OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agrees to pay $8.3 billion in opioid crisis settlement
WASHINGTON, DC — Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an…
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Experts project increase in migrants at U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic devastates Latin America
WASHINGTON, DC — Immigration experts are expecting an increase in the number of migrants journeying to the US-Mexico border in the coming…
Continue Reading Parents of 545 children separated at U.S. border still can’t be found
SAN DIEGO, California — Lawyers have not been able to reach the parents of 545 children who had been separated from their families by U.S.…
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Justice Dept. to file lawsuit against Google in antitrust case, alleging abuse of search dominance
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in…
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Caught on video: Naked man stealing Biden campaign signs on the loose in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A naked man dubbed the “birthday suit sign bandit” was caught on camera stealing a Biden/Harris campaign sign from an…
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‘I don’t even know how to write a check’: Candidate stays in El Paso race despite bad checks arrest
EL PASO, Texas— Shawn Nixon says he’s been framed. Nixon, a 21-year-old candidate running for El Paso City Council District 4, spoke to ABC-7 on…
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Presidential debate commission adopts new rules to mute mics
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will have their microphones cut off in Thursday’s debate while their rival delivers…
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Supreme Court sides with Dems, allows Pennsylvania to count mailed ballots received up to 3 days after election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a…
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump’s border wall funding, ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one…
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U.S. charges 6 Russian military officers in ‘most destructive’ hacking attacks in history
WASHINGTON, DC — Six Russian military officers sought to disrupt through computer hacking the French election, the Winter Olympics and U.S.…
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Trump says ‘people are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots’
President Donald Trump and the pandemic he is supposed to be fighting are running out of control with the two weeks until Election Day shaping up as…
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‘Just cap her’: Texts and video reveal details of the alleged domestic terror plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Videos, photographs and text messages between people charged by the Department of Justice with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…
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About 20% of all El Paso voters cast ballots in 1st week of early voting
EL PASO, Texas — Roughly 20%, or one out of five, of all registered voters in El Paso County cast ballots during the just-concluded first week of…
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Fauci says he is ‘absolutely not’ surprised Trump got Covid-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he is “absolutely not” surprised President Donald Trump contracted Covid-19 after seeing him surrounded by people…
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Trump suggests he’d leave the country if he loses to Biden
MACON, Georgia — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense this weekend, with each campaigning in states they are…
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Time correspondent: American voters are plagued by a ‘nation of misinformation’
Misinformation has claimed the spotlight yet again ahead of the 2020 election. So much so that many American voters seem to care less and less…
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Whitmer says Trump ‘inciting’ domestic terrorism as Trump campaign adviser dismisses President’s incendiary rhetoric as ‘having fun’ at rallies
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out President Donald Trump on Sunday for incendiary comments he made about her during a weekend campaign rally,…
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Pelosi outlines 48-hour deadline to pass stimulus bill before election
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi detailed Sunday the deadline she gave the president’s coronavirus relief package…
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‘It’s incredibly important’: Chalk artist gives Las Cruces residents a sign to vote
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — If you’re looking for a sign to vote, this is it. “It’s always important but it seems incredibly important now,” said Bob…
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Crowds gather for Women’s March to protest Trump and Supreme Court nominee
Demonstrators wore pink knit pussyhats and black face masks honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday for the second…
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The legal reckoning awaiting Donald Trump if he loses the election
If things don’t go Donald Trump’s way on Election Day, the President may face more serious matters than how to pack up the West Wing.…
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Ice Cube sets the record straight on his plans with Trump in interview
After taking heat for a few days, rapper Ice Cube spoke to CNN on Friday to set the record straight on why he was working with President Donald…
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Democrats fight to hold onto Michigan seat in larger battle for Senate control
Democrats are hoping to take back control of the Senate majority after Election Day, but to do that they need to defend incumbent Michigan Sen. Gary…
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U.S. Supreme Court to review Trump census plan to exclude undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people…
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Beto O’Rourke to teach politics at Texas State University next year
SAN MARCOS, Texas — From Congress to the campaign trail and now to the classroom – former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke plans to teach…
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U.S. budget deficit hits all-time high of $3.1 trillion amidst pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC — The federal budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3.1 trillion in the 2020 budget year, more than double the previous record, as…
Continue Reading US rejects Russian response to Trump administration’s arms control proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Russia on Friday rejected each other’s proposals for potentially salvaging the last remaining legal constraint on…
Continue Reading UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there won’t be trade deal with EU unless there is a ‘fundamental’ change from bloc
LONDON (AP) — The British government says trade talks with the European Union are effectively over and the country must prepare for a no-deal break…
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WATCH: Replay of ABC News town hall with Joe Biden
(Editor’s note: You can watch the ABC News town hall with Joe Biden in its entirety in the video player above.) PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania —…
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ABC-7 anchor documents experience with long lines at an El Paso early voting site
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE IN EL PASO EL PASO, Texas — I documented my voting experience at the Bowling Family YMCA in Northeast El Paso.…
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