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UPDATED with additional comments: In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that aired Thursday night, Alec Baldwin said he doesn’t worry about being criminally charged in the shooting that killed cinematographer Halnya Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust. “I have been told by people who are in the know…

UPDATED with video, 10:06 AM: Alec Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos that he doesn’t know how live ammunition got on the set of the movie Rust, as ABC News released a trailer of their sit down interview that will air on Thursday night. “It wasn’t in the script for the trigger to be pulled,” Stephanopoulos says to…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Sunday on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanapoulos that the US should return to normal within the year. Bourla cited the Covid-19 booster shots in his reasoning. “Finally, Moderna’s CEO said this week that the pandemic is on course to be over in about a year. Do you agree with that?&#8221…

In a mini-publicity blitz amid dramatic news coverage and skeptical questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden's White House turned to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for his first exclusive media interview on the topic. The network just released a teaser clip (watch it below). It…

UPDATE, 6 AM PT: President Joe Biden said that he “just doesn’t understand this sort of macho thing” in refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine. ABC’s Good Morning America aired co-anchor George Stephanopoulos’ sitdown with Biden, as he addressed concerns that a large share of the population would refuse to take the…

Joe Biden will be interviewed this week by Good Morning America cohost George Stephanopoulos. The interview will air on Wednesday and cover Biden's Covid-19 relief plan and other topics. Biden's first one-on-one interview as president was with Norah O'Donnell and was included as part of CBS' Super Bowl pregame…

World News Tonight anchor David Muir has started to lead coverage of major special events and breaking on ABC News, as the network has phased out the title of “chief anchor” that had been given to Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos. The change started last month with Muir leading a special report on…

Chris Christie’s announcement that he tested positive for the coronavirus triggered over his appearance on ABC News’ debate coverage, in which he was in studio as an analyst. The network said in a statement, “This morning Governor Chris Christie announced he tested positive for COVID-19.  He was last in our TV3 studio…

“Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News' town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action," the incumbent added, citing his bans on some travel to and from China and Europe this spring. "My action was very…

ABC News announced plans for its coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, including one hour of primetime coverage on the broadcast network, and more extensive coverage on its streaming site ABC News Live. The broadcast coverage from 10 PM to 11 PM ET each night, led by chief anchor George…

UPDATE: In her interview with ABC News, Mary Trump defended one of the headline-grabbing claims in her new book, that her uncle Donald Trump hired a friend to take the SAT as way to improve his chances of getting into the University of Pennsylvania. In a portion of the interview shown on Good Morning America on…

Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos said that he has “cleared” the coronavirus after he tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. He also said that he has signed up for a clinical trial to donate his blood plasma. He wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, “Good news for me and my family. Last week I tested positive…