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Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House said Wednesday it wants protecting democracy — not conspiracy theories — to be a key message heading into the general election, mentioning the recent conspiracy that alleged Taylor Swift was part of a psyop plot to help President Joe Biden win reelection. Asked about the Taylor […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — One of 16 Republicans who allegedly acted as “fake electors” for former President Donald Trump in Michigan after the 2020 presidential election testified in state court Wednesday that he never intended to falsely make or alter a public record. James Renner and his alleged co-conspirators were charged by the Michigan […]
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Tom Suozzi will win back his old House seat in Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, ABC News projects — extending his party’s largely winning record in such races and further whittling down Republicans’ tiny majority in the chamber. Suozzi dispatched with Republican nominee […]
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Antarctica-bound passengers aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship claim their course was rerouted mid-voyage to instead travel around South America, nearly 200 miles off course from the destination they say they booked. The cruise ship was originally slated to travel around South America before heading on to Paradise Bay, […]
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after former President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to stay last week’s appeals court decision that rejected his claim of absolute immunity from prosecution in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case, the court on Tuesday asked the special […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 13-year-old girl from South Carolina was found in Florida on Tuesday after she was allegedly kidnapped by a 35-year-old man from Wisconsin, authorities said. The young teenager was reported missing from her hometown of Simponville, South Carolina, after she was last seen at her residence on Sunday evening, […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday — with more than 20 Republicans defying former President Donald Trump who fervently spoke out against the bill, which now faces an uncertain future in the House. The Senate voted 70-29 to approve the […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –An Indiana man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly posting threats to kill Jewish people and U.S. government officials who expressed support for Israel following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, newly unsealed court records show. An FBI arrest affidavit says Jeffrey Stevens, 41, admitted in interviews with law enforcement that he leveled the […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin left the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier in the week, the Pentagon said. Austin was put under general anesthesia on Monday for a non-surgical procedure to treat an “emergent bladder issue,” […]
Blount County Sheriff’s Office (KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A murder suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a Tennessee deputy has been caught following a nearly weeklong manhunt, authorities said. Kenneth DeHart was detained in Knoxville on Tuesday, the Blount County Sheriff’s Office said on social media while sharing a photo of a large police presence […]