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Getty Images - STOCK(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- A New Mexico man has died from plague in the state's first human fatality since 2020, according to health officials.The man lived in Lincoln County -- located in the southeastern part of the state -- and was hospitalized from the disease before dying, the New Mexico Department of Health said in a press release last week.No other identifying information about the man was available, including his name, age or race/ethnicity.Plague is treatable with commonly available antibiotics and the odds of full recovery are higher if a patient seeks medical care early...

Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A coalition of nearly two-dozen progressive groups on Monday launched a seven-figure effort to defend progressive Democrats in Congress who have criticized both Israel's military offensive in Gaza and continued U.S. support for Israel -- marking a major new development in the intraparty battle over support for Israel in the Democratic Party.The "Reject AIPAC" bloc, which includes Justice Democrats, Our Revolution, the Sunrise Movement and the IfNotNow Movement, plans to rally voters as part of a "electoral defense campaign" to support ...

ABC NewsAs President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to secure their party's nomination and gear up to face off in another general election campaign, Americans are split on who they trust to do a better job leading the country, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.According to the poll, conducted using Ipsos' Knowledge Panel, 36% of Americans trust Trump to do a better job leading the country as president, while 33% trust Biden and 30% trust neither.More Republicans trust Trump to do a better job leading the country (82%) than Democrats trust Biden (72%). Among indep...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Facing angry lawmakers for the first time since his cancer diagnosis, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified Thursday that he takes "full responsibility" for keeping the White House in the dark when he underwent surgery and later when he was admitted to the intensive care unit after suffering complications."Again, we did not handle this right. And I did not handle this right. And as you know, I have apologized … including directly to the president. And I take full responsibility," he said.The acknowledgment, in testimony before the ...

Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Bitcoin is on a tear.The largest cryptocurrency has soared more than 20% over the last four days, approaching an all-time high. By contrast, the S&P 500 has dropped slightly over that period.On Wednesday, the price of bitcoin surpassed $64,000 for the first time since November 2021.The upsurge stems primarily from an explosion of investment in bitcoin ETFs, a novel investment vehicle approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission last month, analysts told ABC News. That initial burst of gains, they added, triggered a stampede of investors fearful of ...