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Grafton Marshall Smith/Getty Images(IOWA) -- Weather continues to impact the schedule of presidential candidates heading into the Iowa caucuses as former President Donald Trump has now canceled three out of his four in-person commit to caucus rallies. Instead, Trump will hold a series of telerallies and is still expected to go forward with his in-person appearance at his commit to caucus rally in Indianola, Iowa. "Ill get there sometime around Saturday night or something, one way or the oth...

Courtesy of HuluThe new Jake Johnson movie Self Reliance is a trip. It premieres on Hulu Friday and starts with Jakes character, Tommy, being propositioned by Andy Samberg — playing himself — to get into a limo. Things get wildly weird from there. Johnson, who wrote and directed the movie, tells ABC Audio the movie is about "a guy [who] gets an opportunity to play a dark web hunting game where hes being hunted for his life in 30 days. If he wins, he gets $1 million." However,...

Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Cardona, the Connecticut Education Commissioner, will face the urgent task of planning to reopen schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden Administration is rolling out another pathway to debt relief for certain student loan borrowers next month. The program targ...

Filo/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official said that the strikes involved a mix of fighter jets and Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from Navy surface ships and a U.S. Navy submarine, according to two U.S. officials. One of the officials identified the subma...

Heidi Gutman/ABC(NEW YORK) -- For the past two months, Michael Strahans 19-year-old daughter Isabella has faced a private health battle, fighting medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor. Isabella Strahan was a freshman at the University of Southern California when an MRI scan in October led to her diagnosis of medulloblastoma, a cancerous and fast-growing brain tumor that develops in the cerebellum, the back of the brain where movement and coordination are controlled, according to the Preston Rob...

Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Aviation Administration announced it will take the significant step of increasing its oversight over Boeing and begin an immediate audit of Boeings production and manufacturing in the wake of the door plug blowing out of an Alaska Airlines flight last week. The audit will "evaluate Boeings compliance with its approved quality procedures," the agency said Friday. The FAA said it will also assess the safety risks around de...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- One brother is dead while the other managed to survive after the siblings plunged into a freezing cold pond while ice fishing, authorities say. The incident occurred on Saturday at approximately 2:45 p.m. in the town of Burlington in Ostego County, New York, when a man walking his dog alerted the authorities after seeing two ice fishermen fall through the ice on Basswood Pond, approximately 14 miles west of Cooperstown, according to a statement release...

Warner Bros. Pictures - UniversalGreta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, the directors who brought us "Barbenheimer" — that is, the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer — were recognized Wednesday with nominations for the 76th annual Directors Guild Awards. This years list also included Martin Scorsese for his period crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon, Alexander Payne for The Holdovers and Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things. As the Oscars race gains steam, all five films were also ...

Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday gave its approval for some Bitcoin ETFs, just a day after a fake post on the agencys account on X made a similar announcement and sent the value of Bitcoin soaring. The price of Bitcoin vaulted skyward on Tuesday afternoon after the SEC appeared to deliver a major breakthrough for the cryptocurrency. Minutes later, SEC Chair Gary Gensler punctured the euphoria, saying on X that a hacker had comma...

Sophie Park/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, sources familiar told ABC News. Though Christie drew much attention as the Republican primarys main Donald Trump critic, he failed to gain widespread traction in the polls. This was Christies second campaign for the nations highest office. He ran in 2016 before suspending his bid and endorsing Trump, who went on to win the White House later that year. Chris...