Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Biden giving second highest civilian award to leaders of Jan. 6 congressional panel
President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian award on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional investigation into the violent Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. C...
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’
It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

WATCH: Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Las Vegas hotel was ‘isolated incident’: Sheriff
Authorities are investigating a Tesla Cybertruck explosion on Wednesday outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel in Nevada as a possible act of terror, an official said.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

WATCH: Biden to New Orleans: ‘I grieve with you. Our nation grieves with you.’
President Joe Biden delivered remarks from Camp David after a truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

What we know about Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect in the New Orleans attack
The suspect in a deadly attack in New Orleans has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old U.S.-born citizen from Texas, according to the FBI.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

Biden says reaction to New Orleans attack was 'anger and frustration'
President Biden said there is "no justification" for the "horrific" attack early New Year's Day in New Orleans that left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

Virginia man had weapons cache, used Biden photo for target practice, prosecutors say
He "expressed support for political assassinations," they said.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

Johnson to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago to 'map' strategy ahead of speakership vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson is spending New Year's Day with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a showdown vote later this week to keep his leadership post.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

15 dead in New Orleans truck attack; suspect 'inspired by ISIS,' was military veteran
Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured when a pickup truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

Ukraine halts pipeline carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, as deal expires
"We stopped the transit of Russian gas, this is a historic event," Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister, said in a statement.
ABC News: Top Stories Jan 01, 2025

