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Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States officially accepted a luxury jet to use as Air Force One from Qatar, the Department of Defense confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. “The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations,” Sean Parnell, […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign a day after she accepted blame for the escape of 10 inmates from the New Orleans jail she oversees. Facing mounting pressure over the mass jailbreak that allegedly involved member of her staff, Hutson said […]
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing. Kid Cudi will not testify at Sean Combs‘ sex trafficking and racketeering trial Wednesday as federal prosecutors previously indicated. Prosecutors said they sent a note to Judge Arun Subramanian […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A last-minute White House meeting that sources tell ABC News is between President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican holdouts on Wednesday afternoon comes as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” appears to be in big, bad trouble. The critical meeting, which will include the House Freedom Caucus, […]
Santa Ana Police Department (ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — A Southern California man accused of stealing a Bengal Lynx cat and beating other felines to death will be arraigned on Wednesday and could face up to four years and four months in jail, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The suspect, 46-year-old Alejandro Oliveros […]
Donato Sardella/WireImage/Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel is now a grandfather. The comedian and host shared the news on the May 20 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, revealing he missed the previous night’s show to be there for the birth of his first grandchild. “You know, we were supposed to have a show last night, but we […]
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Ciara will be honored for her contributions to music and the role she has played in shaping popular culture. She’ll be recognized at The Connie Orlando Foundation‘s inaugural Black Women in Music Dinner, taking place June 3 in Los Angeles. Stylist and creative director June Ambrose will also be honored, […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans have worked through the night to move a megabill advancing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda through a key committee — aiming to overcome division in the conference and advance the package to a House floor vote as soon as Wednesday. The House Rules Committee hearing is going strong after it […]
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency injunction to block proceedings in a case involving a Freedom of Information request seeking information from the Department of Government Efficiency. The government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued DOGE earlier this year for public access […]
Kike Rincon/Europa Press via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years old or those with an underlying health condition. This change would apply to any future updated versions of the vaccine, […]
