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Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference Jan. 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is “entirely fictitious” and should be dismissed, his defense attorney Alex Spiro wrote in a new court filing. Spiro is assisting […]
Two 22-year-old college seniors, Hadley Duvall (left) and Morgan Reece (right) find themselves on opposite sides of the abortion debate. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Gen Z activists on both sides of the abortion debate are hitting the ground trying to motivate their peers to the polls this November. Experts say their votes could be […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said Tuesday that it will delay the transmission of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — pushing the process’ start until next week. Johnson had said he would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday, which would immediately trigger […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s plan to build a humanitarian pier floating off the coast of Gaza that could enable delivery of food, water and medicine into the devastated region is expect to cost at least $180 million and could top $200 million, ABC News has learned. The price tag was described by […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Foreign adversaries and terrorist groups are sharpening their aim at the United States — targeting cyber operations, security and “mafia-like” tactics in an “increasingly concerning” way, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a speech on Tuesday. At the American Bar Association luncheon in Washington, D.C., Wray said the agency is […]
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday defended his meeting with former President Donald Trump, describing engagements between foreign envoys and political opposition leaders or major opposition candidates as standard practice. “This was entirely in line with precedent of government ministers meeting with opposition politicians in the run-up […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters after his remarks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., Sep. 15, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, is calling Trump’s latest statement on his abortion policies “a slap in the face to the millions of pro-life Americans […]
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The stretch of Earth’s record-breaking global temperatures continues as the planet experiences its 10th consecutive record-breaking month. March 2024 continues the sequence of climate records toppling for both air temperature and ocean surface temperatures, with the 10th consecutive record-breaking month, according to a new report from Copernicus, Europe’s […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho) — The Justice Department on Monday announced the arrest of a man they say planned to carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, over the weekend after pledging support to the terror group ISIS. Alexander Mercurio, 18, was arrested on Saturday on charges of attempting to provide […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, once the long-serving chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, will be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial. Weisselberg is expected to report to Rikers Island immediately following the sentencing […]
