Month: January 2025
ABC National News
Former Sen. Bob Menendez set to be sentenced on corruption charges
Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is set to be sentenced Wednesday on corruption charges after being convicted of abusing the power of his office in exchange for bribes [Read More…]
ABC National News
Why experts say California is the best-equipped state to deal with wildfires
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State’s ample resources to combat the blazes once they spark. The Palisades [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump hires new lawyers, files notice of appeal for hush money conviction
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Donald Trump as he appeals his criminal hush money conviction in New York, according to court filings Wednesday. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amid mass deportations, a boat packed with migrants intercepted trying to get into the US
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Even as the Trump administration’s mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had intercepted a boat packed with migrants off the California coast. A 40-foot [Read More…]
ABC National News
Harvey Weinstein begs to get out of Rikers Island ‘hell hole’ in court
Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge on Wednesday to put him on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn’t sure he will live until [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump to sign orders on education, antisemitism
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to sign Laken Riley Act, setting up next phase of immigration crackdown
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump is set to sign the Laken Riley Act Wednesday afternoon as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his key goal of curbing illegal immigration. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration rescinds funding freeze directive, memo shows
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s administration has rescinded its sweeping directive that sought to pause potentially trillions in loans, grants and financial assistance, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. “OMB memorandum [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claims on vaccines, pesticides at confirmation hearing
Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services saw senators question the environmental lawyer about his views on vaccines, abortion, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Idaho Republican legislators call on SCOTUS to reverse same-sex marriage ruling
Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — The Idaho House has passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 decision on same-sex marriage equality. The court’s Obergefell v. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan star in hilarious Super Bowl ad with nod to their iconic film
Hellman’s Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s reunion has been revealed and it’s … a Super Bowl commercial! In the new ad released Wednesday for Hellmann’s mayonnaise, the When Harry Met Sally co-stars are right back [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ, under Trump, moves to drop appeal of classified docs case against his co-defendants
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s inauguration, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case that once accused Trump of mishandling some [Read More…]
ABC National News
Private prison firm CoreCivic gave $500K to Trump’s inauguration, highlighting industry’s support
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Private prison company CoreCivic reported in a lobbying disclosure that it donated $500,000 to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee in December, underscoring the close relationship between President Donald Trump and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
South braces for severe weather including flash flooding
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm is bearing down on the southern Plains and Texas, where residents are bracing for severe weather, including flash flooding. On Wednesday evening, when the storm moves in, there’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump to sign the Laken Riley Act
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. hearing live updates: Trump’s pick to head HHS faces bipartisan skepticism
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Donald Trump has promised he’d let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health, food and medicine as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. He now faces two [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Conan O’Brien on how he’s preparing to host the 2025 Oscars
ABC News Conan O’Brien is prepping for his next big role: Oscars host. The comedian sat down with ABC News’ Chris Connelly ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night and said that anything is possible for his [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Amelia Dimoldenberg to return as Oscars red carpet correspondent and more
Kirsten Dunst, Keanu Reeves and Daniel Brühl have started production on the new Ruben Östlund movie The Entertainment System is Down, Deadline reports. The film is a dark satire set on a flight between England [Read More…]
Ag News
Another Seed Treatment Option
Acceleron Prime will soon be hitting the market as another seed treatment option for growers later this year. In this episode of Managing for Profit, crop protection segment manager for seed growth Heather Wilshire explains [Read More…]
Ag News
Largely fair weather; wind-blown, milder air across the Heartland, with snow cover lacking
Across the Corn Belt, lingering cold weather is mostly confined to areas near the Great Lakes. Later Tuesday, temperatures will approach 60°F in parts of the western Corn Belt, extending as far north as Nebraska [Read More…]