State Department halts X passport gender marker applications

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed the State Department to freeze applications in the passport pipeline with “X” selected as the gender identifier, according to internal communication reviewed by ABC News.The move follows President Donald Trump's 

Death chamber glitch halts execution of serial killer Thomas Creech

(WASHINGTON) -- Serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, was spared from death on Wednesday after the medical team assigned to administer a lethal injection failed to establish an IV line, preventing the execution from proceeding, officials said.The 73-year-old Creech was...

Koch-backed group halts financial support for Haley

(WASHINGTON) -- Americans For Prosperity Action, an advocacy organization backed by billionaire Charles Koch and his network of wealthy conservatives supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no longer spend money on behalf of her campaign.Following Haley’s defeat in the early primary...