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Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) encouraged federal employees across the government — including at the Departments of Labor, Justice and Education — to create out-of-office email messages denouncing “Democrat Senators” for causing the government shutdown, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News. In addition to the […]
A massive fire is seen erupting at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2025. (KABC) (LOS ANGELES) — Firefighters were battling a blaze at a Chevron refinery in Southern California late on Thursday, company and government officials said, after a massive fireball erupted at the facility. It was not immediately […]
ICE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — A now-former school superintendent who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has been charged by federal prosecutors in Iowa with one count of being an “illegal alien in possession of firearms,” according to court records. Former Des Moines Public School Superintendent Ian Roberts was charged by complaint on […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Books bans in public schools have become a “new normal” in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group. In a new report, PEN America said the federal government has emerged in 2025 as the newest force fueling campaigns to restrict materials related to race, racism and […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has determined that the United States is in now engaged in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels, which the administration has deemed as unlawful combatants, according to a confidential memo obtained by ABC News Thursday. It comes after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. […]
MEGA/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Comb’s former assistant — who testified at trial under the pseudonym “Mia” — will be allowed to speak during the rap mogul’s sentencing on Friday, a judge ruled on Thursday. Judge Arun Subramanian granted prosecutors’ request for “Mia” to deliver a victim impact statement, over the objections of […]
A view of the U.S. Capitol as the sun sets on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the government shutdown enters its second day on Thursday, there’s no end in sight, with the Trump administration potentially firing some federal workers in the next day and Republican senators looking to […]
Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK)– Sarah Manasrah has received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — commonly known as WIC — since her first child was born six years ago. The 37-year-old mother who lives with her husband and two girls, who are 6 and […]
Alex Kent/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the preeminent U.S. attorney’s offices in the country is facing mounting turmoil in the wake of the move last week by a Trump-installed prosecutor to indict former FBI Director James Comey. Two top attorneys in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired […]
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at low speeds while taxiing Wednesday evening at LaGuardia Airport, according to the airline. Endeavor flight 5155 was taxiing for departure when its wing made contact with the fuselage of Endeavor flight 5047 as it was taxiing to its gate […]
