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Watchdog raises concerns over Trump-era leak probes of reporters, members of Congress

Tuesday, December 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A top government watchdog raised concerns Tuesday over the handling of leak investigations during the first Trump administration that targeted members of Congress and the media despite finding no evidence that the inquiries were politically motivated,

Harris campaign leadership urges staffers not to speak with reporters: Sources

Friday, November 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- During an all-staff call earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign leadership urged staffers not to speak with reporters and addressed concerns about the future after her loss to Donald Trump in the election, two people on the call told...

Reporters notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage

Tuesday, June 4 by ABC News

(ARLINGTON, Va.) -- To reach Waverly B. Woodson, Jr.'s final resting place, you start on Eisenhower Drive. At the end of Marshall Drive, you make a half turn around Patton Circle, and there, tucked in the southeast corner, you'll find grave no. 1172, a...

Behind the scenes with Blinken and the tense Biden-Netanyahu phone call: Reporters notebook

Friday, April 5 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The impact of the phone call between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still being felt Friday as Israel responded to Biden's demand for accountability in the wake of the Israeli strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy...

‘New York Times’ reporters and other staff stage 24-hour strike

Thursday, December 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- More than 1,000 journalists and other workers at The New York Times launched a 24-hour strike on Thursday, a protest over ongoing contract negotiations that marks the first such strike at the company in more than four decades."It's never an easy...

Fauci to brief reporters for last time before leaving government after 50 years

Tuesday, November 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is scheduled to brief reporters from the White House on Tuesday in what is likely to be his final briefing before leaving the government at the end of the year.Fauci was expected to...

On my 1st week covering Capitol Hill, the Jan. 6 attack happened: Reporter’s notebook

Wednesday, January 5 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- It was hardly the first week any of us imagined: A violent mob storming the United States Capitol, chanting for the vice president to be hanged, leaving behind a trail of shattered glass, blood and debris. The first 100 hours on the...

My journey as a Hispanic bone marrow donor: Reporter’s Notebook

Wednesday, October 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- "I'm sorry, I think my veins are camera shy," I joked to the nurse who was having trouble finding the right place on my hand for an IV.I was surrounded by cameras and wearing nothing but a gown and some unflattering yellow...

Inside the Supreme Court during COVID: Reporter’s notebook

Monday, October 4 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As the cry "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!" rang out just after 10 a.m. Monday in Washington, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court emerged from behind a 44-foot velvet curtain wall, walking into their vaulted marble chamber for the first time in 18 months.They...

The long and winding road to an infrastructure bill: Reporter’s notebook

Friday, August 6 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- "Senator, what is a goat rodeo?"When you start covering Congress, you don't imagine yourself asking a United States senator these types of questions just outside the hallowed chamber walls at 11 p.m. But that is how Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., described Thursday's...

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