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CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. Federal agencies are being directed to place all employees working on DEI programs and initiatives to be put on paid administrative leave by Wednesday at 5 […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Much-anticipated rain could be headed to drought-stricken Southern California this weekend — but rainfall also brings the threat of landslides in the wake of Los Angeles County’s devastating fires. Rain and mountain snow are expected in Southern California on Saturday and Sunday. Rainfall rates are expected to be light, […]
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jan. 6 rioters convicted for role in Capitol attack speak out against Trump’s pardons On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to pardon those convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, granting a sweeping […]
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon wants more aggressive lawyers to represent him when he stands trial on charges he defrauded donors to an online campaign to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, he argued in a court hearing Wednesday. “I’ve been smeared by a political prosecution, persecution, for years and […]
Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — In the days since President Donald Trump handed down pardons and commutations for the more than 1,500 of his supporters who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, federal judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have remained essentially silent while signing […]
ABC News (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A 17-year-old boy opened fire at his Nashville high school on Wednesday, killing one student and wounding a second student, according to police. The teenager, who was armed with a pistol, fired multiple shots in the cafeteria at Antioch High School around 11:09 a.m., Nashville police said. The suspect confronted […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump says he has opened the letter former President Joe Biden left for him in Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, calling it “very nice” and suggesting he might make it public. “Just basically, it was a little bit of an inspirational type of letter, you know? ‘Joy, […]
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways. Over 2,000 flights were canceled on Tuesday and more than 1,300 flights have been canceled on Wednesday. Multiple fatalities have been reported due to car crashes […]
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a traditional inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, during which an Episcopal bishop called on President Donald Trump to show “mercy” toward LGBTQ people and immigrants, he told reporters the sermon “wasn’t too exciting” and added he “didn’t think it was a good service.” The National […]
An ABC News graphic shows the weather forecast on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — The first-ever blizzard warning has been issued for parts of Texas and Louisiana as a historic snowstorm begins in the Gulf Coast and then pushes east across the South. Over 7 inches of snow has been reported […]