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Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images (ALLAHABAD, INDIA) — At least 17 people were killed and over 30 have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings that occurs every 12 years, authorities said. The Maha Kumbh Mela takes place every dozen years in the Indian city of Prayagraj, about […]
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid a flurry of executive actions President Trump is taking to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government, the Trump administration is also turning its attention to private companies and institutions. President Trump signed an executive order the day after he was sworn in to his second term that not […]
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Private prison company CoreCivic reported in a lobbying disclosure that it donated $500,000 to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee in December, underscoring the close relationship between President Donald Trump and the private prison industry. As ABC News has previously reported, CoreCivic and private prison company GEO Group, both which have both […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will announce its latest decision setting the level of interest rates, just days after President Donald Trump called on the central bank to lower them. Investors widely expect the Fed to hold interest rates steady, putting the central bank on a potential collision course with […]
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (GAZA and LONDON) — Emotional scenes continued to play out in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as families and friends reunited for the first time in over 15 months, after the Israeli military allowed Gazans who had been trapped in the south of the strip to return to their homes in […]
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a “predator.” The letter was sent to lawmakers ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing for the role of secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), which […]
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — South Carolina schools are facing a lawsuit over restrictions on what can be taught about racial inequality in K-12 public schools. The state’s Budget Proviso 1.79 states that no state funding should go toward certain “concepts” touching on race or sex — including unconscious racism, sexism or other form […]
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump makes a very public effort to acquire Greenland, one former Danish official said Trump’s attempts are nothing new — but he shouldn’t expect it to be easy. Interest in buying Greenland has “popped up from time to time in American politics,” Tom Høyem, Denmark’s minister to […]
Samuel Corum/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing on Tuesday, faced a barrage of questions on the administration’s freeze on federal financial assistance programs that congressional Democrats called flatly illegal. Agencies face a 5 p.m. ET deadline to comply with a memo from the White […]
KGO (VALLEJO, Calif.) — A California school was forced to cancel classes until further notice after its copper wiring was stolen, knocking out power to the property. Repairs at the Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy are expected to take about a week, but if the school needs to be closed for longer, the district will arrange […]
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