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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday night, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The meeting, which took place at a fundraiser for Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., marked the first time […]
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California passed a new law that will mandate K-12 students to learn media literacy as part of their modules plan. The bill is designed to help students develop skills in identifying false information online amid a worrying rise in distrust in the media. Signed into law by California Gov. Gavin […]
John C. Clark/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — After winning full control of the state’s General Assembly two weeks ago, Virginia Democrats are wasting no time exercising their power. On Monday, the party introduced four bills including legislation to create a constitutional amendment that would codify abortion access in the state. “Virginia […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Fulton County judge on Tuesday rejected a request to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd, one of the co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case, after District Attorney Fani Willis personally argued for him to be jailed immediately. Judge Scott McAfee found that Floyd violated the conditions of his bond […]
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader, is expected to endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican primary race, sources with knowledge told ABC News. Vander Plaats’ support, which is set to be announced later on Tuesday, will come […]
kali9/Getty Images (WESTCLIFFE, Colo.) — A suspect is in custody in connection with a rural Colorado shooting that left three people dead and one in critical condition, authorities said. The arrest follows a day-long manhunt for the suspect — identified by authorities as Hanme K. Clark, 45, of Westcliffe. He was arrested by New Mexico State […]
Diana Walker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The life of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96, will be celebrated next week with memorial events and a funeral service in her home state of Georgia. The public will be able to pay their respects when the family motorcade carries her remains […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and other top Trump Organization executives […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal appellate panel narrowly ruled on Monday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not allow people outside the federal government to sue over alleged electoral discrimination based on race. The 2-1 opinion, if it stands, would sharply limit the ability for private citizens to […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm is sweeping across the U.S. threatening Americans’ Thanksgiving plans as they hit the roads and head to airports during one of the busiest holiday travel weeks of the year. After dumping rain and snow on the West Coast over the weekend, the cross-country storm is headed for the […]