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The sailor's attorney denies he was embittered towards the Navy.

The FBI also released details about the incident and identified the assailant.

The airline said cancellations will start dropping on Thursday.

The governor is being investigated by four district attorneys.

The historic move, a first in 50 years, was bipartisan.

The party was planned for months, but changed in light of the delta variant.

As President Joe Biden faced pressure from progressives, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new 60-day eviction moratorium.

Cuomo has mixed indignant denials with what-aboutism in his defense.

The Richard Nixon Foundation is hosting a debate on Wednesday night.

The president was under heavy political pressure from progressive Democrats.

Biden focused specifically on the GOP governors of Florida and Texas.

The U.S. has done more than any other country, but vaccination rates remain low.

President Joe Biden announced that 110 million vaccines have been shipped worldwide in an effort to halt the rise of any future variants of the virus.

There were also a record number of unaccompanied minors at the border in July.

Kathy Hochul has been lieutenant governor since 2015.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found to have sexually harassed multiple women, the New York state attorney general announced Tuesday morning after a four-month probe.

President Joe Biden weighed in on news of the officers' deaths on Tuesday.

An aide to McCarthy said "he was obviously joking" without commenting further.

The takeaways from the primaries will resonate well into 2022.

Party divisions culminate in the race to represent a legacy majority-Black area.

It's a silver lining to the immeasurable grief that has accompanied the virus.

But the new measures don't go as far as Speaker Pelosi and progressives want.

The Martha's Vineyard gathering comes amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

An aide to McCarthy said "he was obviously joking" without commenting further.

The new program will require Afghans leaving the country and waiting months.

Biden is confronting defiance, but the more problematic enemy may be weariness.

The bill is worth $550 billion in new spending.

The former president has not confirmed whether he'll run in 2024.

The committee, Kinzinger said, is determined to get a full account of the truth.

Convict Joel Caston is seeking redemption through public service.

He doesn't believe lockdowns are likely to return, however.

This is a rush transcript of "This Week" airing Sunday, August 1.

The letter, first obtained by ABC News, urges action despite a SCOTUS ruling.

The measure was rejected by Republicans.

"Everybody knew this was happening," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said after the White House and Democratic Party leaders failed in a last-minute scramble to extend the eviction moratorium.

Ahead of a six-week recess, House Democrats failed to pass an extension of the eviction moratorium expiring this Saturday.

President Joe Biden held a meeting with Cuban American leaders Friday, focusing on "the recent, historic demonstrations in Cuba and the Administration's response," according to the White House.

The policy is set to expire Saturday if Congress doesn’t act, putting millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes.

This is a listing for "This Week" airing Sunday, August 1, 2021.

The last statue of a woman came to the Capitol in 2013.

"The rules have changed. We have a different epidemic now that we did in May."

The Navy announced last year it would scrap the fire-ravaged ship.

Biden has shifted to finding ways to compel federal workers to get the shots.

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on the prospects for the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill following Wednesday's vote to begin debate on the measure.

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer speaks with Washington, D.C., inmate Joel Caston, who won a seat on the D.C. advisory neighborhood commission from prison while serving a 27-year sentence for murder.

Some groups representing large numbers of federal workers have raised objections

President Joe Biden announces vaccination requirements for federal workers and urges more Americans to get vaccinated.

President Joe Biden also discussed the seriousness of the delta variant, as well as the importance of getting vaccinated.

Plus, President Biden is expected to announce vaccine requirements for federal workers and beach town businesses are overwhelmed without enough workers.

A group of vaccinated beachgoers changed our knowledge of the delta variant.