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Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic

Wednesday, August 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is projected to have lost her primary on Tuesday to Donald Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, ABC News reports, after Cheney built her political profile -- and her campaign -- around criticizing the former president as an existential threat... Read More.

Somali American Hamse Warfa joins Biden administration in prominent role

Saturday, June 11 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Editor's note: This story was originally published in January 2022. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Hamse Warfa was the first Somali-American presidential appointee. Other Somali Americans have been appointed to presidential administrations prior to Warfa, including Hani Garabyare, during... Read More.

How ‘replacement theory’ became prominent in mainstream US politics

Tuesday, May 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The 18-year-old suspect who allegedly shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket on Saturday in the heart of a Black community in Buffalo, New York appears to have been motivated by a racist, far-right conspiracy theory that has increasingly found... Read More.

Prominent Putin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to additional nine years

Tuesday, March 22 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to an additional nine years, in a fresh trial roundly criticized by human rights organizations as politically motivated. Navalny is already imprisoned on a two-and-a-half-year sentence, incarcerated since he was immediately arrested on... Read More.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday

Thursday, December 9 by ABC News

(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong’s already-jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday for taking part in a banned gathering in June 2020 to remember the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. Hong Kong has a long history of commemorating June 4... Read More.

Facebook ‘failing’ to tackle COVID-19 misinformation posted by prominent anti-vaccine group, study claims

Friday, December 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- At least until June 2021, Facebook had significant gaps in its efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation from one of the most prominent anti-vaccine groups in the world, according to a study from ISD Global, a U.K.-based think tank that studies polarization,... Read More.

Prominent South Carolina attorney shot months after murders of wife and son

Monday, September 6 by ABC News

(VARNVILLE, S.C.) -- More than two months after his wife and son were murdered, a prominent South Carolina attorney was shot on the side of the road Saturday, police and family representatives said. Alex Murdaugh, 53, called 911 Saturday afternoon to report being shot near... Read More.

Brothers of prominent South Carolina family speak out after two relatives found dead

Thursday, June 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- John Marvin Murdaugh and Randolph "Randy" Murdaugh IV said they "knew something was wrong" when their other brother called them both late in the night on June 7. "He said, 'Come as fast as you can. Paul and Maggie have been hurt,'"... Read More.

Brent Scowcroft, prominent elder statesman, has died

Friday, August 7 by ABC News

By MARTHA RADDATZ and LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Brent Scowcroft, the former Air Force general who twice served a the national security adviser under Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, has died at the age of 95, according to... Read More.

TikTok disables prominent hashtags associated with conspiracy theory QAnon

Friday, July 24 by ABC News

By CATHERINE SANZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- TikTok has disabled two prominent hashtags associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, ABC News has learned.The Chinese-owned video sharing app removed the ability to search for the hashtags mentioning the group's... Read More.

Prominent Latino voices call for Goya Foods boycott after CEO praises Trump

Friday, July 10 by ABC News

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Goya Foods, the New Jersey-based producer of many canned foods that have become staples in American homes, is facing calls for a boycott from prominent Latino voices after its CEO Robert Unanue lauded... Read More.

Stories tagged with: prominent

Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic

Somali American Hamse Warfa joins Biden administration in prominent role

How ‘replacement theory’ became prominent in mainstream US politics

Prominent Putin critic Alexey Navalny sentenced to additional nine years

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday

Prominent South Carolina attorney shot months after murders of wife and son

Brothers of prominent South Carolina family speak out after two relatives found dead

Brent Scowcroft, prominent elder statesman, has died

TikTok disables prominent hashtags associated with conspiracy theory QAnon

Prominent Latino voices call for Goya Foods boycott after CEO praises Trump

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