown. “I think in summer of 2011 we can bring some troops home but we’re going to need…
ABC News veteran Ted Koppel has penned an opinion piece arguing that the rise of partisan news organizations like Fox News and MSNBC are a sign of the “end of real news.” In a commentary scheduled to run in Sunday’s Washington Post, Koppel argues that opinionated news hosts like Fox’s…
David Stockman says Wall Street ‘doesn’t deserve’ extension of tax cuts; US becoming ‘banana republic of finance’ A former Reagan administration budget director who was behind the largest tax cut in US history now says the US can’t afford any more tax cuts, and both major parties are participating in…