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Transcript for President Trump backs his Supreme Court nominee Gentlemen, a lot of people have been waiting for this night, so, let's get going. Our first subject is the supreme court. President trump, you nominated Amy coney Barrett over the weekend to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the court. You say the constitution…

U.S. Marshals in Georgia have arrested a Georgetown University football player accused of killing a man in Washington, DSeptember 30, 2020, 9:00 AM• 1 min readLAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- U.S. Marshals in Georgia have arrested a Georgetown University football player accused of killing a man in Washington, D.C.Federal agents took Dijon Williams, 21, into custody at…

President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden face off in the first presidential debate of 2020 Tuesday night in Cleveland.Topics include Trump's and Biden's records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in U.S. cities, and the integrity of the election.Below, ABC News will fact check what both candidates say…

Transcript for Who won the 1st presidential debate? Well, it is hard to know where to start. I'm not sure how people are going to feel about that to be continued at the end. People have to make their own judgments about how the candidates handled themselves tonight. Who made the better case, who offered…

Dispatchers described "very rough" conditions on the lake.September 5, 2020, 10:53 PM• 4 min readSeveral boats sank Saturday during an event billed as a "Trump Boat Parade" on Lake Travis near Austin, Texas, authorities said.The Travis County Sheriff's Office confirmed to ABC News they responded to "multiple distress calls" on Lake Travis and "a few…

Overwhelming support in Philadelphia and its suburbs lift former Vice President Joe Biden to a clear lead in crucial Pennsylvania, with backing from college-educated white people and women -- notably white, moderate and suburban women -- central to his advantage in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.President Donald Trump, for his part, is suffering attrition…

Authorities are searching for a tiger in TennesseeSeptember 10, 2020, 1:30 PM• 1 min readKNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Authorities were searching Thursday morning for a tiger in East Tennessee.A deputy spotted the animal Wednesday night at an industrial park, the Knox County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on social media. Several agencies including animal control,…

Maria Kolesnikova vanished from the streets of the Belarus capital on Monday. September 8, 2020, 2:00 PM• 5 min readLONDON -- Maria Kolesnikova, the opposition activist leading protests against the autocratic rule of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, is currently detained at the Belarus-Ukraine border after being abducted in Minsk, according to Belarusian state media.Kolesnikova, a…

With President Donald Trump planning to name a Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg next week, progressive and conservative groups are already gearing up to make the looming confirmation battle a top issue for voters in the November election.On the left, as Joe Biden and other Democrats call for the…

Romania’s once-mighty opposition party may have lost the race for the mayor of Bucharest in countrywide municipal elections held Sunday, but it celebrated a somewhat bizarre, bittersweet victory elsewhereBy ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated PressSeptember 28, 2020, 11:10 AM• 3 min readBUCHAREST, Romania -- After handing Ion Aliman victory in the election for their local mayor, residents…