Politics

John Lamparski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro vowed to improve safety and address violence in the nation’s capital when she was sworn in Wednesday as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. Referencing her experience as a judge and prosecutor, Pirro said as the top federal prosecutor in D.C. she will take […]

John Lamparski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is swearing in Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. during a ceremony in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon — making her the latest Fox News host appointed by Trump. Earlier this month, Trump tapped Pirro — a former judge and prosecutor who most recently hosted Fox […]

John Lamparski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will swear in Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. during a ceremony in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon — making her the latest Fox News host appointed by Trump. Earlier this month, Trump tapped Pirro — a former judge and prosecutor who most recently hosted Fox […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration on Tuesday filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to lift what it called “onerous” due process procedures imposed by a federal judge for immigrants slated for deportation to a third country other than their own. Solicitor General John Sauer told the court in […]

Paul Archuleta/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After hearing the news that President Donald Trump will pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who served time for tax evasion and bank fraud, their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, in a video on Instagram posted on Tuesday, celebrated the news. “The president called me personally as I was walking […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House General Services Administration is expected to send a letter to federal agencies on Tuesday asking them to “identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be canceled or redirected elsewhere,” a senior administration official told ABC News. The move comes as President Donald Trump continues his […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women — a move that could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage. This […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House General Services Administration is expected to send a letter to federal agencies on Tuesday asking them to “identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be canceled or redirected elsewhere,” a senior administration official told ABC News. The move comes as President Donald Trump continues his […]

Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday granted an unconditional pardon to a Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of federal bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Scott Jenkins, who had been the sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, was set to report to jail on Tuesday. “Sheriff Scott […]

Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former New York Rep. Charles Rangel, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus who spent more than four decades in the House, died on Monday, according to his family. He was 94 years old. Rangel, a Democrat, served in the House from 1971 until 2017, spending part of his […]