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Derailed train was traveling down new Amtrak route

The Amtrak train that derailed south of Tacoma, Washington today was the first to carry paying passengers down a new route, the local transit authority confirms to ABC News.

December 18, 2017

Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment over Interstate 5 in Washington state, Dec. 18, 2017.

Vice President Mike Pence and Representative Kevin Brady of Texas, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, at the Capitol on Tuesday. Credit Pete Marovich for The New York Times

Republicans Say They Have a Deal on Tax Bill

December 13, 2017

Alabama upset, Fed decision; Oil watch

December 13, 2017

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December 12, 2017

State elects its first Democrat to the Senate in decades after rollercoaster battle against Roy Moore

Alabama hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in 25 years.

December 12, 2017

December 12, 2017

Majority of Ala. voters say Moore allegations were minor or no factor, exit polls indicate

A majority of voters, 54 percent, said the allegations were a minor factor or not a factor at all.

December 12, 2017

December 12, 2017

Family of ISIS-inspired NY bombing suspect ‘outraged’ at investigation

The family of Akayed Ullah, accused of trying to detonate a pipe bomb in New York on Monday, has engaged the controversial civil activist group CAIR to represent it, and has used its first official statement to attack US law enforcement’s investigation.

December 12, 2017

A woman wearing a headscarf is escorted to a police car by members of the New York City Police Department outside a Brooklyn address on Ocean Parkway associated with suspected terrorist Akayed Ullah on December 11, 2017 in New York City. © AFP

December 11, 2017

Suspect in Times Square blast timed assault for maximum impact

The area was packed with commuters and holiday tourists in a city still on edge from a terror attack six weeks ago that claimed eight lives. After the blast, hundreds of commuters fled subway trains and dozens of emergency vehicles swarmed Times Square.

December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody

The subway stations were evacuated, and Port Authority Bus Terminal was also shut down.

December 11, 2017

Emergency vehicles near the Port Authority Bus Terminal on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan on Monday. Credit Jeenah Moon for The New York Times

December 11, 2017

NYC mayor: Blast was an attempted terrorist attack

Akayed Ullah, 27, had a 'low-tech' explosive device attached to his body, NYPD commissioner says

December 11, 2017

WATCH LIVE: 3 injured, suspect arrested in Manhattan explosion (VIDEOS)

One suspect is in custody and three others are injured following an explosion at the Port Authority bus terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

California wildfires now larger than NYC, Boston combined

As for those facing the flames of the current wildfires, there's gratitude -- for life, community and the efforts of the firefighters working to protect both.

December 11, 2017

California wildfires now larger than NYC, Boston combined

December 11, 2017

New York explosion at Manhattan bus terminal

Four people, including the suspect, were injured in the blast, the Fire Department said. None of the injured was considered life threatening.

December 11, 2017

This photo confirmed by CBS News shows a suspect after his explosive device detonated in an underground passageway near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City Dec. 11, 2017.

December 10, 2017

Santa Barbara firefighters struggle to contain massive blaze with no rain in sight

California's biggest wildfire forced evacuations in Faria Beach, a small community on the coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara. (Dec. 8) A

December 10, 2017

December 07, 2017

Al Franken announces intention to resign from Senate over sexual misconduct allegations

The first allegation against Franken came on November 16

December 07, 2017

FILE – In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken, facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and vanishing support from fellow Democrats, appears on the brink of resign

December 04, 2017

Trump travel ban: Supreme Court lets restrictions take full effect

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go fully into effect.

December 04, 2017

A woman wears a US flag for a headscarf as she participates in the #NoMuslimBanEver rally in Los Angeles in October

December 04, 2017

Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Take Effect

The orders gave no reasons for the court’s shift.

December 04, 2017

The Supreme Court in Washington. The third and newest version of the travel ban, issued by President Trump in September, imposed restrictions on citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. Credit Alex Wong/Getty

December 01, 2017

Flynn to Plead Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.

Flynn charged with one count of making false statement

December 01, 2017

November 26, 2017

Kushner And Ivanka Refuse To Leave DC, Want New House

President Donald Trump might not be getting rid of his eldest daughter and son-in-law anytime soon.

November 26, 2017

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES

November 14, 2017

What is trump's tax reform everything to know about the plan for America' rich

GOP leaders try to rush through complicated tax code changes, inspiring a special-interest bacchanal the likes of which Washington has never seen.

November 14, 2017

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan looks on as President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform legislation in the Cabinet Room at the White House, November 2, 2017. DREW ANGERER/GETTY

November 07, 2017

Trump says extreme vetting for Texas shooter would have made 'no difference'

The president was briefed on developments in the shooting while in Japan, and said soon after that it should be credited to a "mental health problem" and not U.S. gun laws.

November 07, 2017