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Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip. A latest round of peace talks to end the 15-month-old war has resumed in Qatar, with high-level delegations traveling to Doha. Meanwhile, the November ceasefire in Lebanon is […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is rolling out a new rule that is aimed at responsible use of artificial intelligence technology. According to a press release about the rule, this action “streamlines licensing hurdles” and “provides clarity to allied and partner nations about how they can benefit from AI.” The action “is […]
ABC News President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said negotiations for a deal to free the hostages in the Hamas-Israel war “are literally happening as we speak.” “Let’s allow our hostages to be set free. I want to see them walking across the tarmac, or at a minimum, some […]
ABC News House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R- Minn., said that he plans to work to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda despite House Republicans’ very slim majority. “We’re going to get the Trump agenda put in place,” Emmer told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. “Donald Trump got a mandate on November 5. […]
ABC News FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell warned that Los Angeles is “still in such a dangerous situation” in an interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.” “I think the biggest concern that I have right now is the fact that we are still in such a dangerous situation — the red flag warnings have been […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jack Smith, who investigated Donald Trump over allegations of interfering with the 2020 election and unlawfully retaining classified documents after leaving the White House, has formally resigned as special counsel after submitting his final report on the probes to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Smith resigned Friday, according to a court […]
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Amidst confusion around budget cuts affecting the Los Angeles Fire Department while thousands of firefighters are battling at least five wildfires, ABC News dug into the city budgets and other publicly available documents for the city. In May 2024, the city of Los Angeles adopted a Fiscal Year 2024 […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is ordering the Justice Department to respond to arguments made by President-elect Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in his classified documents case by 10 a.m. Sunday. Cannon wants the government to address whether anything in the first volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report, which deals […]
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — The Justice Department provided new insight and chilling details about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, describing the two-day raid that killed 300 Black residents and destroyed their businesses as a “coordinated, military-style attack” conducted by a white mob of over 10,000 people. The DOJ released a 126-page report […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI has interviewed multiple individuals about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s personal life as part of its background check investigation, asking questions about alleged extramarital affairs, his relationship with alcohol and his character, according to sources familiar with the matter. As part of the background investigation, the FBI […]
